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Name of Coach : HUH Jung Moo
Born in 1955. Former Korea Rep representative forward. Played at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and scored a goal in their match versus Italy, leaving an international career of 87 A class games and scoring 30 goals. He also has experience playing with Dutch legend PSV Eindhoven. From 1998 until 2000 he coached the Korea Rep, leading them to 3rd place at the AFC Asia Cup in 2000. Also in that year he helped them achieve two wins at the Sydney Olympics. Following coaching the Chunnam Dragons to two straight Korea Rep FA Cup titles, in December 2007 he returned to the post of national team coach.

As of January,2008



This year will mark the team's sixth consecutive, seventh appearance in the FIFA World Cup™. Their performance was highlighted in 2002 during the FIFA World Cup that was co-hosted with Japan. In the group stage, Korea Rep. snatched their much-desired first victory, shutting out Poland 2-0. After that, their momentum was difficult to stop - they continued on to beat favorites Portugal, Italy and Spain, and became the first Asian team to reach the semi-finals. Commanded by the highly regarded coach, Guus Hiddink, Korea adopted a 3-4-3 offensive formation. And yet they demonstrated a fine balance between offense and defense, reminiscent of the "total" football of the Dutch, and surprised the world with their accomplished skills. The competition was to be the last national appearance for core players Hong Myung-Bo and Hwang Sun-Hong, but their absence was quickly replaced by young talent such as Park Ji Sung (Manchester United) and Kim Jin-Kyu (Jubilo Iwata). Among the newer faces, 20-year-old Park Chu-Young gave a dazzling performance in his first national team appearance at the crucial match against Uzbekistan in the final round of the FIFA World Cup preliminaries, where he scored the match-tying goal that qualified Korea for the finals. The days of looking up toward the world, motivated by "the challenge" and "the earnest desire to for a victory," are gone. Korea Rep. can claim to compete on even terms with the world's best teams and their ambition is to win a place among the top ranks.

As of 2006


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FIFA World Cup™ :
  • 1954年 出場
  • 1986年 出場
  • 1990年 出場
  • 1994年 出場
  • 1998年 出場
  • 2002年 4位
Olympic Games :
  • 1948 Qualified for the Final Competition
  • 1964 Qualified for the Final Competition
  • 1988 Qualified for the Final Competition
  • 1992 Qualified for the Final Competition
  • 1996 Qualified for the Final Competition
  • 2000 Qualified for the Final Competition
  • 2004 Quarter-finalist
AFC Asian Cup :
  • 1956 Winner
  • 1960 Winner
  • 1972 Runner-up
  • 1980 Runner-up
  • 1988 Runner-up
Others :
  • 2001 Participated in the FIFA Confederations Cup (Korea/Japan)
  • 2003 Winner of the East Asian Football Championship


Name of Coach : AN Ik Soo
Born in 1965. As a played he was a national team defender and went with the team to the 1994 World Cup USA (actual playing time was nil). Following her retirement in 1998 he has worked as a coach with the Seongnam Yiwa team. And starting in 2006 coached the Cathedral Kangaroos. As well as leading the team to victory in 2007 at the East Asian championships he also got them into 6th place at the Korea Rep Women’s Universidad and the Bangkok Women’s Universidad 2007. Following that he was appointed as the women’s national team coach.

As of January,2008



Korea Rep. only really started promoting women's football full scale from the 1991 Asian Women's Championship, and the rate of development of the national team is truly astonishing. Adopting the development methods used by the men's team, which finished as a semi-finalist in the 2002 FIFA World Cup™, the women's team focused on building their speed, physical fitness and organizational abilities, which were their strongest qualities. In 2003, Korea Rep. defeated Japan 1-0 in the 3rd/4th place match of the Asian Women's Championship and qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they failed to win a match against the top-class teams of Brazil, France and Norway but managed to score a goal against Norway. In the 2005 East Asian Women's Football Championship, Korea Rep. was crowned champion with 2 wins and 1 loss against China PR, Japan and DPR Korea, without ceding a single goal. Renewing his determination, Head Coach An Jong-Gwan commented, "Under the harsh circumstances women's football in our country suffers, I am deeply moved by this result. I hope we can continue to win at the international level."

As of 2006


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FIFA World Cup™ :
  • 2003 Qualified for the Final Competition
Olympic Games :
  • -----
AFC Asian Cup :
  • -----
Others :
  • 2005 Winner of the EAFF Women's Cup



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