North Korea at the FIFA World Cup

Korea DPR have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on two occasions in 1966 and 2010.

FIFA World Cup Record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	5	9
1970	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982 to 1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998 to 2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Round 1	32	3	0	0	3	1	12
2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/20		7	1	1	5	6	21

World Cup matches (By team)
Total : 1 Wins – 1 Ties – 5 Loses – 7 games played
Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total	Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
Soviet Union	0	0	1	1	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
Chile	0	1	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
Italy	1	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal	0	0	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil	0	0	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

North Korea squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup

1 Lee Chang-myung 2 Pak Li-sup 3 Shin Yung-kyoo 4 Kang Bong-chil 5 Lim Zoong-sun 6 Im Seung-hwi 7 Pak Doo-ik 8 Pak Seung-zin (c) 9 Lee Keun-hak 10 Kang Ryong-woon 11 Han Bong-zin 12 Kim Seung-il 13 Oh Yoon-kyung 14 Ha Jung-won 15 Yang Seung-kook 16 Li Dong-woon 17 Kim Bong-hwan 18 Ke Seung-woon 19 Kim Yung-kil 20 Ryoo Chang-kil 21 An Se-bok 22 Li Chi-an Coach: Myung Rye-hyun

12 July 1966
19:30 BST

Soviet Union	3 – 0	North Korea
Malofeyev 31', 88' Banishevskiy 33'	Report

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

15 July 1966
19:30 BST

Chile	1 – 1	North Korea
Marcos 26' (pen.)	Report	Pak Seung-Zin 88'

19 July 1966
19:30 BST

North Korea	1 – 0	Italy
Pak Doo-Ik 42'	Report

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

23 July 1966
15:00 BST

Portugal	5 – 3	North Korea
Eusébio 27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.) José Augusto 80'	Report	Pak Seung-Zin 1' Lee Dong-Woon 22' Yang Sung-Kook 25'

North Korea squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Ri Myong-guk 2 Cha Jong-hyok 3 Ri Jun-il 4 Pak Nam-chol 5 Ri Kwang-chon 6 Kim Kum-il 7 An Chol-hyok 8 Ji Yun-nam 9 Jong Tae-se 10 Hong Yong-jo (c) 11 Mun In-guk 12 Choe Kum-chol 13 Pak Chol-jin 14 Pak Nam-chol 15 Kim Yong-jun 16 Nam Song-chol 17 An Yong-hak 18 Kim Myong-gil 19 Ri Chol-myong 20 Kim Myong-won 21 Ri Kwang-hyok 22 Kim Kyong-il 23 Pak Sung-hyok Coach: Kim Jong-hun

15 June 2010
20:30

Brazil	2 – 1	North Korea
Maicon 55' Elano 72'	Report	Ji Yun-Nam 89'

21 June 2010
13:30

Portugal	7 – 0	North Korea
Meireles 29' Simão 53' Almeida 56' Tiago 60', 89' Liédson 81' Ronaldo 87'	Report

25 June 2010
16:00

North Korea	0 – 3	Ivory Coast
	Report	Y. Touré 14' Romaric 20' Kalou 82'

Countries at the FIFA World Cup

Team appearances Teams with no appearances All-time table

AFC	Australia² China Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates

CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia

CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States

CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay

OFC	New Zealand

UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.

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