New Delhi: Korea Republic were the joint host of the 2002 FIFA World Cup and gave a splendid display of attacking football to reach the semi-finals where they lost to the 2006 hosts Germany.
2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany for the sixth successive finals appearance for the Red Devils.
However, their qualification campaign for Germany was not very convincing and their fans may be in for a huge dissappointment if they expect a repeat of the 2002 tournament.
during the initial phase of their qualification campaign, Korea Republic drew goalless to Maldives and it led to the sacking of their coach Humberto Coelho and Jo Bonfrere was appointed the new coach.
But Bonfrere resigned after a lot of criticism of the team's lacklustre performances even though the team had booked the ticket to Germany 2006.
They are one of the most consistent teams from Asia on the biggest stage of world football and their first participation was in 1954.
Before the 2002 tournament, they had not managed a single win in 14 finals matches.
However, all all changed under Guus Hiddink who led them to the last four after victories over four European teams - Poland, Portugal, Italy and Spain.
The players to watch out for Korea Republic at Germany are Park Ji-Sung, Lee Young-Pyo, Ahn Jung-Hwan, Cha Du-Ri, Lee Dong-Gook and Chu-Young.
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