Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0% |
| Without them | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0% |
| Abelardo | Spain | 1 |
| Albert Ferrer | Spain | 1 |
| Álvaro Peña | Bolivia | 1 |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain | 1 |
| Andreas Brehme | Germany | 1 |
| Andreas Möller | Germany | 1 |
| Bodo Illgner | Germany | 1 |
| Bruno Versavel | Belgium | 1 |
| Carlos Borja | Bolivia | 1 |
| Carlos Trucco | Bolivia | 1 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 25 May 1989 | v Nepal | 9–0 | 38′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 27 Jun 1994 | v Germany | 2–3 | started, off 40′ | 40 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 23 Jun 1994 | v Bolivia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 1994 | v Spain | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 1990 | v Belgium | 0–2 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 25 May 1989 | v Nepal | 9–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
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.