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

Main article: South Korea national football team records and statistics
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.