The South Korea national football team represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association. South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia since the 1980s, having participated in ten consecutive and eleven overall FIFA World Cup tournaments, the most for any Asian country. Despite initially going through five World Cup tournaments without winning a match, South Korea became the first Asian team to reach the semi-finals when they co-hosted the 2002 tournament with Japan. South Korea also won two AFC Asian Cup titles, and finished as runners-up on four occasions. Furthermore, the team won three gold medals and three silver medals at the senior Asian Games.
The Suwon Samsung Bluewings are a South Korean football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the K League on four occasions, as well as the Asian Club Championship twice, in 2000–01 and 2001–02.
Yoo Sang-chul was a South Korean football player and manager. Yoo was regarded as one of the greatest South Korean midfielders of all time. He was selected as a midfielder of the 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team and K League 30th Anniversary Best XI.
Cho Jae-jin is a former South Korean football player.
Lee Eul-yong is a South Korean football coach, manager and former player.
Kim Byung-ji is a former football goalkeeper who played for the South Korea national team as well as several clubs in the K League. He was noted for his unique hair style which looked like the tail of a bird.
Ha Seok-ju is a South Korean football manager and former player. Ha was one of the few left-footed South Korean players at the time.
Kim Tae-young is a South Korean football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Yoo or Yu, or sometimes Ryu or Ryoo, is the English transcription of several Korean surnames written as 유 or 류 in hangul. As of 2000, roughly a million people are surnamed Yoo in South Korea, making up approximately 2% of the population. Of those, the most common is Ryu, with more than six hundred thousand holders, whereas Yoo accounts for about one hundred thousand.
Oh Beom-Seok is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a right back.
No Byung-jun is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a forward or a winger. He was voted MVP of the 2009 AFC Champions League after scoring the decisive free kick for Pohang Steelers in the final against Al-Ittihad.
Byun Byung-joo is a former South Korean football player.
Kim Hyung-il is a South Korean former footballer who played as a defender.
Yoo Byung-Soo is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for as a striker for Thai club Chiangmai.
Cho Byung-deuk is a South Korean former football player and goalkeeper coach.
The 2009 season is the Pohang Steelers' 27th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in the K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup, AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup as winners of the 2009 AFC Champions League.
Min Byung-dae was a South Korean football defender who played for the South Korea in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
Yoo Byung-jae is a South Korean television personality, actor and screenwriter.
Kim Yoo-jin is a South Korean women's international footballer who plays as a midfielder. She is a member of the South Korea women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. On club level she plays for INI Steel in South Korea.
This article is about the history of South Korean national football teams, including youth and women's teams.
