South Korea Republic National Football Team represents South Korea in the international football competitions and is governed by Korea Football Association. Korea is the most successful nation in the FIFA world cup having played 10 world cup editions so far with 9 consecutively.
South Korea is the only Asian nation to have played the semi-finals of the FIFA world cup so far when they co-hosted in 2002. The team was also able to reach the round of 16 of the 2010 World Cup. They have won two AFC Asian Cups so far and have been the runner-ups on four occasions. The team is nicknamed as “The Reds.” South Korea is ranked 51 currently and were 17th in December 1998 which is their best ever ranking.
They qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2018 as the runner-up of the AFC Group A behind Iran. Cha Bum-Kun is the highest capped and highest scoring player so far with 59 goals in 138 appearances. The team is managed by Shin Tae-Yong and Ki Sung-Yeung is the current captain.
List of players with most possible chance to be selected for the final squad of the FIFA World cup 2018.
Goalkeepers
Kim Seung-Gyu
Kim Jin-Hyeon
Kwon Sun-tae
Defenders
Kim Young-Gwon
Kim Jin-Su
Hong Jeong-ho
Park Joo-ho
Kim Chang-soo
Lee Yong
Kim Kee-hee
Kim Ju-young
Yun Suk-young
Kim Min-woo
Go Yo-han
Hong Chul
Kwak Tae-hwi
Midfielders
Lee Keun-ho
Yeom Ki-hun
Lee Jae-sung
Han Kook-young
Lee Myung-Joo
Ki Sung-yueng
Lee Chung-Yong
Koo Ja-Cheol
Son Heung-min
Jang Hyun-soo
Nam Tae-hee
Kim Bo-Kyung
Jung Woo-young
Kwon Chang-hoon
Forward
Ji Dong-won
Hwang U-jo
Kim Shin-Wook
Lee Jeong-hyeop
Lee Dong-gook
