South Korea at the FIFA World Cup
5 World Cups — each one a chapter still being written.
AFC · 5 appearances · first in 1954.
Best result
Third place — 2002.
All-time World Cup record
Played 38 · Won 7 · Drawn 10 · Lost 21 · Goals 39–78 · Shootouts won 1, lost 0.
Top World Cup scorers
- Heung-min Son — 3 goals (2014–2018)
- Ji-sung Park — 3 goals (2002–2010)
- Jung-hwan Ahn — 3 goals (2002–2006)
- Cho Gue-sung — 2 goals (2022)
- Chung-yong Lee — 2 goals (2010)
Biggest rivalries
- Germany — played 3 (W1 D0 L2)
- Belgium — played 3 (W0 D1 L2)
- Spain — played 3 (W0 D2 L1)
- Uruguay — played 3 (W0 D1 L2)
Video highlights
- South Korea 5 × 3 Spain | Extended Highlights and All Goals- World Cup 2002 HD (2002)
- How South Korea Cheated at the World Cup (2002)
- South Korea 2 x 1 Italy ● 2002 World Cup Extended Goals & Highlights HD (2002)
- Samba boys turn on the style | Brazil v Korea Republic | Round of 16 | FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (2022)