Head to head

South Korea vs Spain

If they played today

South Korea at home

13% / 20% / 67%

South Korea win / draw / Spain win

South Korea–Spain

0–2 12.3%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
0–3 8.4%

Neutral venue

9% / 17% / 74%

South Korea win / draw / Spain win

South Korea–Spain

0–2 13.8%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–1 8.0%

Spain at home

6% / 14% / 80%

South Korea win / draw / Spain win

South Korea–Spain

0–2 15.3%
0–3 12.6%
0–1 12.4%
1–2 8.0%
0–4 7.7%

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

	South Korea	Spain
Current Elo	1842	2324
Elo rank	34th	1st
Peak Elo	1940 (1980)	2324 (2026)
Matches played	1010	791
All-time record	539W 252D 219L	468W 183D 140L
Goals for	1794	1616
Goals against	917	704
Biggest win	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	13–0 vs Bulgaria · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup	1–7 vs England · 1931-12-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.19	1.28

When they've met

Meetings

South Korea 0W 2D 4L

Goals

5–16

South Korea first

First meeting

1–3

Spain won · 1990-06-17 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–6

Spain won · 2016-06-01 · Friendly

South Korea's biggest win

—

Never beaten Spain

Spain's biggest win

6–1

2016-06-01 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Spain · since 1990-06-17

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-06-01	1–6	Neutral	Friendly
2012-05-30	1–4	Neutral	Friendly
2010-06-03	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2002-06-22	0–0	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup
1994-06-17	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1990-06-17	1–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup