Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

North Korea women's national football team

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Sub-confederation
  
EAFF (East Asia)

Current
  
10 (24 March 2017)

Lowest
  
12 (July 2011)

Location
  
North Korea

FIFA code
  
PRK

Highest
  
5 (December 1999)

Head coach
  
Kim Gwang-min

Nickname
  
Chollima

Home stadium
  
Rungnado Stadium Kim Il-Sung Stadium Yanggakdo Stadium

Association
  
DPR Korea Football Association

Confederation
  
Asian Football Confederation (Asia)

Arenas/Stadiums
  
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Kim Il-sung Stadium, Yanggakdo Stadium

The north korea women s national football team


The Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's national football team represents North Korea in international women's football. North Korea were the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship winners, and won the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2001, 2003 and 2008.

Contents

World Cup

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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. On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team. 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.

AFC Asian Cup

  • 1975 — Did not participate
  • 1977 — Did not participate
  • 1979 — Did not participate
  • 1981 — Did not participate
  • 1983 — Did not participate
  • 1986 — Did not participate
  • 1989 — Round 1
  • 1991 — 4th place
  • 1993 — 2nd place
  • 1995 — Did not participate
  • 1997 — 2nd place
  • 1999 — 3rd place
  • 2001 — Winners
  • 2003 — Winners
  • 2006 — 3rd place
  • 2008 — Winners
  • 2010 — 2nd Place
  • 2014 — Banned (see above)

    • Olympic Games

  • 1996 — Did not qualify
  • 2000 — Did not qualify
  • 2004 — Did not qualify
  • 2008 — Group Stage (Stage 3rd Place)
  • 2012 — Group Stage (Stage 3rd Place)
  • 2016 — Did not qualify

    • Asian Games

  • 1990 — 3rd place
  • 1994 — Did not enter
  • 1998 — 2nd Place
  • 2002 — Winners
  • 2006 — Winners
  • 2010 — 2nd Place
  • 2014 — Winners

    • Women's East Asian Cup

  • 2005 : 2nd place
  • 2008 : 2nd place
  • 2010 : Withdrew
  • 2013 : Winners
  • 2015 : Winners

    • Algarve Cup

  • 2014  : 8th Place

    • Other invitational tournaments

  • Albena Cup: Winner 2002
  • Four Nations Tournament: Winner 2012
  • Australia Cup: Winner 2004

    • Current squad

    Squad for the 2014 Algarve Cup.

    Head coach: Kim Gwang-min

    References

    North Korea women's national football team Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA