North Korea national football team results (1956–1979)

This article provides details of international football games played by the North Korea national football team from 1956 to 1979.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

International matches

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1956

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7 October Friendly China   0–1   North Korea Beijing, China
Report Stadium: Xiannongtan Stadium
10 October Friendly North Korea   3–0   North Vietnam Beijing, China
Report Stadium: Xiannongtan Stadium

1959

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22 October Friendly North Korea   5–0   North Vietnam Pyongyang, North Korea
Report
25 October Friendly North Korea   1–0   China Pyongyang, North Korea
Report

1960

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4 December[a] Friendly China   1–0   North Korea Hanoi, Vietnam
Sun Yuanyun   Report
8 December[a] Friendly North Vietnam   1–3   North Korea Hanoi, Vietnam
Report
10 December[a] Friendly North Korea   10–1   Mongolia Hanoi, Vietnam
Report

1963

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14 November 1963 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   14–0   Somalia Jakarta, Indonesia
Report
16 November 1963 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   4–0  Uruguay (university)Jakarta, Indonesia
Report
18 November 1963 GANEFO Tournament Indonesia   1–5   North Korea Jakarta, Indonesia
Report
20 November 1963 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   2–0   North Vietnam Jakarta, Indonesia
Report
22 November 1963 GANEFO Tournament United Arab Republic   1–1[b]   North Korea Jakarta, Indonesia
Report

1964

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22 March 1964 Summer Olympics qualification Burma   0–0   North Korea Burma
Report
2 April 1964 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   1–0   Burma North Korea
Report
31 May 1964 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   2–0   Thailand Rangoon, Burma
Report
28 June 1964 Summer Olympics qualification Thailand   0–5   North Korea Rangoon, Burma
Report

1965

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2 August 1965 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   1–0   North Vietnam North Korea
Report
4 August 1965 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   3–0   China North Korea
Report
6 August 1965 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   3–0   Guinea North Korea
Report
8 August 1965 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   3–0   Indonesia North Korea
Report
9 August 1965 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   4–0   Cambodia North Korea
Report
21 November 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification North Korea   6–1   Australia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Pak Doo-ik   15'
Pak Seung-zin   54', 80'
Im Shung-hwi   58'
Han Bong-zin   65', 88'
Report Scheinflug   70' (pen.) Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)
24 November 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification Australia   1–3   North Korea Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Scheinflug   15' Report Kim Seung-il   18', 75'
Pak Seung-zin   53'
Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: A.G. de Silva (Singapore)
30 November Friendly Cambodia   0–3   North Korea Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Report

1966

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12 July 1966 FIFA World Cup Soviet Union   3–0   North Korea Middlesbrough, England
Malofeyev   31', 88'
Banishevskiy   33'
Report Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 23,006
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
15 July 1966 FIFA World Cup Chile   1–1   North Korea Middlesbrough, England
Marcos   26' (pen.) Report Pak Seung-zin   88' Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 13,792
Referee: Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic)
19 July 1966 FIFA World Cup North Korea   1–0   Italy Middlesbrough, England
Pak Doo-ik   42' Report Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,829
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (Italy)
23 July 1966 FIFA World Cup Portugal   5–3   North Korea Liverpool, England
Eusébio   27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.)
José Augusto   80'
Report Pak Seung-zin   1'
Li Dong-woon   22'
Yang Seung-kook   25'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 17,829
Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
26 November 1966 GANEFO Tournament Cambodia   0–2   North Korea Cambodia
Report
29 November 1966 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   5–1   Palestine Cambodia
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30 November 1966 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   14–0   North Yemen Cambodia
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3 December 1966 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   2–1   China Cambodia
Report Liu Qingquan  
6 December 1966 GANEFO Tournament North Korea   3–1   North Vietnam Cambodia
Report

1969

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5 December Friendly Algeria   1–3   North Korea Algiers, Algeria
Report

1970

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18 January Friendly Cuba   0–0   North Korea Havana, Cuba
Report
8 February Friendly Cuba   1–0   North Korea Havana, Cuba
Report

1971

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28 May 1972 Summer Olympics qualification Syria   0–0   North Korea Damascus, Syria
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1 June 1972 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   1–0   Syria Pyongyang, North Korea
Kim   30' Report
12 November 1972 Summer Olympics qualification Iraq   1–0   North Korea Baghdad, Iraq
Hatim   12' Report Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 November 1972 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   3–0   Iraq Pyongyang, North Korea
  20'
  43'
  58'
Report

1972

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3 May 1972 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   0–0   Iran Pyongyang, North Korea
Report
26 May 1972 Summer Olympics qualification Iran   0–0   North Korea Tehran, Iran
Report Stadium: Amjadieh Stadium
3 June 1972 Summer Olympics qualification Iran   2–0   North Korea Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Iranpak   27'
Kalani   47'
Report Stadium: Army Stadium

1973

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4 May 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Iran   0–0   North Korea Tehran, Iran
Report Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Attendance: 63,366
Referee: M. Ramalingam (Malaysia)
6 May 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification North Korea   1–1   Syria Tehran, Iran
Kim Jong-min   53' Report Chahrestan   71' Stadium: Amjadieh Stadium
Attendance: 11,940
Referee: Vijit Getkaew (Thailand)
8 May 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification North Korea   0–0   Kuwait Tehran, Iran
Report Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Attendance: 22,362
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
11 May 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Iran   2–1   North Korea Tehran, Iran
Monajati   19'
Sadeghi   89'
Report Pak Seung-zin   48' Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Attendance: 53,829
Referee: Ong Eng Young (Singapore)
13 May 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification North Korea   3–1   Syria Tehran, Iran
An Se-uk   30'
Ma Jong-u   39', 77'
Report Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Attendance: 11,940
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
15 May 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Kuwait   2–0   North Korea Tehran, Iran
Bo Hamad   31', 51' Report Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Attendance: 6,028
Referee: Vijit Getkaew (Thailand)
25 July Friendly Norway   3–0   North Korea Bergen, Norway
Johansen  
Kvia  
Vold  
Report Stadium: Brann Stadion
Referee: Kurt Ohlsen (Denmark)

1974

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25 May Friendly Bulgaria   6–1   North Korea Sofia, Bulgaria
Borisov  
Bonev      
Panov  
Mihaylov  
Report Kim Shen-min   Stadium: Stadion Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 20,000
2 September 1974 Asian Games North Korea   2–0   China Tehran, Iran
An Se-uk   34'
An Gil-wan   61'
Report Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)
4 September 1974 Asian Games North Korea   0–1   Iraq Tehran, Iran
Report Jassam   73' Stadium: Amjadieh Stadium
Referee: U Tin Htut (Burma)
6 September 1974 Asian Games India   1–4   North Korea Tehran, Iran
Rajvi   Report Hong Song-nam    
Yang Song-guk  
Myong Dong-chan  
Stadium: Amjadieh Stadium
10 September 1974 Asian Games Kuwait   0–2   North Korea Tehran, Iran
Report Cha Jung-sok   11'
Pak Jong-hun   46'
Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
12 September 1974 Asian Games Israel   2–0
Awarded[c]
  North Korea Tehran, Iran
Report Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
14 September 1974 Asian Games North Korea   2–2   Burma Tehran, Iran
Yang Song-guk   41'
Kim Jong-min   42'
Report Maung Maung Tin   20' (pen.)
Tin Aung   68'
Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Referee: Reza Heidari (Iran)
15 September 1974 Asian Games North Korea   1–2   Malaysia Tehran, Iran
Kim Jong-min   58' Report Isa   48', 81' Stadium: Aryamehr Stadium
Referee: U Tin Htut (Burma)

1975

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15 June 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification China   1–0   North Korea Hong Kong
Li Guoning   Report Stadium: Government Stadium
17 June 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification North Korea   1–0   Japan Hong Kong
An Se-wook   65' (pen.) Report Stadium: Government Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
19 June 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification North Korea   1–0   Singapore Hong Kong
Report Stadium: Government Stadium
24 June 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification North Korea   3–3
(11–10 p)
  Hong Kong Hong Kong
Report Stadium: Government Stadium
26 June 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification North Korea   2–0   China Hong Kong
Report Stadium: Government Stadium

1976

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18 February[d] 1976 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   2–0   Malaysia Jakarta, Indonesia
Report
20 February[d] 1976 Summer Olympics qualification Indonesia   1–2   North Korea Jakarta, Indonesia
Report
22 February[d] 1976 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   4–0   Papua New Guinea Jakarta, Indonesia
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24 February[d] 1976 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   2–0   Singapore Jakarta, Indonesia
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26 February[d] 1976 Summer Olympics qualification North Korea   0–0
(5–4 p)
  Singapore Jakarta, Indonesia
Report
5 May Friendly Bulgaria   3–0   North Korea Sofia, Bulgaria
Bonev   (pen.)  
Zhelyazkov  
Report Stadium: Stadion Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 8,000
9 May Friendly North Korea   5–0   Malaysia North Korea
Report
21 July 1976 Olympics North Korea   3–1   Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
An Se-uk   18'
Hong Song-nam   66', 80'
Report Douglas   51' Stadium: Varsity Stadium
Attendance: 12,638
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes García (Mexico)
23 July 1976 Olympics Soviet Union   3–0   North Korea Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Kolotov   16' (pen.)
Veremeyev   81'
Blokhin   89'
Report Stadium: Lansdowne Park
Attendance: 15,233
Referee: Emilio Guruceta-Muro (Spain)
25 July 1976 Olympics Poland   5–0   North Korea Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Szarmach   13', 49'
Lato   59', 79'
Szymanowski   64'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 46,885
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

1978

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27 February Friendly Iraq   1–0   North Korea Baghdad, Iraq
Report
13 December 1978 Asian Games Burma   0–3   North Korea Bangkok, Thailand
Report
15 December 1978 Asian Games North Korea   3–0   Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
Report
17 December 1978 Asian Games Iraq   0–3   North Korea Bangkok, Thailand
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18 December 1978 Asian Games India   1–3   North Korea Bangkok, Thailand
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19 December 1978 Asian Games North Korea   2–2   Kuwait Bangkok, Thailand
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20 December 1978 Asian Games North Korea   0–0[e]   South Korea Bangkok, Thailand
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1979

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2 May 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification North Korea   3–0   Hong Kong Bangkok, Thailand
Report
7 May 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification North Korea   3–1   Indonesia Bangkok, Thailand
Pak Jong-hun   22', 75'
Hong Song-nam   32'
Report Lala   35'
9 May 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification Malaysia   1–1   North Korea Bangkok, Thailand
Report
12 May 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification Thailand   0–1   North Korea Bangkok, Thailand
Report
14 May 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification North Korea   1–0   Malaysia Bangkok, Thailand
Report
23 August Friendly North Korea   0–0   Japan Pyongyang, North Korea
Report
Notes
  1. ^ a b c The RSSSF states that the three friendlies played in 1960 were in October. However, the Elo list them as taking place in December
  2. ^ The United Arab Republic won the game on a coin toss
  3. ^ Israel were awarded a 2–0 win after North Korea refused to play
  4. ^ a b c d e The RSSSF states that the 1976 Summer Olympics qualification games played in 1976 were in June. However, the Elo list them as taking place in February
  5. ^ with the game finishing a draw, the trophy was shared between both Korea sides

References

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  1. ^ "Korea DPR - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.
  2. ^ "North Korea national team". worldfootball.net. World Football. 17 October 2019.
  3. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: North Korea". eloratings.net. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ "North Korea International Matches 1963-2000". rssssf.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ "North Korea". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ "North Korea". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.