SOUTH KOREA

Korea Football Association
1-131 Shinmunro
2-KA Chongro-Ku
110-062 Seoul

Official website (Korean FA)

Anthem

 SQUAD

Goalkeepers

Choi Eun-Sung
Kim Byung-Ji
Lee Woon-Jae

 Defenders

Choi Jin-Chul
Hong Myung-Bo
Kim Tae-Young
Lee Min-Sung
Hyun Young-Min


 Midfielders

Ahn Jung-Hwan
Choi Sung-Yong
Kim Nam-Il
Lee Eul-Yong
Lee Young-Pyo
Park Ji-Sung
Song Chong-Gug
Yoo Sang-Chul
Yoon Jong-Hwan


 Strikers

Cha Doo-Ri
Choi Yong-Soo
Choi Tae-Uk
Hwang Sun-Hong
Lee Chun-Soo
Seol Ki-Hyeon



GROUP MATCHES
Busan 4.6.02 (12.30)
S Korea 2 v Poland 0		Daegu 10.6.02 (7.30)
S Korea 1 v USA 1		 Incheon 14.6.02 (12.30)
Portugal 0 v S Korea 1

Finished top of the group.

And then beat Italy (S Korea 2 Italy 1 aet) to go through to the quarter finals, where they will meet Spain!

Spain 0 South Korea 0 AET (Korea won 5-3 on penalties)

But lost to the Germans in the semi. Germany 1 South Korea 0

3rd/4th Place play off South Korea 2 Turkey 3. So, South Korea finished in 4th spot.

Group D P W D L F A Gd Pts
S Korea 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
USA 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 4
Portugal 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3
Poland 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 3
NEWS AND COMMENTS

No chance, these. Even the States'll beat them! Best name (so far) with Song Chong-Gug.

(14/06/02 15:02:48) Brilliant!

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Aegukka

(The Song of Love for Country)

Tong-Hai Sea and Pakdoo Mountain, so long as they endure,
May God bless Korea our land for endless ages to come!


CHORUS
North to south bedecked with flowers, land of beauty rare,
May God keep our country united and preserve our land.


Eternally Naamsaan's pine-trees stand like an armour sure,
Trough whatever tempest or danger, as our symbol of strength.


CHORUS

KOREAN TV DINNER RECIPE

Korean Skewered Dog (Beef!)

1 lb sirloin steak, 1 clove garlic (crushed), 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup sesame or other oil, 1 small onion (finely chopped), crushed toasted sesame seeds

Thinly slice steak into 1 in wide strips. Dip strips into a marinade made by mixing all the other ingredients except the sesame seeds in a bowl. Now dip meat in crushed toasted sesame seeds until they are coated completely and return to the marinade for an hour. Thread the beef on to skewers and cook under a high grill. (The sesame seeds are toasted by cooking slowly in a heavy pan until brown. They are then crushed in a mortar or heavy bowl with salt. The mixture should not be smooth.)

Wash down with: Hite beer

Famous People

Reverend Moon (religious cult leader), Seo Tae-gi (pop star), Jung Kyung-Hwa (violinist), Cho Soo-Mee (opera singer), Park Chan-Ho (baseball player), Tangun (founder of first Korean kingdom)