Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
South Korea's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alberto García Aspe | Mexico | 1 |
| Aron Winter | Netherlands | 1 |
| Arthur Numan | Netherlands | 1 |
| Boudewijn Zenden | Netherlands | 1 |
| Braulio Luna | Mexico | 1 |
| Claudio Suárez | Mexico | 1 |
| Cuauhtemoc Blanco | Mexico | 1 |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | 1 |
| Duilio Davino | Mexico | 1 |
| Edgar Davids | Netherlands | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 9 Nov 1997 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–1 | 11′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 4 Oct 1997 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | 81′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 12 Sep 1997 | v Uzbekistan | 2–1 | 87′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 20 Jun 1998 | v Netherlands | 0–5 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 13 Jun 1998 | v Mexico | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 9 Nov 1997 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 4 Oct 1997 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 12 Sep 1997 | v Uzbekistan | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
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.