# Ko Hyung-jin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ko_Hyung-jin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ko_Hyung-jin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Hyung-jin > Source revision: 1337097368 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) South Korean unethical football referee This biography of a living person relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources: "Ko Hyung-jin" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Ko Hyung-jin Born (1982-06-20) 20 June 1982 (age 44) Seoul, Korea International Years League Role 2009– FIFA Referee In this [Korean name](/source/Korean_name), the family name is *[Ko](/source/Ko_(Korean_surname))*. **Ko Hyung-jin** ([Korean](/source/Korean_language): 고형진; born 20 June 1982) is a South Korean [football](/source/Association_football) [referee](/source/Referee_(association_football)). He has been a full international referee for [FIFA](/source/FIFA) since 2009.[1] Ko Hyung-jin sometimes stirs controversy due to his decisions that are seen as too lenient.[2][3][4] ## AFC Asian Cup 2019 AFC Asian Cup – United Arab Emirates Date Match Venue Round 9 January 2019 Uzbekistan – Oman Sharjah Group stage ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [FIFA.com](https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3b8445974f6e9ff1/original/bdhkmbhyt2evwe69isju-pdf.pdf) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Online, TTVH (2025-01-06). ["Trọng tài chính trận Thái Lan vs Việt Nam, từ lý lịch ấn tượng tới tranh cãi vì… quá khoan dung"](https://thethaovanhoa.vn/trong-tai-chinh-tran-thai-lan-vs-viet-nam-tu-ly-lich-an-tuong-toi-tranh-cai-vi-qua-khoan-dung-20250106175113518.htm). *thethaovanhoa.vn* (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-11-14. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Báo Pháp Luật TP. Hồ Chí Minh (2025-01-06). ["Ngôi sao tuyển Thái Lan ấm ức đòi đuổi Tuấn Hải"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250106223744/https://plo.vn/ngoi-sao-tuyen-thai-lan-am-uc-doi-duoi-tuan-hai-post828719.html). *Báo Pháp Luật TP. Hồ Chí Minh* (in Vietnamese). Archived from [the original](https://plo.vn/ngoi-sao-tuyen-thai-lan-am-uc-doi-duoi-tuan-hai-post828719.html) on 2025-01-06. Retrieved 2025-11-14. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["'얼굴 향해 발길질→NO 카드' 고형진 주심, 경고 5장 마닝 심판과 180도 달랐다 : 네이트 스포츠"](https://m.news.nate.com/view/20240118n01384?mid=s02). *모바일 네이트 뉴스* (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-11-14. v t e Referees at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup Ahmad Al-Ali (KUW) Omar Al-Ali (UAE) Yusuke Araki (JPN) Mooud Bonyadifard (IRN) Shaun Evans (AUS) Alireza Faghani (AUS) Salman Falahi (QAT) Fu Ming (CHN) Sadullo Gulmurodi (TJK) Hanna Hattab (SYR) Mohammed Al-Hoish (KSA) Jumpei Iida (JPN) Kate Jacewicz (AUS) Abdullah Jamali (KUW) Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT) Ahmed Al-Kaf (OMA) Kim Hee-gon (KOR) Kim Jong-hyeok (KOR) Hiroyuki Kimura (JPN) Ko Hyung-jin (KOR) Ma Ning (CHN) Adham Makhadmeh (JOR) Abdullah Al-Marri (QAT) Khamis Al-Marri (QAT) Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE) Nazmi Nasaruddin (MAS) Adel Al-Naqbi (UAE) Sivakorn Pu-udom (THA) Ahrol Risqullaev (UZB) Mohanad Qasim Sarray (IRQ) Ilgiz Tantashev (UZB) Muhammad Taqi (SGP) Khalid Al-Turais (KSA) Yoshimi Yamashita (JPN) This biographical article related to South Korea association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:SouthKorea-footy-bio-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3ASouthKorea-footy-bio-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:SouthKorea-footy-bio-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ko Hyung-jin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Hyung-jin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Hyung-jin?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.