According to the designer Tomoko Bando, who designed the Nike's first kits for South Korea, the kit was inspired by Taegukgi . This kit was first worn by the Olympic team at the match against Colombia on July 8, 1996. In the 1996 Asian Cup, the shirt number changed from black to white, as well as being made with a shiny fabric. In Japan, this specific kit was referred to as the "Coca-Cola Kit" (コカコーラ･ユニフォーム،Kokakōra Yunifōmu؟), due to the pattern's similarity with the Coca-Cola Wave.[3] In the 1996–97 season, during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the South Korean team didn't wear the blue away kit in any of the matches after their defeat against Iran in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, where the kit was worn.
