South Korea national under-20 football team
The South Korea national under-20 football team represents South Korea in the under-20 international football. They have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup and their best result is runners-up at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. They hosted the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. They have won the AFC U-20 Asian Cup 12 times.
| Nickname(s) | Taegeuk Warriors The Red Devils Tiger of Asia | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Korea Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Kim Eun-jung | ||
| FIFA code | KOR | ||
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| First international | |||
| 22x20px Korea Republic 2–0 Thailand 22x20px (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 19 April 1959) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| 22x20px Korea Republic 28–0 Guam 22x20px (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 6 November 2007) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| 22x20px Brazil 10–3 Korea Republic 22x20px (Kuching, Malaysia; 22 June 1997) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 15 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2019) | ||
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 38 (first in 1959) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012) | ||
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played on home soil
FIFA U-20 World Cup
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Squad |
| 23x15px 1977 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg 1979 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Squad |
| 23x15px 1981 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Squad |
| 23x15px 1983 | Fourth place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | Squad |
| 23x15px 1985 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 23x15px 1987 | ||||||||
| 23x15px 1989 | ||||||||
| 23x15px 1991 | Quarter-finals | 4[a] | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Squad |
| 23x15px 1993 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Squad |
| 23x15px 1995 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 23x15px 1997 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | Squad |
| 23x15px 1999 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2001 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 23x15px 2003 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2005 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2007 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2009 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2011 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2013 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 23x15px 2017 | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2019 | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2023 | Fourth place | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | Squad |
| 23x15px 2025 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 67 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 85 | 104 | 16/23 |
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- ↑ Played as Korean unified team.
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup record | Qualification record[1] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 23x15px 1959 | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | Not held | ||||||
| 23x15px 1960 | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |||||||
| 23px 1961 | Fourth place | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||||||
| 23px 1962 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |||||||
| 23x15px 1963 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |||||||
| 23x15px 1964 | Fourth place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg 1965 | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 23x15px 1966 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 23px 1967 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||||||
| 23x15px 1968 | Third place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |||||||
| 23px 1969 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |||||||
| 23x15px 1970 | Third place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | |||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg 1971 | Runners-up | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||||||
| 23px 1972 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||||||
 1973 |
Third place | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 23px 1974 | Third place | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||||||
 1975 |
Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| 23px 1976 | Third place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |||||||
| 1977 |
Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 23x15px 1978 | Champions | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |||||||
| 23px 1980 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | |
| 23px 1982 | Champions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 9 | |
| 23x15px 1985 | Did not qualify | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
| 23x15px 1986 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 23x15px 1988 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 23x15px 1990 | Champions | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 23x15px 1992 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 23x15px 1994 | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 23x15px 1996 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
| 23px 1998 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| 23x15px 2000 | Group stage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| 23x15px 2002 | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 23x15px 2004 | Champions | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 23x15px 2006 | Third place | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 23x15px 2008 | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 23x15px 2010 | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | |
| 23x15px 2012 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | |
| 23x15px 2014 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |
| 23x15px 2016 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |
| 23x15px 2018 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 23x15px |
Cancelled | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||||||
| 23x15px 2023 | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| Total | 12 titles | 190 | 112 | 46 | 32 | 375 | 151 | 72 | 63 | 3 | 6 | 395 | 40 | |
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Other competitions
| Competition | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23x15px 2008 AFF U-19 Youth Championship | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 2010 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
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Third place | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
References
- ↑ Di Maggio, Roberto; Garin, Erik; Jönsson, Mikael; Morrison, Neil; Stokkermans, Karel (22 November 2018). "Asian U-19/U-20 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2020.