A History of Football in North and South Korea c.1910–2002

This volume assesses football’s changing politics and culture in Korea during the twentieth century. It analyses the diffuse development of football in the two Koreas from the following angles: Nationalism and Regionalism, Internationalism and Globalism, Patrons, and the Korean style of play.

Jong Sung Lee is a professor of sports industry and management at Hanyang University in Seoul and obtained his doctoral degree in Sports History and Culture from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK.

Contents: Korea, football and history – The development of Korean football under Japanese rule, 1910–45 – Korean football in turbulent times, 1945-65 – North Korea’s impact on world football and South Korea’s football revolution, 1966-73 – The decline of the North and the rise of the South, 1974-91 – ‘1966 Again’: The two Koreas and the 2002 World Cup, 1992-2002.