South Korea’s national team badge is a vertical white rectangle framed by thin red and blue lines, containing a stylised navy tiger’s head drawn with sharp, geometric stripes, with the word “KOREA” placed beneath. The use of red, blue and white mirrors the colours of the national flag, grounding the crest firmly in Korean identity even without the flag’s taegeuk symbol.
The tiger has long been a powerful figure in Korean folklore and national imagery, representing courage, guardianship and resilience, and here it replaces the more traditional roundel-style emblems used in previous eras. Introduced in the early 2020s as part of a broader Korea Football Association rebrand, this minimalist mark aims to give the “Taegeuk Warriors” a bold, contemporary symbol that works cleanly on kits and modern media.
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About South Korea National Team— Korea Republic is the senior national football team competing under AFC. This page provides the primary crest and social media icon (SVG & PNG) with transparent backgrounds for editorial/reference use. For official brand rules, consult the federation’s media assets. Korea Republic crest and related marks are trademarks of their respective owners; high‑quality logo files are provided above on this page.
