Korea Republic women's national football team

The South Korea national women's football team (Korean

Korean language

Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

:대한민국 여자 축구 국가대표팀 / Daehanminguk Yeoja Chukgu Gukgadaepyo-Team) represents South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

in international Women's football

Women's football (soccer)

Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...

competitions. The team is recognised as Korea Republic by FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

. First game was against Japan

Japan women's national football team

The Japan women's national football team, or Nadeshiko Japan , is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association . Japan defeated the U.S...

that defeated by 1 – 13.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	D
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2003	Group Stage	14	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10
2007	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2015 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament...	To be determined
Total	1/6	14	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...

.

Asian Cup record

1975

1975 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1975 AFC Women's Championship was the first AFC Women's Championship. It was held from August 25 to September 3, 1975 in Hong Kong. Participating members were New Zealand, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia...

— Did not participate 1977

1977 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1977 AFC Women's Championship was the second AFC Women's Championship. It was held from August 2 to August 11, 1977 in Taipei, Republic of China...

— Did not participate 1979

1979 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1979 AFC Women's Championship was the third AFC Women's Championship. It was held between January 15 and January 21 1979 in Calicut, India...

— Did not participate 1981

1981 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1981 AFC Women's Championship was the fourth AFC Women's Championship. It was held from June 7 to June 17, 1981 in Hong Kong. The tournament was won by for the third consecutive time by Chinese Taipei in the final against Thailand.-Group A:-Group B:-Knockout...

— Did not participate 1983

1983 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1983 AFC Women's Championship was the fifth AFC Women's Championship. It was held from April 1983 in Thailand. Participating members were Thailand, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines. The tournament was won by Thailand in the final against India.-...

— Did not participate 1986

1986 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1986 AFC Women's Championship was held in December 1986 in Hong Kong. The tournament was won by for the first time by China in the final against Japan.-Group A:-Group B:-Knockout stage:-Semifinal:----...

— Did not participate 1989

1989 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1989 AFC Women's Championship was held from December 19 to December 29, 1989 in Hong Kong. The tournament was won by for the second consecutive time by China in the final against Chinese Taipei.-Group A:-Group B:...

— Did not participate 1991

1991 AFC Women's Championship

-Third place playoff:-Final:-External links:* at RSSSF.com...

— Round 1 1993

1993 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1993 AFC Women's Championship was held from December 3 to December 12, 1993 in Kuching, Malaysia. The tournament was won for the fourth consecutive time by China in the final against North Korea.-Group A:-Group B:...

— Round 1 1995

1995 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1995 AFC Women's Championship was held from September 23 to October 2, 1995 in Malaysia. The tournament was won by for the fifth consecutive time by China in the final against Japan.-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:...

— 4th place 1997

1997 AFC Women's Championship

-Final:-External links:* at RSSSF.com...

— Round 1 1999

1999 AFC Women's Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1999 AFC Women's Championship was held from November 7 to November 21, 1999 in Philippines. The tournament was won for the seventh consecutive time by China in the final against Chinese Taipei.-Group A:-Group B:...

— Round 1 2001

2001 AFC Women's Championship

-Third place playoff:-Final:-Awards:...

— 4th place 2003

2003 AFC Women's Championship

-Third place playoff:-Final:-External links:**...

— 3rd place 2006 — Round 1 2008

2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup

-Group B:---------------------Knockout Map:-Semi final:-----Third place playoff:-Final:-See also:*AFC Women's Asian Cup*Asian Football Confederation*Women's football...

— Round 1 2010

2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup

-Semi finals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:- Awards :-Goalscorers:3 goals Yoo Young-A Kozue Ando Homare Sawa Jo Yun-Mi2 goals Zhang Rui Mami Yamaguchi Samantha Kerr...

— Round 1

Olympic record

1996

Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The association football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia....

— Did not qualify 2000

Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.-Medal winners:-Venues:*Olympic Stadium, Sydney*Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney*Bruce Stadium, Canberra...

— Did not qualify 2004

Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August, , and ended on 28 August.The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad...

— Did not qualify 2008

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...

— Did not qualify 2012

Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in London and several other cities in the United Kingdom, from 25 July to 11 August. The finals will be played at Wembley Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23...

— Did not qualify

Asian Games record

1990

Football at the 1990 Asian Games

Football at the 1990 Asian Games was held in Beijing, China from September 23 to October 6, 1990.-Medal winners:-Medal table:-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Knockout stages:-Women:...

— 5th place 1994

Football at the 1994 Asian Games

Football at the 1994 Asian Games was held in Hiroshima, Japan from October 1 to October 17, 1994.The women's tournament doubled the Asian qualification of 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, where China PR and Japan qualified.-Medal winners:-Medal table:...

— 4th place 1998

Football at the 1998 Asian Games

Football at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 30 to December 19, 1998.-Medal winners:-Medal table:-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Group E: withdrew.-Group F:-Group G:...

— Group stage 2002

Football at the 2002 Asian Games

Football at the 2002 Asian Games was held in Busan, South Korea from September 27 to October 13, 2002.Age limit for the men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions in Olympic Games, while three overage players are allowed among each squad.-Medal table:-Medalists:-Group...

— 4th place 2006

Football at the 2006 Asian Games

Football at the 2006 Asian Games was held in Doha, Qatar from November 18 to December 15, 2006. The opening match was played 14 days prior to the opening ceremony. In this tournament, some 30 teams played in the men's competition, and 8 teams participated in women's competition.Turkmenistan, and...

— 4th place 2010

Football at the 2010 Asian Games

Football at the 2010 Asian Games was being held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 7 to 25, 2010. The opening match was played 5 days prior to the opening ceremony...

— 3rd place

Women's East Asian Cup record

2005 : Champions 2008

Women's East Asian Cup 2008

The Second EAFF Women's Football Championship was a football competition held from February 18 to February 24, 2008 in Chongqing, China. Japan won the second edition by beating its opponents to finish first, DPR Korea finished second....

: 4th place 2010

2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship

The third edition of the EAFF Women's Football Championship was held in 2010, with a preliminary qualification tournament held in 2009.-Semi-Final competition:...

: 3rd place

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	South Korea Choi In-Cheul
Assistant Manager	South Korea Hwang In-Sun
Coach	South Korea Jong Song-Chon
Goalkeeping Coach	South Korea Park Young-Soo
U-20 / U-17 Manager	South Korea Choi Duk-Joo

Current squad

Squad called up for 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers (Caps and goals as of 11 September 2011 against )

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the South Korea squad within the last twelve months.
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External links

KWFF – official website

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