Iran–South Korea football rivalry

Iran–South Korea football rivalry
	Iran vs South Korea in February 2009
Locale	Asia (AFC)
Teams	Iran ; South Korea
First meeting	South Korea 5–0 Iran; (28 May 1958, 1958 Asian Games)
Latest meeting	South Korea 2–0 Iran; (24 March 2022, 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification)
Statistics
Meetings total	33
Top scorer	Ali Daei (4)
All-time series	Iran: 13; South Korea: 10; Draw: 10
Largest victory	South Korea 5–0 Iran; (28 May 1958, 1958 Asian Games)

The Iran and South Korea men's national football teams are sporting rivals^[1]^[2] and have played against each other officially since 1958, totalling 32 matches as of January 2022, including ten World Cup qualifiers, including eight straight from 2010 to 2022. These two teams were among the strongest Asian national football teams during the 1960s and 1970s. Since then, the teams have developed one of Asia's greatest rivalries.^[3] Although the teams only had one chance to play against each other in the final match of the AFC Asian Cup, in 1972, they have faced each other five consecutive times at the quarterfinals stage since 1996.^[4]^[5]

Head-to-head record[edit]

Venue	Iran	South Korea	Draw
Victories in Iran	5	0	3
Victories in South Korea	3	3	6
Victories at neutral venue	5	7	1
Total number of victories	13	10	10
Goals in Iran	11	4	—
Goals in South Korea	8	10
Goals at neutral venue	15	22
Total number of goals	34	36	—

List of matches[edit]

28 May 1958 (1958-05-28) 1958 Asian Games group stage	South Korea	5–0	Iran	Tokyo, Japan
	Lee Soo-nam 6' Kim Yeong-jin 33' Moon Jung-sik 50' Choi Chung-min 53' Woo Sang-kwon 84'

11 December 1970 (1970-12-11) 1970 Asian Games first group stage	South Korea	1–0	Iran	Bangkok, Thailand
	Lee Hoe-taik 52'

10 September 1971 (1971-09-10) Friendly	South Korea	2–0	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Chung Kyu-poong 8' Park Lee-chun 12'

12 September 1971 (1971-09-12) Friendly	South Korea	0–2	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
			Khorshidi 38' Kim Ho 41' (o.g.)

19 May 1972 (1972-05-19) 1972 AFC Asian Cup final	Iran	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Bangkok, Thailand
	Jabbari 48' Kalani 108'		Park Lee-chun 65'

11 September 1974 (1974-09-11) 1974 Asian Games second group stage	Iran	2–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Mazloumi 75', 89'

3 July 1977 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification

South Korea

0–0

Iran

Busan, South Korea

11 November 1977 (1977-11-11) 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	Iran	2–2	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Rowshan 52', 68'		Lee Young-moo 28', 88'

23 November 1982 (1982-11-23) 1982 Asian Games group stage	Iran	1–0	South Korea	New Delhi, India
	Derakhshan 47'

1 October 1986 (1986-10-01) 1986 Asian Games quarter-finals	South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Iran	Busan, South Korea
	Park Chang-sun 34' (pen.)		Bavi 84'

11 December 1988 (1988-12-11) 1988 AFC Asian Cup group stage	South Korea	3–0	Iran	Doha, Qatar
	Byun Byung-joo 26', 57' Hwang Sun-hong 42'

3 October 1990 (1990-10-03) 1990 Asian Games semi-finals	Iran	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Beijing, China
	Ghayeghran 107'

16 October 1993 (1993-10-16) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	South Korea	3–0	Iran	Doha, Qatar
	Park Jung-bae 18' Ha Seok-ju 79' Ko Jeong-woon 81'

16 December 1996 (1996-12-16) 1996 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals	Iran	6–2	South Korea	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Bagheri 31' Azizi 52' Daei 66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)		Kim Do-hoon 11' Shin Tae-yong 35'

23 October 2000 (2000-10-23) 2000 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Iran	Tripoli, Lebanon
	Kim Sang-sik 90' Lee Dong-gook 99'		Bagheri 71'

24 April 2001 (2001-04-24) 2001 LG Cup	South Korea	1–0	Iran	Cairo, Egypt
	Kim Do-hoon 6' (pen.)

31 July 2004 (2004-07-31) 2004 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals	Iran	4–3	South Korea	Jinan, China
	Karimi 10', 20', 77' Park Jin-sub 51' (o.g.)		Seol Ki-hyeon 16' Lee Dong-gook 25' Kim Nam-il 68'

12 October 2005 (2005-10-12) Friendly	South Korea	2–0	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Cho Won-hee 1' Kim Jin-kyu 90'

2 September 2006 (2006-09-02) 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	South Korea	1–1	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Seol Ki-hyeon 45'		Hashemian 90'

15 November 2006 (2006-11-15) 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Iran	2–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Enayati 48' Badamaki 90'

22 July 2007 2007 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals

South Korea

0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)

Iran

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

11 February 2009 (2009-02-11) 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Iran	1–1	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Javad Nekounam 58'		Park Ji-sung 81'

17 June 2009 (2009-06-17) 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	South Korea	1–1	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Park Ji-sung 82'		Shojaei 52'

7 September 2010 (2010-09-07) Friendly	South Korea	0–1	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
			Shojaei 34'

22 January 2011 (2011-01-22) 2011 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals	South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iran	Doha, Qatar
	Yoon Bit-garam 105'

16 October 2012 (2012-10-16) 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Iran	1–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Nekounam 76'

18 June 2013 (2013-06-18) 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	South Korea	0–1	Iran	Ulsan, South Korea
			Ghoochannejhad 60'

18 November 2014 (2014-11-18) Friendly	Iran	1–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Azmoun 82'

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Iran	1–0	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Azmoun 25'

31 August 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

South Korea

0–0

Iran

Seoul, South Korea

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11) Friendly	South Korea	1–1	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Hwang Ui-jo 57'		Kim Young-gwon 62' (o.g.)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Iran	1–1	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
	Jahanbakhsh 76'	Report	Son Heung-min 48'

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	South Korea	2–0	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Son Heung-min 45+2' Kim Young-gwon 63'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Referee: Chris Beath

References[edit]

↑ "South Korea proposes a friendly match with Iran". teammelli.com. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
↑ "The (Hopefully) Last Qualifier – Korea vs Iran". taegukwarriors.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
↑ "Asia's finale sees three spots up for grabs". FIFA.com. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "Holders Iraq went through to quarterfinals". cnn.com. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
↑ "Iran's defeat sends Cho back to the drawing board". ESPN Internet Ventures. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

External links[edit]

FIFA.com
KFA.or.kr - all-times results Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
RSSSF archive of Iran's results, by Majeed Panahi, RSSSF, 21 Jan 2006
World Football Elo Ratings: Iran
World Football Elo Ratings: South Korea
TeamMelli.com

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[teammelli-1] "South Korea proposes a friendly match with Iran". teammelli.com. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

[tae-2] "The (Hopefully) Last Qualifier – Korea vs Iran". taegukwarriors.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

[fifa-3] "Asia's finale sees three spots up for grabs". FIFA.com. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[cnn-4] "Holders Iraq went through to quarterfinals". cnn.com. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

[espn-5] "Iran's defeat sends Cho back to the drawing board". ESPN Internet Ventures. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

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v t e Iran national football team
General	Football Federation of Iran History Managers Notable matches
Venues	National stadiums: Azadi Stadium (1972–), Amjadieh Stadium (1942–1972) Trainings: National Football Camp
Statistics	All-time match results All-time record Records All-time goalscorers
Players	Players (by caps) Captains International players Expatriate players Born outside Iran
Goals	Ali Daei
World Cup Finals	Summary 1978 1998 2006 2014 2018 2022
AFC Asian Cup Finals	Summary 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Other tournaments	The Olympics Asian Games West Asian Championship ECO Cup
Culture	Rivalries Iraq Saudi Arabia South Korea Political protests
Senior	Men's results 1941–59 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Other Iran teams	Women's (Results) Men's B Men's U23 Men's U20 Women's U20 Men's U17 Women's U17 Men's futsal Women's futsal Men's beach soccer

v t e South Korea national football team
General	Korea Football Association History Managers Kits
Venues	Seoul Olympic Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Trainings: National Football Center
Statistics	All-time match results All-time record Records All-time goalscorers
Players	Players (by caps) Captains Other players
World Finals	Summary 1954 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Asian Finals	Summary 1956 1960 1964 1972 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019
Other tournaments	FIFA Confederations Cup 2019 AFF-EAFF Champions Trophy East Asian Cup CONCACAF Gold Cup Summer Olympics (U-23) Asian Games (U-23) East Asian Games (Defunct)
Noted rivalries	Japan rivalry Korean derby China rivalry Iran rivalry Australia
Culture	Red Devils Be the Reds! Miracle of Doha
Other KFA teams	B team U-23 U-20 U-17 U-14 Women's U-20 U-17 U-14 Futsal Women's Beach soccer

Iran–South Korea football rivalry

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Head-to-head record[edit]

List of matches[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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