The following is a list of South Korea national football team managers, first established in June 1948 with the appointment of Park Chung-hwi.
Manager history
A total of 47 managers managed South Korea during 74 appointments (excluding caretaker managers).
South Korean managers initially managed the national team as a sideline, but in 1992 the Korea Football Association adopted a policy that only full-time managers could manage the national team.
Adjunct managers (1948–1991) No.ManagerFromToCompetition(s)1 Park Chung-hwi —2 Lee Young-min 1948 Summer Olympics quarter-finals3 Lee Yoo-hyung —4 Kim Hwa-jip —5 Kim Yong-sik —6 Bae Jong-ho 1954 Asian Games silver medal7 Kim Yong-sik 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage8 Chu Yung-kwang —9 Kim Sung-gan 1956 AFC Asian Cup champion10 Kim Kyu-hwan —11 Min Byung-dae 1958 Asian Games silver medal12 Chung Nam-sik —13 Kim Yong-sik —14 Min Byung-dae —15 Chu Yung-kwang —16 Kim Yong-sik 1960 AFC Asian Cup champion17 Kim Kyu-hwan —18 Min Byung-dae —19 Kim Kyu-hwan 1962 Asian Games silver medal20 Park Kyu-chung —21 Min Byung-dae —22 Kim Kyu-hwan 1964 Summer Olympics group stage— Park Il-kap 1964 AFC Asian Cup third place23 Chung Nam-sik —24 Han Chang-wha —25 An Jong-soo 1966 Asian Games first group stage26 Jang Kyung-hwan —27 Park Il-kap —28 Kim Yong-sik —29 Kang Jun-young —30 Han Hong-ki 1970 Asian Games gold medal31 Hong Deok-young —32 Park Byung-suk 1972 AFC Asian Cup runner-up33 Ham Heung-chul —34 Min Byung-dae —35 Moon Jung-sik —36 Choi Yung-keun 1974 Asian Games second group stage37 Ham Heung-chul —38 Moon Jung-sik —39 Choi Chung-min —40 Kim Jung-nam —41 Ham Heung-chul 1978 Asian Games gold medal42 Jang Kyung-hwan —43 Kim Jung-nam 1980 AFC Asian Cup runner-up44 Choi Eun-taek 1982 Asian Games group stage45 Cho Yoon-ok —46 Park Jong-hwan —47 Moon Jung-sik 1984 AFC Asian Cup group stage48 Kim Jung-nam 1986 FIFA World Cup group stage1986 Asian Games gold medal49 Park Jong-hwan —50 Kim Jung-nam 1988 Summer Olympics group stage51 Lee Hoe-taik 1988 AFC Asian Cup runner-up1990 FIFA World Cup group stage52 Lee Cha-man —53 Park Jong-hwan 1990 Asian Games bronze medal54 Ko Jae-wook —
Full-time managers (1992–present) +KeyCaretaker manager
No.ManagerFromToCompetition(s)55 Kim Ho 1994 FIFA World Cup group stage56 Anatoliy Byshovets 1994 Asian Games fourth place57 Park Jong-hwan —— Huh Jung-moo —— Jung Byung-tak —— Ko Jae-wook —58 Park Jong-hwan 1996 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals59 Cha Bum-kun 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage— Kim Pyung-seok 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage60 Huh Jung-moo 1998 Asian Games quarter-finals2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage2000 AFC Asian Cup third place— Park Hang-seo —61 Guus Hiddink 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup fourth place2002 FIFA World Cup fourth place— Kim Ho-kon —62 Humberto Coelho 2003 EAFF Championship champion— Park Sung-hwa —63 Jo Bonfrère 2004 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals2005 EAFF Championship fourth place64 Dick Advocaat 2006 FIFA World Cup group stage65 Pim Verbeek 2007 AFC Asian Cup third place66 Huh Jung-moo 2008 EAFF Championship champion2010 EAFF Championship runner-up2010 FIFA World Cup round of 1667 Cho Kwang-rae 2011 AFC Asian Cup third place68 Choi Kang-hee —69 Hong Myung-bo 2013 EAFF Championship third place2014 FIFA World Cup group stage— Shin Tae-yong —70 Uli Stielike 2015 AFC Asian Cup runner-up2015 EAFF Championship champion71 Shin Tae-yong 2017 EAFF Championship champion2018 FIFA World Cup group stage72 Paulo Bento 2019 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals2019 EAFF Championship champion2022 EAFF Championship runner-up2022 FIFA World Cup round of 1673 Jürgen Klinsmann 2023 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals— Hwang Sun-hong —— Kim Do-hoon —74 Hong Myung-bo 2025 EAFF Championship runner-up2026 FIFA World Cup group stage— Robert Moreno present—
Manager records
Most matches managed 78, Huh Jung-moo Most matches managed (unofficial) 126, Kim Jung-nam Most matches won 54, Ham Heung-chul Most matches won in an appointment 35, Paulo Bento Longest career in an appointment , Paulo Bento, from 22 August 2018 to 6 December 2022 Most appointments 5, Kim Yong-sik, Min Byung-dae and Park Jong-hwan
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