South Korea national under-17 football team explained

The South Korea national under-17 football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in international under-17 football competitions, and also can be managed as under-15 or under-16 team if necessary.

Recent results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024

All-time results

See also: South Korea national football team results.

The FIFA U-17 World Cup (FIFA U-17 World Championship at the time) increased playing time of each match from 80 to 90 minutes in 1995.^[1]

The following is a list of match results in major competitions held by world, continental and regional federations.^[2]

Competition	Round	Team scorer(s)	Score	Opponent	Ref.
	Qualification Group 1A	Kim Jong-rok	1–0		[3]
	Qualification Group 1A	—	0–1
	Qualification Group 1A		1–5
	Qualification Group 8		2–0		[4]
	Qualification Group 8		2–0		[5]
	Group B		5–0		[6]
	Group B	—	0–0
	Group B	—	0–0
	Semi-finals	Hwang Gyu-ryong	1–0		[7]
	Final	—	0–0
	Group B		1–1
	Group B	—	0–1
	Group B		4–2
	Quarter-finals	—	0–2
	Qualification Group 5	Lee Won-seok	2–2		[8]
	Qualification Group 5	Lee Won-seok	7–0		[9]
	Qualification Group 5	Han Sang-ryeol Lee Won-seok	10–0		[10]
	Group A		2–1		[11]
	Group A	—	0–1
	Group A	Yoon Jang-jin	1–6		[12]
	Group A	Gwak Kyung-keun Yoon Jang-jin	7–1		[13]
	Qualification Group 5		1–0
	Qualification Group 5	Lee Dong-ryeol Lee Heung-woo	2–0		[14]
	Qualification Group 5		2–2
	Group B		1–1
	Group B	—	0–3
	Qualification Group 5	Kim Hyeong-gu	1–1		[15]
	Qualification Group 5		1–2		[16]
	Qualification Group 5	—	0–4
	Qualification Group 6		11–0		[17]
	Qualification Group 6		2–2		[18]
	Group B		1–0		[19]
	Group B	—	0–2
	Group B	—	0–3
	Group B		1–1
	Qualification Group 8	Seo Kwan-soo Han Jeong-hwan Kim Gyeong-il Lee Tae-gwon Joo Won-gwan Yoon Hyeon Lee Eung-je	11–1		[20]
	Qualification Group 8		1–0		[21]
	Qualification Group 8		3–1		[22]
	Group A	Park Young-deok Jang Sang-hwa	3–1		[23]
	Group A		2–3
	Group A		1–3
	Group A		1–1
	Qualification Group 7		6–0		[24]
	Qualification Group 7	—	0–0		[25]
	Group B		2–1
	Group B		1–0
	Group B		2–1
	Group B		3–4
	Semi-finals		1–2
	Third place match		1–5
	Qualification Group 7		15–0		[26]
	Qualification Group 7		13–0
	Qualification Group 7		2–2
	Qualification Group 8	Kim Jun An Sang-hyun Lee Hun Han Dong-won Hong Hyeong-gi	11–1		[27]
	Qualification Group 8		8–0
	Qualification Group 8		6–0
	Group B		3–0		[28]
	Group B		2–2		[29]
	Group B		4–1		[30]
	Quarter-finals		3–1		[31]
	Semi-finals		4–0		[32]
	Final		1–1		[33]
	Group D		1 - 6
	Group D		2 - 3
	Group D		3 - 2
	Qualification Group 13	Lee Chung-yong Koh Myong-jin Kang Seok-gu Choo Sang-cheol	10–0		[34]
	Qualification Group 13		18–0
	Group B		3–0
	Group B		8–0
	Group B		1–0
	Quarter-finals	—	0–1
	Qualification Group L		14–0		[35]
	Qualification Group L	Kim Jung-hyun	1–1
	Qualification Play-off	Kim Jung-hyun	1–0		[36]
	Group A		3–1
	Group A		2–0
	Group A		2–3
	Quarter-finals	—	0–1
	Group A	—	0 - 1
	Group A	—	0 - 2
	Group A		2 - 1
	Qualification Group H		11–0
	Qualification Group H		4–1
	Qualification Group H		12–0
	Qualification Group H		1–4
	Group B		5–2
	Group B		9–0
	Group B		1–1
	Quarter-finals		3–0
	Semi-finals		2–1
	Final		1–2
	Group F		3 - 1
	Group F		1 - 2
	Group F		2 - 0
	Round of 16		1 - 1
	Quarter-finals		1 - 3
	Qualification Group G	—	0–0
	Qualification Group G	Hwang Sin-young Bang Chan-jun Park Jung-bin Kwon Chang-hoon Kang Tae-woong Rotha Oh Jun-hyeok	11–0
	Qualification Group G		1–2
	Qualification Group G		3–3
	Qualification Group G		2–2
	Qualification Group F		1–1
	Qualification Group F		4–2
	Qualification Group F		8–0
	Qualification Group F	—	0–0
	Qualification Group F		10–0
	Group C		3–0
	Group C		3–1
	Group C		1–0
	Quarter-finals		1–1
	Qualification Group H	Jo Sang-hyeon Park Myeong-su Lee Sang-heon Lee Yeon-gyu Kang Sang-hee Lee Yong-eon You Ju-an Kim Ho	13–0
	Qualification Group H		9–0
	Qualification Group H	—	0–2
	Qualification Group H		4–1
	Group A		3–1
	Group A		1–0
	Group A		2–0
	Quarter-finals		2–0
	Semi-finals		7–1
	Final		1–2
	Group C	Kim Gyu-hyeong Jeong Woo-yeong Joo Hwi-min Kim Seong-jun	5–0
	Group C		9–0
	Semi-finals		1–1
	Final		1–2
	Group B		1 - 0
	Group B		1 - 0
	Group B	—	0 - 0
	Round of 16	—	0 - 2
	Qualification Group I		17–0
	Qualification Group I		6–0
	Qualification Group I		4–0
	Group C		1–2
	Group C	—	0–0
	Group C		3–0
	Qualification Group H		8–0
	Qualification Group H		4–0
	Qualification Group H		1–0
	Group D		3–0
	Group D		7–0
	Group D		2–0
	Quarter-finals		1–0
	Semi-finals		1–1
	Group B	Sung Jin-young	1–0		[37]
	Group B	Lee Hyun-ju Lee Ji-han Lim Sung-heon Lee Hyeon-u Hong Ji-woo Yoon Tae-yang Kang Seong-jin Seo Gyu-won Kim Jong-won Sung Jin-young	20–0		[38]
	Group B		13–0		[39]
	Group B	Sung Jin-young Lee Ji-han Lim Sung-heon Yoon Tae-yang Ha Geum-seong	5–0		[40]
	Group B		3–0		[41]
	Group C		2 - 1
	Group C		1 - 3
	Group C		2 - 1
	Round of 16		1 - 0
	Quarter-finals	—	0 - 1
	Qualification Group K	Lee Gyu-dong Lee Dong-hyeon Kim Ji-soo Heo Dong-min Jang Ha-min Kim Do-hyeon Kim Jin-yeop	10–0
	Qualification Group K	Jang Ha-min	1–0
	Qualification Group K		2–0
	Group C	—	Cancelled
	Group C	—	Cancelled
	Group C	—	Cancelled
	Qualification Group J	Kang Min-woo Yoo Byeong-heon	2–3
	Qualification Group J		10–0
	Group B		6–1
	Group B		4–0
	Group B	—	0–2
	Quarter-finals	Kang Min-woo Kim Myung-jun Yoon Do-young Kim Hyeon-min	4–1
	Semi-finals	Baek In-woo	1–0
	Final	—	0–3
	Group A	Kim Ye-geon Jang Yo-han Battumur Kim Se-bin Kang Min-jun	6–0
	Group A	Kang Min-jun Jang Yo-han Park Jeong-ho Heo Hwan Sim Woo-sol Kim Min-jun Lee Gang-hyeon Kim Ye-geon Kim Seung-hyeon	23–0
	Group A	Kim Ye-geon Kim Se-bin Oh Tae-gyeong Jang Yo-han Kim Min-jun Lee Sang-yeon Kang Min-jun Han Jun-hee	9–0
	Group A	Jang Yo-han	1–1
	Semi-finals	—	0–4
	Third place match	Lee Dong-geun Sung Chi-chan Kim Ye-geon Jang Yo-han	4–0
	Group E		1–3
	Group E	—	0–1
	Group E		1–2

Results by competition

Competition								Win %
FIFA U-17 World Cup
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification
Summer Youth Olympics
EAFF U-15 Championship
Total

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup between 15 June and 2 July 2023.^[42]

Caps and goals are correct as of 14 February 2023, after the match against Denmark.

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played on home soil

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
	Did not qualify
	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	5	6	Squad
	Did not qualify
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	11	Squad
	Did not qualify
	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad
	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	8	7	Squad
	Did not qualify
2013
	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	2	2	Squad
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Quarter-finals	5	3	0	2	6	6	Squad
2023	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6	Squad
2025	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	27	10	3	14	31	42	7/20

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup record									Qualification record[43]
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
	Did not qualify								3	1	0	2	2	6
1986	Champions	5	2	3	0	6	0		2	2	0	0	4	0
	Group stage	4	2	0	2	10	9		3	2	1	0	19	2
	Group stage	2	0	1	1	1	4		3	2	1	0	5	2
	Did not qualify								3	0	1	2	2	7
	Group stage	4	1	1	2	2	6		2	1	1	0	13	2
	Group stage	4	1	1	2	7	8		3	3	0	0	15	2
1998	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	10	13		2	1	1	0	6	0
	Did not qualify								3	2	1	0	30	2
2002	Champions	6	4	2	0	17	5		3	3	0	0	25	1
	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	12	1		2	2	0	0	28	0
	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	7	5		3	2	1	0	16	1
2008	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	21	6		4	3	0	1	28	5
	Did not qualify								5	1	3	1	17	7
	Quarter-finals	4	3	1	0	8	2		5	3	2	0	23	3
2014	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	16	4		4	3	0	1	26	3
	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	2		3	3	0	0	27	0
2018	Semi-finals	5	4	1	0	14	1		3	3	0	0	13	0
2020	Cancelled								3	3	0	0	13	0
2023	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	15	7		2	1	0	1	12	3
Total	2 titles	69	39	12	18	150	73		61	41	12	8	324	46

Other competitions

Competition	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2014 Summer Youth Olympics	Silver medalists	4	2	1	1	16	3
2018 EAFF U-15 Championship	—	5	5	0	0	42	0
2023 EAFF U-15 Championship	Third place	6	4	1	1	43	5

Head-to-head record

The following table shows South Korea's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, AFC U-17 Asian Cup, Summer Youth Olympics and EAFF U-15 Championship, excluding minor competitions and friendlies, as of 18 November 2023 (after the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup).

See also

• Football in South Korea
• Korea Football Association
• South Korea national football team
• South Korea national football B team
• South Korea national under-23 football team
• South Korea national under-20 football team
• South Korea women's national under-17 football team

External links

• Official website, KFA.or.kr

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20111220070222/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/07/54/u17%5f95%5ftr%5fpart1%5f242.pdf . Ecuador '95 Report . FIFA . 2024-10-28 . 2011-12-20 . 13 . Another change was the increase of playing time from 80 to 90 minutes..
2. Web site: Men's U-17 results . KFA . ko . 2024-11-05.
3. News: https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1984091700209209009&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1984-09-17&officeId=00020&pageNo=9&printNo=19372&publishType=00020 . ko:한국,바레인눌러 1勝 세계J축구 아시아 예선 . ko . Naver . The Dong-a Ilbo . 1984-09-17 . 2024-10-24.
4. News: https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1986081800209208002&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1986-08-18&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=19963&publishType=00020 . ko:한국,필리핀꺾고 1승 . ko . The Dong-a Ilbo . Naver . 1986-08-18 . 2024-10-24.
5. News: https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1986081900209209005&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1986-08-19&officeId=00020&pageNo=9&printNo=19964&publishType=00020 . ko:10월 南北대결 . ko . The Dong-a Ilbo . Naver . 1986-08-19 . 2024-10-24.
6. News: https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1986111700209209004&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1986-11-17&officeId=00020&pageNo=9&printNo=20040&publishType=00020 . ko:아시아 청소년축구 한국,버마 大破 金虎喆 3골 5대0…1승 . ko . The Dong-a Ilbo . 1986-11-17 . 2024-10-24.
7. News: https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1986112400329208008&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1986-11-24&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=12666&publishType=00020 . ko:J축구 亞洲頂上 1步前 . ko . Kyunghyang . Naver . 1986-11-24 . 2024-10-24.
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35. Web site: Men's U-17 results - 2005 . KFA . ko . 2024-10-30.
36. Web site: Men's U-17 results - 2006 . KFA . ko . 2024-10-30.
37. Web site: FIFA Forward Development Programme EAFF U15 Boys' Tournament 2018 - Korea Republic 1-0 DPR Korea . EAFF . 2024-10-23.
38. Web site: FIFA Forward Development Programme EAFF U15 Boys' Tournament 2018 - Korea Republic 20-0 Macau . EAFF . 2024-10-23.
39. Web site: FIFA Forward Development Programme EAFF U15 Boys' Tournament 2018 - Korea Republic 13-0 Guam . EAFF . 2024-10-23.
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