Teams

28

FIFA Ranking

1

Finals

2018

Last World Cup

2002 (4th)

Best Performance

Korea Republic experienced few issues in qualifying, and though they ended up in second spot behind Iran in Group A, they qualified for their 10th straight World Cup finals with 3 games to spare. Since their incredible semi final appearance back in 2002 when they hosted the tournament, Korea have been knocked out in the group stages in three of the last four tournaments, including last time out in Russia. But their final match of the group stages will go down in history after they defeated defending champions Germany by two stoppage time goals to nil – Mexican fans were celebrating the result in front of the Korean embassy back home as the result allowed Mexico to progress to the next round of the tournament.

Fixtures

Player to Watch

Fresh from winning the English Premier League Golden Boot award last season, Son is in the form of his life, and all eyes will be on the 30 year old as he looks to emulate his club form for his country. Son is the superstar of the team, and was also top scorer in qualifying with 7 goals from 13 games and is on the verge of becoming the nations third highest ever goalscorer with just 4 more goals for his nation.

Squad List

Name

Kim Seung-gyu

Song Bum-keun

Jo Hyeon-woo

Kim Young-gwon

Kim Jin-su

Hong Chul

Kim Min-jae

Kwon Kyung-won

Kim Moon-hwan

Kim Tae-hwan

Cho Yu-min

Yoon Jong-gyu

Son Heung-min

Jung Woo-young

Lee Jae-sung

Hwang Hee-chan

Kwon Chang-hoon

Hwang In-beom

Na Sang-ho

Paik Seung-ho

Son Jun-ho

Jeong Woo-yeong

Lee Kang-in

Song Min-kyu

Hwang Ui-jo

Cho Gue-sung

Position

GK

GK

GK

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

FW

FW

Club

Al-Shabab (Saudi Arabia)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea)

Ulsan Hyundai (South Korea)

Ulsan Hyundai (South Korea)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea)

Daegu FC (South Korea)

Napoli (Italy)

Gamba Osaka (Japan)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea)

Ulsan Hyundai (South Korea)

Daejeon Hana Citizen (South Korea)

FC Seoul (South Korea)

Tottenham Hotspur (England)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Mainz 05 (Germany)

Wolverhampton Wanderers (England)

Gimcheon Sangmu (South Korea)

Olympiacos (Greece)

FC Seoul (South Korea)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea)

Shandong Taishan (China)

SC Freiburg (Germany)

Mallorca (Spain)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea)

Olympiacos (Greece)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea)

Age

31

24

30

32

30

32

25

30

27

33

25

24

30

32

30

26

28

26

26

25

30

23

21

23

30

24

Caps

64

1

22

94

59

44

42

25

20

18

3

2

102

63

63

47

39

35

21

12

12

7

6

12

47

15

Goals

0

0

0

0

2

1

3

2

0

0

0

0

33

3

9

8

12

4

2

2

0

2

0

0

16

4