The South Korea national football B team () was the selection of South Korean semi-professional footballers and college footballers. Most of the members were playing at the Korean Semi-professional Football League, the Korean University Football League or the Korea National League. It was run as a reserve team of the South Korea national football team before the under-23 team was founded in the early 1990s.
It was reorganized as the South Korea Universiade football team (; recognized as Republic of Korea by FISU) after Asia's minor competitions were in decline. Professional and semi-professional players under 28 also could be selected for the Universiade team within two years of graduation from university. Since 2020, its players are mainly playing friendly matches including the due to the abolishment of the Universiade football.
History
Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played on home soil
AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPldWDLGFGASquadPldWDLGFGA 1964Third place310224SquadDirect entry 1988Entered with the "A" team311153 1992Did not qualify210172TotalThird place310224—5212125
Summer Universiade Summer Universiade recordYearRoundPldWDLGFGA 1979Fifth place7511228 1985Fifth place5320239 1987Silver medalists64021510 1991Gold medalists6420155 1993Silver medalists623197 1995Silver medalists632194 1997Silver medalists623165 1999Sixth place52121211 2001Bronze medalists6411103 2003Ninth place6501105 2005Fourteenth place6105813 2007Did not qualify 2009Sixth place632186 2011Fifth place632173 2013Did not qualify 2015Silver medalists6501125 2017Eleventh place6321207 2019Fifth place521289Total1 title94512221194110
East Asian Games East Asian Games recordYearRoundPldWDLGFGA 1993Gold medalists5410291 1997Gold medalists5401282 2001Silver medalists5320114 2005Fourth place410348 2009Bronze medalists 411267 2013Silver medalists421184Total2 titles2715578626
Honours Intercontinental Summer Universiade Gold medalists: 1991 Silver medalists: 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2015 Bronze medalists: 2001
FISU World University Championships Champions: 1976
Continental AFC Asian Cup Third place: 1964
Regional East Asian Games Gold medalists: 1993, 1997 Silver medalists: 2001, 2013 Bronze medalists: 2009
Friendly competitions Jakarta Anniversary Tournament: 1976, 1978 King's Cup: 1977 SAFF International Tournament: 1978 Merdeka Tournament: 1979, 1984, 1985 Merlion Cup: 1992 VFF Cup: 2012
See also
Football in South Korea Korea Football Association South Korea national football team South Korea national under-23 football team South Korea national under-20 football team South Korea national under-17 football team South Korea women's national football team Korea Cup U-League (association football)
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