South Korea 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for South Korea in the 1980s — 109 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Cha Bum-kun racked up the most caps of anyone here — 129 in all. He also leads the scoring, with 56 goals. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Hwang Sun-hong: 50 goals in 103 caps. The squad breaks down as 11 goalkeepers, 30 defenders, 40 midfielders and 28 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cha Bum-kun | MF | 129 | 56 | 89 |
| Hwang Sun-hong | FW | 103 | 50 | 89 |
| Huh Jung-moo | MF | 103 | 30 | 89 |
| Lee Young-moo | MF | 84 | 27 | 89 |
| Cho Young-jeung | DF | 109 | 1 | 89 |
| Cho Kwang-rae | MF | 95 | 15 | 89 |
| Park Kyung-hoon | DF | 94 | 1 | 89 |
| Choi Jong-duk | DF | 94 | 9 | 89 |
| Kim Joo-sung | MF | 76 | 14 | 88 |
| Chung Yong-hwan | DF | 85 | 3 | 88 |
| Lee Tae-ho | FW | 72 | 27 | 88 |
| Choi Soon-ho | FW | 97 | 30 | 88 |
| Ko Jeong-woon | MF | 77 | 10 | 88 |
| Park Sung-hwa | MF/FW | 103 | 26 | 86 |
| Chung Hae-won | MF/FW | 58 | 21 | 86 |
| Gu Sang-bum | DF | 65 | 3 | 85 |
| Choi In-young | GK | 51 | — | 82 |
| Kim Pan-keun | DF | 51 | 3 | 82 |
| Lee Young-jin | MF | 51 | 1 | 81 |
| Byun Byung-joo | FW | 68 | 10 | 81 |
| Hwangbo Kwan | MF | 36 | 10 | 80 |
| Lee Kang-jo | MF | 38 | 7 | 80 |
| Cho Min-kook | DF | 46 | 5 | 80 |
| Cho Byung-deuk | GK | 42 | — | 80 |
| Choi Kang-hee | DF | 40 | 0 | 79 |
| Park Chang-sun | FW | 32 | 8 | 78 |
| Kim Jong-boo | MF/FW | 25 | 8 | 78 |
| Chung Jong-soo | DF | 36 | 3 | 77 |
| Park Sang-in | MF | 33 | 3 | 77 |
| Kim Hwang-ho | GK | 34 | — | 77 |
| Noh Soo-jin | MF | 27 | 5 | 76 |
| Hwang Seok-keun | FW | 18 | 9 | 76 |
| Shin Hyun-ho | MF | 26 | 6 | 76 |
| Yoon Deok-yeo | DF | 31 | 0 | 75 |
| Chang Woe-ryong | DF | 30 | 1 | 75 |
| Choi Sang-kook | FW | 16 | 8 | 74 |
| Kim Pyung-seok | DF | 27 | 0 | 73 |
| Yoon Sang-chul | FW | 33 | 2 | 73 |
| Oh Seok-jae | FW | 14 | 8 | 72 |
| Kim Poong-joo | GK | 19 | — | 71 |
| Hong Sung-ho | DF | 21 | 1 | 70 |
| Shin Yon-ho | FW | 12 | 5 | 69 |
| Kim Yong-se | FW | 13 | 4 | 69 |
| Jang Jung | DF | 20 | 1 | 69 |
| Chung Sung-kyo | GK | 15 | — | 69 |
| Kim Bong-soo | GK | 15 | — | 69 |
| Kim Sang-ho | MF | 15 | 2 | 68 |
| Lee Young-sang | MF | 17 | 0 | 67 |
| Lee Kil-yong | FW | 11 | 2 | 66 |
| Kim Sam-soo | MF | 14 | 1 | 66 |
| Lee Jung-il | FW | 12 | 1 | 65 |
| Oh Yun-kyo | GK | 10 | — | 65 |
| Kim Seok-won | FW | 8 | 1 | 62 |
| Choi Jin-han | MF | 11 | 0 | 62 |
| Cho Yoon-hwan | DF | 11 | 0 | 62 |
| Kwon Oh-son | DF | 11 | 1 | 62 |
| Kim Chul-soo | FW | 9 | 0 | 62 |
| Kang Shin-woo | MF | 8 | 2 | 62 |
| Lee Tae-yeop | FW | 6 | 2 | 61 |
| Choi Kyung-shik | DF/MF | 10 | 0 | 61 |
| Baek Jong-chul | FW | 7 | 1 | 61 |
| Lee Jang-soo | DF | 9 | 1 | 60 |
| Lee Sang-yong | FW | 5 | 3 | 60 |
| Yeo Bum-kyu | MF | 7 | 1 | 60 |
| Ham Hyun-gi | FW | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Noh In-ho | FW | 4 | 3 | 58 |
| Park No-bong | DF | 6 | 0 | 57 |
| Sim Bong-Sub | MF | 6 | 0 | 57 |
| Lee Heung-sil | MF | 6 | 0 | 57 |
| Yoo Dong-kwan | MF | 6 | 0 | 57 |
| Choi Yun-kyum | DF | 5 | 0 | 56 |
| Choi Gi-bong | FW | 5 | 0 | 56 |
| Cho Keung-yeon | DF/FW | 5 | 0 | 56 |
| Choi Gwang-ji | FW | 5 | 0 | 56 |
| Jeong Gi-dong | GK | 3 | — | 55 |
| Kim Bong-gil | FW | 4 | 0 | 54 |
| Kim Han-bong | DF | 4 | 0 | 54 |
| Lee Boo-yeol | MF | 4 | 0 | 54 |
| Lee Hak-Jong | MF | 3 | 1 | 53 |
| Kim Sung-ki | MF | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Kang Tae-sik | MF | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Ahn Byung-tae | DF | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Nam Ki-Hyung | DF | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Lee Moon-Young | GK | 2 | — | 52 |
| Kim Jong-pil | DF | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Lee Kyung-Nam | FW | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Lee Tae-Hyung | MF/FW | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Kim Kyung-Ho | MF | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| Lee Kyu-han | GK | 1 | — | 48 |
| Park Young-soo | GK | 1 | — | 48 |
| Kim Joon-hyun | FW | 1 | 0 | 48 |
| Kwak Sung-Ho | FW | 1 | 0 | 48 |
| Byun Il-woo | MF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Kim Jong-keon | MF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Shin Sang-keoun | MF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Yoo Dae-soon | MF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Seo Won-sang | MF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Son Hyung-Seon | DF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Son Hyung-sun | DF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Yoon In-sun | DF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Kim Hong-joo | DF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Kang Deuk-soo | FW | — | — | 45 |
| Shin Dong-chul | FW | — | — | 45 |
| Lee Jae-hee | MF | — | — | 45 |
| Han Moon-bae | MF | — | — | 45 |
| Kim Jun-hyun | MF | — | — | 45 |
| Kim Kang-nam | MF | — | — | 45 |
| Park Hang-seo | MF | — | — | 45 |
| Yoo Byung-ok | DF | — | — | 45 |
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