South Korean soccer team's 1,000th A-match against Ivory Coast 'featuring'... 1948 'Land of the First Victory' to play in England again

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The Korean men's national soccer team will play its 1,000th A match against Ivory Coast.

The Korea Football Association said the friendly match against Ivory Coast at 11 p.m. on the 28th (Korea time) at Milton Keynes Stadium MK in England was the 1,000th A match of the national team.

England, where this match will be held, is also the place where South Korea's first A match was played. The first official A match was against Mexico in the round of 16 at the London Olympics on 2 August 1948. South Korea, which played without a separate Asian qualifying round at the time, won 5-3 thanks to two goals from Jung Kook-jin. Mexico is in Group A of the 2026 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup with South Korea.

The national team has played in several international competitions, including the Asian Cup, the Merdeca Cup, and the King's Cup, including 12 World Cup finals, and reached the semifinals at the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. His career record is 542 wins, 245 draws, and 212 losses during his 999 games so far.

The most consecutive unbeaten record in history is 29 games (21 wins and 8 draws), from the Asian Games India match in September 1986 to the presidential cup Czech Republic match in June 1989. By recent standards, he had 27 consecutive matches (14 wins and 13 draws) from the South African World Cup qualifying match against Turkmenistan in February 2008 to the friendly match against Denmark in November 2009.

Several players played in the national team, including Cha Bum-keun, Park Ji-sung and Son Heung-min. Currently, captain Son Heung-min has the record of most A-match appearances in 140 games, and is ranked second after Cha Bum-keun (58 goals) with 54 goals in the scoring category.

The most South Korea has ever faced is Japan. He has met 82 times and has 42 wins, 23 draws, and 17 losses.

The record is an official event recognized by the Korea Football Association and includes records from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 2002 Asian Games before the age limit was introduced.

Meanwhile, the friendly matches between Korea and Ivory Coast will be broadcast live on TV Chosun, Coupang Play and tvN.

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