South Korea at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
This article is a record of South Korea's results at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament, but nations from other confederations could enter the Gold Cup as invitees in select editions.
South Korea participated in the 2000 and 2002 tournament to prepare for the 2002 FIFA World Cup hosted by them.Wiebe, Andrew. [https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/07/07/gold-cup-101-what-it-why-it-matters-and-how-follow-along-summer "Gold Cup 101: What it is, why it matters, and how to follow along this summer"], MLSsoccer.com, 07 July 2015. Retrieved on 26 October 2018.[https://www.goldcup.org/en/about "About the CONCACAF Gold Cup"], goldcup.org, 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.CONCACAF (official) [https://www.concacaf.com/article/playoff-match-between-usa-and-mexico-for-fifa-confederations-cup-2017-berth-to-be-played-on-saturday-oct-10-at-the-rose-bowl "Playoff Match between USA and Mexico [...]"], concacaf.com, 07 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018. They and Qatar are the only Asian teams to ever participate in the North American continental championships. In seven matches, South Korea failed to win a single one in regular time, but won fourth place in 2002 after advancing to the knockout stage with only one point to their name and defeating Mexico on penalties in the quarter-finals. Two years prior, they were eliminated after the group stage per coin toss. Canada advanced instead and eventually won the 2000 edition.
Competitive record
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!colspan=9|CONCACAF Gold Cup record | ||||||
width="120" |Year
! width="120" |Result ! width="30" |Pld ! width="30" |W ! width="30" |D ! width="30" |L ! width="30" |GF ! width="30" |GA ! width="60" |Squad | ||||||
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{{flagicon|United States}} 2000
|Group stage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
{{flagicon|United States}} 2002
|Fourth place | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Total
!Fourth place||7||0||4||3||5||9||2/2 |
Head-to-head record
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Opponent
!{{abbr|Pld|Played}} !{{abbr|W|Won}} !{{abbr|D|Drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Lost}} !{{abbr|GF|Goals for}} !{{abbr|GA|Goals against}} !{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}} !Win % |
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align="left"|{{fb|Canada}}
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}} |
align="left"|{{fb|Costa Rica}}
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=3|against=5|diff=yes}} |
align="left"|{{fb|Cuba}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}} |
align="left"|{{fb|Mexico}}
{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}} |
align="left"|{{fb|United States}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}} |
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!Total {{WDLtot|7|0|4|3|for=5|against=9|diff=yes}} |
Player records
=Most appearances=
File:Leeyoungpyo.jpg played in all of South Korea's CONCACAF Gold Cup matches in both 2000 and 2002.]]
File:KimNamIl.jpg was selected for the CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI in 2002.]]
Lee Young-pyo is the only player who was fielded in all seven of South Korea's Gold Cup matches. In 2002, Song Chong-gug was the only player to play through the entirety of Korea's fourth-place-run. In the same year, Kim Nam-il was voted into the tournament's Best XI, becoming the first and only Asian player to be honoured at a North American continental championship.
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width="30"|Rank
!width="150"|Player !width="60"|Caps !width="60"|Minutes !width="150"|Competitions | ||||
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1 | align=left|Lee Young-pyo | 7 | 588 | align=left|2000, 2002 |
2 | align=left|Kim Tae-young | 6 | 570 | align=left|2000, 2002 |
rowspan=2|3 | align=left|Song Chong-gug | 5 | 480 | align=left|2002 |
align=left|Lee Eul-yong | 5 | 370 | align=left|2002 | |
rowspan=7|5 | align=left|Kim Nam-il | 4 | 383 | align=left|2002 |
align=left|Cha Du-ri | 4 | 372 | align=left|2002 | |
align=left|Kim Byung-ji | 4 | 360 | align=left|2000, 2002 | |
align=left|Choi Jin-cheul | 4 | 356 | align=left|2002 | |
align=left|Yoo Sang-chul | 4 | 330 | align=left|2000, 2002 | |
align=left|Kim Do-keun | 4 | 228 | align=left|2002 | |
align=left|Lee Dong-gook | 4 | 220 | align=left|2000, 2002 |
=Top goalscorers=
Five players have scored one goal each at the tournaments. Three of them have been scored against Costa Rica.
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!width="30"|Rank !width="150"|Player !width="60"|Goals !width="60"|Caps !width="150"|Competitions | ||
rowspan="5"|1
|align=left|Lee Min-sung |1 | 1 | align="left"|2000 |
align=left|Kim Do-hoon
|1 | 4 | align="left"|2002 |
align=left|Choi Jin-cheul
|1 | 4 | align="left"|2002 |
align=left|Lee Dong-gook
|1 | 4 | align="left"|2000, 2002 |
align=left|Song Chong-gug
|1 | 5 | align="left"|2002 |
Details
=2000 (United States)=
{{South Korea squad 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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| round = Group D
| date = 15 February
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| round = Group D
| date = 17 February
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- Lee Dong-gook {{goal|14}}
- Lee Min-sung {{goal|74}}
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! colspan="11" |Group D table | ||||||||
width=30|Pos
! width="210" |Team !width=30|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}} !width=30|{{abbr|W|Matches won}} !width=30|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}} !width=30|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}} !width=30|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}} !width=30|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}} !width=30|{{abbr| GD | Goal difference}} !width=30|{{abbr|Pts|Points}} !width=210|Qualification | ||||||||
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|1 | align="left" |{{fb|CRC}} |2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2
|rowspan="2"|Advance to knockout stage | |
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|2 | align="left" |{{fb|CAN}} |2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
3
| align="left" |{{fb|South Korea}} |2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
=2002 (United States)=
{{South Korea squad 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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| round = Group B
| date = 19 January
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| score = 2–1
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- Song Chong-gug {{goal|37}}
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| result = L
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| round = Group B
| date = 23 January
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| location = San Francisco
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! colspan="11" |Group B table | ||||||||
width=30|Pos
! width="210" |Team !width=30|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}} !width=30|{{abbr|W|Matches won}} !width=30|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}} !width=30|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}} !width=30|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}} !width=30|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}} !width=30|{{abbr| GD | Goal difference}} !width=30|{{abbr|Pts|Points}} !width=210|Qualification | ||||||||
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|1 | align="left" |{{fb|USA}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6
|rowspan="2"|Advance to knockout stage | |
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|2 | align="left" |{{fb|South Korea}} |2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 1 | |
3
| align="left" |{{fb|CUB}} |2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 1 |
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| format = 1
| round = Quarter-finals
| date = 27 January
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| score = 0–0
| aet = yes
| team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
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|penaltyscore= 4–2
|penalties1 =
- Lee Eul-yong {{pengoal}}
- Lee Dong-gook {{pengoal}}
- Choi Sung-yong {{pengoal}}
- Lee Young-pyo {{pengoal}}
|penalties2 =
| location = Los Angeles
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| result = D
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| format = 1
| round = Semi-finals
| date = 30 January
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| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
| score = 1–3
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| team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
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| goals1 =
- Choi Jin-cheul {{goal|80}}
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| location = Anaheim
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| referee =
| result = L
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| format = 1
| round = Third place match
| date = 2 February
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
| score = 1–2
| aet =
| team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
| report =
| goals1 =
- Kim Do-hoon {{goal|15}}
| goals2 =
- Kim Do-hoon {{goal|33|o.g.}}
- De Rosario {{goal|34}}
|penaltyscore=
| location = San Diego
| stadium =
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| referee =
| result = L
}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf-concacaf.html RSSSF archives and results]
- [https://int.soccerway.com Soccerway database]
{{Countries at the CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{South Korea national football team}}