The South Korea women's national football team has represented South Korea (Korea Republic) at the FIFA Women's World Cup on four occasions, in 2003, 2015, 2019, and 2023.
Competitive record
edit| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1991 |
Did not qualify | Via AFC Women's Asian Cup | |||||||||||||
 1995
|
Via Asian Games | ||||||||||||||
 1999
|
Via AFC Women's Asian Cup | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Squad | |||||||
| 2007 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
 2011
| |||||||||||||||
 2015 |
Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Squad | |||||||
 2019 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | Squad | |||||||
  2023 |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Squad | ||||||||
 2027 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 4/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head-to-head record
edit| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00 |
 Colombia
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
 Costa Rica
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
 France
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0.00 |
| Germany
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
 Morocco
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Nigeria
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
 Norway
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0.00 |
 Spain
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 31 | −24 | 7.69 |
Player records
editTop goalscorers
edit| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cho So-hyun | 2 |
| 2 | Kim Jin-hee | 1 |
| Jeon Ga-eul | 1 | |
| Ji So-yun | 1 | |
| Kim Soo-yun | 1 | |
| Yeo Min-ji | 1 |
Details
edit2003 (United States)
edit| 21 September 2003 Group B | Brazil | 3–0 |  South Korea | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. |
| 15:15 | Report | Attendance: 34,144[1] Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia) |
| 24 September 2003 Group B | France | 1–0 | South Korea | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. |
| 19:45 |
|
Report | Attendance: 16,316[1] Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China PR) |
| 27 September 2003 Group B | South Korea | 1–7 | Norway | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough |
| 12:45 |
|
Report |
|
Attendance: 14,356[1] Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia) |
| Group B table | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | France
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  South Korea
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |
2015 (Canada)
editSouth Korea finished in fourth place at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup and qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they made it out of the group stage for the first time. They were drawn in Group E with Brazil, Spain and Costa Rica. South Korea lost 2–0 to Brazil, but a 2–2 draw with Costa Rica and a 2–1 victory against Spain were enough to progress for the first time ever at a World Cup. They went on to lose 3–0 to France in the round of 16.[2]
| 9 June 2015 Group E | Brazil | 2–0 | South Korea | Olympic Stadium, Montreal |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC−4) | Report | Attendance: 10,175[3] Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland) |
| 13 June 2015 Group E | South Korea | 2–2 | Costa Rica | Olympic Stadium, Montreal |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC−4) |
|
Report |
|
Attendance: 28,623[4] Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy) |
| 17 June 2015 Group E | South Korea | 2–1 | Spain | TD Place Stadium, Ottawa |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC−4) |
|
Report |
|
Attendance: 21,562[5] Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) |
| Group E table | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Costa Rica
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Spain
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
| 21 June 2015 Round of 16 | France | 3–0 | South Korea | Olympic Stadium, Montreal |
| 16:00 EDT (UTC−4) | Report | Attendance: 15,518[6] Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina) |
2019 (France)
editComing off an improved showing at the previous one, South Korea qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and were put in Group A with France, Norway and Nigeria. However, they could not repeat their prior success in 2015 and lost all three games and exited the tournament in the group stage, only scoring one goal in their entire run and even an own goal.[7]
| 7 June 2019 Group A | France | 4–0 | South Korea | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| 21:00 | Report | Attendance: 45,261[8] Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay) |
| 12 June 2019 Group A | Nigeria | 2–0 | South Korea | Stade des Alpes, Grenoble |
| 15:00 |
|
Report | Attendance: 11,252[9] Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia) |
| 17 June 2019 Group A | South Korea | 1–2 | Norway | Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims |
| 21:00 |
|
Report |
|
Attendance: 13,034[10] Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada) |
| Group A table | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Nigeria
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Korea
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
2023 (Australia and New Zealand)
editSouth Korea next qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. As in 2019, the team scored only one goal, but achieved a notable result by drawing their final match with Germany 1–1, which resulted in the Germans exiting the tournament at the group stage despite being second in the FIFA Ranking at the time.[11][12][13]
| 25 July 2023 Group H | Colombia | 2–0 | South Korea | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
| 12:00 UTC+10 | Report | Attendance: 24,323 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England) |
| 30 July 2023 Group H | South Korea | 0–1 | Morocco | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
| 14:00 UTC+9:30 | Report | Jraïdi  6' |
Attendance: 12,886 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil) |
| 3 August 2023 Group H | South Korea | 1–1 | Germany | Lang Park, Brisbane |
| 20:00 UTC+10 | Cho So-hyun 6' |
Report | Popp 42' |
Attendance: 38,945 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) |
| Group H table | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Morocco
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Germany
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | |
| 4 | South Korea
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 – Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. pp. 93–100. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Teams". FIFA. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Match report – Group E – Brazil v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 9 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Match report – Group E – Korea Republic v Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Match report – Group E – Korea Republic v Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Match report – Round of 16 – France v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Match report – Group A – France v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Match report – Group A – Nigeria v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Match report – Group A – Korea Republic v Norway" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Kane, Desmond (3 August 2023). "Women's World Cup 2023: Seismic shock as Germany crash out in group stages after South Korea draw". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Wrack, Suzanne (3 August 2023). "Germany crash out of World Cup in huge upset after draw with South Korea". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Bosher, Luke (3 August 2023). "Germany crash out in one of the biggest upsets in Women's World Cup history". The Athletic. Retrieved 10 August 2023.