North Korea national under-20 football team

North Korea Under-20
Association	DPR Korea Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Jon Chol
FIFA code	PRK
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

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	did not participate
1979	did not qualify
1981	did not participate
1983	Banned
1985	did not participate
1987	did not qualify
1989	did not qualify
1991	Participated as Korea unified team.
1991	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	3	7
1993	did not participate
1995
1997
1999	did not qualify
2001	did not participate
2003	Withdrew
2005	Withdrew
2007	Round 1	3	0	2	1	2	3
2009	did not qualify
2011	Round 1	3	0	1	2	0	6
2013	did not qualify
2015	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	12
2017	did not qualify
2019
2021
2023	did not participate
2025	to be determined
Total		9	0	3	6	3	21
Incl. 1991		13	1	4	8	6	28

Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1975	Semi-finals	3rd	7	4	1	2	9	6
1976	Champions	1st	7	2	4	1	6	4
1978	Semi-finals	3rd	7	4	3	0	13	2
1986	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	0	2	5	3
1988	Group stage		3	1	0	2	4	7
1990	Runner-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	11	4
2006	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	10	3
2008	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	6	3
2010	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	12	3
2012	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	6	3
2014	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	10	7
2016	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	9
2018	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	4	7
2023	Did not participate
2025	Qualified
Total	2 titles	13 years	65	31	15	19	98	61

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1	1GK	Hong Kil-ryong	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 19)
18	1GK	Kim Thae-jong	(2006-03-08) 8 March 2006 (age 18)
23	1GK	Kim Tae bom	(2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 19)

2	2DF	Kim Jin-won	(2006-11-01) 1 November 2006 (age 17)
3	2DF	Han Jae-yong	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18)
4	2DF	Sung Hak-myong	(2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 17)
5	2DF	Jong Un-hyok	(2007-01-06) 6 January 2007 (age 17)
16	3MF	An Song-gwang	(2005-03-02) 2 March 2005 (age 19)
17	2DF	Ho Il-hong	(2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 19)
22	2DF	Ri Song-hung	(2005-02-22) 22 February 2005 (age 19)

6	3MF	Choe Kuk-gon	(2005-01-22) 22 January 2005 (age 19)
8	3MF	Kim Hyon-jun	(2007-01-04) 4 January 2007 (age 17)
9	3MF	Kim Jin-song	(2006-03-10) 10 March 2006 (age 18)
13	3MF	Jang Myong-il	(2005-04-02) 2 April 2005 (age 19)
14	3MF	Kim Se-jin	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18)
15	3MF	Kim Ryong	(2007-03-28) 28 March 2007 (age 17)
19	3MF	Yun Su-ung	(2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 (age 19)
20	3MF	Pak Il-gwang	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 19)
21	3MF	Jong Su-hun	(2005-11-26) 26 November 2005 (age 18)

7	4FW	Ri Jong-dok	(2005-02-09) 9 February 2005 (age 19)
10	4FW	Choe Kuk	(2005-03-21) 21 March 2005 (age 19)
11	4FW	Ri Kwang-myong	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 19)
12	4FW	Ra Mu-ryong	(2006-09-20) 20 September 2006 (age 18)

v t e National under-20 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

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