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North Korea national football team

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The North Korea national football team (recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA and known colloquially and in the media as North Korea[2]) represents the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in international association football and is controlled by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body for football in North Korea.

Korea DPR
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Chollima Football Team (천리마 축구단)
AssociationDPR Korea Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coach Jørn Andersen
Captain Ri Myong-guk
Most caps Ri Myong-guk (85)
Top scorer Jong Tae-se (15)
Home stadiumKim Il-sung Stadium
FIFA codePRK
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current114 Increase 2 (1 June 2017)
Highest57 (November 1993)
Lowest181 (October–November 1998)
First international
North Korea North Korea 1–0 China 
(Beijing, China; October 7, 1956)[1]
Biggest win
North Korea North Korea 21–0 Guam 
(Taipei, Taiwan; March 11, 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Portugal 7–0 North Korea North Korea
(Cape Town, South Africa; June 21, 2010)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1966)
Best resultQuarter-finals, 1966
Asian Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1980)
Best resultFourth place, 1980
North Korea national football team
Chosŏn'gŭl
조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 국가대표팀
Hancha
朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 蹴球 國家代表-
Revised RomanizationJoseon Minjujuui Inmin Gonghwaguk Chukgu Gukga Daepyo Tim
McCune–ReischauerChosǒn Minjujuǔi Mingonghwaguk Ch'ukgu Kukka Taep'yo T'im
Munhwaŏ
Chosŏn'gŭl
조선민주주의인민공화국 국가종합팀

North Korea surprised with a good showing at their World Cup debut, reaching the quarter-finals in 1966, beating Italy in the group stage. Controversy arose during the 2006 World Cup Qualifiers, when the team's supporters caused problems because of the team's failure to qualify. In 2009, the team qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the second World Cup appearance in their history. North Korea has qualified for the AFC Asian Cup four times; in 1980, when they finished fourth, in 1992, 2011 and in 2015. The current team is composed of both native North Koreans and Chongryon-affiliated Koreans born in Japan.

History

1966 World Cup

Qualification

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   North Korea 2 2 0 0 9 2 7 4
2   Australia 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
—   South Africa banned
—   South Korea withdrew

Finals

In the 1966 World Cup, North Korea played their matches at Middlesbrough's home ground Ayresome Park, when the team caused an upset, beating Italy 1–0 to gain a spot in the quarter-finals. There, they lost 5–3 to Portugal, despite taking a 3–0 lead after thirty minutes. The North Korea team was the first Asian team to progress beyond the first round of the World Cup finals.[3] In a 1999 documentary featuring interviews with surviving members of the team,[4] they describe themselves as having been welcomed home as national heroes.


Soviet Union  3–0  North Korea
Malofeyev   31', 88'
Banishevskiy   33'		 Report
Attendance: 23,006
Chile  1–1  North Korea
Marcos   26' (pen.) Report Pak Seung-zin   88'
Attendance: 13,792
North Korea  1–0  Italy
Pak Doo-ik   42' Report
Attendance: 17,829
Portugal  5–3  North Korea
Eusébio   27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.)
José Augusto   80'		 Report Pak Seung-zin   1'
Li Dong-woon   22'
Yang Seung-Kook   25'
Attendance: 40,248

1976 Olympic football tournament

The North Korea football team finished second in their group in the 1976 Summer Olympics, but lost 5–0 to Poland in the quarter-finals.[5]

2006 World Cup qualifying stage controversy

In March 2005, the North Korean team entered a match with Iran with limited chances of qualifying for the World Cup finals due to poor performance in early fixtures. During the match hosted in Pyongyang, North Korean fans became enraged when the referee failed to award North Korea a penalty kick after a controversial play near the end of the match. Demanding a penalty, they rushed Syrian referee Mohamed Kousa, who instead gave a North Korean player a red card. Bottles, stones and chairs were thrown onto the field following the play. After the match was over, North Korean fans refused to let the Iranian team leave the stadium on their team bus. The violence was so severe that riot police forced back the crowd.[6] Following this incident, North Korea lost its right to host the subsequent home match with Japan and the game was instead played behind closed doors to an empty stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.[7]

2010 World Cup

Qualification

See also: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

The North Korea football team qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after finishing 2nd place in Group B of Asian qualifying.[8] Their finishing place was not decided until the day of the last fixture of the group, in which they needed not only to avoid defeat in a match against Saudi Arabia, but also rely on Iran not winning in a match against South Korea. In the end, after possessing the same number of points as Saudi Arabia, North Korea qualified through goal difference.[9][10] With a final pre-tournament FIFA ranking of 105th in the world, North Korea was the lowest-ranked team to qualify for the World Cup since the rankings began in 1993.

Template:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Group B

Finals

 
The North Korean and Brazilian teams in 2010
 
North Korea playing against Brazil in the 2010 World Cup

2010 was North Korea's first appearance at the World Cup since 1966.[11] The draw placed North Korea in Group G. They played their first match against five-time winners Brazil on 15 June, with Brazil winning 2–1 in a game where North Korea was well organized defensively and showed resilience, frustrating the Brazilians. Despite their best efforts, they were nevertheless outmatched and eventually broken down. Maicon's relief was visible after his goal to finally put Brazil ahead.

In their next game against Portugal on 21 June, they were defeated 0–7. Despite starting well (as against Brazil), with a defensive, well organised approach, once Portugal scored their first, the Koreans' defense unravelled and the rest followed with relative ease. They lost their final match against Côte d'Ivoire 0–3 on 25 June. Having lost all three group matches, they were knocked out, finishing at the bottom of Group G. It was reported that the small contingency of apparent North Korean football fans were actually Chinese, to whom North Korea administration sold their share of tickets.[12] North Korea subsequently denied the report, claiming that a small number were permitted to travel to the World Cup. There were reports that the North Korean government punished the coach and players of the team by sending them on a hard labour in mines. However, FIFA's investigators could not confirm that.[13]

Template:2010 FIFA World Cup Group G

Brazil  2–1  North Korea
Maicon   55'
Elano   72'		 Report Ji Yun-Nam   89'
Attendance: 54,331
Portugal  7–0  North Korea
Meireles   29'
Simão   53'
Almeida   56'
Tiago   60', 89'
Liédson   81'
Ronaldo   87'		 Report
Attendance: 63,644
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)


North Korea  0–3  Ivory Coast
Report Y. Touré   14'
Romaric   20'
Kalou   82'
Attendance: 34,763

Recent and upcoming games

21 August 2016 Friendly Iraq   1–1   North Korea Paroi, Malaysia
20:00 MST Abdul-Raheem   30' Report Jong Il-gwan   21' Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 100
24 August 2016 Friendly North Korea   2–0   United Arab Emirates Shanghai, China
18:30 CST
Report Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
6 October 2016 Friendly Vietnam   5–2   North Korea Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:00 ICT
Report Pak Kwang-ryong   14', 52' Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
10 October 2016 Friendly Philippines   1–3   North Korea Manila, Philippines
20:00 PST Ramsay   77' Report
Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hoàng Anh Tuấn (Vietnam)
6 November 2016 2017 EAFF 2nd prelim rd North Korea   2–0   Taiwan Mong Kok, Hong Kong
15:00 HKT
Report Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
9 November 2016 2017 EAFF 2nd prelim rd Guam   0–2   North Korea Mong Kok, Hong Kong
17:00 HKT Report
Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia)
12 November 2016 2017 EAFF 2nd prelim rd Hong Kong   0–1   North Korea Mong Kok, Hong Kong
18:00 HKT Report Jong Il-gwan   22' Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 4,838
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
6 June 2017 Friendly Qatar   2–2   North Korea Doha, Qatar
20:00 AST Hassan   32'
Afif   55'		 Report Pak Kwang-ryong   63'
Kim Yu-song   72'		 Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
13 June 2017 2019 ACQ Hong Kong   1–1   North Korea So Kon Po, Hong Kong
20:00 HKT Tan Chun Lok   45' Report Kim Yu-song   46' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 8,194
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
14 July 2017 2017 King's Cup v   North Korea Bangkok, Thailand
Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
16 July 2017 2017 King's Cup v   North Korea Bangkok, Thailand
Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
5 September 2017 2019 ACQ North Korea   v   Lebanon Pyongyang, North Korea
Report Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
5 October 2017 2019 ACQ North Korea   v   Malaysia Pyongyang, North Korea
Report Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
10 October 2017 2019 ACQ Lebanon   v   North Korea Beirut, Lebanon
Report Stadium: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
14 November 2017 2019 ACQ Malaysia   v   North Korea TBD
Report
27 March 2018 2019 ACQ North Korea   v   Hong Kong Pyongyang, North Korea
Report Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium

Competitive records

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
  2006 Did not enter
  2008 Third Place 3 1 1 1 6 2
  2010 Champions 5 3 2 0 14 2
  2012 Champions 5 5 0 0 12 1
  2014 Did not enter
Total Best: Champions 11 7 4 2 19 7

East Asian Cup

Further information: East Asian Cup
  • 2003 – Withdrew
  • 2005 – Third place in Final Tournament
  • 2008 – Fourth Place in Final Tournament
  • 2010 – Did not qualify
  • 2013 – Did not qualify
  • 2015 – Third place in Final Tournament

Nehru Cup

Coaching staff

Position Name Nationality
Head coach Jørn Andersen   Norwegian
Assistant coach Kwon Ryong-jun   North Korean
Goalkeeper coach Kim Myong-chol   North Korean

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup Second Preliminary Round.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ri Myong-guk (1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 30) 76 0   Pyongyang City
18 1GK Ri Kwang-il (1988-04-13)13 April 1988 (aged 29) 3 0   April 25
2 2DF Jang Song-hyok (1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 26) 20 4   National Defense Ministry
3 2DF Jang Kuk-chol (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 23) 19 3   Hwaebul
6 2DF Kang Kuk-chol (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 27) 17 0   Pyongyang City
13 2DF Sim Hyon-jin (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 26) 14 0   Sobaeksu
5 2DF Kim Chol-bum 0   Hwaebul
4 3MF Ri Kum-chol (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 26) 5 2   Amrokgang
14 3MF So Kyong-jin (1994-01-08)8 January 1994 (aged 23) 9 0   Sobaeksu
22 3MF Ri Yong-jik (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 26) 5 0   V-Varen Nagasaki
23 3MF Ri Chol-myong (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 29) 45 7   Pyongyang City
8 4FW Kim Yong-gwang (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 24) 2 0   Hwaebul
9 4FW Pak Kwang-ryong (1992-09-27)27 September 1992 (aged 24) 27 9   Lausanne
11 4FW Jong Il-gwan (1992-10-30)30 October 1992 (aged 24) 37 8   Rimyongsu
19 4FW Hong Kum-song (1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 27) 11 1   April 25
20 4FW Pak Hyon-il (1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 23) 5 1   Amrokgang

Records

As of March 29, 2016. Players in bold are still active at international level.

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