South Korea Youth

For the other version of this team, see South Korea Youth (Tecmo).

South Korea Youth (韓国ユース) is the team that represented South Korea in the 2nd Asian preliminaries for the World Youth held in Jakarta, and later the World Youth tournament in Japan. They are led by team captain Lee Yong-un.

Description[]

In the Battle of World Youth arc, South Korea faced Japan Youth in the finals of the AFC Youth Championship. The team is led by captain Lee Yong-un and has Cha In-cheon as their main offensive weapon.

Home: Red shirt with black vertical stripe on left side with a white vertical stripe and a white diagonal section at chest height, white collar, South Korean flag as emblem, white hoops on the sleeves, black shorts and red socks with white top. This color scheme is inspired on the Nike uniform (initially manufactured by Korean company Rapido) worn by South Korea in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics qualification in 1995. A Nike logo can be seen on Cha's uniform in a panel of the manga.
Away: White shirt with white collar with red border and blue squares, red, black, blue and yellow abstract pattern on the front and sleeves, white and red sleeve borders with blue squares, blue shorts with the same abstract pattern on the shirt and white socks. This uniform is inspired on the South Korean uniform worn in the 1994 Asian Games. In the manga this uniform was only seen in the pages where are shown the captains of the Asian Youth teams.
Second away: White shirt with blue collar, blue diagonal side stripes, red shorts and white socks, with blue shirt numbers. This uniform was worn against Iraq Youth. Although not inspired in any real-word South Korea uniform of the time, its design resembles Kashima Antlers 1992 away uniform.
Keeper: A dark green shirt with white collar, dark green shorts and white socks.

Home	Away (DT)	Keeper (DT)

Home: Similar to Manga Home
Away: White shirt with white collar, blue and yellow abstract pattern, blue shorts with white lines and white socks. Based on both Manga Away versions.
Keeper: Black shirt with white collar and white stripes on the sleeves, black shorts and white socks

Home: Red shirt with black polo collar, white and blue horizontal stripes on the chest, black sleeve borders, black shorts and red socks. Inspired on South Korea 1996-98 Home Kit. It can be seen worn by Lee and Cha in some card illustrations.


Semifinals	South Korea Youth	2	-	1	Saudi Arabia Youth
Final	South Korea Youth	0	-	2	Japan Youth

No.	Pos.	Player	Club
1	GK	Hong Gil-dang

9	FW	Cha In-cheon	Borussia Mönchengladbach
10	FW	Lee Yong-un	VfB Stuttgart

No.	Pos.	Player	Club
1	GK	Hong Gil-dang

2	DF	Jang Chuk
3	DF	Lim Hyeon-sim
4	DF	Ahn Jae-eun
5	DF	Mun Gang-po

6	MF	Park Go-yang
7	MF	Choi Hong-dae
8	MF	Kim Hae-gang

9	FW	Cha In-cheon	Borussia Mönchengladbach
10	FW	Lee Yong-un	VfB Stuttgart
11	FW	Yun Cheong-ha