South Korea Soccer Team - South Korea Soccer

South Korea Soccer Team General Information
Country - South Korea
Capital City - Seoul
Continent - Asia
Manager - Dick Advocaat

South Korea Soccer Team History
Founded 1945
Affiliated 1948

WC participations6 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
WC honours Semi-finals (2002)
Continental TitlesAsian Cup twice (1956, 1960), Asian Games 3 times (1970 together with Burma, 1978 together with Korea DPR, 1986)

World Cup Record:
Year Host Performance
1930 Uruguay -
1934 Italy -
1938 France -
1950 Brazil -
1954 Switzerland Fourth, Group Two
1958 Sweden -
1962 Chile -
1966 England -
1970 Mexico -
1974 West Germany -
1978 Argentina -
1982 Spain -
1986 Mexico Fourth, Group A
1990 Italy Fourth, Group E
1994 U.S.A. Third, Group C
1998 France Fourth, Group E
2002 S.Korea/Japan Fourth place
2006 Germany in Group G with France, Switzerland, Togo
SOUTH KOREA Football Team for 2006 FIFA World Cup

Coach:
Dick Advocaat

Goalkeepers:
Woon Jae Lee, Yong Dae Kim, Young Kwang Kim.

Defenders:
Young Chul Kim, Dong Jin Kim, Jin Cheul Choi, Jin Kyu Kim, Chong Gug Song, Won Hee Cho.

Midfielders:
Nam Il Kim, Ji Sung Park, Do Heon Kim, Eul Yong Lee, Ji Hoon Baek, Ho Lee, Sang Sik Kim.

Forwards:
Jung Hwan Ahn, Chu Young Park, Ki Hyeon Seol, Chun Soo Lee, Kyung Ho Chung, Jae Jin Cho.

South Korea Statistics in Group G with France, Switzerland, Togo/td>
Jersey No. Name of the Player
1 Woon Jae Lee
2 Young Chul Kim
3 Dong Jin Kim
4 Jin Cheul Choi
5 Nam Il Kim
6 Jin Kyu Kim
7 Ji Sung Park
8 Do Heon Kim
9 Jung Hwan Ahn
10 Chu Young Park
11 Ki Hyeon Seol
12 Young Pyo Lee
13 Eul Yong Lee
14 Chun Soo Lee
15 Ji Hoon Baek
16 Kyung Ho Chung
17 Ho Lee
18 Sang Sik Kim
19 Jae Jin Cho
20 Yong Dae Kim
21 Young Kwang Kim
22 Chong Gug Song
23 Won Hee Cho

South Korea Soccer Team is playing in Group G along with France, Switzerland and Togo. South Korea has participated in the World Cup six times in 1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002.
In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea reached the semi-finals, an incredible achievement. In their group match, they defeated the highly fancied Portugal. In the Round of 16, the South Korea Soccer Team played against Italy and claimed an electrifying 2-1 victory from Jung Hwan Ahn's golden goal. Against Spain in the quarter-final, the match was decided by penalty shootouts, which they won. They lost 1-0 to Germany in the semi-final. Eventually South Korea came fourth in the championship and were awarded the 'FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team'.

South Korea is undoubtedly the most successful soccer-playing nation in Asia. This time it is South Korea's sixth successive World Cup appearance. In their final qualifying round for Germany 2006, South Korea Soccer Teama opened with a home win over Kuwait in February 2005. Then they lost to Saudi Arabia 2-0 in Saudi Arabia in their second match on 25 March 2005. They defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in Seoul and drew 1-1 in the away match. A 4-0 home win over Kuwait secured their place in the World Cup finals. South Korea suffered a 1-0 home loss to Saudi Arabia in their final qualifier in August 2005. Following this coach Bonfrere resigned. At the moment Dick Advocaat of Netherlands is the coach of the South Korea Soccer Team.

Ji Sung Park (midfielder), Young Pyo Lee (left-back) and goalkeeper Woon Jae Lee are players there to back the team. Another player to watch is Chu Young Park, who scored twice in his three qualifying appearances. Coach Dick Advocaat knows that this time it's a big challenge and the South Korean fans have a lot of expectations.