Team – Founded: 1928 – Affiliated: 1948
Confederation: AFC - Asia
Squad's local nickname: Taeguk Warriors and Asian Tigers (see blue coat of arms, above)
The Taeguk symbol, embodying the Yin-Yang mutual complementation and oneness, is
displayed on the Korean Republic's National Flag. As in the Flag,
the Taeguk symbol is usually portrayed in red and blue,
the Squad's colors.
Understandably, the Taeguk represents a vivid patriotic or nationalistic symbol.
| The Squad (by jersey number) |
The Squad (by field position) |
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Lee Woon-Jae 
Kim Young-Chul
Kim Dong-Jin
Choi Jin-Cheul 
Kim Nam-Il 
Kim Jin-Kyu
Park Ji-Sung ° °
Kim Do-Heon
Ahn Jung-Hwan ° °
Park Chu-Young
Seol Ki-Hyeon 
Lee Young-Pyo 
Lee Eul-Yong 
Lee Chun-Soo ° °
Baek Ji-Hoon
Chung Kyung-Ho
Lee Ho
Kim Sang-Sik
Cho Jae-Jin
Kim Yong-Dae
Kim Young-Kwang
Song Chong-Gug 
Cho Won-Hee |

Lee Woon-Jae (Suwon Samsung)
Kim Young-Kwang (Chunnam Dragons)
Kim Yong-Dae (Seangnam Ilhwa)

Lee Young-Pyo (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
Kim Dong-Jin (FC Seoul)
Kim Jin-Kyu (Jubilo Iwata, Japan)
Kim Sang-Sik (Seangnam Ilhwa)
Kim Young-Chul (Seangnam Ilhwa)
Song Chong-Gug (Suwon Samsung)
Choi Jin-Cheul (Chonbuk Hyundai) 
Cho Won-Hee (Suwon Samsung)

Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United, England)
Kim Nam-Il (Suwon Samsung)
Lee Ho (Ulsan Hyundai)
Baek Ji-Hoon (FC Seoul)
Lee Eul-Yong (Trabzonspor, China)
Kim Do-Heon (Seangnam Ilhwa)

Ahn Jung-Hwan (MSV Duisbourg, Germany)
Cho Jae-Jin (Shimizu S-Pulse, Japan)
Lee Chun-Soo (Ulsan Hyundaii)
Chung Kyung-Ho (Gwangju Sangmu)
Park Chu-Young (FC Seoul)
Seol Ki-Hyeon (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England) |
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La Stampa (Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – click to see.
Coach⁄Manager: Dick Advocaat (Dutch-born – former coach of the Netherlands
)
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° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {
}='own goal')
also took part in the 1994 and 2002 World Cups.
2006
World Cup
External links to free clips
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Footnote:
Dick Advocaat, as mentioned above, has been in charge of the Dutch National Squad–1994 World Cup–and in fact, until fairly recently. He first became known as coaching assistant to the famous Rinus Michels, who led the Dutch Squad (Michels was the coach of that fabulous "Dutch Carrousel" which marveled the World in the seventies). Dick Advocaat has led teams outside the Netherlands, as well, such as in Scotland and in Germany. He must have been hired for the (South) Korean National Squad, both due to the fact that he had been coaching the Dutch National Squad and due to Ruus Hiddink's huge success in Korea, in the former World Cup (see here). Can the Dutch-Korean chemistry work so fantastically again, now in Germany? Let us wait and see!
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