North Korea women's national football team

Korea DPR
Nickname(s)	Eastern Azaleas
Association	DPR Korea Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Jo Song-ok
Home stadium	Rungnado Stadium; Kim Il-Sung Stadium; Yanggakdo Stadium
FIFA code	PRK
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	11 2 (15 March 2024)
Highest	5 (December 1999)
Lowest	12 (July 2011)
First international
	China 4–1 North Korea ; (Hong Kong; 21 December 1989)
Biggest win
	North Korea 24–0 Singapore ; (Hong Kong; 21 June 2001)
Biggest defeat
	France 5–0 North Korea ; (Glasgow, Scotland; 28 July 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1999)
Best result	Quarter-finals; 2007
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2008)
Best result	Group stage
Women's Asian Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1989)
Best result	Winners, 2001, 2003, 2008
Medal record
Women's football ;
Asian Games

The North Korea women's national football team represents North Korea in international women's football.^[3]^[4] North Korea won the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2001 (scoring 51 goals in 6 matches, a standing record), 2003, and 2008.

History

Disqualification for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

During the team's participation at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, on 7 July 2011, FIFA announced that two of its players, Song Jong-Sun and Jong Pok-Sim, failing doping tests during the tournament and were provisionally suspended prior to their team’s match against Colombia.^[5] On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team.^[6] On 25 August 2011, the North Korean team was fined US$ 400,000 which is equal to the prize it received by finishing 13th in the 2011 tournament, and was excluded from participation at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, including its qualification round.^[7]

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the 2018 Asian Games.^[8]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1GK	Choe Kyong-im	(1993-07-15)15 July 1993 (aged 25)
1GK	Kim Myong-sun	(1997-03-06)6 March 1997 (aged 21)
1GK	Paek Yong-hui	(1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 28)
2DF	Pak Hye-gyong	(2001-11-07)7 November 2001 (aged 16)
2DF	Son Ok-ju	(2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 18)
2DF	Kim Nam-hui	(1994-03-04)4 March 1994 (aged 24)
2DF	Kim Un-ha	(1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 25)
3MF	Ju Hyo-sim	(1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 20)
3MF	Ri Hyang-sim	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 22)
3MF	Rim Se-ok	(1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 24)
3MF	Yu Jong-im	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 24)
3MF	Ri Un-yong	(1996-09-01)1 September 1996 (aged 21)
3MF	Kim Yun-mi	(1993-07-01)1 July 1993 (aged 25)
3MF	Kim Phyong-hwa	(1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 21)
4FW	Sung Hyang-sim	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 18)
4FW	Jang Hyon-sun	(1991-07-01)1 July 1991 (aged 27)
4FW	Kim Un-hwa	(1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (aged 25)
4FW	Ri Hae-yon	(1999-01-10)10 January 1999 (aged 19)
4FW	Ri Kyong-hyang	(1996-06-10)10 June 1996 (aged 22)
4FW	Wi Jong-sim	(1997-10-13)13 October 1997 (aged 20)

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the North Korea squad in the past 12 months.

Schedule and results

Win Draw Lose

2019

27 February 2019 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup	North Korea	4–2	Czech Republic	Pyla, Cyprus
14:30	Ju 14' Kim 18', 90+4' Ri 83'	Report	Bartoňová 63' Szewieczková 85'	Stadium: Pyla Stadium

1 March 2019 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup	North Korea	4–1	South Africa	Cyprus
18:00		Report

4 March 2019 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup	North Korea	1–0	Finland	Cyprus
18:00		Report

6 March 2019 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup	North Korea	3–3	Italy	Cyprus
18:00		Report

2020

North Korea

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Honours

Continental

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Champions: 2001, 2003, 2008

Runners-up: 1993, 1997, 2010

Asian Games

Champions: 2002, 2006, 2014

Runners-up: 1998, 2010

Regional

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Champions: 2013, 2015, 2017

Runners-up: 2005, 2008

Other invitational tournaments

Albena Cup

Champions: 2002

Four Nations Tournament

Champions: 2012

Australia Cup

Champions: 2004^[9]

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Did not enter
1999	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2
2003	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
2007	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2
2011	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3
2015	Banned
2019	Did not qualify
2023	To be determined
Total	4/9	13	3	2	8	12	20	−8

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1999	Group stage	20 June	Nigeria	L 1–2	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
		24 June	Denmark	W 3–1	Civic Stadium, Portland
		27 June	United States	L 0–3	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
2003	Group stage	20 September	Nigeria	W 3–0	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
		25 September	Sweden	L 0–1	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
		28 September	United States	L 0–3	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
2007	Group stage	11 September	United States	D 2–2	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
		14 September	Nigeria	W 2–0	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
		18 September	Sweden	L 1–2	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
	Quarter-finals	22 September	Germany	L 0–3	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
2011	Group stage	28 June	United States	L 0–2	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
		2 July	Sweden	L 0–1	Impuls Arena, Augsburg
		6 July	Colombia	D 0–0	Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1
2012	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4
2016	Did not qualify
2020	Withdrew
Total	2/7	6	2	0	4	4	9	-5

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1975	Did not participate
1977
1979
1981
1983
1986
1989	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1
1991	Fourth place	6	3	1	2	25	2	+23
1993	Runner-up	5	3	1	1	18	4	+14
1995	Did not participate
1997	Runner-up	5	3	0	2	24	6	+18
1999	Third place	6	4	1	1	28	8	+20
2001	Winners	6	6	0	0	53	1	+52
2003	Winners	6	5	1	0	50	3	+47
2006	Third place	6	4	1	1	16	3	+13
2008	Winners	5	5	0	0	14	1	+13
2010	Runner-up	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5
2014	Banned (see above)
2018	Did not qualify
2022	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	10/19	53	37	6	10	241	37	+204

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Copa América Femenina

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1990	Third place	5	2	2	1	19	3	+16
1994	Did not enter
1998	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	26	4	+22
2002	Winners	5	4	1	0	8	0	+8
2006	Winners	5	4	1	0	16	2	+14
2010	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
2014	Winners	5	5	0	0	16	2	+14
2018	6th Place	4	2	0	2	25	4	+21
2022	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2026	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	7/8	31	22	6	5	115	17	+98

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

EAFF E-1 Football Championship record
Hosts / Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
2008	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
2010	Withdrew
2013	Winners	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
2015		3	3	0	0	9	4	+5
2017		3	3	0	0	5	0	+5
2019	Withdrew
2021	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	5/7	15	11	2	2	25	9	+16

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".^[10]

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
Algarve Cup record
2014	8th place	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2
Total	1/27	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2

Cyprus Women's Cup

Year	Result	GP
Cyprus Women's Cup record
2017	3rd place
2018	3rd place
2019	Champions
Total	3/13	12

Four Nations Tournament

Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Four Nations Tournament record
2012	Champions
2014	Runners-up
Total	2/18

References

^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Korea DPR - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Kim Jong-il: The Success Behind DPR Ladies Football?". Goal.com. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
^ "Red devils vs. 'axis of evil'-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily". Koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com. 2002-09-05. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
^ "Two players from Korea DPR provisionally suspended following anti-doping tests". FIFA. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
^ "Adverse analytical findings recorded for three additional players from Korea DPR". FIFA. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
^ "FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions for Germany 2011". FIFA.com. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
^ "Athletes DPR Korea Football". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Australia Cup
^ "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

External links

Media related to North Korea women's national football team at Wikimedia Commons

Sporting positions
Preceded by 1999 China	AFC Women's Champions 2001 (First title) 2003 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2006 China
Preceded by 2006 China	AFC Women's Champions 2008 (Third title)	Succeeded by 2010 Australia

[1] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Korea DPR - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[3] "Kim Jong-il: The Success Behind DPR Ladies Football?". Goal.com. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

[4] "Red devils vs. 'axis of evil'-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily". Koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com. 2002-09-05. Retrieved 2012-10-31.

[5] "Two players from Korea DPR provisionally suspended following anti-doping tests". FIFA. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-07-07.

[6] "Adverse analytical findings recorded for three additional players from Korea DPR". FIFA. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-16.

[FIFA-doping-decisions-7] "FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions for Germany 2011". FIFA.com. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.

[8] "Athletes DPR Korea Football". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] Australia Cup

[10] "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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v t e National women's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon ~~Oman~~ Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia ~~Brunei~~ Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Former	Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

v t e National football teams of East Asia (EAFF)
Men's	China PR Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
Women's	China PR Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
^†AFC member only

v t e National sports teams of North Korea
Badminton Baseball Basketball M M-U16 W W-U18 Football M M-U23 M-U20 M-U17 W W-U20 W-U17 Handball M W Ice hockey M M-U20 M-U18 W Softball Volleyball M W W-U18
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games

History

Disqualification for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Schedule and results

2019

2020

Honours

Continental

Regional

Other invitational tournaments

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Copa América Femenina

Asian Games

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Algarve Cup

Cyprus Women's Cup

Four Nations Tournament

See also

References

External links