South Korea national football team records and statistics

This list of South Korea national football team records contains statistical accomplishments related to the South Korea national football team, its players, and its managers. The team represents the nation of South Korea in international football. It is governed by the Korea Football Association and competes as a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Player records

As of 9 September 2025 ^[1]

Players in bold are still active with South Korea.

Most appearances

Hong Myung-bo (left) and Son Heung-min (right) are South Korea's joint-most-capped players, with 136 appearances each.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Cha Bum-kun	136	58	1972–1986
	Hong Myung-bo	136	10	1990–2002
	Son Heung-min	136	53	2010–present
4	Lee Woon-jae	133	0	1994–2010
5	Lee Young-pyo	127	5	1999–2011
6	Kim Ho-kon	124	5	1971–1979
7	Yoo Sang-chul	122	18	1994–2005
8	Cho Young-jeung	113	1	1975–1986
9	Kim Young-gwon	112	7	2010–present
10	Ki Sung-yueng	110	10	2008–2019

Top goalscorers

Cha Bum-kun is South Korea's joint-most-capped player and top goalscorer with 58 goals.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Cha Bum-kun	58	136	0.43	1972–1986
2	Son Heung-min	53	136	0.39	2010–present
3	Hwang Sun-hong	50	103	0.49	1988–2002
4	Park Lee-chun	36	89	0.4	1969–1974
5	Kim Jae-han	33	57	0.58	1972–1979
	Lee Dong-gook	33	105	0.31	1998–2017
7	Choi Soon-ho	30	103	0.29	1980–1991
8	Kim Do-hoon	29	72	0.4	1994–2003
	Huh Jung-moo	29	84	0.35	1974–1986
10	Choi Yong-soo	27	67	0.4	1995–2003
	Lee Tae-ho	27	72	0.38	1980–1991
	Kim Jin-kook	27	94	0.29	1972–1978

Other records

Youngest player

17 years and 241 days, Kim Pan-keun, vs. Thailand, 1 November 1983

Youngest goalscorer

18 years and 87 days, Ko Jong-soo, vs. New Zealand, 25 January 1997

Oldest player

39 years and 274 days, Kim Yong-sik, vs. Hong Kong, 15 April 1950

Oldest goalscorer

39 years and 274 days, Kim Yong-sik, vs. Hong Kong, 15 April 1950

Longest career

19 years and 112 days, Lee Dong-gook, from 16 May 1998 to 5 September 2017

Most goals in a calendar year

16, Park Lee-chun (1972) and Hwang Sun-hong (1994)

Most consecutive matches scored in

6, Ha Seok-ju (1993)

Fastest goal from kick-off

16 seconds, Hwang Hee-chan, vs. Qatar, 17 November 2020

Most hat-tricks

3, Cha Bum-kun and Park Sung-hwa

Manager records

Further information: List of South Korea national football team managers

Most matches managed

78, Huh Jung-moo

Most matches managed (unofficial) ^[2]

126, Kim Jung-nam

Most matches won

54, Ham Heung-chul

Most matches won in an appointment

35, Paulo Bento

Longest career in an appointment

4 years and 106 days, Paulo Bento, from 22 August 2018 to 6 December 2022

Most appointments

5, Kim Yong-sik, Min Byung-dae and Park Jong-hwan

Team records

Main article: South Korea national football team results

Biggest victory

16–0 vs. Nepal, 29 September 2003 (2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification)

Highest scoring draw

4–4 vs. Malaysia, 11 September 1976 (1976 Korea Cup)

Heaviest defeat

0–12 vs. Sweden, 5 August 1948 (1948 Summer Olympics)

Most consecutive victories

11, from 29 July 1975 (3–1 vs. Malaysia) to 21 December 1975 (3–1 vs. Burma)

Most consecutive matches without defeat

29, from 20 September 1986 (3–0 vs. India) to 26 June 1989 (0–0 vs. Czechoslovakia)

Head-to-head record

The following table shows South Korea's head-to-head record, correct as of 9 September 2025. ^[3]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	8	2	+6	100.00
Algeria	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Angola	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Argentina	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	000.00
Australia (list)	29	9	11	9	30	29	+1	031.03
Bahrain	17	12	4	1	40	12	+28	070.59
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Belgium	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	000.00
Bolivia	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	033.33
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Brazil	8	1	0	7	6	20	−14	012.50
Brunei	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Cambodia	7	6	0	1	22	4	+18	085.71
Cameroon	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	060.00
Canada	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	040.00
Chile	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	033.33
China (list)	39	24	13	2	59	26	+33	061.54
Chinese Taipei	21	14	1	6	50	19	+31	066.67
Colombia	8	4	3	1	14	9	+5	050.00
Costa Rica	10	4	3	3	13	12	+1	040.00
Croatia	7	2	2	3	7	11	−4	028.57
Cuba	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Czech Republic [a]	5	1	2	2	5	14	−9	020.00
Denmark	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Ecuador	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Egypt	18	6	7	5	18	21	−3	033.33
El Salvador	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
England	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Finland	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
France	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	000.00
Georgia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Germany	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	050.00
Ghana	7	3	0	4	10	14	−4	042.86
Greece	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	075.00
Guam	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33
Haiti	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Honduras	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Hong Kong	30	23	5	2	71	21	+50	076.67
Hungary	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	000.00
Iceland	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
India	19	14	2	3	48	12	+36	073.68
Indonesia	36	30	4	2	84	19	+65	083.33
Iran	33	10	10	13	36	34	+2	030.30
Iraq	25	11	12	2	32	16	+16	044.00
Israel	11	5	4	2	17	12	+5	045.45
Italy	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Jamaica	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	050.00
Japan (list)	82	42	23	17	124	77	+47	051.22
Jordan	9	4	4	1	10	7	+3	044.44
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00
Kuwait	26	14	4	8	37	21	+16	053.85
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Laos	5	5	0	0	28	0	+28	100.00
Latvia	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Lebanon	16	12	3	1	28	5	+23	075.00
Libya	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Macau	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	100.00
Malaysia	47	26	13	8	81	45	+36	055.32
Maldives	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
Mali	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Malta	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Mexico	15	4	3	8	20	31	−11	026.67
Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Morocco	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
Myanmar	27	15	7	5	42	15	+27	055.56
Nepal	7	7	0	0	53	0	+53	100.00
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	000.00
New Zealand	7	6	1	0	10	1	+9	085.71
Nigeria	5	3	2	0	9	6	+3	060.00
North Korea (list)	17	7	9	1	14	6	+8	041.18
North Macedonia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Norway	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	025.00
Oman	7	5	1	1	14	6	+8	071.43
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00
Palestine	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Panama	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Paraguay	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1	028.57
Peru	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	000.00
Philippines	8	8	0	0	37	0	+37	100.00
Poland	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Portugal	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Qatar	11	6	2	3	19	13	+6	054.55
Romania	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Russia	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	000.00
Saudi Arabia	19	5	9	5	20	18	+2	026.32
Scotland	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Senegal	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	025.00
Serbia	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
Serbia and Montenegro [4]	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Singapore	28	23	3	2	97	19	+78	082.14
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Spain	6	0	2	4	5	16	−11	000.00
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	100.00
Sudan	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Sweden	5	0	2	3	3	18	−15	000.00
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Syria	10	6	3	1	12	5	+7	060.00
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Thailand	47	31	8	8	96	37	+59	065.96
Togo	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Tunisia	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	033.33
Turkey	7	1	2	4	4	13	−9	014.29
Turkmenistan	5	4	0	1	16	4	+12	080.00
Ukraine	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
United Arab Emirates	21	13	5	3	38	14	+24	061.90
United States	12	6	3	3	12	8	+4	050.00
Uruguay	10	1	2	7	7	15	−8	010.00
Uzbekistan	16	11	4	1	34	14	+20	068.75
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Vietnam [b]	25	17	6	2	66	21	+45	068.00
Wales	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Yemen [c]	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Yugoslavia [d]	7	0	3	4	4	13	−9	000.00
Zambia	4	2	0	2	10	8	+2	050.00
Total	997	539	246	212	1,799	914	+885	054.06

1. Including Czechoslovakia.
2. Including South Vietnam.
3. Including North Yemen.
4. Including SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia.

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto. "South Korea – Record International Players". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
2. "KFA Archives" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. 1 August 2018.
3. "All-time record per countries" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
4. "Match results – 2005" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

External links

• Korea Football Association official website (in English and Korean)