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

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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
1991	Participated as Korea unified team.
	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	3	7
1993	did not participate
1995
1997
1999	did not qualify
2001	did not participate
2003	Withdrew
2005
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

AFC U-19 Championship

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

Current squad

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)	Club
1	1GK	Hong Kil-ryong	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005
18	1GK	Kim Thae-jong	(2006-03-08) 8 March 2006
23	1GK	Kim Tae bom	(2005-04-25) 25 April 2005
2	2DF	Kim Jin-won	(2006-11-01) 1 November 2006
3	2DF	Han Jae-yong	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006
4	2DF	Sung Hak-myong	(2007-02-01) 1 February 2007
5	2DF	Jong Un-hyok	(2007-01-06) 6 January 2007
16	3MF	An Song-gwang	(2005-03-02) 2 March 2005
17	2DF	Ho Il-hong	(2005-06-22) 22 June 2005
22	2DF	Ri Song-hung	(2005-02-22) 22 February 2005
6	3MF	Choe Kuk-gon	(2005-01-22) 22 January 2005
8	3MF	Kim Hyon-jun	(2007-01-04) 4 January 2007
9	3MF	Kim Jin-song	(2006-03-10) 10 March 2006
13	3MF	Jang Myong-il	(2005-04-02) 2 April 2005
14	3MF	Kim Se-jin	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006
15	3MF	Kim Ryong	(2007-03-28) 28 March 2007
19	3MF	Yun Su-ung	(2005-09-19) 19 September 2005
20	3MF	Pak Il-gwang	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005
21	3MF	Jong Su-hun	(2005-11-26) 26 November 2005
7	4FW	Ri Jong-dok	(2005-02-09) 9 February 2005
10	4FW	Choe Kuk	(2005-03-21) 21 March 2005
11	4FW	Ri Kwang-myong	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005
12	4FW	Ra Mu-ryong	(2006-09-20) 20 September 2006

See also

• North Korea national football team
• North Korea national under-23 football team
• North Korea women's national football team