South Korea national under-20 football team
| 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 | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
 South Korea 2–0 Thailand  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 19 April 1959) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
South Korea 28–0 Guam  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 6 November 2007) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 10–3 South Korea (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) | ||
The South Korea national under-20 football team (Korean: 대한민국 20세 이하 축구 국가대표팀; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in international youth football competitions and also can be managed as under-18 or under-19 team if necessary. South Korean under-20 team won twelve AFC U-20 Asian Cup (AFC Youth Championship) titles and reached the FIFA U-20 World Cup final once, both are the most successful results among Asian teams.
History[edit]
Red Fury (1983)[edit]
South Korea's under-19 team, which finished third in the qualifying tournament, was initially ineligible to play in the final stage of the 1982 AFC Youth Championship. However, the North Korean FA was punished with a two-year suspension for assaulting a referee at the 1982 Asian Games by the Asian Football Confederation, so South Korea advanced to the final stage instead of North Korea, the runners-up.[1] After winning the tournament, South Korea qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship as Asian champions. Manager Park Jong-hwan trained his team with tactics that demanded a lot of endurance and teamwork for the World Youth Championship.[2]
Drawn in a group with Scotland, Australia and the host Mexico, South Korea lost their first game against Scotland, but they advanced to the knockout stage by defeating the other two teams. In the quarter-finals, they faced Uruguay, and won the game 2–1 with two extra time goals by Shin Yon-ho. The news that they reached the semi-finals for the first time in a FIFA competition became a myth in South Korea,[3] a weak country in sports at the time, although it was a youth competition. The foreign press was also interested in South Korea's achievement, describing it as the "Red Fury".[4][5] South Korea finished the tournament in fourth place after losing to Brazil and Poland,[6] and South Korean defender Kim Pan-keun was named in the official All-Star Team.[7] The name of "Red Devils", the supporters' group for the South Korean national team, was inspired by this story.[8]
Korean unified team (1991)[edit]
The Inter-Korean Sports Conferences were held on the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee since 1963, but the conferences always broke down until the 1980s because both sides had not seen eye to eye. In February 1991, however, they decided to make Korean unified teams in table tennis and football.[9] In that same year, both South and North qualified for the FIFA World Youth Championship as winners and runners-up of the 1990 AFC Youth Championship, so they urgently made allied under-20 football team for the world championship despite concerns about communication and teamwork.[10] Their challenge was ended in the quarter-finals.
Recent results and fixtures[edit]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2023[edit]
| 2 March 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup (Group C) | South Korea | 4–0 |  Oman | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 15:00 UTC+5 |
| Report | Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 53 Referee: Akhrol Risqullaev (Uzbekistan) |
| 5 March 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup (Group C) | Jordan  | 0–2 | South Korea | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 15:00 UTC+5 | Report |
| Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 221 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia) |
| 8 March 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup (Group C) | South Korea | 0–0 |  Tajikistan | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 17:00 UTC+5 | Report | Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 318 Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei) |
| 12 March 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup (Quarter-finals) | South Korea | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |  China | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 15:00 UTC+5 |
| Report | Iminqari  48' | Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 467 Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates) |
| 15 March 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup (Semi-finals) | Uzbekistan  | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) | South Korea | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 19:00 UTC+5 | Report | Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 33,977 Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 22 May 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group F) | France  | 1–2 | South Korea | Mendoza, Argentina |
| 15:00 UTC−3 | Virginius 70' (pen.) | Report |
| Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 2,671 Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia) |
| 25 May 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group F) | Honduras  | 2–2 | South Korea | Mendoza, Argentina |
| 18:00 UTC−3 |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 6,851 Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa) |
| 28 May 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group F) | South Korea | 0–0 |  Gambia | Mendoza, Argentina |
| 18:00 UTC−3 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 7,463 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica) |
| 1 June 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Round of 16) | Ecuador  | 2–3 | South Korea | Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
| 18:00 UTC−3 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades |
| 4 June 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Quarter-finals) | South Korea | 1–0 |  Nigeria | Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
| 18:00 UTC−3 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades |
| 8 June 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Semi-finals) | Italy  | 2–1 | South Korea | La Plata, Argentina |
| 18:00 UTC−3 | Report | Lee Seung-won 23' (pen.) | Stadium: Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona |
| 11 June 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Third place match) | Israel  | 3–1 | South Korea | La Plata, Argentina |
| 14:30 UTC±0 | Report |
| Stadium: Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona |
All-time results[edit]
South Korea entered annual AFC Youth Championship from 1959 to 1976 excluding the 1975 tournament and the youth matches of those days were played for 80 minutes.
The FIFA World Youth Championship was founded in 1977 and the AFC Youth Championship became a qualifying tournament of the World Youth Championship. The top two teams (generally finalists) of the AFC Youth Championship could qualify for the World Youth Championship until 1995. The two competitions were held every two years, and introduced 90-minute matches since 1979.
The number of participating teams in the FIFA World Youth Championship was increased from 16 to 24 in 1997, and four Asian countries, generally the semi-finalists in the AFC Youth Championship, has qualified for the competition since then. The FIFA World Youth Championship was renamed the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2007. The AFC Youth Championship was relaunched as the AFC U-19 Championship in 2008 and the AFC U-20 Asian Cup in 2023.
The following is a list of match results in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, AFC U-20 Asian Cup and AFF U-19 Youth Championship.[11][12]
Win Draw Loss
| Competition | Round | Team scorer(s) | Score | Opponent | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 AFC Youth Championship | Group allocation match | Lee Soon-myung 15' Cho Yoon-ok 18' | 2–0 | Thailand | [13] |
| Final round | Park Kyung-hwa 1', 13' Lee Soon-myung 10' | 3–2 |  Japan | [14] | |
| Final round | 1–0 |  Hong Kong | |||
| Final round | 2–1 |  Malaya | |||
| 1960 AFC Youth Championship | Group B | Chung Sun-cheon 6', 14' Cho Yoon-ok 8', 34' | 4–1 | Thailand | |
| Group B | Cho Yoon-ok 17' Chung Sun-cheon 25'Cha Kyung-bok 34'Kim Duk-joong 74' | 4–2 |  Indonesia | ||
| Group B | Cho Yoon-ok 20', 43' Cha Kyung-bok 29'Chung Sun-cheon 53' | 4–1 |  Singapore | ||
| Final | Chung Sun-cheon 1' Cho Yoon-ok 7', 10'Cha Kyung-bok 30' (pen.) | 4–0 | Malaya | ||
| 1961 AFC Youth Championship | Group A | 1–1 | Japan | ||
| Group A | 2–2 | Indonesia | |||
| Group A | Lee Woo-jin 42' Choi Eun-taek 55'Lee Poong-gil 62'? 79' | 4–0 | Singapore | [15] | |
| Group A | 1–1 |  South Vietnam | |||
| Third place match | 1–2 | Thailand | |||
| 1962 AFC Youth Championship | Group B | Joo Min-hwan 30' Kim Kang-moon 36'Park In-seon ?'Lim Gook-chan ?' | 4–0 | Hong Kong | [16] |
| Group B | — | 0–0 | Indonesia | ||
| Group B | Park In-seon 22', 38', 80' Joo Min-hwan 51'Na Yoon-sik 65' | 5–0 | Singapore | [17] | |
| Group B | Lim Gook-chan 17', 58', 77' Na Yoon-sik 72' | 4–0 |  Pakistan | [18] | |
| Final | Lim Gook-chan 1' | 1–2 | Thailand | [19] | |
| 1963 AFC Youth Championship | Group B | Lee Seung-an 10' Park In-seon 22', 40'Bae Kim-su 72' | 4–1 | Japan | [20] |
| Group B | Park In-seon 29' ? 40'Lee Seung-soo ?' (pen.) | 3–1 | Singapore | [21] | |
| Group B | Han Heung-seon 11' Park In-seon 49', 70' | 3–0 | Hong Kong | [22] | |
| Group B | Chung Kang-ji 13' | 1–1 | South Vietnam | [23] | |
| Group B | Kim Chang-eui 20', 24' Park In-seon 40' | 3–1 |  Ceylon | [24] | |
| Final | Park In-seon 45', 77' | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |  Burma | [25] | |
| 1964 AFC Youth Championship | Group A | Chung Dong-soo 61' | 1–0 | Japan | [26] |
| Group A | — | 0–4 | Israel | ||
| Group A | Kim Ki-bok 22' (pen.) Kim Bak-haeng 48' | 2–0 | Thailand | [27] | |
| Third place match | Chung Dong-soo 51' | 1–5 |  Malaysia | [28] | |
| 1965 AFC Youth Championship | Group B | — | 0–1 | Thailand | |
| Group B | — | 0–2 | Burma | ||
| Group B | Chung Tae-hoon 33' Hong Kyung-gu 66'? ?'? ?' | 4–1 |  India | [29] | |
| Group B | — | 0–1 | Malaysia | ||
| 1966 AFC Youth Championship | Group C | — | 0–0 | Israel | |
| Group C | Chung Tae-hoon 14' Kim Young-sik 16'Choi Sang-cheol ?', 68'Kim Jae-yong ?' | 5–1 | Hong Kong | [30] | |
| Quarter-finals | — | 0–1 | Thailand | ||
| 1967 AFC Youth Championship | Group B | Park Joon-chan 60' (pen.) | 1–1 | South Vietnam | [31] |
| Group B | — | 0–3 | Indonesia | ||
| Group B | Park Lee-chun ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' ? ?'? ?' | 7–3 | Hong Kong | [32] | |
| 1968 AFC Youth Championship | Group A | Kim Byung-chan 11', 17' Bae Ki-myeon 27'Park Young-tae 56' (pen.) | 4–1 | Hong Kong | [33] |
| Group A | Kim Byung-chan 41' Lee Jong-han 67', 74' | 3–0 | Japan | [34] | |
| Group A | Cho Jae-deok 13' Kim In-kwon 22'Kim Byung-chan 55' | 3–1 | Thailand | [35] | |
| Group 2 | Cho Jae-deok 17' Park Young-tae 53'Yang Sun-kyung 74' | 3–1 |  Philippines | [36] | |
| Group 2 | Kim In-kwon 28' Lee Kap-soo 33', 68'Lee Jong-han 36' | 4–0 | Malaysia | [37] | |
| Semi-finals | Kim In-kwon 18' | 1–1 | Burma | [38] | |
| Third place match | — | 0–0 | Israel | ||
| 1969 AFC Youth Championship | Group C | — | 0–1 | Israel | |
| Group C | Nam Dae-sik 10' Won Heung-jae 20', 66', 80'Kim In-kwon 25'Lim Tae-joo 33'Cho Kap-rae ?' | 7–0 | Philippines | [39] | |
| Group C | Kang Bong-hyun 23' Lee Jong-han 62' | 2–1 |  Laos | [40] | |
| Quarter-finals | — | 0–2 |  Iran | ||
| 1970 AFC Youth Championship | Group A | Cho Han-heung 23' (pen.) Kwon Yi-tae 40' | 2–1 | Thailand | [41] |
| Group A | Lee Hee-sung 6' Cho Han-heung 71'Cho Sung-keun 78' | 3–0 |  Brunei | [42] | |
| Group A | — | 0–1 | Hong Kong | ||
| Quarter-finals | Cho Han-heung 34' (pen.) | 1–0 | Iran | [43] | |
| Semi-finals | — | 0–1 | Indonesia | ||
| Third place match | Cho Han-heung 44', ?' Lee Hee-sung 48'Kim Hak-ki 54'Lee Cha-man ?' | 5–0 | Japan | [44] | |
| 1971 AFC Youth Championship | Group C | Kim Jin-kook 5' Hwang Nam-seon 7', 20' | 3–1 | South Vietnam | [45] |
| Group C | Cho Han-heung 23' | 3–1 Awarded | Hong Kong | [46] | |
| Group C | Kim Jin-kook 11' | 1–1 | Israel | [47] | |
| Quarter-finals | Kim Jin-kook 5' | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) | Iran | [48] | |
| Semi-finals | — | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | Japan | [49] | |
| Final | — | 0–1 | Israel | ||
| 1972 AFC Youth Championship | Group D | 0–0 | Laos | ||
| Group D | Sim Yong-wook 55' | 1–0 | Iran | [50] | |
| Group D | Cha Bum-kun 26', 28', 72' Hong Ho-seon 35' | 4–1 | Philippines | [51] | |
| Quarter-finals | Lee Young-moo 50' Cha Bum-kun 62' (pen.) | 2–1 | Indonesia | [52] | |
| Semi-finals | Cha Bum-kun 72' | 1–0 | Thailand | [53] | |
| Final | — | 0–1 | Israel | ||
| 1973 AFC Youth Championship | Group A | — | 0–0 |  Bahrain | |
| Group A | — | 0–0 |  Lebanon | ||
| Group A | Yoo Dong-choon 70' | 1–0 | India | [54] | |
| Quarter-finals | Song Byung-deok 79' | 1–0 | Burma | [55] | |
| Semi-finals | — | 0–1 | Iran | ||
| Third place match | Yoo Dong-choon 40' Park Jong-won 49'Shin Hyun-ho 59' | 3–0 |  Saudi Arabia | [56] | |
| 1974 AFC Youth Championship | Group C | Huh Jung-moo 12' (pen.) Park Min-jae 66' | 2–1 |  Nepal | [57] |
| Group C | Yoo Dong-choon 11' Park Min-jae 38' | 2–0 |  Khmer Republic | [58] | |
| Group C | Park Jong-won 15', 76' Park Min-jae 63' | 3–1 | Malaysia | [59] | |
| Quarter-finals | Park Byung-chul 53', 75' | 2–1 | Japan | [60] | |
| Semi-finals | — | 0–3 | Iran | ||
| Third place match | Hyun Jung-woo 27' Park Byung-chul 68' | 2–1 | Thailand | [61] | |
| 1976 AFC Youth Championship | Group A | Lee Nam-soo 8' Kim Chang-ho 56'Oh Gyu-sang 67'Kim Hyun-chul 73' | 4–0 | Malaysia | [62] |
| Group A | Kim Chang-ho 47' | 1–1 | India | [63] | |
| Group A | — | 0–1 | Iran | ||
| Quarter-finals | Jang Ki-moon 46' (pen.) | 1–0 | Indonesia | [64] | |
| Semi-finals | — | 0–1 |  North Korea | ||
| Third place match | Kim Chul-ho 17' Lee Nam-soo 50' | 2–1 | Thailand | [65] | |
| 1977 AFC Youth Championship | Group D | — | 0–0 | Malaysia | |
| Group D | — | 0–0 | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Group D | Baek Hyun-young ?', ?' ? ?' | 3–0 | Jordan | [66] | |
| Quarter-finals | — | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | Japan | ||
| 1978 AFC Youth Championship | Group D | Park Yoon-ki 49' Lee Tae-ho 75' (pen.) | 2–1 | China | [67] |
| Group D | Chung Hae-won 26' | 1–1 | Iran | [68] | |
| Group D | Kim Seok-won 3', 48', 64' Park Yoon-ki 6', 40'Chung Hae-won 26'Park Hang-seo 56' (pen.) | 7–0 |  Afghanistan | [69] | |
| Quarter-finals | Lee Sang-yong 58' | 1–0 | Bahrain | [70] | |
| Semi-finals | — | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | North Korea | ||
| Final | Kim Seok-won 30' | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |  Iraq | [71] | |
| 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship | Group C | — | 0–3 |  Paraguay | |
| Group C | Lee Tae-ho 63' | 1–0 |  Canada | ||
| Group C | — | 0–0 |  Portugal | ||
| 1980 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification (East) Group B | Choi Soon-ho 13' Baek Chi-soo 60' | 2–0 | Thailand | [72] |
| Qualification (East) Group B | Kim Kyung-ho 25', 65' Choi Soon-ho 30', 55'Lee Won-sik 70' | 5–0 | Hong Kong | [73] | |
| Qualification (East) Group B | Choi Soon-ho 24' Lee Kyung-nam 34', 52', 88'Yoon Yong-seung 66' | 5–0 | Indonesia | [74] | |
| Qualification (East) Group B | Lee Kyung-nam 6', 32' Ko Eui-seok 36'Lee Won-sik 53' | 4–2 | Philippines | [75] | |
| Qualification (East) Semi-finals | Choi Soon-ho 8', 38' Lee Kyung-nam 59' (pen.)Baek Chi-soo 69' | 4–1 | Singapore | [76] | |
| Qualification (East) Final | Kwak Sung-ho 22' Choi Soon-ho 54'Yoon Yong-seung 74' | 3–1 | Japan | [77] | |
| — | Kim Seok-won 15' Choi Soon-ho 32', 72'Lee Kyung-nam 66' | 4–1 |  Qatar | [78] | |
| — | Lee Kyung-nam 22' Baek Chi-soo 42'Kim Seok-won 78' | 3–1 | Japan | [79] | |
| — | Choi Soon-ho 36' | 1–1 |  Bangladesh | [80] | |
| — | Choi Soon-ho 19' | 1–0 | Thailand | [81] | |
| 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship | Group B | Kwak Sung-ho 7' Choi Soon-ho 12', 29'Lee Kyung-nam 88' | 4–1 | Italy | |
| Group B | — | 0–1 |  Romania | ||
| Group B | — | 0–3 |  Brazil | ||
| 1982 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification (East) Group B | — | 0–2 | China | |
| Qualification (East) Group B | Kim Jun-hyun 28' Lee Kee-keun 31'Shin Yon-ho 57'Kim Jong-min 62'Kim Heung-kwon ?'Park Guk-chang ?' | 6–0 | Malaysia | [82] | |
| Qualification (East) Group B | Kim Jung-eun 2' Lee Kee-keun 68', 70', ?'No In-woo ?'Lee Seung-hee ?' | 6–1 | Hong Kong | [83] | |
| Qualification (East) Group B | Lee Kee-keun 9', 54' Shin Yon-ho 37', 73'Lee Tae-hyung 43', 71' | 6–0 | Singapore | [84] | |
| Qualification (East) Semi-finals | Lee Kee-keun 3' Kim Jong-min 10'Shin Yon-ho 48' | 3–5 | North Korea | [85] | |
| Qualification (East) Third place match | 4–1 | Thailand | |||
| — | Lee Kee-keun 35' Kim Heung-kwon 49'Lee Seung-hee 70'Kim Jung-eun 79' | 4–0 |  United Arab Emirates | [86] | |
| — | Lee Kee-keun 66' | 1–1 | China | [87] | |
| — | Lee Kee-keun 13' Shin Yon-ho 15' | 2–1 | Iraq | [88] | |
| 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship | Group A | — | 0–2 |  Scotland | |
| Group A | No In-woo 29' Shin Yon-ho 89' | 2–1 |  Mexico | ||
| Group A | Kim Chong-kon 16' Kim Jong-boo 34' | 2–1 |  Australia | ||
| Quarter-finals | Shin Yon-ho 54', 104' | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |  Uruguay | ||
| Semi-finals | Kim Jong-boo 14' | 1–2 | Brazil | ||
| Third place match | Lee Kee-keun 37' | 1–2 |  Poland | ||
| 1985 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification (East) Group A | Choo Dae-yeon 10' Kim Bong-gil ?'Kim Joo-sung 33', 80' | 4–0 | Hong Kong | [89] |
| Qualification (East) Group A | Cha Hee-chul ?', ?' Kim Bong-gil ?'Han Yeon-soo ?' | 4–1 | Singapore | [90] | |
| Qualification (East) Group A | — | 0–0 | Bangladesh | ||
| Qualification (East) Semi-finals | — | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | Thailand | ||
| Qualification (East) Third place match | 2–0 | Bangladesh | |||
| 1986 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification Group 8 | Choi Chung-il 54', 112' Jung Young-jin 74'Choi Tae-ho 116' | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Japan | [91] |
| Group B | Kim Gwang-jin 89' | 1–1 | Bahrain | [92] | |
| Group B | Kim Moon-sub 23', 89' Jung Chul-ho 26', 33', 35'Kim Jung-hyuk 44'Choi Chung-il 52', 80' | 8–0 |  Sri Lanka | [93] | |
| Group B | — | 0–1 | North Korea | ||
| 1988 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification Group 6 | Kim Byung-soo 25' Kim Do-hoon 50'Kim Gwi-hwa 65'Shin Tae-yong 70' | 4–0 | Burma | [94] |
| Qualification Group 6 | Seo Jung-won ?', ?' Shin Tae-yong ?', ?'? ?'? ?'? ?' | 7–0 | Singapore | [95] | |
| Group B | Kim Il-gwon 48' Seo Jung-won 51'Shin Tae-yong 87' | 3–1 | Japan | [96] | |
| Group B | — | 0–1 | Iraq | ||
| Group B | — | 0–0 | United Arab Emirates | ||
| 1990 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification Group 5 | Kim Dong-chul 37' Gwak Kyung-keun 75'Lim Gi-han ?' | 3–0 | Malaysia | [97] |
| Qualification Group 5 | Lim Gi-han 35' Lee Tae-hong 37', 55'Han Sang-ryul 42' | 4–0 | Pakistan | [98] | |
| Qualification Group 5 | Lim Gi-han 7' Moon Sam-jin ?'Kim Dong-chul ?' | 3–0 | Thailand | [99] | |
| Qualification Group 5 | Gwak Kyung-keun 14' | 1–1 | Bangladesh | [100] | |
| Group B | Cho Jin-ho 90' | 1–0 | Japan | [101] | |
| Group B | Cho Jin-ho 72' | 1–1 |  Syria | [102] | |
| Group B | — | 0–0 | Bahrain | ||
| Semi-finals | Seo Dong-won 68' | 1–0 | Qatar | [103] | |
| Final | — | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | North Korea | ||
| 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship (Participated as Korean unified team.) | Group A | Cho In-chol 88' | 1–0 |  Argentina | |
| Group A | Choi Chol 89' | 1–1 |  Republic of Ireland | ||
| Group A | — | 0–1 | Portugal | ||
| Quarter-finals | Choi Chol 40' | 1–5 | Brazil | ||
| 1992 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification Group 5 | — | 0–1 | Japan | |
| Qualification Group 5 | Kim Dae-eui 16' Choi Yong-soo 50' (pen.) | 2–1 | China | [104] | |
| Group B | Woo Sang-gu ?' Cho Hyun ?'Cho Hyun-doo ?', ?', ?'Cha Kwi-hyun ?', ?'Woo Sung-yong ?' | 8–1 | Thailand | [105][106] | |
| Group B | Cho Hyun-doo 2', 10' Choi Yong-soo 42', 44', ?' | 5–1 |  New Zealand | [107] | |
| Group B | Cho Hyun-doo ?', 88' Kim Dae-eui 46' | 3–1 | Qatar | [108] | |
| Group B | — | 0–4 | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Semi-finals | Lee Ho-sung 40' Cho Hyun 81' | 2–1 | Japan | [109] | |
| Final | — | 0–2 | Saudi Arabia | ||
| 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship | Group C | Watson 32' (o.g.) | 1–1 |  England | |
| Group C | Cho Jin-ho 32' | 1–1 |  Turkey | ||
| Group C | Lee Ki-hyung 39', 52' | 2–2 |  United States | ||
| 1994 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification Group 6 | 1–0 | Malaysia | ||
| Qualification Group 6 | 9–0 | Brunei | |||
| Qualification Group 6 | 2–0 | Singapore | |||
| Group B | Park Sung-bae 6' Chung Sang-nam 23'Byun Jae-sub 85' | 3–1 | Thailand | ||
| Group B | Park Sung-bae 34' Kim Sung-il 85' | 2–2 |  Kuwait | [110] | |
| Group B | Ahn Jung-hwan 62', 87' (pen.) | 2–2 | Bahrain | ||
| Group B | — | 0–1 | Japan | ||
| 1996 AFC Youth Championship | Group A | Yang Hyun-jung 2', 81' Lee Kwan-woo 66', 79' | 4–0 | Thailand | |
| Group A | Seo Ki-bok 55' Kim Do-kyun 68', 77' | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates | ||
| Group A | Park Byung-ju 7' Seo Ki-bok 34'Chung Seok-keun 63', 83' (pen.)Back Young-chul 88' | 5–2 | Bangladesh | ||
| Group A | Kim Nam-il 47' Nam Gi-sung 87' | 2–1 | Iran | ||
| Semi-finals | Yang Hyun-jung 79' | 1–0 | Japan | ||
| Final | Chung Seok-keun 8' Lee Kwan-woo 49'Yang Hyun-jung 59' | 3–0 | China | ||
| 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship | Group B | — | 0–0 |  South Africa | |
| Group B | Park Jin-sub 54', 68' (pen.) | 2–4 | France | ||
| Group B | Lee Kwan-woo 56' Chung Seok-keun 73'Lee Jung-min 89' | 3–10 | Brazil | ||
| 1998 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification Group 8 | Kim Eun-jung 28', 84' Seol Ki-hyeon 81' | 3–2 | Indonesia | |
| Qualification Group 8 | Kim Eun-jung 10' Na Hee-geun 47' | 2–0 |  Chinese Taipei | ||
| Qualification Group 8 | Jung Joo-ha 7', 33', 83' Na Hee-geun 17'Seol Ki-hyeon 22', 38', 40', 81'Kim Gun-hyung 28'Hong Jung-min 86', 89' | 11–0 | Philippines | ||
| Group B | Kim Eun-jung 50', 68' Lee Dong-gook 75' | 3–2 | China | ||
| Group B | — | 0–0 | Qatar | ||
| Group B | Lee Dong-gook 3', 63' Chun Jae-ho 42' | 3–0 | Iraq | ||
| Group B | Kim Eun-jung 3' Lee Dong-gook 21' | 2–1 | Japan | ||
| Semi-finals | Na Hee-geun 83' Lee Beom-jik 90' | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |  Kazakhstan | ||
| Final | Kim Eun-jung 14' Lee Dong-gook 75' | 2–1 | Japan | ||
| 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship | Group D | Kim Kun-hyung 37' | 1–3 | Portugal | |
| Group D | — | 0–1 | Uruguay | ||
| Group D | Seol Ki-hyeon 3', 35' Na Hee-geun 22' (pen.)Lee Dong-gook 69' | 4–2 |  Mali | ||
| 2000 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification Group 9 | Choi Tae-uk 3', 14', 57' Park Seung-gwang 18'Kim Byung-chae 21', 36', 38', 40'Park Yong-ho 28', 83'Chun Jae-woon 31'Kim Hae-chool 88' | 12–0 | Singapore | |
| Qualification Group 9 | Lee Chun-soo ?', ?', 53', 57' Kim Byung-chae 25'Kim Hae-chool 58', 60' | 7–3 | Malaysia | ||
| Qualification Group 9 | Park Kyu-seon 1', 11', 85' Ju Kwang-youn 6'Park Yong-ho 22'Choi Sung-kuk 57', 68', 90' | 8–0 | Philippines | ||
| Qualification Group 9 | Kim Hae-chool 1', 20' (pen.) Ju Kwang-youn 17', 71', 89'Choi Won-kwon 35'Kim Wan-soo 39'Kim Sung-gyu 60'Choi Sung-kuk 63'Park Kyu-seon 72'Cho Byung-kuk 78'Kim Byung-chae 83'Kim Young-sam 85' | 13–0 | Macau | ||
| Group B | — | 0–1 | China | ||
| Group B | Riaz 4' (o.g.) Cho Jae-jin 24', 44'Kim Byung-chae 32', 86'Lee Chun-soo 54'Choi Tae-uk 66' | 7–0 | Pakistan | ||
| Group B | Lee Chun-soo 63', 80' Cho Byung-kuk 82'Ju Kwang-youn 90' | 4–2 | United Arab Emirates | ||
| Group B | — | 0–0 | Iraq | ||
| 2002 AFC Youth Championship | Qualification Group 8 | Choi Sung-kuk 2', 28' Jung Jo-gook 19', 63', 81' (pen.)Kim Su-hyung 33'Jung Yoon-sung ?', ?'Park Ju-sung ?' | 9–0 | Brunei | |
| Qualification Group 8 | Jung Yoon-sung ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Yeo Seung-won ?', ?', ?'Namkung Woong ?', ?'Kim Sung-kil ?', ?'Park Ju-sung ?'Kim Dong-hwan ?'Jang Kyung-jin ?' |