South Korea national football team results

Last updated October 12, 2025

This article shows the match statistics of the South Korea national football team.

Results by year

1950s

Year	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
1948	2	1	0	1	050.00
1949	2	1	1	0	050.00
1950	3	2	0	1	066.67
1951	Did not play
1952	Did not play
1953	5	3	1	1	060.00
1954	8	2	3	3	025.00
1955	Did not play
1956	10	8	1	1	080.00
1957	Did not play
1958	7	4	1	2	057.14
1959	11	7	2	2	063.64
Total	48	28	9	11	058.33

1960s

Year	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
1960	11	7	3	1	063.64
1961	6	2	1	3	033.33
1962	7	6	0	1	085.71
1963	9	4	2	3	044.44
1964	9	4	1	4	044.44
1965	6	3	2	1	050.00
1966	7	3	0	4	042.86
1967	20	14	3	3	070.00
1968	6	4	0	2	066.67
1969	9	5	3	1	055.56
Total	90	52	15	23	057.78

1970s

Year	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
1970	19	12	6	1	063.16
1971	17	9	5	3	052.94
1972	24	12	7	5	050.00
1973	17	10	5	2	058.82
1974	14	6	3	5	042.86
1975	23	18	1	4	078.26
1976	20	11	6	3	055.00
1977	26	16	9	1	061.54
1978	20	18	2	0	090.00
1979	6	5	0	1	083.33
Total	186	117	44	25	062.90

1980s

Year	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
1980	17	12	2	3	070.59
1981	12	7	2	3	058.33
1982	13	5	5	3	038.46
1983	15	8	5	2	053.33
1984	16	7	4	5	043.75
1985	15	11	0	4	073.33
1986	10	4	3	3	040.00
1987	5	3	2	0	060.00
1988	10	7	3	0	070.00
1989	16	11	3	2	068.75
Total	129	75	29	25	058.14

1990s

Year	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
1990	21	12	3	6	057.14
1991	6	3	3	0	050.00
1992	5	1	4	0	020.00
1993	21	11	6	4	052.38
1994	20	7	6	7	035.00
1995	9	2	4	3	022.22
1996	16	8	3	5	050.00
1997	23	15	5	3	065.22
1998	25	10	8	7	040.00
1999	5	1	3	1	020.00
Total	151	70	45	36	046.36

2000s

Year	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
2000	22	12	8	2	054.55
2001	16	8	4	4	050.00
2002	22	6	8	8	027.27
2003	15	7	2	6	046.67
2004	17	10	5	2	058.82
2005	17	6	6	5	035.29
2006	22	9	6	7	040.91
2007	11	4	4	3	036.36
2008	16	8	7	1	050.00
2009	13	6	6	1	046.15
Total	171	76	56	39	044.44

2010s

Year	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
2010	19	10	2	7	052.63
2011	16	10	4	2	062.50
2012	9	5	1	3	055.56
2013	15	5	4	6	033.33
2014	15	5	1	9	033.33
2015	19	15	3	1	078.95
2016	11	8	1	2	072.73
2017	13	4	5	4	030.77
2018	19	7	6	6	036.84
2019	18	12	4	2	066.67
Total	154	81	31	42	052.60

2020s

Year	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
2020	2	1	0	1	050.00
2021	10	7	2	1	070.00
2022	20	12	3	5	060.00
2023	10	5	3	2	050.00
2024	17	10	6	1	058.82
2025	10	5	3	2	050.00
Total	69	40	17	12	057.97

Largest margins

Biggest victories

As of 1 July 2022

Rank	Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1	29 September 2003	Nepal	16–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	1 October 1994	Nepal	11–0	1994 Asian Games
3	16 September 1979	Bangladesh	9–0	1979 Korea Cup
	25 May 1989	Nepal		1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
	5 August 1996	Guam		1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
	5 April 2000	Laos		2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7	4 October 1971	Republic of China	8–0	1972 Summer Olympics qualification
	10 August 1976	India		1976 Pestabola Merdeka
	8 September 1979	Sudan		1979 Korea Cup
	27 March 1980	Philippines		1980 Summer Olympics qualification
	6 September 2006	Chinese Taipei		2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
	3 September 2015	Laos		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
	10 October 2019	Sri Lanka		2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Heaviest defeats

As of 10 October 2025

Rank	Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1	5 August 1948	Sweden	0–12	1948 Summer Olympics
2	16 October 1964	United Arab Republic	0–10	1964 Summer Olympics
3	17 June 1954	Hungary	0–9	1954 FIFA World Cup
4	20 June 1954	Turkey	0–7	1954 FIFA World Cup
5	12 October 1964	Czechoslovakia	1–6	1964 Summer Olympics
	1 June 2016	Spain	1–6	Friendly
	20 June 1998	Netherlands	0–5	1998 FIFA World Cup
	30 May 2001	France		2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
	15 August 2001	Czech Republic		Friendly
	10 October 2025	Brazil		Friendly
10	16 December 1996	Iran	2–6	1996 AFC Asian Cup
	8 October 1961	Yugoslavia	1–5	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
	2 June 2022	Brazil	1–5	Friendly
	10 February 1971	Peru	0–4	Friendly
	6 September 1974	Kuwait		1974 Asian Games
	6 February 2013	Croatia		Friendly
	29 January 2014	Mexico		Friendly
	9 June 2014	Ghana		Friendly

External links

Squads and results at KFA (in Korean)

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