Head to head

France vs South Korea

If they played today

France at home
68% / 19% / 13%
France win / draw / South Korea win
France–South Korea
  • 2–0 12.5%
  • 1–0 11.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.2%
  • 3–0 8.7%
Neutral venue
61% / 22% / 17%
France win / draw / South Korea win
France–South Korea
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.9%
  • 1–1 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.9%
South Korea at home
53% / 24% / 23%
France win / draw / South Korea win
France–South Korea
  • 1–1 11.4%
  • 1–0 11.0%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.3%
  • 0–1 6.8%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

 FranceSouth Korea
Current Elo21391842
Elo rank4th34th
Peak Elo2232 (2026)1940 (1980)
Matches played9431010
All-time record483W 195D 265L539W 252D 219L
Goals for17351794
Goals against1219917
Biggest win14–0 vs Gibraltar · 2023-11-18 · UEFA Euro qualification16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss1–17 vs Denmark · 1908-10-22 · Olympic Games0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won20
Expected World Cups0.900.19

When they've met

Meetings
3
France 2W 1D 0L
Goals
9–3
France first
First meeting
5–0
France won · 2001-05-30 · Confederations Cup
Most recent
1–1
Drawn · 2006-06-18 · FIFA World Cup
France's biggest win
5–0
2001-05-30 · Confederations Cup
South Korea's biggest win
Never beaten France
Current run
Unbeaten in 3
France · since 2001-05-30
3 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2006-06-181–1NeutralFIFA World Cup
2002-05-263–2South Korea homeFriendly
2001-05-305–0South Korea homeConfederations Cup