North Korea national football team - Definition and Overview

North Korea

North_Korea_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	-
Association	Football Association of The DPR of Korea
Coach	Jong Su Yun
Most caps	?
Top scorer	?
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Burma 0 - 0 North Korea (Rangoon, Burma; March 22, 1964)
Largest win North Korea 7 - 0 Mongolia (Shanghai, China; May 12, 1993)
Worst defeat Bulgaria 6 - 1 North Korea (Sofia, Bulgaria; May 25, 1974) Poland 5 - 0 North Korea (Montreal, Canada; July 25, 1976)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1966)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 1966
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1980)
Best result	Fourth place, 1980

The North Korea national football team is the national team of North Korea and is controlled by the Football Association of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Their shining moment came in the 1966 World Cup, when North Korea upset Italy 1-0 to gain a spot in the quarterfinals. There, they went up 3-0 on Portugal, but the brilliance of Eusébio (and his four goals) stopped the fairy tale run, 5-3.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
• 1966 - Quarterfinals
• 1970 - Withdrew
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Withdrew
• 1982 to 1994 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Did not enter
• 2002 - Did not enter

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1972 - Did not enter
• 1976 - Withdrew after qualifying
• 1980 - Fourth place
• 1984 - Did not enter
• 1988 - Did not qualify
• 1992 - Round 1
• 1996 - Did not enter
• 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2004 - Did not qualify/suspended by AFC