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List of South Korea national football team managers

The following is a list of South Korea national football team managers, first established in June 1948 with the appointment of Park Chung-hwi.[1]

Manager history

As of 19 November 2024[2][3]

A total of 47 managers managed South Korea during 74 appointments (excluding caretaker managers).[2]

South Korean managers initially managed the national team as a sideline, but in 1992 the Korea Football Association adopted a policy that only full-time managers could manage the national team.[4]

Adjunct managers (1948–1991)

No. Manager From To P W D L Win % Competition(s)
1 South Korea Park Chung-hwi June 1948 June 1948 0 0 0 0 !
2 South Korea Lee Young-min June 1948 August 1948 2 1 0 1 050.00 1948 Summer Olympics quarter-finals
3 South Korea Lee Yoo-hyung December 1948 February 1949 2 1 1 0 050.00
4 South Korea Kim Hwa-jip March 1950 April 1950 3 2 0 1 066.67
5 South Korea Kim Yong-sik April 1953 May 1953 5 3 1 1 060.00
6 South Korea Bae Jong-ho February 1954 May 1954 6 2 3 1 033.33 1954 Asian Games silver medal
7 South Korea Kim Yong-sik May 1954 June 1954 2 0 0 2 000.00 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage
8 South Korea Chu Yung-kwang February 1956 June 1956 6 5 0 1 083.33
9 South Korea Kim Sung-gan August 1956 October 1956 4 3 1 0 075.00 1956 AFC Asian Cup champion
10 South Korea Kim Kyu-hwan January 1958 March 1958 2 0 1 1 000.00
11 South Korea Min Byung-dae April 1958 June 1958 5 4 0 1 080.00 1958 Asian Games silver medal
12 South Korea Chung Nam-sik July 1959 September 1959 9 6 2 1 066.67
13 South Korea Kim Yong-sik November 1959 December 1959 2 1 0 1 050.00
14 South Korea Min Byung-dae February 1960 April 1960 2 1 0 1 050.00
15 South Korea Chu Yung-kwang July 1960 September 1960 5 2 3 0 040.00
16 South Korea Kim Yong-sik September 1960 June 1961 5 5 0 0 100.00 1960 AFC Asian Cup champion
17 South Korea Kim Kyu-hwan September 1961 March 1962 5 1 1 3 020.00
18 South Korea Min Byung-dae May 1962 June 1962 0 0 0 0 !
19 South Korea Kim Kyu-hwan July 1962 October 1962 7 6 0 1 085.71 1962 Asian Games silver medal
20 South Korea Park Kyu-chung July 1963 September 1963 7 3 2 2 042.86
21 South Korea Min Byung-dae October 1963 December 1963 2 1 0 1 050.00
22 South Korea Kim Kyu-hwan[note 1] May 1964 October 1964 6 3 1 2 050.00 1964 Summer Olympics group stage
South Korea Park Il-kap[note 2] May 1964 June 1964 3 1 0 2 033.33 1964 AFC Asian Cup third place
23 South Korea Chung Nam-sik July 1965 August 1965 6 3 2 1 050.00
24 South Korea Han Chang-wha July 1966 September 1966 5 3 0 2 060.00
25 South Korea An Jong-soo September 1966 December 1966 2 0 0 2 000.00 1966 Asian Games first group stage
26 South Korea Jang Kyung-hwan May 1967 October 1967 15 10 3 2 066.67
27 South Korea Park Il-kap October 1967 August 1968 11 8 0 3 072.73
28 South Korea Kim Yong-sik September 1969 October 1969 4 1 2 1 025.00
29 South Korea Kang Jun-young November 1969 November 1969 5 4 1 0 080.00
30 South Korea Han Hong-ki 13 February 1970 6 October 1971 32 20 8 4 062.50 1970 Asian Games gold medal
31 South Korea Hong Deok-young 1 November 1971 24 November 1971 4 1 3 0 025.00
32 South Korea Park Byung-suk 7 December 1971 15 June 1972 5 1 2 2 020.00 1972 AFC Asian Cup runner-up
33 South Korea Ham Heung-chul 12 June 1972 20 December 1972 19 11 5 3 057.89
34 South Korea Min Byung-dae 21 December 1972 20 November 1973 13 7 4 2 053.85
35 South Korea Moon Jung-sik 20 November 1973 25 December 1973 4 3 1 0 075.00
36 South Korea Choi Yung-keun 31 January 1974 28 October 1974 8 2 1 5 025.00 1974 Asian Games second group stage
37 South Korea Ham Heung-chul 29 October 1974 13 May 1976 35 25 5 5 071.43
38 South Korea Moon Jung-sik 14 May 1976 2 January 1977 14 8 4 2 057.14
39 South Korea Choi Chung-min 3 January 1977 16 September 1977 21 14 6 1 066.67
40 South Korea Kim Jung-nam 17 September 1977 18 December 1977 5 2 3 0 040.00
41 South Korea Ham Heung-chul 2 March 1978 28 March 1979 21 18 2 1 085.71 1978 Asian Games gold medal
42 South Korea Jang Kyung-hwan 29 March 1979 3 May 1980 14 11 1 2 078.57
43 South Korea Kim Jung-nam 3 May 1980 20 June 1982 30 17 8 5 056.67 1980 AFC Asian Cup runner-up
44 South Korea Choi Eun-taek 21 June 1982 28 January 1983 3 1 0 2 033.33 1982 Asian Games group stage
45 South Korea Cho Yoon-ok 29 January 1983 22 August 1983 9 5 3 1 055.56
46 South Korea Park Jong-hwan 23 August 1983 2 July 1984 12 6 3 3 050.00
47 South Korea Moon Jung-sik 3 July 1984 16 March 1985 12 5 3 4 041.67 1984 AFC Asian Cup group stage
48 South Korea Kim Jung-nam 17 March 1985 19 November 1986 23 14 3 6 060.87 1986 FIFA World Cup group stage
1986 Asian Games gold medal
49 South Korea Park Jong-hwan 20 November 1986 30 June 1988 7 4 3 0 057.14
50 South Korea Kim Jung-nam[note 3] 6 July 1988 5 November 1988 2 1 1 0 050.00 1988 Summer Olympics group stage
51 South Korea Lee Hoe-taik 5 November 1988 30 June 1990 29 17 6 6 058.62 1988 AFC Asian Cup runner-up
1990 FIFA World Cup group stage
52 South Korea Lee Cha-man 3 July 1990 8 August 1990 4 3 1 0 075.00
53 South Korea Park Jong-hwan 9 August 1990 23 October 1990 10 8 0 2 080.00 1990 Asian Games bronze medal
54 South Korea Ko Jae-wook 22 May 1991 27 July 1991 6 3 3 0 050.00

Full-time managers (1992–present)

Key
Caretaker manager
No. Manager From To P W D L Win % Competition(s)
55 South Korea Kim Ho 8 July 1992 30 June 1994 37 14 15 8 037.84 1994 FIFA World Cup group stage
56 Russia Anatoliy Byshovets 24 July 1994 26 February 1995 14 6 4 4 042.86 1994 Asian Games fourth place
57 South Korea Park Jong-hwan 26 April 1995 31 July 1995 2 1 0 1 050.00
South Korea Huh Jung-moo 1 August 1995 12 August 1995 1 0 0 1 000.00
South Korea Jung Byung-tak 16 September 1995 30 September 1995 0 0 0 0 !
South Korea Ko Jae-wook 20 October 1995 31 October 1995 1 0 1 0 000.00
58 South Korea Park Jong-hwan 15 February 1996 7 January 1997 16 8 3 5 050.00 1996 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals
59 South Korea Cha Bum-kun 8 January 1997 21 June 1998 40 21 11 8 052.50 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage
South Korea Kim Pyung-seok 22 June 1998 25 June 1998 1 0 1 0 000.00 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage
60 South Korea Huh Jung-moo 14 October 1998 13 November 2000 33 17 11 5 051.52 1998 Asian Games quarter-finals
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage
2000 AFC Asian Cup third place
South Korea Park Hang-seo 10 December 2000 20 December 2000 1 0 1 0 000.00
61 Netherlands Guus Hiddink 1 January 2001 30 June 2002 37 14 12 11 037.84 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup fourth place
2002 FIFA World Cup fourth place
South Korea Kim Ho-kon 3 November 2002 20 November 2002 1 0 0 1 000.00
62 Portugal Humberto Coelho 3 February 2003 19 April 2004 18 9 3 6 050.00 2003 EAFF Championship champion
South Korea Park Sung-hwa 20 April 2004 15 June 2004 4 2 1 1 050.00
63 Netherlands Jo Bonfrère 24 June 2004 23 August 2005 24 10 8 6 041.67 2004 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals
2005 EAFF Championship fourth place
64 Netherlands Dick Advocaat 1 October 2005 30 June 2006 19 9 5 5 047.37 2006 FIFA World Cup group stage
65 Netherlands Pim Verbeek 1 July 2006 3 August 2007 17 6 6 5 035.29 2007 AFC Asian Cup third place
66 South Korea Huh Jung-moo 1 January 2008 30 June 2010 44 22 14 8 050.00 2008 EAFF Championship champion
2010 EAFF Championship runner-up
2010 FIFA World Cup round of 16
67 South Korea Cho Kwang-rae 21 July 2010 8 December 2011 20 12 5 3 060.00 2011 AFC Asian Cup third place
68 South Korea Choi Kang-hee 21 December 2011 19 June 2013 14 7 2 5 050.00
69 South Korea Hong Myung-bo 24 June 2013 10 July 2014 19 5 4 10 026.32 2013 EAFF Championship third place
2014 FIFA World Cup group stage
South Korea Shin Tae-yong 2 September 2014 8 September 2014 2 1 0 1 050.00
70 Germany Uli Stielike[note 4] 24 September 2014 15 June 2017 38 26 5 7 068.42 2015 AFC Asian Cup runner-up
2015 EAFF Championship champion
71 South Korea Shin Tae-yong 4 July 2017 31 July 2018 21 7 6 8 033.33 2017 EAFF Championship champion
2018 FIFA World Cup group stage
72 Portugal Paulo Bento 22 August 2018 6 December 2022 57 35 13 9 061.40 2019 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals
2019 EAFF Championship champion
2022 EAFF Championship runner-up
2022 FIFA World Cup round of 16
73 Germany Jürgen Klinsmann 27 February 2023 16 February 2024 17 8 6 3 047.06 2023 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals
South Korea Hwang Sun-hong 27 February 2024 26 March 2024 2 1 1 0 050.00
South Korea Kim Do-hoon 20 May 2024 11 June 2024 2 2 0 0 100.00
74 South Korea Hong Myung-bo 13 July 2024 present 6 4 2 0 066.67

Manager records

Most matches managed
78, Huh Jung-moo
Most matches managed (unofficial)[6]
126, Kim Jung-nam
Most matches won
54, Ham Heung-chul
Most matches won in an appointment
35, Paulo Bento
Longest career in an appointment
4 years and 106 days, Paulo Bento, from 22 August 2018 to 6 December 2022
Most appointments
5, Kim Yong-sik, Min Byung-dae and Park Jong-hwan

Notes

  1. ^ Does not include one match against Brazil Olympic at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
  2. ^ Participated in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup with B team,[5] but KFA recognised his results as international "A" matches.
  3. ^ Does not include two matches against the Soviet Union Olympic and Argentina Olympic at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
  4. ^ Including one uncontested match against Kuwait, which was registered as a 3–0 win as Kuwait was banned from competing.

References

  1. ^ Kim, Hyeon-hoe (4 January 2018). [김현회] 베이브 루스와 대결한 축구인 이영민 (in Korean). Sports-G. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b 역대 대표팀 감독 [All-time national team managers] (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Men's A team – Match results" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. ^ 축구대표팀 1진 전임감독제 도입 (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 10 June 1992. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  5. ^ 代表蹴球選手 선발. Naver. The Dong-a Ilbo. 5 May 1964. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  6. ^ "KFA Archives" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. 1 August 2018.