South Korea at the AFC Asian Cup

Last updated November 15, 2024

The South Korea national football team have appeared 15 times at the Asian Cup. They have failed to qualify for the finals on three occasions, in 1968, 1976 and 1992. South Korea won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 1956, held in Hong Kong, and successfully defended the title on home soil in 1960. In addition, the team finished as runners-up on four occasions.

Competitive record

AFC Asian Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Champions	3	2	1	0	9	6	Squad	4	4	0	0	9	1
1960	Champions	3	3	0	0	9	1	Squad	Qualified as hosts
1964	Third place	3^[a]	1	0	2	2	4	Squad	Direct entry
1968	Did not qualify								4	1	1	2	9	4
1972	Runners-up	5	1	2	2	7	6	Squad	Direct entry
1976	Did not qualify								4	2	0	2	3	3
1980	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	12	6	Squad	3	3	0	0	10	1
1984	Group stage	4	0	2	2	1	3	Squad	4	3	1	0	13	0
1988	Runners-up	6	5	1	0	11	3	Squad	3^[a]	1	1	1	5	3
1992	Did not qualify								2^[a]	1	0	1	7	2
1996	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	7	11	Squad	3	3	0	0	17	0
2000	Third place	6	3	1	2	9	6	Squad	3	3	0	0	19	0
2004	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	9	4	Squad	6	4	0	2	30	4
2007	Third place	6	1	4	1	3	3	Squad	6	3	2	1	15	5
2011	Third place	6	4	2	0	13	7	Squad	Directly qualified
2015	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	8	2	Squad	Directly qualified
2019	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	6	2	Squad	8	8	0	0	27	0
2023	Semi-finals	6	2	3	1	11	10	Squad	6	5	1	0	22	1
2027	Qualified								6	5	1	0	20	1
Total	Champions	73	38	19	16	117	74	16/19	62	46	7	9	206	25

1 2 3 South Korea played with their "B" team.

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1
Bahrain	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3
China	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
India	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Indonesia	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
Iran	7	3	1	3	12	13	–1
Iraq	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2
Israel	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Japan	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Jordan	3	0	2	1	2	4	–2
Khmer Republic	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Kuwait	8	3	1	4	9	8	+1
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Malaysia	2	0	2	0	4	4	0
North Korea	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Oman	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Philippines	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Qatar	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1
Saudi Arabia	5	0	4	1	4	5	–1
South Vietnam	2	2	0	0	10	4	+6
Syria	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1
Thailand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3

Details

1956 (Hong Kong)

South Koreans are inaugural champions of the Asian Cup. South Korea had unfavorable schedule that required them to meet their largest rivals Israel two days after playing their first match, but defeated Israel.

6 September 1956	South Korea	2–2	Hong Kong	Government Stadium, Hong Kong
19:00	Kim Ji-sung 45' Choi Kwang-seok 62'		Tang Yee Kit 10' Ko Po Keung 39'	Attendance: 30,000

8 September 1956	Israel	1–2	South Korea	Government Stadium, Hong Kong
19:00	Stelmach 71'		Woo Sang-kwon 52' Sung Nak-woon 64'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Trương Văn Ky (South Vietnam)

15 September 1956	South Korea	5–3	South Vietnam	Government Stadium, Hong Kong
19:00	Sung Nak-woon 5' Woo Sang-kwon 41' (pen.), 58' Choi Chung-min 57', 66'		Trải Văn Đào 20' Lê Hữu Đức 51', 63'

Final table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	5
2	Israel	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Hong Kong	3	0	2	1	6	7	–1	2
4	South Vietnam	3	0	1	2	6	9	–3	1

1960 (South Korea)

South Korea won their second consecutive title, and a South Korean forward Cho Yoon-ok became the top goalscorer. However, South Korean players received fake medals, and returned the medals to the Korean FA. The KFA gave real medals to their families in 2019.

14 October 1960	South Korea	5–1	South Vietnam	Hyochang Stadium, Seoul
15:15	Cho Yoon-ok 15', 71' Woo Sang-kwon 27' Choi Chung-min 47' Moon Jung-sik 56'		Nguyễn Văn Tu 70'	Attendance: 30,000

17 October 1960	South Korea	3–0	Israel	Hyochang Stadium, Seoul
15:00	Cho Yoon-ok 17', 60' Woo Sang-kwon 30'			Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Yozo Yokoyama (Japan)

21 October 1960	South Korea	1–0	Republic of China	Hyochang Stadium, Seoul
15:00	Moon Jung-sik 54'

Final table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
2	Israel	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Republic of China	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	2
4	South Vietnam	3	0	0	3	2	12	–10	0

1964 (Israel)

The 1964 Asian Cup was held when South Korea had to play the Olympic qualifier against South Vietnam. The Korean FA sent the reserve team to the competition.

27 May 1964	South Korea B	0–2	India	Municipal Stadium, Haifa
16:30			Appalaraju 2' I. Singh 57'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Davoud Nassiri (Iran)

31 May 1964	South Korea B	1–0	Hong Kong	Hebrew University Stadium, Jerusalem
16:30	Bae Keum-soo 74'			Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Pisit Ngarampanich (Thailand)

3 June 1964	South Korea B	1–2	Israel	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
16:00	Huh Yoon-jung 79'		Leon 20' Tish 38'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Davoud Nassiri (Iran)

Final table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Israel	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	6
2	India	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
3	South Korea B	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
4	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	1	5	–4	0

1972 (Thailand)

7 MayGroup allocation match	South Korea	0–0 (2–4 p)	Iraq	National Stadium, Bangkok
	Penalties
			Aziz Nouri Kadhim Fathi

10 May 1972Group B	South Korea	4–1	Khmer Republic	National Stadium, Bangkok
	Park Su-deok 37' Lee Hoe-taik 60' Cha Bum-kun 72' Park Lee-chun 78' (pen.)		Doeur 82'

12 May 1972Group B	South Korea	1–2	Kuwait	National Stadium, Bangkok
	Park Lee-chun 2' (pen.)		Al-Asfoor 24' Duraiham 74'

Group B table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	2	Advance to knockout stage
2	Khmer Republic	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	2	Advance to knockout stage
3	Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	5	–3	2

17 May 1972Semi-finals	South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Thailand	National Stadium, Bangkok
	Park Lee-chun 113'		Niwatana 97'

19 May 1972Final	Iran	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	National Stadium, Bangkok
	Jabbari 49' Kalani 108'		Park Lee-chun 65'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

1980 (Kuwait)

South Korea won all matches from the second match to the semi-finals including a match against the host Kuwait. However, they lost in the final where they met Kuwait again. Their 18-year-old striker Choi Soon-ho became the youngest scoring champion in Asian Cup history.

16 September 1980Group B	Malaysia	1–1	South Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
18:30	Abdul Ali 90'		Choi Soon-ho 68'	Attendance: 5,000

19 September 1980Group B	Qatar	0–2	South Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
18:30			Lee Jung-il 4' Choi Soon-ho 21'

21 September 1980Group B	South Korea	3–0	Kuwait	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
16:30	Hwang Seok-keun 47' Choi Soon-ho 71', 78'			Attendance: 15,000

24 September 1980Group B	South Korea	4–1	United Arab Emirates	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
18:30	Choi Soon-ho 26', 53', 78' (pen.) Chung Hae-won 84'		Chombi 79'

Group B table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Malaysia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
4	Qatar	4	1	1	2	3	8	–5	3
5	United Arab Emirates	4	0	1	3	3	9	–6	1

28 September 1980Semi-finals	South Korea	2–1	North Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
19:30	Chung Hae-won 80', 89'		Park Jong-hon 19' (pen.)

30 September 1980Final	Kuwait	3–0	South Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
18:30	Al-Houti 7' Al-Dakhil 30', 67'			Attendance: 25,000

1984 (Singapore)

South Koreans left their worst result in the 1984 tournament. They got no victory and made only one goal.

2 December 1984Group A	South Korea	1–1	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore
19:00	Lee Tae-ho 51'		Abdullah 90'

5 December 1984Group A	Kuwait	0–0	South Korea	National Stadium, Singapore
19:00

7 December 1984Group A	South Korea	0–1	Syria	National Stadium, Singapore
21:00			Hassan 13'

10 December 1984Group A	Qatar	1–0	South Korea	National Stadium, Singapore
21:00	Salman 69'

Group A table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Qatar	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
4	Syria	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2	3
5	South Korea	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2

1988 (Qatar)

South Koreans got a chance to win their third title again after winning all matches until the semi-finals, but they lost the final to Saudi Arabia after the penalty shoot-out. This was the third time for South Korea to finish as runners-up. Their new star player Kim Joo-sung was named the Most Valuable Player.

3 December 1988Group A	United Arab Emirates	0–1	South Korea	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
15:00		Report	Lee Tae-ho 8' (pen.)	Referee: George Courtney (England)

6 December 1988Group A	South Korea	2–0	Japan	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
15:00	Hwang Sun-hong 13' Kim Joo-sung 35'	Report		Referee: Salah Mohammed (Iraq)

9 December 1988Group A	Qatar	2–3	South Korea	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
17:00	Salman 47' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Report	Chung Hae-won 10', 72' Kim Joo-sung 34'	Referee: George Courtney (England)

11 December 1988Group A	South Korea	3–0	Iran	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
17:00	Byun Byung-joo 26', 57' Hwang Sun-hong 42'	Report		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Group A table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iran	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Qatar	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	4
4	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	2	4	–2	2
5	Japan	4	0	1	3	0	6	–6	1

14 December 1988Semi-finals	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	China	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
16:00	Lee Tae-ho 93', 103'	Report	Mai Chao 100'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)

18 December 1988Final	South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Saudi Arabia	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
16:00		Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
	Penalties
	Cho Min-kook Lee Tae-ho Byun Byung-joo Kim Joo-sung Cho Yoon-hwan		Al-Naima Al-Jawad Abdullah Al-Mutlaq Al-Bishi

1996 (United Arab Emirates)

Before the 1996 tournament, the Korean FA appointed Park Jong-hwan as the new manager. Park was evaluated as the greatest South Korean manager at the time by leading Ilhwa Chunma to three consecutive K League titles, but he disappointed his country in the competition. South Korea finished their group stage in third place, showing shaky start. In the quarter-finals, South Korea held a 2–1 lead against Iran at half-time, but they conceded five goals in the second half including Ali Daei's four goals. After the disaster, Park resigned as manager, and a defender Hong Myung-bo was suspected of slowdown.

4 December 1996Group A	United Arab Emirates	1–1	South Korea	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
16:45	K. Saad 40'	Report	Hwang Sun-hong 9'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

7 December 1996Group A	South Korea	4-2	Indonesia	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
19:00	Kim Do-hoon 5' Hwang Sun-hong 7', 15' Ko Jeong-woon 55'	Report	Wabia 58' Putro 65'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

10 December 1996Group A	Kuwait	2–0	South Korea	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
19:00	Al-Huwaidi 60' Bashar Abdullah 87'	Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Group A table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Indonesia	3	0	1	2	4	8	–4	1

16 December 1996Quarter-finals	South Korea	2–6	Iran	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
16:45	Kim Do-hoon 11' Shin Tae-yong 35'	Report	Bagheri 31' Azizi 52' Daei 66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)	Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

2000 (Lebanon)

13 October 2000Group B	South Korea	2–2	China	International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
17:05	Lee Young-pyo 30' Noh Jung-yoon 58'	Report	Su Maozhen 36' Fan Zhiyi 66' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

16 October 2000Group B	South Korea	0–1	Kuwait	International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
19:45		Report	Al-Huwaidi 43'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

19 October 2000Group B	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	Sports City Stadium, Beirut
19:35	Lee Dong-gook 30', 76', 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 500 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Group B table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Indonesia	3	0	1	2	0	7	–7	1

23 October 2000Quarter-finals	Iran	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
16:45	Bagheri 71'	Report	Kim Sang-sik 90' Lee Dong-gook 99'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

26 October 2000Semi-finals	South Korea	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Sports City Stadium, Beirut
16:45	Lee Dong-gook 90+1'	Report	Al-Meshal 76', 80'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

29 October 2000Third place match	South Korea	1–0	China	Sports City Stadium, Beirut
17:05	Lee Dong-gook 76'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

2004 (China)

South Korea reached the semi-finals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but their performance wasn't continued after Guus Hiddink left them. They suffered shock defeats to Oman and Vietnam in the qualification. They were eliminated by the quarter-final defeat to Iran after conceding Ali Karimi's hat-trick and an own goal.

19 July 2004Group B	South Korea	0–0	Jordan	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan
18:30		Report		Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

23 July 2004Group B	United Arab Emirates	0–2	South Korea	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan
21:00		Report	Lee Dong-gook 41' Ahn Jung-hwan 90+1'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

27 July 2004Group B	South Korea	4–0	Kuwait	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan
19:00	Lee Dong-gook 25', 41' Cha Du-ri 45+1' Ahn Jung-hwan 75'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Group B table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Jordan	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Kuwait	3	1	0	2	3	7	–4	3
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1

31 July 2004Quarter-finals	South Korea	3–4	Iran	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan
21:00	Seol Ki-hyeon 16' Lee Dong-gook 25' Kim Nam-il 68'	Report	Karimi 10', 20', 77' Park Jin-seop 51' (o.g.)	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

2007 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam)

After excluding three Premier League players (Park Ji-sung, Lee Young-pyo and Seol Ki-hyeon) due to their injuries, South Korea had difficulty again in the Asian Cup. Furthermore, some players including the captain Lee Woon-jae were criticised by fans for visiting a hostess bar in the middle of the group stage. South Korea's outfield players made only three goals during the competition. However, Lee led his team to third place by keeping four clean sheets and winning two penalty shoot-outs.

11 July 2007Group D	South Korea	1–1	Saudi Arabia	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
19:35 UTC+7	Choi Sung-kuk 66'	Report	Y. Al-Qahtani 77' (pen.)	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

15 July 2007Group D	Bahrain	2–1	South Korea	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
19:35 UTC+7	Isa 43' Abdullatif 85'	Report	Kim Do-heon 4'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

18 July 2007Group D	Indonesia	0–1	South Korea	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
17:20 UTC+7		Report	Kim Jung-woo 34'	Attendance: 88,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Group D table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
4	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	3	7	–4	3

22 July 2007Quarter-finals	Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	South Korea	Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
18:20 UTC+8		Report		Attendance: 8,629 Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
	Penalties
	Zandi Mahdavikia Enayati Khatibi		Lee Chun-soo Kim Sang-sik Kim Do-heon Cho Jae-jin Kim Jung-woo

25 July 2007Semi-finals	Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	South Korea	Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
18:20 UTC+8		Report		Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Penalties
	Mohammed Munir Abdul-Amir Mnajed		Lee Chun-soo Lee Dong-gook Cho Jae-jin Yeom Ki-hun Kim Jung-woo

28 July 2007Third place match	South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Japan	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang
19:35 UTC+8		Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE)
	Penalties
	Cho Jae-jin Oh Beom-seok Lee Chun-soo Lee Ho Kim Jin-kyu Kim Chi-woo		S. Nakamura Endo Abe Komano Nakazawa Hanyu

2011 (Qatar)

After beating Iran in extra time of the quarter-final match, South Korea once again played extra time in the semi-finals against Japan. In this extra time, Hajime Hosogai who moved into the penalty area before Keisuke Honda kicked a penalty scored a controversial goal from the rebound. South Korea scored the equaliser after the misfortune, but lost on penalties.

10 January 2011Group C	South Korea	2–1	Bahrain	Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
19:15	Koo Ja-cheol 40', 52'	Report	Aaish 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,669 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

14 January 2011Group C	Australia	1–1	South Korea	Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:15	Jedinak 62'	Report	Koo Ja-cheol 24'	Attendance: 15,526 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

18 January 2011Group C	South Korea	4–1	India	Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:15	Ji Dong-won 6', 23' Koo Ja-cheol 9' Son Heung-min 81'	Report	Chhetri 12' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,366 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Group C table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	3	13	–10	0

22 January 2011Quarter-finals	Iran	0–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
19:25		Report	Yoon Bit-garam 105'	Attendance: 7,111 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

25 January 2011Semi-finals	Japan	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	South Korea	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:25	Maeda 36' Hosogai 97'	Report	Ki Sung-yueng 23' (pen.) Hwang Jae-won 120'	Attendance: 16,171 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Penalties
	K. Honda Okazaki Nagatomo Konno		Koo Ja-cheol Lee Yong-rae Hong Jeong-ho

28 January 2011Third place match	Uzbekistan	2–3	South Korea	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
18:00	Geynrikh 45' (pen.), 53'	Report	Koo Ja-cheol 18' Ji Dong-won 28', 39'	Attendance: 8,199 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

2015 (Australia)

Under the leadership of manager Uli Stielike, the South Korean players underperformed in the first two matches against Oman and Kuwait.^[1]^[2] They won both matches, but expressed dissatisfaction with Stielike, who then handed over command to assistant manager Shin Tae-yong for the rest of the tournament.^[3]^[4]^[5] Goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyeon then kept a clean sheet in every match until the final, as the team eliminated Uzbekistan and Iraq in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively. Their opponent in the final was Australia, which they had already beaten 1–0 in the group stage. However, South Korea lost the final 2–1 after extra time, evoking the 1980 final between them and Kuwait.

10 January 2015Group A	South Korea	1–0	Oman	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
16:00 UTC+11	Cho Young-cheol 45+2'	Report		Attendance: 12,552 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

13 January 2015Group A	Kuwait	0–1	South Korea	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
18:00 UTC+11		Report	Nam Tae-hee 36'	Attendance: 8,795 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

17 January 2015Group A	Australia	0–1	South Korea	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+11		Report	Lee Jeong-hyeop 32'	Attendance: 48,513 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Group A table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Oman	3	1	0	2	1	5	–4	3
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

22 January 2015 Quarter-finals	South Korea	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
18:30 UTC+11	Son Heung-min 104', 119'	Report		Attendance: 23,381 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

26 January 2015 Semi-finals	South Korea	2–0	Iraq	Stadium Australia, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11	Lee Jeong-hyeop 20' Kim Young-gwon 50'	Report		Attendance: 36,053 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

31 January 2015 Final	South Korea	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11	Son Heung-min 90+1'	Report	Luongo 45' Troisi 105'	Attendance: 76,385 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

2019 (United Arab Emirates)

7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)Group C	South Korea	1–0	Philippines	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
17:30	Hwang Ui-jo 67'	Report		Attendance: 3,185 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)Group C	Kyrgyzstan	0–1	South Korea	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
20:00		Report	Kim Min-jae 41'	Attendance: 4,893 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

16 January 2019 (2019-01-16)Group C	South Korea	2–0	China	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
17:30	Hwang Ui-jo 14' (pen.) Kim Min-jae 51'	Report		Attendance: 13,579 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Group C table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22) Round of 16	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bahrain	Rashid Stadium, Dubai
17:00	Hwang Hee-chan 43' Kim Jin-su 105+2'	Report	Al Romaihi 77'	Attendance: 7,658 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) Quarter-finals	South Korea	0–1	Qatar	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
17:00		Report	Hatem 78'	Attendance: 13,791 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2023 (Qatar)

Under manager Jürgen Klinsmann, South Korea were considered among the pre-tournament favourites.^[6] After winning their opening match against Bahrain, the team failed to win their remaining two group stage matches after drawing with Jordan and Malaysia, respectively, finishing second in their group and conceding goals in all matches.^[6] South Korea narrowly advanced to the semi-finals after knocking out Saudi Arabia on penalties and Australia in extra time, but Klinsmann was heavily criticised for his lack of tactical ability.^[7] Korean FA president Chung Mong-gyu, who directly appointed Klinsmann as national team manager without a general process, was called to be held responsible for his decision after South Korea's semi-final loss to Jordan without a shot on target.^[8]

15 January 2024Group E	South Korea	3–1	Bahrain	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
14:30 UTC+3	Hwang In-beom 38' Lee Kang-in 56', 68'	Report	Al-Hashsash 51'	Attendance: 8,388 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

20 January 2024Group E	Jordan	2–2	South Korea	Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
14:30 UTC+3	Park Yong-woo 37' (o.g.) Al-Naimat 45+6'	Report	Son Heung-min 9' (pen.) Al-Arab 90+1' (o.g.)	Attendance: 36,627 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

25 January 2024Group E	South Korea	3–3	Malaysia	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
14:30 UTC+3	Jeong Woo-yeong 21' Lee Kang-in 83' Son Heung-min 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Faisal 51' Arif 62' (pen.) Morales 90+15'	Attendance: 30,117 Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

Group E table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	2	0	8	6	+2	5
3	Jordan	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5	1

30 January 2024 (2024-01-30) Round of 16	Saudi Arabia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	South Korea	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
19:00 UTC+3	Radif 46'	Report	Cho Gue-sung 90+9'	Attendance: 42,389 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
	Penalties
	Kanno Abdulhamid Al-Najei Ghareeb		Son Heung-min Kim Young-gwon Cho Gue-sung Hwang Hee-chan

2 February 2024 (2024-02-02) Quarter-finals	Australia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
18:30 UTC+3	Goodwin 42'	Report	Hwang Hee-chan 90+6' (pen.) Son Heung-min 104'	Attendance: 39,632 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

6 February 2024 (2024-02-06) Semi-finals	Jordan	2–0	South Korea	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
18:00 UTC+3	Al-Naimat 53' Al-Taamari 66'	Report		Attendance: 42,850 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

References

↑ Duerden, John (10 January 2015). "Once again, South Korea fail to impress in Asian Cup game". ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
↑ Migliaccio, Val (13 January 2015). "Asian Cup 2015: South Korea see off plucky Kuwait to maintain unbeaten record". Fox Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
↑ Lee, Ju-heon (27 December 2018). [주중런던] 파워랭킹 1위 손흥민!! 토트넘 우승도전?? 런던 3팀의 형국!! ●주간EPL 19-2회●. YouTube.com (in Korean). Istar TV. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021. 조별 리그 2경기 끝났었나? 그때 (슈틸리케가) 휘슬 줬대요. 알아서 하라고 누군가에게 휘슬을 줬습니다. (4:10 – 4:30)[Stielike gave the whistle to somebody after two group stage matches.]
↑ [축덕쑥덕] 윤석영 선수와 함께 본 필리핀전 '진땀승'. Naver (in Korean). Seoul Broadcasting System. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2021. 조별 리그 초반 경기들이 굉장히 안좋았었어요. 차두리하고 기성용을 슈틸리케 감독이 자기의 방으로 불러서 얘기했다는 것까지 들었는데... (46:30 – 46:45)", "차두리 선수하고 기성용 선수 부른게 선수들 항명 비슷한 것도 있었어요. (47:30 – 47:40)[Early matches in the group stage were terribly bad, and manager Stielike called Cha Du-ri and Ki Sung-yueng into his room to talk about players' insubordination.]
↑ Seo, Hyung-wook (13 February 2020). 신태용 감독이 밝힌 손흥민 활용법, 그리고 슈틸리케 아시안컵의 진실은? (현지인터뷰) [Interview with Shin Tae-yong]. YouTube.com (in Korean). Ppolli TV. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021. 첫 번째, 두 번째 경기 끝나고 난 다음에 호주랑 브리즈번에 넘어갔을 때부터 제가 휘슬을 잡았습니다. (2:00 – 2:10)", "(감독의 역할을) 제가 거의 다 했죠. (2:35 – 2:40)[I (Shin Tae-yong) held the whistle since we went to Brisbane with the Australian national team after the first and second matches. I performed most of the managerial role.]
1 2 "Some criticism of South Korea at Asian Cup has crossed a line says Son". Reuters. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
↑ Spiers, Tim (11 February 2024). "Inside Jurgen Klinsmann and South Korea's awful Asian Cup: Tactics, travel and too many smiles". The Athletic. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
↑ 축구대표팀 8일 밤 귀국…클린스만 경질론·정몽규 책임론 거세질 듯. Nate.com (in Korean). Xportsnews. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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[bteam-1] 1 2 3 South Korea played with their "B" team.

[2] Duerden, John (10 January 2015). "Once again, South Korea fail to impress in Asian Cup game". ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[3] Migliaccio, Val (13 January 2015). "Asian Cup 2015: South Korea see off plucky Kuwait to maintain unbeaten record". Fox Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[4] Lee, Ju-heon (27 December 2018). [주중런던] 파워랭킹 1위 손흥민!! 토트넘 우승도전?? 런던 3팀의 형국!! ●주간EPL 19-2회●. YouTube.com (in Korean). Istar TV. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021. 조별 리그 2경기 끝났었나? 그때 (슈틸리케가) 휘슬 줬대요. 알아서 하라고 누군가에게 휘슬을 줬습니다. (4:10 – 4:30)[Stielike gave the whistle to somebody after two group stage matches.]

[5] [축덕쑥덕] 윤석영 선수와 함께 본 필리핀전 '진땀승'. Naver (in Korean). Seoul Broadcasting System. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2021. 조별 리그 초반 경기들이 굉장히 안좋았었어요. 차두리하고 기성용을 슈틸리케 감독이 자기의 방으로 불러서 얘기했다는 것까지 들었는데... (46:30 – 46:45)", "차두리 선수하고 기성용 선수 부른게 선수들 항명 비슷한 것도 있었어요. (47:30 – 47:40)[Early matches in the group stage were terribly bad, and manager Stielike called Cha Du-ri and Ki Sung-yueng into his room to talk about players' insubordination.]

[6] Seo, Hyung-wook (13 February 2020). 신태용 감독이 밝힌 손흥민 활용법, 그리고 슈틸리케 아시안컵의 진실은? (현지인터뷰) [Interview with Shin Tae-yong]. YouTube.com (in Korean). Ppolli TV. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021. 첫 번째, 두 번째 경기 끝나고 난 다음에 호주랑 브리즈번에 넘어갔을 때부터 제가 휘슬을 잡았습니다. (2:00 – 2:10)", "(감독의 역할을) 제가 거의 다 했죠. (2:35 – 2:40)[I (Shin Tae-yong) held the whistle since we went to Brisbane with the Australian national team after the first and second matches. I performed most of the managerial role.]

[2024reuters-7] 1 2 "Some criticism of South Korea at Asian Cup has crossed a line says Son". Reuters. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[8] Spiers, Tim (11 February 2024). "Inside Jurgen Klinsmann and South Korea's awful Asian Cup: Tactics, travel and too many smiles". The Athletic. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[9] 축구대표팀 8일 밤 귀국…클린스만 경질론·정몽규 책임론 거세질 듯. Nate.com (in Korean). Xportsnews. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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