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 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alberto Górriz | Spain | 1 |
| Alessandro Altobelli | Italy | 1 |
| Alfonso Domínguez | Uruguay | 1 |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Spain | 1 |
| Andrey Zhelyazkov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Antonio Cabrini | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Di Gennaro | Italy | 1 |
| Ayan Sadakov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Borislav Mihaylov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Bozhidar Iskrenov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 3 Jun 1989 | v Nepal | 4–0 | 41′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 21 Jun 1990 | v Uruguay | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 1990 | v Spain | 1–3 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 1990 | v Belgium | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 1989 | v Nepal | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1989 |
| 10 Jun 1986 | v Italy | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 5 Jun 1986 | v Bulgaria | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 1986 | v Argentina | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · 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.