Soccer World Cup 1990 / South Korea

This article covers the South Korean national soccer team at the 1990 World Cup .

qualification

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	25: 0	12
2	Malaysia	8: 8	7th
3	Singapore	12: 9	5
4th	Nepal	0:28	0

South Korea	-	Singapore	3-0
South Korea	-	Nepal	9-0
South Korea	-	Malaysia	3-0
Nepal	-	South Korea	0: 4
Malaysia	-	South Korea	0: 3
Singapore	-	South Korea	0: 3

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	5: 1	8th
2	United Arab Emirates	4: 3	6th
3	Qatar	4: 5	5
4th	China	5: 6	4th
5	Saudi Arabia	4: 5	4th
6th	North Korea	2: 4	3

South Korea	-	Qatar	0-0
South Korea	-	North Korea	1-0
South Korea	-	China	1-0
South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	2-0
United Arab Emirates	-	South Korea	1: 1

South Korean contingent

number	Surname	Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Kim Poong-joo	Daewoo Royals	10/01/1961
19th	Jeong Gi-dong	Posco Atoms	05/13/1961
21st	Choi In-young	Hyundai Horang-i	05.03.1962
Defense
2	Kyung-hoon Park	Posco Atoms	01/19/1961
3	Choi Kang-hee	Hyundai Horang-i	04/12/1959
4th	Yoon Deuk-yeo	Hyundai Horang-i	03/25/1961
5	Chung Yong-hwan	Daewoo Royals	02/10/1960
7th	Noh Soo-jin	Yukong Elephants	02/10/1962
13	Chung Jong-soo	Yukong Elephants	03/27/1961
15th	Cho Min-kook	Lucky Gold Star	07/05/1963
17th	Gu Sang-bum	Lucky Gold Star	06/15/1964
20th	Hong Myung-bo	Korea University	02/12/1969
midfield
6th	Lee Tae-ho	Daewoo Royals	01/29/1961
8th	Chung Hae-won	Daewoo Royals	07/01/1959
10	Lee Sang-yoon	Ilhwa Chunma	04/10/1969
12	Lee Heung-sil	Posco Atoms	07/10/1961
14th	Choi Soon-ho	Lucky Gold Star	01/10/1962
16	Kim Joo-sung	Daewoo Royals	January 17, 1966
22nd	Lee Young-jin	Lucky Gold Star	October 27, 1963
attack
9	Hwangbo Kwan	Yukong Elephants	03/01/1965
11	Byun Byung-joo	Hyundai Horang-i	04/26/1961
18th	Hwang Sun-hong	Kunkook University	07/14/1968
Trainer
	Lee Hoe-taik		10/11/1946

South Korean team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	5: 2	5
2	Belgium	6: 3	4th
3	Uruguay	2: 3	3
4th	South Korea	1: 6	0

• Belgium - South Korea 2: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi ( Verona )

Spectators: 32,790

Referee: Mauro ( USA )

Goals: 1-0 Degryse (53rd), 2-0 De Wolf (64th)

• Spain - South Korea 3: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Stadio Friuli ( Udine )

Spectators: 32,733

Referee: Jácome Guerrero ( Ecuador )

Goals: 1-0 Míchel (22nd), 1: 1 Hwangbo (42nd), 2: 1 Míchel (61st), 3: 1 Míchel (81st)

• South Korea - Uruguay 0: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Friuli ( Udine )

Spectators: 29,039

Referee: Lanese ( Italy )

Goals: 0: 1 Fonseca (90.)

Spain and Belgium, fourth in the 1986 World Cup, dominated Group E ahead of Uruguay and South Korea. Spain struggled with a goalless draw in their first game against the "Urus", but were then able to beat South Korea (3: 1) and the Belgians 2: 1 in a captivating match, which led to group victory. With their outstanding director Enzo Scifo, the Belgians clearly distanced South Korea (2: 0) and Uruguay (3: 1), but showed weaknesses in the final despite great skill. For the South Americans from Montevideo only the meager 1-0 win against the Asians remained as reparation, which was just enough for the former world champion to reach the last sixteen.