Soccer World Cup 1986 / South Korea

This article covers the South Korean national team at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico .

qualification

In the group stage they met Malaysia and Nepal . Malaysia turned out to be unexpectedly difficult opponents, but in the end they qualified for the semi-finals ahead of the Southeast Asians.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	8: 1	6: 2
2	Malaysia	6: 2	5: 3
3	Nepal	0:11	1: 7

Nepal	-	South Korea	0: 2 (0: 1)
Malaysia	-	South Korea	1: 0 (0: 0)
South Korea	-	Nepal	4: 0 (3: 0)
South Korea	-	Malaysia	2: 0 (2: 0)

In the semifinals, South Korea met Indonesia . After two wins it was relatively easy to qualify for the final. The final was played against Japan ; after again two wins, South Korea qualified for the final tournament.

Semifinals
South Korea	-	Indonesia	2: 0 (0: 0)
Indonesia	-	South Korea	1: 4 (0: 3)
final
Japan	-	South Korea	1: 2 (0: 1)
South Korea	-	Japan	1: 0 (0: 0)

South Korean contingent

number	Surname	Current club	birthday	Sp.	goal	red	yellow
goalkeeper
1	Cho Byung-deuk	Hallelujah FC	05/26/1958	0	0	0	0
21st	Oh yeon-kyo	Yukong Elephants	May 25, 1960	3	0	0	0
Defense
14th	Cho Min-kook	Lucky Gold Star	07/05/1963	2	0	0	0
3	Chung Jong-soo	Yukong Elephants	03/27/1961	1	0	0	0
5	Chung Yong-hwan	Daewoo Royals	02/10/1960	3	0	0	0
12	Kim Pyung-seok	Hyundai Horang-I	09/22/1958	1	0	0	0
2	Kyung-hoon Park	Posco Atoms	01/19/1961	3	0	0	1
15th	Yoo Byung-ok	Hanyong University	03/02/1964	1	0	0	0
midfield
4th	Cho Kwang-rae	Daewoo Royals	03/19/1954	2	0	0	0
8th	Cho Young-jeung	Lucky Gold Star	08/18/1954	2	0	0	1
9	Choi Soon-ho	Posco Atoms	01/10/1962	2	1	0	0
17th	Huh Jung-moo	Hyundai Horang-I	01/13/1955	3	1	0	1
16	Kim Joo-sung	Chosun University	January 17, 1966	3	0	0	1
18th	Kim Sam-soo	Hyundai Horang-I	02/08/1963	0	0	0	0
13	Noh Soo-jin	Yukong Elephants	02/10/1962	0	0	0	0
attack
19th	Byun Byung-joo	Daewoo Royals	04/26/1961	2	0	0	0
11	Cha Bum-kun	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	05/22/1953	3	0	0	0
22nd	Kang Deouk-soo	Lucky Gold Star	08/16/1961	0	0	0	0
7th	Kim Jong-boo	Korea University	01/13/1965	2	1	0	0
6th	Lee Tae-ho	Daewoo Royals	01/29/1961	0	0	0	0
20th	Kim Yong-se	Yukong Elephants	01/21/1960	0	0	0	0
10	Chang-sun Park	Daewoo Royals	02/02/1954	3	1	0	1
Trainer
	Kim Jung-nam ( trainer )		01/28/1943

South Korean Games

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	6: 2	5: 1
2	Italy	5: 4	4: 2
3	Bulgaria	2: 4	2: 4
4th	South Korea	4: 7	1: 5

Argentina	-	South Korea	3: 1 (2: 0)
South Korea	-	Bulgaria	1: 1 (0: 1)
South Korea	-	Italy	2: 3 (0: 1)