North Korean national soccer team

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North Korea
조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 축구 협회
Nickname (s) Ch'ŏllima
Association DPRKFA
confederacy AFC
Technical sponsor Legea
Head coach Yun Jong-su
(since June 2019)
captain Ri Myong-guk
Record scorer Jong Il-gwan (25)
Record player Ri Myong-guk (118)
Home stadium Kim Il sung Stadium
FIFA code PRK
FIFA rank 116th (1170 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international match Burma 0-0 North Korea ( Rangoon , Myanmar ; March 22, 1964)
Burma 1948Burma Korea NorthNorth Korea
Biggest win North Korea 21-0 Guam ( Taipei , Taiwan ; March 11, 2005)
Korea NorthNorth Korea GuamGuam
Biggest defeat Portugal 7-0 North Korea ( Cape Town , South Africa ; June 21, 2010)
PortugalPortugal Korea NorthNorth Korea
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 2 ( first : 1966 )
Best results Quarter-finals 1966
Asian Championship
Participation in the finals 5 ( first : 1980 )
Best results Fourth place in 1980
(As of November 19, 2019)

The North Korean national soccer team is the selection team of the East Asian state of North Korea . She is looked after by Yun Jong-su . The Football Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is responsible . It was founded in 1945 and joined FIFA in 1958 . As early as 1954, the association was one of the founding members of the Asian football association AFC .

The team plays their home games in the Kim-Il-sung Stadium Pyongyang with a capacity of 50,000 spectators.

history

Due to the political tensions and the Korean War , football was initially hardly popular in North Korea, and it was only with the help of the Soviet Union in the 1960s that this sport could develop. On March 22, 1964, the North Korean selection played an official international match for the first time as part of the qualification for the Olympic Games . The game against the Burma team ended in a 0-0 draw. The North Koreans won the second leg in Pyongyang 1-0 in April of the same year, with two victories against Thailand (5-0 and 2-0) North Korea qualified for the Olympic Games, but the team withdrew their participation.

Football World Cup 1966

Just a year after the international debut, the team played the qualifying games for the 1966 World Cup in England. North Korea won against Australia 6-1 and 3-1 and secured participation in the final round .

The World Cup itself was the North Koreans' greatest success when the team under coach Myung Rye-hyun was able to advance to the quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over the highly-favored Italy . Pak Doo-ik scored the winning goal . In the quarterfinals they lost 3: 5 to Portugal despite a 3-0 lead . Participation in the quarter-finals remained the greatest success of an Asian team at a World Cup until 2002.

Development between 1966 and 2009

After the 1966 World Cup, North Korea did not play an international match for a long time, the Olympic qualifying game against Syria in October 1971 was the North Koreans' first appearance in five years. In qualifying you could initially eliminate the Syrians and Iraq , but you could not prevail against Iran . In 1973 North Korea played again in the World Cup qualifiers, but did not get beyond the group stage of qualifying. At the 1976 Summer Games , North Korea was represented and was able to reach the quarter-finals. In 1978 North Korea won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Thailand , when they shared the title with South Korea after a 0-0 draw . The meeting on December 22, 1978 was also the first international match between the two Korean football teams.

Another success was fourth place at the 1980 Asian Football Championship in Kuwait . In 1992 North Korea was represented for the second and so far last time, but there the team did not get beyond the preliminary round. After the team had lost 3-0 to their archenemies Japan and South Korea in qualifying for the 1994 World Cup , the political leadership of the country prohibited the national team from traveling abroad. The team therefore played no international matches between 1993 and 1998.

In recent years, North Korea's youth teams have been particularly successful, with the country's U-17 team becoming Asian champions in 2004 and 2006 and qualifying for the quarter-finals at the 2005 and 2007 World Cups. The U-19 selection became Asian champions in 2006.

On May 14, 2009, the North Korean national team visited Western Europe for the first time since the 1966 World Cup. You were invited to a friendly game by the Swiss club FC Concordia Basel . Concordia's President, Stephan Glaser, had secured the transfer rights of the North Korean national players for Europe.

Soccer World Cup 2010

The team finished the qualification for the 2010 World Cup with surprising success. In the group with South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE , the North Koreans managed to achieve second place behind South Korea and the associated direct qualification for the World Cup. The qualification, North Korea's first since 1966, was made perfect in the 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. At the finals in South Africa, however, all three preliminary round games were lost: After a respectable 1: 2 against Brazil, they lost 7-0 to Portugal. They were also defeated against Ivory Coast (0: 3), so the team with the worst goal difference of all group bottom of 1:12 was eliminated after the preliminary round.

After the narrow defeat against Brazil, the game against Portugal was broadcast live in North Korea, which is usually not the case there. North Korean games are usually staggered; in case of victory by teams from countries considered hostile, they will not be broadcast. After the clear defeat began to emerge, the North Korean commentator decided not to comment on the rest of the game. After the final whistle, the broadcast was ended without comment. The 7-0 defeat against Portugal was North Korea's biggest defeat to date.

In August 2010, Western media suspected that the North Korean national soccer team was punished at home after the poor performance at the World Cup in South Africa (including hours of criticism, alleged expulsion of the national coach from the party). FIFA investigated these allegations but discontinued them shortly afterwards. The North Korean Association had given assurances that all players and coaches Kim Jong-hun "will train as usual and will soon be participating in the Asian Games".

Coach Kim Jong-hun was replaced by Jo Tong-sop in November 2010 .

Soccer Asian Cup 2011

By winning the AFC Challenge Cup , North Korea also qualified for the 2011 Asian Football Championship in Qatar, which was the country's first participation in 19 years.

At the finals, the team could not convince, a 0-0 win against the United Arab Emirates was followed by two 0-1 defeats against Iran and Iraq. Thus, North Korea was eliminated goalless in the preliminary round.

Football World Cup 2018

The national team of North Korea was unable to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The team finished second in Group H in the second qualifying round. This allowed North Korea to assert itself against the soccer teams from the Philippines , Bahrain and Yemen . The team from Uzbekistan emerged as group winners and then moved into the third round of qualification.

Participation in tournaments

Olympic games

A North Korean team first took part in qualifying for the 1964 Games.

1964 in Tokyo qualified but not participated
1968 in Mexico City withdrawn prior to qualification
1972 in Munich not qualified
1976 in Montreal Quarter finals
1980 in Moscow not qualified

After 1980, the senior national team no longer took part in the Olympic Games and the qualifying games. A North Korean Olympic team has not yet qualified.

World championships

North Korea first took part in qualifying for the 1966 World Cup and was able to qualify straight away, but benefited from the withdrawal of the African teams and South Korea . In England, North Korea was the first Asian team to reach the quarter-finals. Until 2010, this was the only participation in the finals, as North Korea either failed in qualifying, did not participate or withdrew its team.

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Trainer Comments and special features
1930 Uruguay does not yet exist
1934 Italy does not yet exist
1938 France does not yet exist
1950 Brazil not participated
1954 Switzerland not participated
1958 Sweden not participated
1962 Chile not participated
1966 England Quarter finals Portugal 8th. Myung Rye-hyun 1-0 against Italy in the preliminary round
1970 Mexico withdrawn
1974 Germany not qualified In qualifying on Iran have failed, but failed to qualify also.
1978 Argentina withdrawn North Korea was supposed to compete against Israel , Japan and South Korea in the first round of qualification , but decided not to participate. However, none of them could qualify either.
1982 Spain not qualified In the qualification of China failed that also failed to qualify.
1986 Mexico not qualified In the qualification of Japan failed, but which also could not qualify.
1990 Italy not qualified In the qualification in the final round of South Korea and the United Arab Emirates failed.
1994 United States not qualified In the qualifying in the third round of Saudi Arabia and South Korea failed.
1998 France not participated
2002 South Korea / Japan not participated
2006 Germany not qualified In the qualification of Japan and Iran failed.
2010 South Africa Preliminary round Brazil , Portugal , Ivory Coast 32. Kim Jong-hun After 3 defeats, of which North Korea's highest defeat with 0: 7, eliminated with the worst goal difference of all teams.
2014 Brazil not qualified In the qualifying in the third round of Japan and Uzbekistan failed.
2018 Russia not qualified In the second round of qualification , the team met Bahrain , Yemen , the Philippines and Uzbekistan .
2022 Qatar

Asian Championships

  • 1976 : Withdrawn after qualifying
  • 1980 : fourth place
  • 1984 : no participation
  • 1988 : not qualified
  • 1992 : preliminary round
  • 1996 : no participation
  • 2000 : not qualified
  • 2004 : suspended from the AFC
  • 2007 : no participation
  • 2011 : preliminary round
  • 2015 : preliminary round
  • 2019 : preliminary round

East Asian Championships

The Dynasty Cup is an unofficial forerunner tournament :

  • 1990 - third
  • 1992 - third
  • 1995 - did not participate
  • 1998 - did not participate

AFC Challenge Cup

Trainer

Record holder

Source: rsssf.com; As of November 19, 2019

Record player

rank Surname Calls Gates position Period World Cup games Record international player
01. Ri Myong-guk 118 00 goal 2007– 3 since October 8, 2015
02. Pak Nam-chol 077 15th midfield 2004–2012 3
03. Jong Il-gwan 074 25th attack 2011-
04th Ri Kwang-chon 070 01 Defense 2001–2012 3
05. Kim Yong-jun 062 08th midfield 2001-2011 1
06th Jong Kuk-chol 061 05 Defense 2011–
07th Pak Song-chol 058 13 midfield 2007-2017
08th. Mun In-guk 055 06th midfield 2004-2011 3
09. Hong Yong-jo 051 13 attack 2002-2011 3 (C)Captain of the crew
10. Nam Song-chol 051 01 Defense 2003-2010 1

Record goal scorers

rank Surname Gates Calls Quota Period World Cup goals
01. Jong Il-gwan 25th 74 0.34 2011-
02. Pak Nam-chol 15th 75 0.20 2004–2012 0
0 Jong Tae-se 15th 33 0.45 2007-2011 0
04th Pak Kwang-ryong 14th 41 0.34 2009–
05. Hong Yong-jo 13 51 0.25 2002-2011 0
0 Pak Song-chol 13 58 0.22 2007-2017
07th Choe Chol-man 11 <30 <0.37 2005-2010
0 Pak Seung-zin 6th 12 0.50 1965-1973 2
0 Ji Yun-nam 1 33 0.03 2004-2010 1
0 Li Dong-woon 1+ ? ? 1966 1
0 Pak Doo-ik 1+ ? ? 1966 1
0 Yang Seung-kook 1+ ? ? 1966 1

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ the-afc.com: DPR Korea players get heroes' welcome
  3. ↑ bazonline.ch: Concordia's questionable deals with North Korean footballers (May 19, 2009)
  4. ↑ http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/wm/wm2010/wm-endrunde/wm-gruppe-g/1006/News/nordkorea-portugal-debakel-tore-live-bilder-uebertragung-diktator -kim-jong-il.html
  5. ^ Die Presse, online on August 12, 2010
  6. ↑ Spox.com: FIFA closes investigation against North Korea , August 25, 2010.
  7. ↑ Footballkorean.com: Jo Tong-sop to become North Korea national team manager ( Memento from January 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), from November 6, 2010 (English).
  8. ↑ https://de.athlet.org/fussball/wm/2018/qualifikation/afc/zweite-runde-h
  9. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
  10. ^ Roberto Mamrud: North Korea - Record International Players ( English ) rsssf.com. December 20, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2020.