South Korea national under-23 football team

Korea Republic U-23
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Taegeuk Warriors; The Red Devils; Tigers of Asia
Association	Korea Football Association
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Shin Tae-yong
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 5-0 Indonesia; (Masan, South Korea; March 24, 1991)
Olympic Games
Appearances	7 (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)
Men's football
Olympic Games
Asian Games

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
1988	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	1	2
From 1992 Summer Olympics, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format.
1992	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	2	2
1996	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
2000	Group Stage	3	2	0	1	2	3
2004	Quarter-Finals	4	1	2	1	8	8
2008	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	2	4
2012	Third Place	6	2	3	1	5	5
2016	Qualified
Total	7/7	25	7	12	6	22	26

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
2002	Bronze	6	5	1	0	17	2
2006	4th	6	4	0	2	9	2
2010	Bronze	7	5	0	2	18	5
2014	Gold	7	7	0	0	13	0
Total	4/4	26	21	1	4	57	9

AFC U-22 Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2013	4th	6	3	2	1	8	3
2016	2nd	6	4	1	1	14	6
Total	2/2	12	7	3	2	22	9

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Year
1	Lee Dong-Gook	27	19	1999–2002
2	Choi Yong-Soo	34	18	1994–1996
3	Seo Jung-Won	22	12	1991–1992
4	Lee Chun-Soo	27	12	1999–2006
5	Choi Tae-Uk	34	12	2000–2004
6	Lee Woo-Young	30	11	1994–1996
7	Cho Jae-Jin	25	10	2003–2004
8	Park Chu-Young	21	8	2006–2012
9	Seol Ki-Hyeon	22	8	1999–2000
10	No Jung-Yoon	28	8	1991–1992

Caps and goals are including wild card player.
Resource: Korea Football Association Homepage [1][2] and U-23 matches

Most caps

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Year
1	Lee Ki-Hyung	40	7	1994–1996
1	Kim Do-Heon	40	3	2002–2006
3	Kim Dong-Jin	39	6	2002–2008
4	Choi Sung-Yong	37	0	1994–1996
5	Kim Jung-Woo	36	2	2003–2010
6	Choi Yong-Soo	34	18	1994–1996
	Choi Tae-Uk	34	12	2000–2004
	Choi Sung-Kuk	34	2	2002–2006
9	Park Dong-Hyuk	31	4	1999–2002
9	Seo Dong-Myung	31	0	1994–1996

Caps and goals are including wild card player.
Resource: Korea Football Association Homepage [3][4] and U-23 matches

Recent results

Win Draw Loss

2016

4 January 2016 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	0 – 2	South Korea	Dubai, UAE
		Report	Lee Young-jae 61' Hwang Hee-chan ((goal	Stadium: Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Sultan Alrazaq (United Arab Emirates)

7 January 2016 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	South Korea	Dubai, UAE
		Report		Stadium: Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Sultan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

13 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship	South Korea	2 – 1	Uzbekistan	Doha, Qatar
19:30 AST (UTC+03:00)	Moon Chang-jin 20' (pen.), 48'	Report	Dostonbek Khamdamov 57'	Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 803 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

16 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship	Yemen	0 – 5	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
16:30 AST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kwon Chang-hoon 14', 31', 41' Ryu Seung-woo 72' Kim Seung-jun 76'	Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 755 Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

19 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship	Iraq	1 – 1	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
19:30 AST (UTC+03:00)	Amjad Waleed 90+2'	Report	Kim Hyun 22'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 1,086 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

23 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship	South Korea	1 – 0	Jordan	Doha, Qatar
16:30 AST (UTC+03:00)	Moon Chang-jin 23'	Report		Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

26 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship	Qatar	1 – 3	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
19:30 AST (UTC+03:00)	Ahmed Alaa 79'	Report	Ryu Seung-woo 48' Kwon Chang-hoon 89' Moon Chang-jin 90+5'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 11,840 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

30 January 2016 2016 AFC U-23 Championship	South Korea	2 – 3	Japan	Doha, Qatar
17:45 AST (UTC+03:00)	Kwon Chang-hoon 20' Jin Seong-uk 47'	Report	Asano 66', 81' Yajima 68'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 5,394 Referee: R

25 March 2016 Friendly	South Korea	2 – 0	Algeria	Icheon, South Korea
20:00 KST (UTC+09)	Kwon Chang-hoon 3' Moon Chang-jin 30'	Report		Stadium: Icheon Stadium Attendance: 11,752 Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

28 March 2016 Friendly	South Korea	3 – 0	Algeria	Goyang, South Korea
19:00 KST (UTC+09)	Lee Chang-min 22' Moon Chang-jin 59', 75'	Report		Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 14,357 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahamas)

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Shin Tae-yong
Assistant Manager	Kim Gi-dong
Coach	Jeon Kyung-jun
Goalkeeping Coach	Lee Woon-jae

Players

Current squad

Players called for the friendly match against Algeria on 25 March and 28 March 2016.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Kim Dong-jun	(1994-12-19) December 19, 1994 (age 30)	Seongnam FC
21	1GK	Gu Sung-yun	(1994-06-27) June 27, 1994 (age 30)	Consadole Sapporo

2	2DF	Sim Sang-min	(1993-05-21) May 21, 1993 (age 31)	FC Seoul
3	2DF	Lee Seul-chan	(1993-08-15) August 15, 1993 (age 31)	Jeonnam Dragons
4	2DF	Song Ju-hun	(1994-01-13) January 13, 1994 (age 31)	Mito Hollyhock
5	2DF	Jeong Seung-hyun	(1994-04-03) April 3, 1994 (age 30)	Ulsan Hyundai
12	2DF	Ku Hyun-jun	(1993-12-13) December 13, 1993 (age 31)	Busan IPark
13	2DF	Park Dong-jin	(1994-12-10) December 10, 1994 (age 30)	Gwangju FC
14	2DF	Hwang Ki-wook	(1996-06-10) June 10, 1996 (age 28)	Yonsei University
19	2DF	Hong Jung-woon	(1994-11-29) November 29, 1994 (age 30)	Daegu FC
23	2DF	Kim Min-Jae	(1996-11-15) November 15, 1996 (age 28)	Yonsei University

6	3MF	Park Yong-woo	(1993-09-10) September 10, 1993 (age 31)	FC Seoul
7	3MF	Moon Chang-jin	(1993-07-12) July 12, 1993 (age 31)	Pohang Steelers
8	3MF	Lee Chang-min	(1994-01-20) January 20, 1994 (age 30)	Jeonnam Dragons
10	3MF	Ryu Seung-woo	(1993-12-17) December 17, 1993 (age 31)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
11	3MF	Choi Kyoung-rok	(1995-03-15) March 15, 1995 (age 29)	FC St. Pauli
16	3MF	Lee Chan-dong	(1993-01-10) January 10, 1993 (age 32)	Gwangju FC
17	3MF	Jung Won-jin	(1994-08-10) August 10, 1994 (age 30)	Pohang Steelers
20	3MF	Park Jung-bin	(1994-02-22) February 22, 1994 (age 30)	Hobro IK
22	3MF	Kwon Chang-hoon	(1994-06-30) June 30, 1994 (age 30)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

9	4FW	Kim Hyun	(1993-05-03) May 3, 1993 (age 31)	Jeju United
15	4FW	Park In-hyeok	(1995-12-19) December 19, 1995 (age 29)	FSV Frankfurt
18	4FW	Jin Sung-wook	(1993-01-01) January 1, 1993 (age 32)	Incheon United

Former managers

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

References

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External links

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