Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| Carlos Borja | Bolivia | 1 |
| Carlos Trucco | Bolivia | 1 |
| Erwin Sánchez | Bolivia | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 18 Oct 1997 | v Uzbekistan | 5–1 | 57′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 7 Dec 1996 | v Indonesia | 4–2 | 55′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | AFC Asian Cup 1996 · Group stage |
| 28 Oct 1993 | v North Korea | 3–0 | 49′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 16 Oct 1993 | v Iran | 3–0 | 81′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 18 Oct 1997 | v Uzbekistan | 5–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 7 Dec 1996 | v Indonesia | 4–2 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1996 · Group stage |
| 27 Jun 1994 | v Germany | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 23 Jun 1994 | v Bolivia | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 17 Jun 1994 | v Spain | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage |
| 28 Oct 1993 | v North Korea | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
| 16 Oct 1993 | v Iran | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1993 |
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.