Football World Cup 1954 / South Korea

This article covers the South Korean national soccer team at the 1954 World Cup .

qualification

Japan	-	South Korea	1: 5
Japan	-	South Korea	2: 2

South Korean contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Hong Duk-yung	Seoul Army Club	05/05/1921
12	Ham Heung-chul	Seoul Army Club	1931
Defense
2	Kyu-chang park	Seoul Army Club	06/12/1924
3	Park Yae-seung	Seoul Army Club	04/01/1923
6th	Min Byung-dae	Anyang Cheetahs	1923
13	Lee Chong-cape	Wonjoo	1927
14th	Han Chang-wha	Seoul Army Club	03/11/1922
midfield
4th	Kang Chang-gi	Seoul Army Club	08/28/1928
5	Lee Sang-yi	Seoul Army Club	1922
11	Chung Nom-sik	Seoul Army Club	02/16/1917
15th	Kim Ji-sung	Seoul Army Club	1925
16	Choo Young-kwan	Seoul Army Club	1926
attack
7th	Lee Seo-nam	Seoul Army Club	1927
8th	Choi Chung-min	Seoul Army Club	1925
9	Woo Sang-kwon	Seoul Army Club	1927
10	Sung Nak-woon	Seoul Army Club	1927
17th	Park Il-cape	Seoul Army Club	03/21/1926
18th	Choi Young-keun	Seoul Army Club	02/08/1923
19th	Lee Ki-joo	Seoul Army Club	11/12/1926
20th	Chung Kook-chin	Seoul Army Club	1927
Trainer
	Kim Young-sik		July 25, 1910

South Korean team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	17: 3	4th
2	BR Germany	7: 9	2
3	Turkey	8: 4	2
4th	South Korea	0:16	0

• Hungary - South Korea 9: 0 (4: 0)

Stadium: Hardturm ( Zurich )

Spectators: 18,000

Referee: Vincenti ( France )

Goals: 1-0 Puskás (12th), 2-0 Lantos (18th), 3-0 Kocsis (24th), 4-0 Kocsis (36th), 5-0 Kocsis (50th), 6-0 Czibor (59th), 7-0 Palotás (75th), 8-0 Palotás (83rd), 9-0 Puskás (89th)

• Turkey - South Korea 7: 0 (4: 0)

Stadium: Stade des Charmilles ( Geneva )

Spectators: 3,000

Referee: Marino ( Uruguay )

Goals: 1: 0 Suat (10th), 2: 0 Küçükandonyadis (24th), 3: 0 Suat (30th), 4: 0 Sagun (37th), 5: 0 Sagun (64th), 6: 0 Sagun (70th), 7-0 Keskin (76th)

In Group II, the favored Hungarians started with a 9-0 victory over the alleged point supplier South Korea. Germany had the seeded Turks as opponents in their first game. Although the Herberger-Elf fell behind after three minutes, the players around playmaker Fritz Walter could not be dissuaded from their path. Schäfer equalized after just under a quarter of an hour. Despite clear superiority, it took until the 50th minute before Klodt got the 2-1. After that, Ottmar Walter and Max Morlock produced the appropriate final result of 4: 1. Against the Hungarians in the following game, Sepp Herberger put up a better reserve team and surprised friends, foes and experts. There was a legendary 3: 8 against the furiously magical Magyars. Since Turkey had knocked over South Korea 7-0, the Germans had to face the men from the Bosporus a second time. Again starting with the supposedly best line-up, the second clash between the two opponents was also a triumphant advance for the Germans. 7: 2 was the clear final result, with Max Morlock particularly noticeable with three hits.