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 Korea Football Association is the governing body of football and futsal within South Korea. It sanctions professional, semi-professional and amateur football in South Korea. Founded in 1933, the governing body became affiliated with FIFA twenty years later in 1948, and the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.
The Seoul Olympic Stadium, a.k.a “Jamsil Olympic Stadium", is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River. It is the largest stadium in South Korea.
Goyang Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Goyang, South Korea used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Goyang Zaicro FC of the K League Challenge from 2013-16. The seating capacity is 41,311 and construction was completed in 2003. It is occasionally used for matches of the South Korea national football team.
Paju Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Paju, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 22,000 people and opened in 2001.
Munsan is a town of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies on the south bank of the Imjin River, close to the edge of the Demilitarized Zone and near Panmunjom and the Joint Security Area.
The South Korea women's national football team represents South Korea in international women's football competitions. The South Korean women's team has qualified for four FIFA World Cups in 2003, 2015, 2019 and 2023.
Kim Yong-sik was a South Korean football player and manager. He is esteemed as the godfather of the South Korean football.
The South Korea national under-23 football team represents South Korea at football in the Olympic Games and Asian Games. It was founded when the Olympic football was changed to an under-23 competition. It also can be managed as under-21 or under-22 team if necessary.
Korea Republic women's national under-17 football team represents Republic of Korea in international youth football competitions.
The 2012 Challengers League was the sixth season of amateur K3 League.
Paju Citizen Football Club is a South Korean football club based in the city of Paju. The club is a member of the K3 League, a semi-professional league and the third tier of semi professional football in South Korea.
The 2013 Challengers League was the seventh season of amateur K3 League. The top three clubs of each group qualified for the championship playoffs after the home and away season of two groups and the interleague play. The first and second-placed team in the overall table advanced to final and semi-final respectively, and the other four clubs advanced to the first round. Bucheon FC 1995 and Namyangju United withdrew from the league, but Gimpo Citizen and Hwaseong FC joined the league. Asan United, which had moved its city to Yesan last year, returned to Asan.
Paju Book City (Korean: 파주출판도시), located in Gyoha-eup, is a cultural complex entirely devoted to the creation, publication, merchandising and sales of Korean books. The "city" belongs to Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. Paju Book City is home to 250 publishers with over 10,000 workers. It covers the entire process of publishing from planning to printing and distribution and is home to a large number of book cafes and bookstores.
The 2014 K3 Challengers League, known as the Daum K3 Challengers League 2014, was the eighth season of amateur K3 League. The top three clubs of each group qualified for the championship playoffs after the home and away season of two groups and the interleague play. The first and second-placed team in the overall table advanced to final and semi-final respectively, and the other four clubs advanced to the first round. Asan United withdrew from the league, but FC Uijeongbu joined the league.
The 2018 Korean FA Cup, known as the 2018 KEB Hana Bank FA Cup, was the 23rd edition of the Korean FA Cup. Daegu FC qualified for the group stage of the 2019 AFC Champions League after becoming eventual champions.
The 2018 K3 League Basic was the second season of the K3 League Basic. Yeoju Sejong and Chungju Citizen joined the league in this season. The top two teams were directly promoted to the K3 League Advanced, and third, fourth and fifth-placed team qualified for the promotion playoffs.
The 2019 Korean FA Cup, known as the 2019 KEB Hana Bank FA Cup, was the 24th edition of the Korean FA Cup.
The 2019 K3 League Basic was the third and last season of the K3 League Basic. After the 2019 season, amateur K3 Leagues were relaunched as semi-professional leagues in the name of K3 League and K4 League.
