North Korea women's national football team

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's national football team (Munhwaŏ Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 국가종합팀, recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) 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, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5] The team has not played since it won the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup in March of 2019. As such, it has been dropped from the FIFA Women's World Ranking due to inactivity and is now unranked.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see North Korea national football team.
Korea DPR
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Eastern Azaleas
AssociationDPR Korea Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachJo Song-ok[1]
Most capsRi Kum-suk (123)
Top scorerRi Kum-suk (40)
Home stadiumRungnado Stadium
Kim Il-Sung Stadium
Yanggakdo Stadium
FIFA codePRK
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (24 March 2023)[2]
Highest5 (December 1999)
Lowest12 (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
Appearances4 (first in 1999)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2007)
Olympic Games
Appearances2 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage (2008, 2012)
Asian Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1989)
Best resultWinners (2001, 2003, 2008)
Medal record
Women's football


Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Beijing Team

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, had failed doping tests during the tournament and were provisionally suspended prior to their team's match against Colombia.[6] On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team.[7] 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.[8]

Results and fixtures
See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
Position Name Ref.
Head coach North Korea Jo Song-ok [9]

Manager history

Players

Current squad
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Recent call ups
  • The following players have been called up to a North Korea squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Honours

Continental
Champions: 2001, 2003, 2008
Runners-up: 1993, 1997, 2010
Champions: 2002, 2006, 2014
Runners-up: 1998, 2010

Regional
Champions: 2013, 2015, 2017
Runners-up: 2005, 2008

Other invitational tournaments
Champions: 2002
Champions: 2004[11]
Champions: 2019
Champions: 2012

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
The team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
Main article: North Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Did not qualify
Sweden 1995Did not enter
United States 1999Group Stage310246−2
United States 2003310234−1
China 2007Quarter-finals411257−2
Germany 2011Group Stage301203−3
Canada 2015Banned
France 2019Did not qualify
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023Did not enter
2027TBD
Total4/9133281220−8
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
FIFA Women's World Cup history
YearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium
United States 1999 Group stage20 June NigeriaL 1–2Rose Bowl, Pasadena
24 June DenmarkW 3–1Civic Stadium, Portland
27 June United StatesL 0–3Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
United States 2003 Group stage20 September NigeriaW 3–0Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
25 September SwedenL 0–1
28 September United StatesL 0–3Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
China 2007 Group stage11 September United StatesD 2–2Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
14 September NigeriaW 2–0
18 September SwedenL 1–2Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
Quarter-finals22 September GermanyL 0–3Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
Germany 2011 Group stage28 June United StatesL 0–2Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
2 July SwedenL 0–1Impuls Arena, Augsburg
6 July ColombiaD 0–0Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D L GS GA GD
United States 1996Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008Group stage310223–1
United Kingdom 2012310226–4
Brazil 2016Did not qualify
Japan 2020Withdrew
Total2/7620449-5

AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD
Hong Kong 1975 Did not participate
Taiwan 1977
India 1980
Hong Kong 1981
1983
Hong Kong 1986
Hong Kong 1989Group stage310267−1
Japan 1991Fourth place6312252+23
Malaysia 1993Runner-up5311184+14
Malaysia 1995Did not participate
China 1997Runner-up5302246+18
Philippines 1999Third place6411288+20
Chinese Taipei 2001Winners6600531+52
20036510503+47
Australia 2006Third place6411163+13
Vietnam 2008Winners5500141+13
China 2010Runner-up531172+5
Vietnam 2014Banned (see above)
Jordan 2018Did not qualify
India 2022Withdrew
Total10/19533761024137+204
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games
Asian Games record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D L GS GA GD
China 1990Third place5221193+16
Japan 1994Did not enter
1998Runners-up5311264+22
South Korea 2002Winners541080+8
Qatar 20065410162+14
China 2010Runners-up421152+3
South Korea 2014Winners5500162+14
Indonesia 20186th place4202254+21
China 2022TBD-------
Japan 2026TBD-------
Total7/831226511517+98

EAFF E-1 Football Championship
EAFF E-1 Football Championship record
Hosts / Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD
South Korea 2005Runners-up320121+1
China 2008311163+3
Japan 2010Withdrew
South Korea 2013Winners321031+2
China 2015330094+5
Japan 2017330050+5
South Korea 2019Withdrew
Japan 2022Did not enter
Total5/8151122259+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".[12]

Portugal Algarve Cup record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA GD
20148th place430164+2
Total1/27430164+2

Cyprus Women's Cup
Cyprus Cyprus Women's Cup record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
2017Third place430192+7
2018Third place431051+4
2019Champions4310126+6
Total3/1312921269+17

Four Nations Tournament
China Four Nations Tournament record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
2012Champions321020+2
2014Runners-up320131+2
Total2/18641151+4

See also

References
  1. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Korea DPR - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  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. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. Enigmatic Korea DPR and their distinctive football achievements
  6. "Two players from Korea DPR provisionally suspended following anti-doping tests". FIFA. 2011-07-07. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  7. "Adverse analytical findings recorded for three additional players from Korea DPR". FIFA. 2011-07-16. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  8. "FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions for Germany 2011". FIFA.com. 2011-08-25. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  9. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Korea DPR - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  10. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Korea DPR - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  11. Australia Cup
  12. "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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