North Korea at the AFC Asian Cup

North Korea has participated in five AFC Asian Cup and finished in fourth place, their best performance to date, during their maiden appearance in 1980.

However, unlike their Southern neighbor, North Korea often struggles to have the best performances, due to poor quality of the national team and their squad, as well as outside sanctions on the nation for its repressive nature. North Korea, after their 1980 appearance, would have to wait for 12 years for their next qualification, and they made further tournament appearances in the 2011, 2015 and 2019 editions. North Korea has not won an Asian Cup match since 1980, a drought of nearly 40 years.

Squads

1980 Asian Cup

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	4	2	2	0	12	4	+8	6
North Korea	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	6
Syria	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
China PR	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4	3
Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

16 September 1980

North Korea	3–2	Bangladesh
Choi Jae-pil 44', 45' Kim Jong-man 90'		Chunnu 60' (pen.) Salahuddin 88'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

18 September 1980

North Korea	2–1	China PR
Kim Bok-man 20'		Li Fubao 7'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

24 September 1980

Iran	3–2	North Korea
Alidousti 27' Danaeifard 57' Fariba 60'		Hwang Sang-hoi 68' Pak Jong-hun 90'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

26 September 1980

North Korea	2–1	Syria
		Suleiman

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Semi-finals

28 September 1980

19:30

South Korea	2–1	North Korea
Chung Hae-won 80', 89'		Pak Jong-hun 19' (pen.)

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

Third place play-off

29 September 1980

Iran	3–0	North Korea
Fariba 49' Faraki 66', 76'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

1992 Asian Cup

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	5	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
United Arab Emirates	5	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
Iran	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1
North Korea	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3

30 October 1992

17:00

North Korea	0–2	Iran
	Report	Pious 30' Ghayeghran 80'

Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

1 November 1992

14:00

Japan	1–1	North Korea
Nakayama 80'	Report	Kim Kwang-min 29' (pen.)

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

3 November 1992

12:00

United Arab Emirates	2–1	North Korea
K. Saad 81' Bakhit 85'	Report	Kim Kwang-min 69'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

2011 Asian Cup

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Iraq	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1


11 January 2011
North Korea	0–0	United Arab Emirates
15 January 2011
Iran	1–0	North Korea
19 January 2011
Iraq	1–0[1]	North Korea

2015 Asian Cup

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China PR	3	3	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	North Korea	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers


10 January 2015
Uzbekistan	1–0	North Korea	Stadium Australia, Sydney
14 January 2015
North Korea	1–4	Saudi Arabia	AAMI Park, Melbourne
18 January 2015
China PR	2–1	North Korea	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

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2019 Asian Cup

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Lebanon	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	North Korea	3	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: AFC

8 January 2019

20:00

Saudi Arabia	4–0	North Korea
Bahebri 28' Al-Fatil 37' Al-Dawsari 70' Al-Muwallad 87'	Report

Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 5,075

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

13 January 2019

15:00

North Korea	0–6	Qatar
	Report	Ali 9', 11', 55', 60' Khoukhi 43' A. Hassan 68'

Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 452

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

17 January 2019

20:00

Lebanon	4–1	North Korea
F. Michel Melki 27' El-Helwe 65', 90+8' Maatouk 80' (pen.)	Report	Pak Kwang-ryong 9'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Attendance: 4,332

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Record

AFC Asian Cup Finals record										AFC Asian Cup qualification
Hosts / year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956	Did Not Enter									-	-	-	-	-	-
1960										-	-	-	-	-	-
1964										-	-	-	-	-	-
1968										-	-	-	-	-	-
1972										-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Withdrew after qualifying									5	3	1	1	7	4

1980	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	0	3	10	12		2	1	1	0	4	2
1984	Did Not Enter									-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Qualify									4	2	1	1	3	2
1992	Group Stage	8th	3	0	1	2	2	5		3	2	1	0	8	0
1996	Did Not Enter									-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Qualify									3	2	1	0	11	7
2004	Did Not Qualify									8	1	2	5	3	15
2007	Banned									-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Group Stage	12th	3	0	1	2	0	2		Automatic qualification to win 2010 AFC Challenge Cup
2015	Group Stage	13th	3	0	0	3	2	7		Automatic qualification to win 2012 AFC Challenge Cup
2019	Group Stage	24th	3	0	0	3	1	14		14	8	3	3	27	18
2023	To be determined									0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Fourth place	5/17	18	3	2	13	15	40	39	19	10	10	63	48

References

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North Korea national football team
General	DPR Korea Football Association History Players Managers Results
Venues	Kim Il-sung Stadium Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
World Finals	Summary 1966 2010
Asian Finals	Summary 1980 1992 2011 2015 2019
Notable matches	2010 AFC Challenge Cup Final 2012 AFC Challenge Cup Final
Other tournaments	Summer Olympics Asian Games EAFF Championship AFC Challenge Cup
Rivalries	South Korea
Culture	The Game of Their Lives
Other PRKFA teams	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's U-20 U-17

Countries at the AFC Asian Cup
Team appearances
AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Former	Israel² South Yemen³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). ² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. ³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.