Riot police deployed at airport to protect World Cup manager after death threat
South Korea’s 2026 World Cup ended in failure, and the anger back home has not cooled since the team crashed out of the group stage…
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AFC Asian Cup winners 1956, 1960, runners-up 1972, 1980, 1988, 2015, third place 1964, 2000, 2007, 2011
South Korea are historically the most successful Asian football team and have participated in nine consecutive and ten overall FIFA World Cup tournaments. They have won the Asia Cup twice and famously finished fourth at World Cup 2002, which they co-hosted with Japan.
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