Korea DPR national football team

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Korea DPR

Nickname(s)	Chollima
Association	DPR Korea Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Kim Jong-Hun(김정훈)
Home stadium	Kim Il-Sung Stadium
FIFA code	PRK
FIFA ranking	83
Highest FIFA ranking	57 (November 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	181 (October 1998)
Elo ranking	66
Highest Elo ranking	26 (July 1966)
Lowest Elo ranking	87 (June 2005)
Home colours Away colours
First international
China PR 0 - 1 North Korea (Beijing, China PR; October 7, 1956)
Biggest win
North Korea 21 - 0 Guam (Taipei, Taiwan; March 11, 2005)
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 6 - 1 North Korea (Sofia, Bulgaria; May 25, 1974) Poland 5 - 0 North Korea (Montreal, Canada; July 25, 1976)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1966)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 1966
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1980)
Best result	Fourth place, 1980

The national football team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) is the national team of North Korea and is controlled by the DPR Korea Football Association. Their most notable result came in the 1966 World Cup at Middlesbrough F.C. home Ayresome Park, when North Korea upset Italy 1-0 to gain a spot in the quarterfinals. There, they went 3-0 up against Portugal, but the brilliance of Eusébio (and his four goals) stopped the fairy tale run, with the match finishing 5-3 in favour of Selecção das Quinas. The North Korean team was the first Asian team to progress beyond the first round of the World Cup finals. The documentary film The Game of Their Lives by Daniel Gordon is about the seven surviving members in 2002 of the 1966 national team.

The current team is composed of both native North Koreans and Zainichi Koreans born in Japan, of which Ahn Young-Hak is the best known.

The two Koreas faced each other in a 2010 FIFA World Cup 3rd round Asian Qualification match. It was originally planned to be held in Pyongyang on March 26, 2008. The North Korean government stepped in to decide the South's national anthem would not be played, nor would the DPRK allow the South's national flag to be displayed at the game. South Korea was outraged by the decision. After three failed negotiation attempts by the South Korean football association, South Korea turned to FIFA for the official ruling. After FIFA intervention, the match was played in Shanghai, China, on March 26, 2008, and it ended 0-0.

They went on to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, for the second time in their history, after playing 0-0 against Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on June 17, 2009. This is the first time in World Cup history that both North Korea and South Korea will participate in the same tournament.

Contents 1 2005 Pyongyang Riots 2 World Cup record 3 World Cup 2010 qualification 4 Group B 5 Asian Cup record 6 AFC Challenge Cup record 7 East Asian Cup record 8 Current squad 8.1 Recent Call Ups 9 See also 10 References

[edit] 2005 Pyongyang Riots

In March 2005 North Korea went into the match with Iran with limited chances of qualifying for the 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 with 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 on to the field following the play. The game was viewed around the world on satellite television witnessing the rare display of civil disorder. Even 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 were forced to step in to force back the crowd ^[1]. Following this incident North Korea lost its right to host the following home match with Japan and the game was forced to be played in an empty stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. ^[2].

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not enter, was under Japanese rule.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not enter, was under Japanese rule.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not enter, was under Japanese rule.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	5	9
1970	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/19		4	1	1	2	5	9

[edit] World Cup 2010 qualification

Korea DPR had to enter the 2010 World Cup qualification from the first round, where they faced Mongolia. On October 21, 2007 they beat the Mongolian opponents 4–1 in Ulan-Bator, with Pak Chol-Min scoring one goal and Jong Chol-Min adding a hat trick.

One week later, on the 28th October both teams met again, this time at the Kim Il-Sung Stadium in Pyongyang. Korea DPR won the game with a score of 5–1. Pak Chol-Min opened the score after 3 minutes, Kim Kuk-Jin added another goal in the 10th minute. Jong Chol-Min, again Pak Chol-Min and Jong Kwang-Ik secured a 9–2 aggregate win for the DPRK to advance to the third round.

At the third round, DPRK opened their campaign against Jordan in Amman. The visitors won the game 1–0 with Hong Yong-Jo scoring the winner after 44 minutes. The following matches, DPRK won against Jordan and Turkmenistan at home and tied Korea Republic both home and away to advance to the final round.

In the final round of qualifying, DPRK finished in second place in Group B behind leaders Korea Republic ahead of Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In their first match, DPRK scored a valuable away win against the UAE. Against the run of play, DPRK scored two goals with Choe Kum Chol scoring in the 72nd minute and An Chol Hyok clinching the win in the 80th minute. Basheer Saeed scored a consolation goal for the hosts in the 85th minute. The second match was the third encounter in qualifying against Korea Republic at the neutral venue of Shanghai which ended in a 1–1 draw, the third time in a row that the match has ended in a draw between these two teams. Hong Yong-Jo converted a penalty to put the North Koreans ahead in the 63rd minute, but Ki Sung-Yeung equalised for the visitors five minutes later.

DPRK's unbeaten record in the final qualification stage came to an end with an away loss to Iran. Mehdi Mahdavikia headed the hosts into a ninth-minute lead when he picked up a pass from Mojtaba Jabbari from outside the penalty area. Javad Nekonam doubled up in the 65th minute when he latched onto team-mate Masoud Shojaei's pass, this time from inside the penalty area. Korea DPR's consolation goal came from a 70th-minute header from Jong Tae-Se. In their fourth match against Saudi Arabia, Korea DPR underlined their status as Asia's dark horses by upsetting Saudi Arabia. Mun In-Guk scored the only goal in the first half, much to the delight of the 70,000-plus home crowd. The result moved the North Koreans up to second in Pool B with seven points from four matches. North Korea's next win was against UAE which made them leaders of the group with 10 points.

On April 1, the awkward stalemate between the two Koreas was broken when they lost 1-0 to their southern neighbours in a match held in Seoul. The North Korean coach later suggested during a news conference that the South Koreans poisoned their squad.

A draw against Iran in Pyongyang complicated matters for Korea DPR who had 11 points from 7 matches and one game left to play. A win against Saudi Arabia would earn them direct qualification, as would a tie (due to goal differential versus Saudi Arabia) so long as Iran draws or loses their last match. A loss would have meant they were at the mercy of the result in the Iran-South Korea game.

On 17 June 2009, North Korea qualified for the 2010 World Cup by securing a draw with Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. North Korea and Saudi Arabia finished level on 12 points each, but the North Koreans had a superior goal difference.^[3] This is North Korea's second World Cup qualification, the first since 1966 where they shocked the world by storming into the quarter-finals.^[4]

[edit] Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Korea Republic 8 4 4 0 12 4 +8 16  Korea DPR 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 12  Saudi Arabia 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 12  Iran 8 2 5 1 8 7 +1 11  United Arab Emirates 8 0 1 7 6 17 −11 1

Iran  – 2 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 0 Korea DPR  0 – 0 – 1 – 1 1 – 0 2 – 0 Korea Republic  1 – 1 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 4 – 1 Saudi Arabia  1 – 1 0 – 0 0 – 2 – 3 – 2 United Arab Emirates  1 – 1 1 – 2 0 – 2 1 – 2 –

2008-09-06	United Arab Emirates	1-2	Korea DPR	Abu Dhabi

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2008-09-10	Korea DPR	1-1	Korea Republic	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

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2008-10-15	Iran	2-1	Korea DPR	Azadi Stadium, Tehran

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2009-02-11	Korea DPR	1-0	Saudi Arabia	Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang

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2009-03-28	Korea DPR	2-0	United Arab Emirates	Kim Il-Sung Stadium, Pyongyang

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2009-04-01	Korea Republic	1-0	Korea DPR	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

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2009-06-06	Korea DPR	0-0	Iran	Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

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2009-06-17	Saudi Arabia	0-0	Korea DPR	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

[edit] Asian Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Withdrew after qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	10	12
1984	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	5
1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011
Total	2/14	9	3	1	5	12	17

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

• 2008 - 3rd place

[edit] East Asian Cup record

• 2003 - Withdrew
• 2005 - Third place
• 2008 - Fourth Place

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against UAE on 28 March 2009 and Korea Republic on 1 April 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Ri Myong-Guk 9 September 1986 0 Pyongyang City 2 DF Cha Jong-Hyok 25 September 1985 Amrokgang 3 DF Ri Jun-Il 24 August 1987 Sobaeksu 4 DF Pak Nam-Chol 2 July 1985 2 April 25 5 DF Ri Kwang-Chon 4 September 1985 April 25 6 FW Kim Kum-Il 10 October 1987 April 25 7 DF An Chol-Hyok 27 June 1985 6 Rimyongsu 8 DF Ji Yun-Nam 22 November 1984 31 7 April 25 9 MF Ahn Young-Hak 25 October 1978 14 3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 10 FW Hong Yong-Jo 22 May 1982 9 FC Rostov 11 MF Mun In-Guk 29 September 1978 2 April 25 12 FW Jong Tae-Se 2 March 1984 17 11 Kawasaki Frontale 13 DF Pak Chol-Jin 5 September 1985 Amrokgang 14 DF Ri Kwang-Hyok 17 August 1987 Kyonggongop 15 MF Kim Yong-Jun 19 July 1983 4 16 DF Nam Song-Chol 7 May 1982 1 April 25 17 FW Choe Kum-Chol 9 February 1987 2 18 GK Kim Myong-Gil 16 October 1984 0 Amrokgang

[edit] Recent Call Ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Ju Kwang-Min 20 May 1990 0 Kigwancha (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 2 DF Pak Chol-Ryong FC Concordia Basel (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 4 DF Mun Kyong-Nam (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 7 FW Kim Myong-Won 15 July 1983 Amrokgang (2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, September 2009) 7 DF Yun Yong-Il 31 July 1988 Wolmido (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 8 DF Jon Kwang-Ik 5 April 1988 Amrokgang (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 9 MF Pak Song-Chol 24 September 1987 Rimyongsu (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 11 FW Pak Chol-Min 10 December 1988 Rimyongsu (2008 FC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 12 FW So Kwang-Chol (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 13 MF Ri Jin-Hyok (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 14 MF Sin Yong-Nam 23 January 1978 1 (2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, September 2009) 15 MF Kim Kuk-Jin 5 January 1989 2 FC Concordia Basel (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 16 FW Ho Jong-Min (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 17 DF Ro Hak-Su 2 (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 18 MF An Hyok-Il (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 19 MF Choe Myong-Ho 3 July 1988 3 0 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 20 GK Ri Yun-Chol (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 21 GK Ri Yu-Chol (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 22 DF Han Song-Hyok (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 23 MF Kim Kyong-Il 11 December 1988 Rimyongsu (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 24 FW So Tae-Song (2008 AFC Challenge Cup, August 2008) 14 DF Han Song-Chol 10 July 1982 April 25 (v. Korea Republic on June 22) 8 FW Ri Hung-Ryong 22 September 1988 Kim Il-Sung University (v. Turkmenistan on June 7) 17 FW Choe Chol-Man 22 September 1985 6 April 25 (v. Korea Republic on March 26) 6 Kim Myong-Gyu 6 DF So Hyok-Chol 19 February 1987 Pyongyang City 20 MF Ryang Yong-Gi 7 January 1982 5 4 Vegalta Sendai 21 MF Kim Song-Chol 29 August 1983 Kigwancha 13 MF Ri Chol-Myong 18 February 1988 Pyongyang City 14 FW Jong Chol-Min 29 October 1988 3 Rimyongsu 16 MF Jong Su-Hyok 30 April 1987 GK Jo Hye-Hyok 25 July 1989 GK Sim Sung-Chol 10 January 1976 0 DF Ri Pae-Hun 2 May 1985 DF Pak Yong-Jin 29 October 1989 DF Hwang Jin-Hyok 28 November 1985 MF Kim Yong-Su 21 December 1979 April 25 MF Ri Kum-Chol 5 MF Jang Kyong-Il 27 December 1985 MF Fat Cho 3 January 1987 1 FW Pak Song-Gwan 14 August 1980 1 Rimyongsu FW Ri Hyok-Chol 14 October 1985 FW Kang Jin-Hyok 1 January 1985 Rimyongsu

[edit] See also

• List of Korea-related topics

[edit] References

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