The Korea Cup (, Korea Cup International Football Tournament) was an international football tournament held annually in South Korea from 1971 to 1999.

History The Korea Cup was founded as President's Cup Football Tournament by the Korea Football Association in 1971, and was contested between South Korea national team and Asian teams to develop them. It was renamed as President Park's Cup Football Tournament in 1976, and teams from other continents also started taking part from that year. It was renamed President's Cup Football Tournament in 1979, and President's Cup International Football Tournament in 1987. The latest Korea Cup appeared in 1995.

Summary Edition Year Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Teams11971 —821972831973 —641974 PSMS Medan751975 Homa Japan B861976 São Paulo U21 (state)— South Korea B1071977 São Paulo U21 (state) —981978 Washington Diplomats South Korea B AS FAR1591979 Vitória-ES South Korea B10101980 South Korea B Thailand B6111981 Racing (C)— Vitória-ES Danubio12121982 Operário-MS— PSV Eindhoven Hallelujah FC10131983 PSV Eindhoven11141984 Bangu Hallelujah FC Bayer Leverkusen8151985 South Korea B Bangu12161987 South Korea BNo third place match12171988 Czechoslovakia XI Soviet Union XI Iwuanyanwu Nationale1618 1989 Brøndby IF Benfica819 1991 Soviet Union BNo third place match8201993 Czechoslovakia XI Romania XINo third place match8211995No third place match822199742319994

Statistics Titles by team TeamChampionsRunners-up 12 (1971*, 1974, 1975, 1976*, 1978, 1980, 1981*, 1982*, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997)4 (1977, 1979 ,1983, 1993)3 (1971*, 1972, 1973*)1 (1975) São Paulo U21 (state)2 (1976*, 1977)—1 (1993)1 (1991)1 (1973*)— Vitória-ES1 (1979)— Racing (C)1 (1981*)— Operário-MS1 (1982*)— PSV Eindhoven1 (1983)— Bangu1 (1984)— Czechoslovakia XI1 (1988)—1 (1989)—1 (1995)—1 (1999)——2 (1972, 1980) PSMS Medan—1 (1974) Washington Diplomats—1 (1978) South Korea B—1 (1984) Hallelujah FC—1 (1985)—1 (1987) Soviet Union XI—1 (1988) Brøndby—1 (1989)—1 (1995)—1 (1997)—1 (1999)

Titles by nation NationChampionsRunners-up 12 (1971*, 1974, 1975, 1976*, 1978, 1980, 1981*, 1982*, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997) 6 (1977, 1979 ,1983, 1984, 1985, 1993) 5 (1976*, 1977, 1979, 1982*, 1984)— Burma 3 (1971*, 1972, 1973*) 1 (1975) 2 (1988, 1989)— 1 (1993) 1 (1991) Khmer Republic 1 (1973*)— 1 (1981*)— 1 (1983)— 1 (1995)— 1 (1999)—— 3 (1972, 1974, 1980)— 1 (1978)— 1 (1987)— 1 (1988)— 1 (1989)— 1 (1995) FR Yugoslavia— 1 (1997)— 1 (1999)

All-time table Team2312586251429077+213283 South Korea B11512111196766+17462916764821+2755155612152970103–335152211833621+1541937116205278–2639 São Paulo U21 (state)3151131344+3036 PSV Eindhoven21210113910+2931 Vitória-ES213931308+223093785245785–2829211740195+1425 Bangu212570229+13222116232716+112052155112247–2520 Czechoslovakia XI2105321410+418 Hallelujah FC2115331715+218 Racing (C)17520197+12173135261315–2174164571429–1517 Soviet Union XI16501102+815 Operário-MS16420137+61415410124+81315410104+613 Danubio1741297+2133153481928–913 Washington Diplomats164021512+31228332108+212 Homa1632193+61128314814–610 PAS Tehran1430184+49 Brøndby1530284+49 Saarbrücken1530279–29 Hungary XI29234811–393113081419–5928224718–118 Malaysia B3121561028–188 Velež Mostar1421186+27 Atlas1421175+27 Genoa15212910–17 Iwuanyanwu Nationale1621389–17 AS FAR1621378–17 Thailand B1521278–171521259–47 Japan B29144512–77 Mexico XI1320194+56 Central Español1513154+16152036606151315506152034406 Fortuna Sittard1513158–36 Benfica15203611–5626204916–76282061023–1361312042+251312054+15 Romania XI141217705 Deportivo Español1512269–35 Chile B1512236–35 PSMS Medan1412138–55 Bayer Leverkusen29126816–85 Indonesia B28125321–185312129625–1951311143+14141125504 Turkey Olympic1311134–14 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)1311134–14 Yukong Elephants1411246–24 Soviet Union B1411235–241511348–44 Huracán15113612–64 United States Olympic131027703 Alianza Lima1303033031310234–13 Nacional1310223–13 Rio de Janeiro XI1310225–331310215–43 Racing Beirut14103814–63 Middlesex Wanderers14103410–6314103416–123 Mechelen1302134–12 Trelleborg1302135–22 Queens Park Rangers1302125–32 Cercle Brugge1302126–42 Warna Agung1402215–42 Atlante1302104–42 Australia B1301235–211301224–21 Sporting Cristal1301247–31 United States Universiade1301247–311301204–41 Shamrock Rovers1501404–41 Kilmarnock1301249–51 Serie C U211301238–51 Eintracht Frankfurt1301227–511301216–51 Châteauroux15014512–71 Perak14013411–71 Bahrain B15014311–81 Lierse1200258–3014004111–10013003113–12014004022–220

Awards Most Valuable Player YearPlayerTeam1991 Ha Seok-ju1993 Ahmed Shobair1995 Energio Díaz 1997 Ha Seok-ju1999 Josip Šimić

Top goalscorer YearPlayerTeamGoals1971 Iswadi Idris71972 Abdul Kadir61973 Kim Jin-kook3 Kim Jae-han R. Visvanathan Cha Bum-kun1974 Park Lee-chun61975Unknown1976 Cha Bum-kun71977 Cha Bum-kun61978 Kim Jae-han61979 João Francisco Vitória-ES 81980 Chung Hae-won71981 João Francisco Vitória-ES 61982 Ruud Geels PSV Eindhoven71983 Jurrie Koolhof PSV Eindhoven61984 Paulinho Criciúma Bangu51985 Karim Saddam6+1987 Frank Farina41988 Milan Luhový Czechoslovakia XI4 Alberto Mariscal Atlas Choi Soon-ho1989 Pavel Černý51991 Ha Seok-ju41993 Cho Jin-ho South Korea B31995 Eduardo Hurtado51997 Rade Bogdanović2 Choi Moon-sik Seo Jung-won Slaviša Jokanović1999 Daniel Osorno2

See also South Korea national football team South Korea national football B team Korea Football Association Peace Cup

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External links President's Cup (South Korea) at RSSSF