South Korea national under-23 football team

Korea Republic U-23
Nickname(s) Taegeuk Warriors
The Red Devils
Tigers of Asia
Association Korea Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach Jeong Jeong-yong
Captain Jang Hyun-soo
Most caps Lee Ki-hyung
Kim Do-heon (40)
Top scorer Lee Dong-gook (19)
FIFA code KOR
First colours
Second colours
First international
South Korea South Korea 5–0  Indonesia
(Masan, South Korea; 24 March 1991)
Biggest win
South Korea South Korea 10–0  Philippines
(Seoul, South Korea; 18 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 3–0 South Korea South Korea
(Sweden; 7 November 1995)
 Japan 4–1 South Korea South Korea
(Tokyo, Japan; 7 September 1999)
 Spain 3–0 South Korea South Korea
(Adelaide, Australia; 14 September 2000)
 Italy 3–0 South Korea South Korea
(Qinhuangdao, China; 10 August 2008)
 Brazil 3–0 South Korea South Korea
(Manchester, United Kingdom; August 7 2012)
Olympic Games
Appearances 8 (first in 1988)
Best result Bronze Medal (2012)
Asian Games
Appearances 4 (first in 2002)
Best result Gold Medal (2014)
AFC U-22 Championship
Appearances 1 (first in 2013)
Best result Fourth Place (2013)

Korea Republic national under-23 football team represents South Korea at football in the Olympic Games and Asian Games. This team mostly includes under-22 and under-21 squads.

The bronze medal winning team of 2012 Summer Olympics and the gold medal winning team of 2014 Asian Games were granted exemptions from mandatory military service.[1][2]

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
From 1992 Summer Olympics, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format.
Spain 1992Group Stage303022
United States 1996Group Stage311122
Australia 2000Group Stage320123
Greece 2004Quarterfinals412188
China 2008Group Stage311124
United Kingdom 2012Third Place623155
Brazil 2016Quarterfinals4211124
Total8/82681263026

Asian Games

From 2002 Asian Games, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format.
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
South Korea 2002 Bronze6510172
Qatar 20064th640292
China 2010 Bronze7502185
South Korea 2014 Gold7700130
Total4/4262114579

AFC U-23 Championship

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Oman 20134th632183
Qatar 20162nd6411146
Total2/212732229
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team

Most recent squad

Players called for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Moon Gyeong-geon (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 1 0 South Korea Kwangwoon University
1 1GK Song Bum-keun (1997-10-15) 15 October 1997 0 0 South Korea Korea University
21 1GK Lee Jun (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 1 0 South Korea Yonsei University

20 2DF Kim Seung-woo (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 1 0 South Korea Yonsei University
3 2DF Min Jun-yeong (1996-07-27) 27 July 1996 1 0 South Korea Dongguk University
23 2DF Park Jae-woo (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 1 1 South Korea Daejeon Citizen FC
2 2DF Yoon Jong-gyu (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 1 0 South Korea FC Seoul
4 2DF Lee Sang-min (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 1 0 South Korea Soongsil University
5 2DF Jeong Tae-wook (1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 0 0 South Korea Ajou University
6 2DF Jo Sung-wook (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 1 1 South Korea Dankook University

14 3MF Kim Dae-won (1997-02-10) 10 February 1997 0 0 South Korea Daegu FC
17 3MF Kim Jin-ya (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 0 0 South Korea Incheon United
15 3MF Kim Hye-seong (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 0 0 South Korea Hongik University
16 3MF Doo Hyeon-seok (1995-12-21) 21 December 1995 1 1 South Korea Yonsei University
9 3MF Park Seong-bu (1995-06-06) 6 June 1995 1 2 South Korea Soongsil University
11 3MF Park Chang-jun (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 0 0 South Korea Ajou University
18 3MF Lee Dong-hee (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 1 0 South Korea Hanyang University
19 3MF Lee Sang-heon (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 1 0 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
22 3MF Lee Seung-mo (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 0 0 South Korea Pohang Steelers
7 3MF Lee Jin-hyun (1997-08-26) 26 August 1997 1 0 South Korea Sungkyunkwan University
8 3MF Hwang In-beom (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 1 1 South Korea Daejeon Citizen FC

13 4FW Kang Ji-hun (1997-01-06) 6 January 1997 0 0 South Korea Yongin University
10 4FW Cho Young-wook (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 1 4 South Korea Korea University

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the South Korea under-23 squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Lee You-hyeon (1997-02-08) 8 February 1997 0 0 South Korea Jeonnam Dragons v. 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification preliminary squad INJ

Coaching staff

Position Name Notes
Manager South Korea Jeong Jeong-yong
Assistant Manager South Korea Kim Gi-dong
Coach South Korea Jeon Kyung-jun
Goalkeeping Coach South Korea Cha Sang-kwang

Former managers

Year Name Win Draw Lose Notes
1991. 1. ~ 1992. 7. South Korea Kim Sam-Rak 20 6 13 Germany Dettmar Cramer was technical advisor (1991. 1. ~ 1992. 2.)
1994. 8. ~ 1996. 7. Russia Anatoliy Byshovets 17 13 9
1998. 8. ~ 2000. 9. South Korea Huh Jung-Moo 24 2 3
2002. 9. ~ 2002. 10. South Korea Park Hang-Seo 6 1 0
2002.11. ~ 2004. 8. South Korea Kim Ho-Gon 17 5 6
2006. 7. ~ 2007. 8. Netherlands Pim Verbeek 5 0 1
2007. 8. ~ 2008. 8. South Korea Park Seong-Hwa 7 5 1
2009. 12. ~ 2012. 8. South Korea Hong Myung-Bo 14 8 3
2013. 12. ~ 2015. 2. South Korea Lee Kwang-jong 12 5 3
2015. 2. South Korea Choi Moon-sik 2 1 0
2015. 2. ~ South Korea Shin Tae-yong 11 5 1

Statistics

See also

References

  1. "Footballer to Be Spared Military Service Despite IOC Probe". Chosun Ilbo. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  2. "Medal instead of military service". The Hankyoreh Media Company. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. "Match Report: KOR vs HON" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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