Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 4 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alberto Górriz | Spain | 1 |
| Alfonso Domínguez | Uruguay | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Carlos Aguilera | Uruguay | 1 |
| Chendo | Spain | 1 |
| Daniel Fonseca | Uruguay | 1 |
| Emilio Butragueño | Spain | 1 |
| Enzo Francescoli | Uruguay | 1 |
| Fernando | Spain | 1 |
| Fernando Álvez | Uruguay | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 23 May 1989 | v Singapore | 3–0 | 89′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 9 Dec 1988 | v Qatar | 3–2 | 72′ | — | Winning goal | 3–1 | AFC Asian Cup 1988 · Group stage |
| 9 Dec 1988 | v Qatar | 3–2 | 10′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | AFC Asian Cup 1988 · Group stage |
| 28 Sep 1980 | v North Korea | 2–1 | 89′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Semi-final |
| 28 Sep 1980 | v North Korea | 2–1 | 80′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Semi-final |
| 24 Sep 1980 | v United Arab Emirates | 4–1 | 84′ | — | Extended lead | 4–1 | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 21 Jun 1990 | v Uruguay | 0–1 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 1990 | v Spain | 1–3 | started, off 52′ | 52 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 23 May 1989 | v Singapore | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 9 Dec 1988 | v Qatar | 3–2 | — | — | 2 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1988 · Group stage |
| 28 Sep 1980 | v North Korea | 2–1 | — | — | 2 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Semi-final |
| 24 Sep 1980 | v United Arab Emirates | 4–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Group stage |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.