Provided are a cryogenic steel plate and a method for manufacturing the same, the cryogenic steel plate comprising, in wt %, 0.04 to 0.08% carbon (C), 8.9 to 9.3% nickel (Ni), 0.6 to 0.7% manganese (Mn), and 0.2 to 0.3% silicon (Si), and 50 ppm or less of P, 10 ppm or less of S, and the remainder in iron (Fe) and various unavoidable impurities, and the microstructure at a ¼t location of the steel plate, where t is a thickness of the steel plate, comprising, in % surface area, 10% or more of tempered bainite, 10% or less of residual austenite, and the remainder of tempered martensite.