Soccer World Cup 2015 / South Korea

This article covers the South Korean national football team of the women in the soccer World Cup Women 2015 in Canada . South Korea took part in the World Cup finals for the second time. The team qualified fourth in the 2014 Asian Cup .

qualification

South Korea did not have to qualify for the Asian Cup, but was set like Australia, China and Japan and benefited from the North Koreans' ban because of the doping offenses at the last World Cup.

Group stage

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	0	016: 000	+16	07th
2.	People's Republic of China	3	2	1	0	010-000	+10	07th
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	2	002:120	−10	03
4th	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	001:170	−16	00

May 15, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City
Myanmar	-	South Korea	0:12  (0: 7)	Ji (4th), Park E.-s. (17th, 43rd), Park H.-y. (33rd), Jeon (36th / penalty, 40th, 63rd), Cho (45 + 3rd, 61st, 82nd), Kwon (58th), Yeo (76th)
May 17, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City
South Korea	-	Thailand	4: 0 (2: 0)	Ji (11th), Park E.-s. (12., 47., 84.)
May 19, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City
China	-	South Korea	0-0

With first place in the group, South Korea was already qualified for the World Cup. Preliminary round opponents Thailand also qualified for the World Cup by playing for 5th place against hosts Vietnam and are taking part for the first time.

Semifinals

May 22, 2014

South Korea

-

Australia

1: 2 (0: 0)

Park E.-s. (53./ penalty)

3rd place match

May 25, 2014

People's Republic of China

-

South Korea

2: 1 (1: 0)

Yoo (80.)

Overall, coach Yoon Deok-yeo deployed 20 players, only eight of whom were used in all five games. The top scorer with six goals was Park Eun-sun , who together with the Chinese Li Yang was the tournament's top scorer.

preparation

After the Asian Cup, South Korea also took part in the Asian Games and qualified for the East Asian Cup:

• September 14, 2014 in Incheon against World Cup participants Thailand : 5: 0 (2: 0)
• September 17, 2014 in Incheon against India : 10: 0 (5: 0)
• September 21, 2014 in Incheon against the Maldives : 13: 0 (5: 0)
• September 26, 2014 quarter-finals in Incheon against the Republic of China : 1-0 (0-0)
• September 29, 2014 semifinals in Incheon against North Korea : 1: 2 (1: 1)
• October 1, 2014 Game for 3rd place in Incheon against Vietnam : 3: 0 (0: 0)
• November 12, 2014 Qualification for the East Asian Championship in Hsinchu against Guam : 15: 0 (5: 0)
• November 15, 2014 Qualification for the East Asian Championship in Hsinchu against Hong Kong : 9: 0 (7: 0)
• November 18, 2014 Qualification for the East Asian Championship in Taipei against the Republic of China: 2-0 (1-0)

In January 2015, South Korea took part in the four-nation tournament with three other World Cup participants in Shenzhen ( People's Republic of China ):

• January 11, 2015 against Canada 1: 2 (1: 0)
• January 13, 2015 against China 3: 2 (1: 2)
• January 15, 2015 against Mexico 2: 1 (1: 0)

In March 2015, the team took part again in the traditional Cyprus Cup and met World Cup hosts Canada (0: 1 on March 6) and the teams from Italy, which failed in the European playoff games (1: 2 on March 4) ) and Scotland (1: 2 on March 9). As the worst group fourth of the two stronger groups, the South Koreans met fourth in Group C, the Belgians, against whom they had never played before, in the game for 11th place. After the game was 1-1 after 90 minutes, the penalty shootout was won 5-3.

On April 5 and 8, South Korea played against Russia in Incheon and Daejeon and won 1-0 and 2-0 respectively. On May 1st, a preliminary roster of 26 players was named, which will meet for a training camp from May 8th to 15th and will then be reduced to 23 players, which will fly to a training camp in the USA from May 20th. After a test match against World Cup participants USA on May 30, 2015 in Harrison , USA , the team will travel to Canada on June 4.

The team

Contingent

The provisional squad was named on May 1, 2015. The final squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers) had to be communicated to the FIFA general secretariat no later than ten working days before the opening match. Only Kim Jeong-mi and Park Eun-sun have already taken part in a World Cup finals and in 2003, at the age of 18 and 16, respectively, came to three appearances in South Korea's only World Cup participation.

No.	Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	World Cup 2015
						Sp.	Gates
goal
18th	Kim Jeong-mi (김정미)	10/16/1984	Incheon Hyundai Steel	094	00	4th	0	0	0	0
21st	Yoon Yeong-geul (윤영 글)	10/28/1987	Suwon FMC	001	00	0	0	0	0	0
1	Jun Min-kyung (전민경)	January 16, 1985	Icheon Daekyo	045	00	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
5	Kim Do-yeon (김도연)	December 07, 1988	Incheon Hyundai Steel	063	01	2	0	0	0	0
19th	Kim Soo-yun (김수연)	08/30/1989	Hwacheon KSPO	046	10	2	1	0	0	0
20th	Kim Hye-ri (김혜리)	06/25/1990	Incheon Hyundai Steel	049	01	3	0	1	0	0
14th	Song Suran (송수 란)	07.09.1990	Daejeon Sportstoto	020th	01	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Kim Hye-yeong	02/26/1995	Icheon Daekyo	007th	01	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Shim Seo-yeon (심 서연)	04/15/1989	Icheon Daekyo	053	02	4th	0	0	0	0
2	Lee Eun-mi (이은미)	08/18/1988	Icheon Daekyo	064	12	4th	0	1	0	0
3	Lim Seon-joo (임 선주)	11/27/1990	Incheon Hyundai Steel	045	02	1	0	0	0	0
6th	Hwang Bo-ram (황 보람)	10/06/1987	Icheon Daekyo	035	00	2	0	2	0	0
midfield
16	Kang Yu-mi (강유미)	05/10/1991	Hwacheon KSPO	007th	00	4th	0	0	0	0
13	Kwon Hah-nul (권 하늘)	07.03.1988	Busan Sangmu	098	15th	4th	0	0	0	0
15th	Park Hee-young (박희영)	03/21/1991	Daejeon Sportstoto	041	08th	2	0	0	0	0
23	Lee Geum-min (이금 민)	04/07/1994	Seoul City	009	01	2	0	2	0	0
22nd	Lee So-dam (이소 담)	10/12/1994	Daejeon Sportstoto	020th	01	2	0	0	0	0
7th	Jeon Ga-eul (전 가을)	09/14/1988	Incheon Hyundai Steel	072	33	4th	1	0	0	0
8th	Cho Soh-yun (조소현)	06/24/1988	Incheon Hyundai Steel	083	09	4th	1	1	0	0
attack
9	Park Eun-sun (박은선)	December 25, 1986	FK Rossiyanka	035	18th	2	0	0	0	0
12	Yoo Youn-ga (유영아)	04/15/1988	Incheon Hyundai Steel	068	28	4th	0	0	0	0
11	Jung Seol-bin (정설 빈)	01/06/1990	Incheon Hyundai Steel	043	11	2	0	0	0	0
10	Ji So-yun (지소연)	02/21/1991	Chelsea LFC	078	39	3	1	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Head coach	Yoon Duk-yeo (윤 덕여)	03/25/1961	KFA	031	0	4th	0	0	0	0
Trainer	Jong Song-chon	05/30/1971				4th	0	0	0	0
Trainer	Kim Eun-jung	08/07/1980				4th	0	0	0	0
Goalkeeping coach	Kim Bum-soo	08/29/1968				4th	0	0	0	0

Remarks:

1. ↑ Numbers and positions according to the management list ( memento of the original dated May 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from May 15, 2015 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Status: June 17, 2015
3. ↑ Shin Dam-yeong with the number 17 was first listed in the squad list .
4. ↑ As a player for South Korea

Players not included

Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals
goal
Yun-Sa-rang (윤사랑)	08/31/1989	Hwacheon KSPO	000	00
midfield
Lee Young-ju (이영주)	04/22/1992	Busan Sangmu	012	00
attack
Yeo Min-ji (여 민지)	04/27/1993	Daejeon Sportstoto	028	11

1. ↑ ^{a b c} As of May 1, 2015

Games at the World Cup

Ottawa (VR) Montreal (VR / AF)

Venues

When the groups were drawn, the South Koreans were not seeded and were drawn to group E with South American champions Brazil. The newcomers to the World Cup Costa Rica and Spain were drawn as further opponents. South Korea had only played three games against Brazil before the World Cup, one of which was won and two lost. South Korea had never played against the other two teams. South Korea and Spain had to deal with the smallest distance between the two preliminary round venues. There are only about 200 km between the two stadiums.

Despite a courageous performance in their first game against Brazil, South Korea lost 2-0, with the Brazilian Marta scoring her 15th World Cup goal with a converted penalty and thus becoming the sole record scorer . Marta also scored her first World Cup goal in 2003 with a penalty against South Korea. In the second game against Costa Rica, the Asians fell behind early on, but were able to quickly equalize it and convert it into a lead. This lasted until the 89th minute, then Costa Rica managed to equalize. They also fell behind against Spain, but were able to turn the game around in the second half and celebrate their first win in a World Cup game with 2-1. A second group South Korea met on June 21, 2015. Montreal on France , F. the group winners of Group Both met only once before each other in 2003 at their first World Cup finals and South Korea lost with 0: 1st And this time too, the Asians could not win. They fell behind with two goals early on and couldn't work out any scoring opportunities themselves. With 0: 3, the defeat was two goals higher than the first time.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	004-000	+4	09
2.	South Korea	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
3.	Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Spain	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01

Tue., June 9, 2015, in Montreal
Brazil	-	South Korea	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sat. June 13, 2015, in Montreal
South Korea	-	Costa Rica	2: 2 (1: 1)
Wed. June 17, 2015, in Ottawa
South Korea	-	Spain	2: 1 (0: 1)

Knockout round

Sun June 21, 2015 in Montreal
France	-	South Korea	3: 0 (2: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ womens.soccerly.com: "Report: Mexico to play USWNT in LA on May 17"
2. ↑ thefa.com: "Australia, Finland and Netherlands in store for Lions"
3. ↑ ^{a b} kfa.or: "Women's National Team roster announced" ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ fifa.com: "Regulations FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™"
5. ↑ fifa.com: "Park Eunsun - Twelve Years Later"
6. ↑ framba.de: "Women's World Cup 2015: group draw degenerates into a farce" ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ HIGHLIGHTS: Korea Republic v. Spain - FIFA Women's World Cup 2015

Web links

• AFC Women's Asian Cup