Korea Republic U-23 | Nickname(s) | Taegeuk Jeonsa
(Taegeuk Warriors) | | Association | Korea Football Association | | Confederation | AFC (Asia) | | Head coach |  Park Seong-Hwa | | Top scorer | Choi Yong-Soo (17) | | FIFA code | KOR | | | | | First international | South Korea 5 - 0 Indonesia 
(Masan, South Korea; March 24, 1991) | | Biggest win | South Korea 10 - 0 Philippines 
(Seoul, South Korea; May 18, 1991) | | Biggest defeat |  Sweden 3 - 0 South Korea
(Sweden; November 7, 1995)
 Japan 4 - 1 South Korea
(Tokyo, Japan; September 7, 1999)
 Spain 3 - 0 South Korea
(Adelaide, Australia; September 14, 2000)
 Italy 3 - 0 South Korea
(Qinhuangdao, China PR; August 10, 2008) | | Summer Olympics | | Appearances | 8 (First in 1948) | | Best result | Quarterfinals, 2004 | Korea Republic national under-23 football team represents Republic of Korea at football in the Olympic Games. From 1992 Summer Olympics, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format. [edit] Tournament Records | Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | | 1908 - 1936 | DNP | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1948 | Quarterfinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | | 1952 | DNP | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1956 - 1960 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1964 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | | 1968 - 1984 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1988 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1992 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1996 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | Round 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2004 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | | 2008 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | Total | | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 56 | - DNQ - Did not qualify
- DNP - Did not participate
[edit] Top Scorer [edit] Current Squad The following players were called up for the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. App and goals record is as of end of olympics. | No. | Pos. | Player | DoB (Age) | Caps | Goals | Club | | 1 | GK | Jung Sung-Ryong | January 4, 1985 (aged 23) | 16 | 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | | 2 | DF | Shin Kwang-Hoon | March 18, 1987 (aged 21) | 11 | 0 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | | 3 | DF | Kim Dong-Jin (as wild card) | January 29, 1982 (aged 26) | 33 | 6 |  FC Zenit | | 4 | DF | Kang Min-Soo | February 14, 1986 (aged 22) | 19 | 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | | 5 | DF | Kim Chang-Soo | September 2, 1985 (aged 22) | 15 | 1 | Busan I'Park | | 6 | DF | Kim Jin-Kyu | February 16, 1985 (aged 23) | 21 | 0 | FC Seoul | | 7 | MF | Oh Jang-Eun | July 24, 1985 (aged 23) | 13 | 0 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | | 8 | MF | Kim Jung-Woo (as wild card) | May 9, 1982 (aged 26) | 32 | 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | | 9 | FW | Shin Young-Rok | March 27, 1987 (aged 21) | 9 | 1 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | | 10 | FW | Park Chu-Young | July 10, 1985 (aged 23) | 10 | 1 |  AS Monaco | | 11 | MF | Lee Chung-Yong | July 2, 1988 (aged 20) | 17 | 1 | FC Seoul | | 12 | MF | Ki Sung-Yong | January 24, 1989 (aged 19) | 13 | 0 | FC Seoul | | 13 | MF | Kim Seung-Yong | March 14, 1985 (aged 23) | 15 | 1 | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | | 14 | MF | Baek Ji-Hoon | February 28, 1985 (aged 23) | 16 | 1 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | | 15 | DF | Kim Kun-Hoan | August 2, 1986 (aged 22) | 7 | 1 | Kyunghee University | | 16 | FW | Cho Young-Cheol | May 31, 1989 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | Yokohama F.C. | | 17 | FW | Lee Keun-Ho | April 11, 1985 (aged 23) | 17 | 5 | Daegu FC | | 18 | GK | Song Yoo-Geol | February 6, 1985 (aged 23) | 5 | 0 | Incheon United | | [edit] Former Managers Italic number indicates different level team such as club team, national team or youth team. [edit] See also [edit] External links |
