North Korea national under-20 football team

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North Korea Under-20
AssociationDPR Korea Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachNorth Korea
FIFA codePRK
First colours
Second colours

The North Korea national under-20 football team is the youth association football team representing North Korea in youth competitions and it is controlled by DPR Korea Football Association. The team participated in 2014 AFC U-19 Championship and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup after reaching the Finals stage.

Participation in Tournaments[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup[]

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not participate
Japan 1979 Did not qualify
Australia 1981 Did not participate
Mexico 1983 Banned
Soviet Union 1985 Did not participate
Chile 1987 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991 Participated as Korea Korea unified team.
Quarterfinals 4 1 1 2 3 7
Australia 1993 Did not participate
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999 Did not qualify
Argentina 2001 Did not participate
United Arab Emirates 2003 Withdrew
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007 Round 1 3 0 2 1 2 3
Egypt 2009 Did not qualify
Colombia 2011 Round 1 3 0 1 2 0 6
Turkey 2013 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2015 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 12
South Korea 2017 Did not qualify
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2021
Total 9 0 3 6 3 21
Incl. 1991 12 1 4 8 6 38

AFC U-19 Championship[]

Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Kuwait 1975 Semi-finals 3rd 7 4 1 2 9 6
Thailand 1976 Champions 1st 7 2 4 1 6 4
Bangladesh 1978 Semi-finals 3rd 7 4 3 0 13 2
Saudi Arabia 1986 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 0 2 5 3
Qatar 1988 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 7
Indonesia 1990 Runner-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 11 4
India 2006 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 10 3
Saudi Arabia 2008 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 2 1 6 3
China 2010 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 12 3
United Arab Emirates 2012 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 6 3
Myanmar 2014 Runner-up 2nd 6 2 2 2 10 7
Bahrain 2016 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 2 9
Indonesia 2018 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 4 7
Total 2titles 13years 65 31 15 19 98 61

Current squad[]

The following 21 players were called up to the squad for 2018 AFC U-19 Championship

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK (1999-11-13)13 November 1999 (aged 18) North Korea
18 1GK (2000-05-30)30 May 2000 (aged 18) North Korea Pyongyang City
21 1GK (2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (aged 17) North Korea

2 2DF (2000-12-28)28 December 2000 (aged 17) North Korea
3 2DF (1999-01-12)12 January 1999 (aged 19) North Korea
4 2DF (2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 18) North Korea
5 2DF (2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 18) North Korea
14 2DF (1999-01-07)7 January 1999 (aged 19) North Korea
17 2DF (2000-07-03)3 July 2000 (aged 18) North Korea

6 3MF (1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 19) North Korea Amrokkang
8 3MF (2000-10-06)6 October 2000 (aged 18) North Korea Pyongyang City
10 3MF (2000-04-15)15 April 2000 (aged 18) North Korea Pyongyang City
12 3MF (2000-03-25)25 March 2000 (aged 18) North Korea
13 3MF (2000-12-03)3 December 2000 (aged 17) North Korea
15 3MF Kang Kuk-chol (1999-09-29)29 September 1999 (aged 19) North Korea Rimyongsu
16 3MF (1999-02-19)19 February 1999 (aged 19) North Korea Chobyong
20 3MF (2001-01-02)2 January 2001 (aged 17) North Korea

7 4FW (2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 18) North Korea Pyongyang City
9 4FW (2000-10-11)11 October 2000 (aged 18) North Korea
11 4FW (2001-01-10)10 January 2001 (aged 17) North Korea
19 4FW (2002-02-19)19 February 2002 (aged 16) North Korea

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