Soccer World Cup 2010 / South Korea

This article covers the South Korean national soccer team at the 2010 Soccer World Cup .

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in South Africa via the AFC qualifying games , the qualifying games of the Asian Football Association .

Due to a bye for the first two rounds, South Korea did not participate until the third qualifying round. There the team prevailed in Group 3 against North Korea , Jordan and Turkmenistan and rose to the next round together with group runner-up North Korea.

In the run-up to the game between North Korea and South Korea on March 26, 2008, disputes arose because the North Korean Football Association refused to play the South Korean national anthem and to hoist the South Korean flag. The meeting of the two teams was therefore moved to a neutral location ( Shanghai in China ) and took place on March 26th as planned. Also in the fourth round, when South Korea was to meet North Korea in the North Korean capital on September 10, the game was moved to Shanghai due to the tense situation between the two countries.

In the fourth qualifying round, the next group stage, South Korea met North Korea, Saudi Arabia , Iran and the United Arab Emirates in Group 2 and qualified as group winners for the World Cup.

Third round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	10: 3	12
2	North Korea	4-0	12
3	Jordan	6: 6	7th
4th	Turkmenistan	1:12	1

February 6, 2008 : South Korea - Turkmenistan 4: 0 (1: 0)

March 26, 2008 : North Korea 0-0 South Korea

May 31, 2008 : South Korea - Jordan 2: 2 (1: 0)

June 7, 2008 : Jordan - South Korea 0: 1 (0: 1)

June 14, 2008 : Turkmenistan 1: 3 (0: 1) South Korea

June 22, 2008 : South Korea 0-0 North Korea

Fourth round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	12: 4	16
2	North Korea	7: 5	12
3	Saudi Arabia	8: 8	12
4th	Iran	8: 7	11
5	United Arab Emirates	6:17	1

September 10, 2008 : North Korea - South Korea 1: 1 (0: 0)

October 15, 2008 : South Korea - UAE 4: 1 (2: 0)

November 19, 2009 : Saudi Arabia - South Korea 0: 2 (0: 0)

February 11, 2009 : Iran - South Korea 1: 1 (0: 0)

April 1, 2009 : South Korea - North Korea 1: 0 (0: 0)

June 6, 2009 : UAE - South Korea 0: 2 (0: 2)

June 10, 2009 : South Korea 0-0 Saudi Arabia

June 17, 2009 : South Korea - Iran 1: 1 (0: 0)

South Korean contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Lee Woon-jae	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	04/26/1973	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Jung Sung-ryong	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	04/01/1985	4th	0	0	0	0
21st	Kim Young-kwang	Ulsan Hyundai	06/28/1983	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Oh Beom-seok	Ulsan Hyundai	07/29/1984	1	0	0	0	0
3	Kim Hyung-il	Pohang Steelers	04/27/1984	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Cho Yong-hyung	Jeju United	03/11/1983	0	0	0	0	0
12	Lee Young-pyo	al-Hilal	04/23/1977	4th	0	0	0	0
14th	Lee Jung-soo	Kashima Antlers	01/08/1980	4th	2	0	0	0
15th	Kim Dong-jin	Ulsan Hyundai	01/29/1982	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Cha Du-ri	Sc freiburg	July 25, 1980	3	0	1	0	0
23	Kang Min-soo	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	02/14/1986	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Kim Nam-il	Tom Tomsk	03/14/1977	3	0	1	0	0
6th	Kim Bo-kyung	Ōita Trinita	10/06/1989	0	0	0	0	0
7th	Park Ji-sung	Manchester United	02/25/1981	4th	1	0	0	0
8th	Kim Jung-woo	Sangju Sangmu FC	05/09/1982	4th	0	1	0	0
13	Kim Jae-sung	Pohang Steelers	03/10/1983	3	0	0	0	0
16	Ki Sung-yong	Celtic Glasgow	01/24/1989	4th	0	0	0	0
17th	Lee Chung-yong	Bolton Wanderers	07/02/1988	4th	2	1	0	0
19th	Yeom Ki-hun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	03/30/1983	4th	0	1	0	0
striker
9	Ahn Jung-hwan	Dalian Shide	01/27/1976	0	0	0	0	0
10	Park Chu-young	AS Monaco	07/10/1985	4th	1	0	0	0
11	Lee Seung-ryul	FC Seoul	03/06/1989	1	0	0	0	0
20th	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	04/29/1979	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Huh Jung-moo		01/13/1955

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	7: 1	9
2	South Korea	5: 6	4th
3	Greece	2: 5	3
4th	Nigeria	3: 5	1

In the preliminary round of the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, the South Korean national team was able to finish Group B in Argentina that Nigeria and Greece .

• Saturday June 12, 2010; 1:30 p.m. in Port Elizabeth South Korea - Greece 2: 0 (1: 0)
  

• Thursday June 17, 2010; 1:30 p.m. in Johannesburg ( FNB Stadium ) Argentina - South Korea 4: 1 (2: 1)
  

• Tuesday June 22, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Durban Nigeria - South Korea 2: 2 (1: 1)
  

Final round

Round of 16

South Korea's selection finished second in Group B and met Uruguay , the winner of Group A , in the round of 16 .

• Saturday June 26, 2010; 16:00 in Port Elizabeth Uruguay - South Korea 2: 1 (1: 0)
  

Web links

• All matches in the preliminary round at a glance ( memento from September 29, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) on FIFA.com
• FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: Squad South Korea ( Memento from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )