Football World Cup 1998 / South Korea

This article covers the South Korean national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

Round 1

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	9: 1	10
2	Thailand	5: 6	4th
3	Hong Kong	3:10	3

Hong Kong	-	South Korea	0: 2
Thailand	-	South Korea	1: 3
South Korea	-	Hong Kong	4-0
South Korea	-	Thailand	0-0

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	19: 7	19th
2	Japan	17: 9	13
3	UAE	9:12	9
4th	Uzbekistan	13:18	6th
5	Kazakhstan	7:19	6th

South Korea	-	Kazakhstan	3-0
South Korea	-	Uzbekistan	2: 1
Japan	-	South Korea	1: 2
South Korea	-	UAE	3-0
Kazakhstan	-	South Korea	1: 1
Uzbekistan	-	South Korea	1: 5
South Korea	-	Japan	0: 2
UAE	-	South Korea	1: 3

South Korean contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Kim Byung-ji	Ulsan Hyundai	04/08/1970	34
22nd	Seo Dong-myung	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	05/04/1974	21st
Defense
3	Lee Lim-saeng	Bucheon SK	11/18/1971	17th
4th	Choi Yong-il	Ulsan Hyundai	04/25/1966	54
5	Lee Min-sung	Busan Daewoo	06/23/1973	29
6th	Yoo Sang-chul	Ulsan Hyundai	October 18, 1971	57
12	Lee Sang-hun	Anyang Cheetahs	10/11/1975	13
13	Kim Tae-young	Chunnam Dragons	11/08/1970	35
16	Jang Hyung-seok	Ulsan Hyundai	07/07/1972	7th
19th	Jang Dae-il	Ilhwa Chunma	03/09/1975	14th
20th	Hong Myung-bo	Bellmare Hiratsuka	02/12/1969	94
midfield
2	Choi Sung-yong	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	December 15, 1975	27
7th	Kim Do-keun	Chunnam Dragons	02.03.1972	13
8th	Noh Jung-yoon	NAC Breda	March 28, 1971	36
14th	Ko Jong-soo	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	10/30/1978	22nd
15th	Lee Sang-yoon	Ilhwa Chunma	04/10/1969	28
17th	Ha Seok-ju	Cerezo Osaka	02/20/1968	80
attack
9	Kim Do-hoon	Vissel Kobe	07/21/1970	37
10	Choi Yong-soo	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	09/10/1973	33
11	Seo Young-won	Racing Strasbourg	December 17, 1970	73
18th	Hwang Sun-hong	Pohang Steelers	07/14/1968	80
21st	Lee Dong-gook	Pohang Steelers	04/29/1979	0
Trainer
	Cha Bum-kun		05/22/1953

South Korean team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	7: 2	5
2	Mexico	7: 5	5
3	Belgium	3: 3	3
4th	South Korea	2: 9	1

• South Korea - Mexico 1: 3 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stade Gerland ( Lyon )

Spectators: 39,133

Referee: Günter Benkö ( Austria )

Goals: 1: 0 Ha (28th), 1: 1 Peláez (51th), 1: 2 Hernández (74th), 1: 3 Hernández (84th)

• Netherlands - South Korea 5: 0 (2: 0)

Stadium: Stade Vélodrome ( Marseille )

Spectators: 55,000

Referee: Ryszard Wojcik ( Poland )

Goals: 1: 0 Cocu (38.), 2: 0 Overmars (42.), 3: 0 Bergkamp (71.), 4: 0 van Hooijdonk (80.), 5: 0 R. de Boer (83.)

• Belgium - South Korea 1: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Prinzenparkstadion ( Paris )

Spectators: 45,500

Referee: Márcio Rezende Freitas ( Brazil )

Goals: 1: 0 Nilis (7th), 1: 1 Yoo (71.)

In Group E, Mexico and the Netherlands fought head-to-head for group victory. After Oranje disappointed in their first game against neighboring Belgium, Dennis Bergkamp's team turned up against South Korea and won 5-0. In the last group game, the Netherlands and Mexico finally drew 2-2, while the Belgians also ended their last game with a draw and thus missed the knockout stage.