The South Korea national football team (Korean: ëŒ€í•œë¯¼êµ ì¶•êµ¬ êµê°€ëŒ€í‘œíŒ€; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men’s international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association. South Korea has developed and emerged as a major football power in Asia since the 1980s and is historically the most successful Asian football team, having participated in nine consecutive and ten overall FIFA World Cup tournaments, the most for any Asian country. Despite initially going through five World Cup tournaments without winning a match, South Korea became the only Asian team to reach the semi-final stages when they co-hosted the 2002 tournament with Japan. South Korea also won two AFC Asian Cup titles, and finished as runners-up on four occasions. Furthermore, the team won three gold medals and three silver medals at the senior Asian Games. The team is commonly nicknamed the “Reds” by both fans and the media due to the color of their primary kit. The national team’s supporting group is officially referred to as the Red Devils.

Korea Republic FIFA World Cup 2022 Squad
S.NO. | Player | Club |
Goalkeeper | ||
1 | Hyeon-woo Jo | Ulsan Hyundai |
2 | Â Bum-keun Song | Jeonbuk |
3 | Sung-yun Gu | Sangju Sangmu |
4 | Â Seung-gyu Kim | Kashiwa Reysol |
Defender | ||
5 | Min-jae Kim | Fenerbahçe |
6 | Â Kyung-won Kwon | Gamba Osaka |
7 | Ji-soo Park | Sangju Sangmu |
8 | Young-gwon Kim | Ulsan Hyundai |
9 | Â Sang-woo Kang | Pohang Steelers |
10 | Jin-su Kim | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
11 | Â Chul Hong | Ulsan Hyundai |
12 | Tae-hwan Kim | Ulsan Hyundai FC |
13 | Yong Lee | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
Midfielder | ||
14 | Â Woo-young Jung | Al Sadd SC |
15 | Â In-beom Hwang | Rubin Kazan |
16 | Â Seung-ho Paik | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
17 | Â Jin-gyu Kim | BUSAN I’PARK |
18 | Â Jae-sung Lee | FSV Mainz |
19 | Dong-gyeong Lee | FC Schalke 04 |
Forward | ||
20 | Min-kyu Song | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
21 | Gue-sung Cho | Sangju Sangmu |
22 | Woo-yeong Jeong | SC Freiburg |
23 | Chang-hoon Kwon | Gimcheon Sangmu FC |
24 | Â Dong-jun Lee | Hertha BSC |
25 | Â Hee-chan Hwang | Wolves FC |
26 | Gun-hee Kim | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
Korea Republic FIFA World Cup 2022 Coach Paulo Bento
Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento is a Portuguese retired footballer, and the current manager of the South Korea national team. On 17 August 2018, Bento was appointed as the manager of the South Korea national team, with a contract to run up to and including the 2022 World Cup. At the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates, the side were eliminated 1–0 in the quarter-finals by eventual champions Qatar.