South Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup

For the men's team, see South Korea at the FIFA World Cup.

The South Korea women's national football team has represented South Korea (Korea Republic) at the FIFA Women's World Cup on four occasions, in 2003, 2015, 2019, and 2023.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify									Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
1995										Via Asian Games
1999										Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2003	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	11	Squad
2007	Did not qualify
2011
2015	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	4	8	Squad
2019	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	Squad
2023		3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Round of 16	13	1	2	10	7	31	4/9		0	0	0	0	0	0

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	000.00
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
France	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	000.00
Germany	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Morocco	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Norway	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	000.00
Spain	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total	13	1	2	10	7	31	−24	007.69

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Cho So-hyun	2
2	Kim Jin-hee	1
	Jeon Ga-eul	1
	Ji So-yun	1
	Kim Soo-yun	1
	Yeo Min-ji	1

Details

2003 (United States)

Brazil  v  South Korea

21 September 2003 (2003-09-21) Group B	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
15:15	Marta 14' (pen.) Kátia 55', 62'	Report		Attendance: 34,144[1] Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

France  v  South Korea

24 September 2003 (2003-09-24) Group B	France	1–0	South Korea	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
19:45	Pichon 84'	Report		Attendance: 16,316[1] Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China PR)

South Korea  v  Norway

27 September 2003 (2003-09-27) Group B	South Korea	1–7	Norway	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
12:45	Kim Jin-hee 75'	Report	Gulbrandsen 5' Mellgren 24', 31' Pettersen 40' Sandaune 52' Ørmen 80', 90'	Attendance: 14,356[1] Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Group B table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	France	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

2015 (Canada)

South Korea finished in fourth place at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup and qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they made it out of the group stage for the first time. They were drawn in Group E with Brazil, Spain and Costa Rica. South Korea lost 2–0 to Brazil, but a 2–2 draw with Costa Rica and a 2–1 victory against Spain were enough to progress for the first time ever at a World Cup. They went on to lose 3–0 to France in the round of 16.^[2]

Brazil  v  South Korea

9 June 2015 (2015-06-09) Group E	Brazil	2–0	South Korea	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Formiga 33' Marta 53' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 10,175[3] Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

South Korea  v  Costa Rica

13 June 2015 (2015-06-13) Group E	South Korea	2–2	Costa Rica	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Ji So-yun 21' (pen.) Jeon Ga-eul 25'	Report	Herrera 17' K. Villalobos 89'	Attendance: 28,623[4] Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

South Korea  v  Spain

17 June 2015 (2015-06-17) Group E	South Korea	2–1	Spain	TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Cho So-hyun 53' Kim Soo-yun 78'	Report	Boquete 29'	Attendance: 21,562[5] Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Group E table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

France  v  South Korea

21 June 2015 (2015-06-21) Round of 16	France	3–0	South Korea	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Delie 4', 48' Thomis 8'	Report		Attendance: 15,518[6] Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

2019 (France)

Coming off an improved showing at the previous one, South Korea qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and were put in Group A with France, Norway and Nigeria. However, they could not repeat their prior success in 2015 and lost all three games and exited the tournament in the group stage, only scoring one goal in their entire run and even an own goal.^[7]

France  v  South Korea

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07) Group A	France	4–0	South Korea	Parc des Princes, Paris
21:00	Le Sommer 9' Renard 35', 45+2' Henry 85'	Report		Attendance: 45,261[8] Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

Nigeria  v  South Korea

12 June 2019 (2019-06-12) Group A	Nigeria	2–0	South Korea	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
15:00	Kim Do-yeon 29' (o.g.) Oshoala 75'	Report		Attendance: 11,252[9] Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

South Korea  v  Norway

17 June 2019 (2019-06-17) Group A	South Korea	1–2	Norway	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
21:00	Yeo Min-ji 78'	Report	Graham Hansen 5' (pen.) Herlovsen 51' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,034[10] Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Group A table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

2023 (Australia and New Zealand)

South Korea next qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. As in 2019, the team scored only one goal, but achieved a notable result by drawing their final match with Germany 1–1, which resulted in the Germans exiting the tournament at the group stage despite being second in the FIFA Ranking at the time.^[11][12][13]

Colombia  v  South Korea

25 July 2023 (2023-07-25) Group H	Colombia	2–0	South Korea	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
12:00 UTC+10	Usme 30' (pen.) Caicedo 39'	Report		Attendance: 24,323 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

South Korea  v  Morocco

30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) Group H	South Korea	0–1	Morocco	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
14:00 UTC+9:30		Report	Jraïdi 6'	Attendance: 12,886 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

South Korea  v  Germany

3 August 2023 (2023-08-03) Group H	South Korea	1–1	Germany	Lang Park, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10	Cho So-hyun 6'	Report	Popp 42'	Attendance: 38,945 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Group H table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	2	0	1	2	6	−4	6
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

See also

• History of the South Korea national football team

References

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3. "Match report – Group E – Brazil v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 9 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
4. "Match report – Group E – Korea Republic v Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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6. "Match report – Round of 16 – France v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
7. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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9. "Match report – Group A – Nigeria v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
10. "Match report – Group A – Korea Republic v Norway" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
11. Kane, Desmond (3 August 2023). "Women's World Cup 2023: Seismic shock as Germany crash out in group stages after South Korea draw". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
12. Wrack, Suzanne (3 August 2023). "Germany crash out of World Cup in huge upset after draw with South Korea". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
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