Korea Republic
Team Profile
- Korea Republic have appeared at the FIFA World Cup™ more times than any other Asian nation. The 2026 edition will mark their 12th overall participation and 11th consecutive appearance, having last missed out in 1982.
- The fourth-place finish achieved by Korea Republic in 2002 is still the best showing by an Asian team in FIFA World Cup™ history. On their run to the semi-finals, they famously overcame Italy and Spain in the round of 16 and quarter-finals respectively before losing to Germany.
- Six of Korea Republic’s seven wins at the global showpiece have come against European teams. Most recently, they defeated Portugal 2-1 in their opening fixture at Qatar 2022.
- The Taegeuk Warriors were the only Asian team to complete their FIFA World Cup 26™ qualifying campaign without losing a match. In total, they won 11 and drew five of their 16 games.
Korea Republic Fixtures
Korea Republic Squad
Seung-gyu Kim
Goalkeeper
Bum-keun Song
Goalkeeper
Hyeon-woo Jo
Goalkeeper
Han-beom Lee
Defender
Min-jae Kim
Defender
Kim Tae-Hyeon
Defender
Tae-seok Lee
Defender
Wi-je Cho
Defender
Moon-hwan Kim
Defender
Jens Castrop
Defender
Young-woo Seol
Defender
Gi-hyuk Lee
Midfielder
In-beom Hwang
Midfielder
Seung-ho Paik
Midfielder
Jae-sung Lee
Midfielder
Hee-chan Hwang
Midfielder
Jin-seob Park
Midfielder
Jun-ho Bae
Midfielder
Jin-gyu Kim
Midfielder
Dong-gyeong Lee
Midfielder
Heung-min Son
Attacker
Gue-sung Cho
Attacker
Hyeon-gyu Oh
Attacker
Kang-in Lee
Attacker
Hyun-jun Yang
Attacker
Ji-sung Eom
Attacker
Korea Republic Group
Group A
| P | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
