Jong Il-Gwan - International Appearances


The outstanding North Korean player scored 30 goals in 84 international matches with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 30-10-1992
Country: North Korea
Caps:	84	(W39-D14-L31 – GF121-GA98 – %54.76)
Goals:	30	(% 0.36 per match)
Age First Cap: 18 yr 147 d   26- 3-2011 vs. Iraq 0-2
Age Last Cap:  32 yr  20 d   19-11-2024 vs. Uzbekistan 0-1
National Team Career: 13 yr 238 d

Cap  Goals     Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition

 1	     26- 3-11	Sharjah 	Iraq    	0-2
 2	      7- 4-11	Kathmandu	Sri Lanka	4-0	AFC Challenge Cup
 3   1   1    9- 4-11	Kathmandu	Nepal   	1-0	AFC Challenge Cup
 4	 1   11- 4-11	Kathmandu	Afghanistan	2-0	AFC Challenge Cup
 5	 1    8- 6-11	Guyang  	China   	0-2
 6	 1    2- 9-11	Saitama 	Japan   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 7	 1    6- 9-11	Pyongyang	Tajikistan	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 8	 1   11-10-11	Pyongyang	Uzbekistan	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 9	 1   11-11-11	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
10	 1   15-11-11	Pyongyang	Japan   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
11	 1    9- 3-12	Kathmandu	Philippines	2-0	AFC Challenge Cup
12	 1   11- 3-12	Kathmandu	Tajikistan	2-0	AFC Challenge Cup
13	 1   13- 3-12	Kathmandu	India   	4-0	AFC Challenge Cup
14	 1   16- 3-12	Kathmandu	Palestine	2-0	AFC Challenge Cup
15   1   2   19- 3-12	Kathmandu	Turkmenistan	2-1	AFC Challenge Cup
16   1   3   10- 9-12	Jakarta 	Indonesia	2-0	
17	 3    1-12-12	Hongkong	Taiwan  	6-1	East Asian Championship
18   1   4    3-12-12	Hongkong	Guam    	5-0	East Asian Championship
19	 4    5-12-12	Hongkong	Australia	1-1	East Asian Championship
20	 4    9-12-12	Hongkong	Hongkong	4-0	East Asian Championship
21	 4   23- 1-13	Chiang Mai	Sweden   	1-1 [1]	King's Cup
22	 4   21- 2-14	Dubai   	Iraq    	0-2
23	 4   31-10-14	Dubai   	Kuwait  	0-1
24	 4    6-11-14	Doha    	Qatar   	1-3
25	 4   13-11-14	Taipei  	Hongkong	2-1	East Asian Championship
26   2   6   16-11-14	Taipei  	Guam    	5-1	East Asian Championship
27	 6   19-11-14	Taipei  	Taiwan  	0-0	East Asian Championship
28	 6   10- 1-15	Sydney  	Uzbekistan	0-1	Asian Nations Cup
29	 6   14- 1-15	Melbourne	Saudi Arabia	1-4 	Asian Nations Cup
30	 6   18- 1-15	Canberra	China   	1-2	Asian Nations Cup
31	 6   17- 5-15	Hanoi   	Vietnam 	1-1
32	 6   20- 5-15	Bangkok 	Thailand	1-0
33	 6   16- 6-15	Pyongyang	Uzbekistan	4-2	World Cup Qualifier
34	 6    2- 8-15	Wuhan   	Japan   	2-1	East Asian Championship
35	 6    5- 8-15	Wuhan   	China   	0-2	East Asian Championship
36	 6    9- 8-15	Wuhan   	South Korea	0-0	East Asian Championship
37   1   7    3- 9-15	Manama  	Bahrain 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
38	 7    8-10-15	Pyongyang	Philippines	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
39   1   8   13-10-15	Pyongyang	Yemen   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
40	 8   12-11-15	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
41   1   9   17-11-15	Pyongyang	Bahrain 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
42	 9   29- 3-16	Manila  	Philippines	2-3	World Cup Qualifier
43   1  10   20- 8-16	Paroi   	Iraq    	1-1	
44   1  11   24- 8-16	Shanghai	UA Emirates	2-0	
45	11    6-10-16	TP Ho Chi Minh	Vietnam 	2-5	
46   1  12   10-10-16	Manila  	Philippines	3-1	
47   1  13    6-11-16	Hongkong	Taiwan  	2-0	East Asian Qualifier
48	13    9-11-16	Hongkong	Guam    	2-0	East Asian Qualifier
49   1  14   12-11-16	Hongkong	Hongkong	1-0	East Asian Qualifier
50	14   14- 7-17	Bangkok 	Thailand	0-3	King's Cup
51	14    5- 9-17	Pyongyang	Lebanon 	2-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
52	14   10-10-17	Beirut  	Lebanon 	0-5	Asian Cup Qualifier
53   1  15   10-11-17	Buriram 	Malaysia	4-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
54	15   13-11-17	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	4-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
55	15    9-12-17	Tokyo   	Japan   	0-1	East Asian Championship
56	15   12-12-17	Tokyo   	South Korea	0-1	East Asian Championship
57   1  16   16-12-17	Tokyo   	China   	1-1	East Asian Championship
58   1  17   27- 3-18	Pyongyang	Hongkong	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
59	17   13-10-18	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	0-2	
60   1  18   11-11-18	Taipei  	Mongolia	4-1	East Asian Qualifier
61	18   13-11-18	Taipei  	Hongkong	0-0	East Asian Qualifier
62   1  19   16-11-18	Taipei  	Taiwan  	2-0	East Asian Qualifier
63   1  20   25-12-18	Hanoi   	Vietnam 	1-1	
64	20   28-12-18	Isa Town	Bahrain 	0-4	
65	20    8- 1-19	Dubai   	Saudi Arabia	0-4	Asian Nations Cup
66	20   13- 1-19	Al-Ain  	Qatar   	0-6	Asian Nations Cup
67   1  21    8- 7-19	Ahmedabad	Syria   	2-5	HERO Cup
68   2  23   13- 7-19	Ahmedabad	India   	5-2	HERO Cup
69	23   15- 7-19	Ahmedabad	Tajikistan	1-0	HERO Cup
70	23   19- 7-19	Ahmedabad	Tajikistan	1-0	HERO Cup
71   2  25    5- 9-19	Pyongyang	Lebanon 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
72	25   10- 9-19	Colombo 	Sri Lanka	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
73	25   15-10-19	Pyongyang	SouthKorea	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
74	25   14-11-19	Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
75	25   19-11-19	Beirut  	Lebanon 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
76	25   16-11-23	Jeddah  	Syria   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
77   3	28   21-11-23	Yangon  	Myanmar 	6-1	World Cup Qualifier
78	28   21- 3-24	Tokyo   	Japan   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier 
79   1  29    6- 6-24	Vientiane	Syria   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
80	29    5- 9-24	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
81   1  30   10-10-24	Al-Ain  	UA Emirates	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
82	30   15-10-24	Bishkek 	Kyrgyzstan	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
83	30   14-11-24	Vientiane	Iran    	2-3	World Cup Qualifier
84	30   19-11-24	Vientiane	Uzbekistan	0-1	World Cup Qualifier

[1] North Korea lost 1-4 on penalty kicks.

NB: in the match against Iraq (1-0, 16- 8-16 in Shah Alam), at the technical
    meeting between the two teams and the match officials it was agreed there
    would be open substitutions in the first half and substitutions allowed at
    the start of the second half and during two intervals in the second half
    in the 60' and 75' minute with various interruptions; therefore, that match
    was not a full FIFA international, both teams making eight substitutions in
    the game.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    84    39   14   31   121-  98      92       54.76

Types of              Matches Goals

World Cup Qualifier	26	10
Friendlies		15	 5	
East Asian Championship	13	 4
AFC Challenge Cup	 8	 2	
East Asian Qualifier	 6	 4
Asian Nations Cup	 5	 0
Asian Cup Qualifier	 5	 2
HERO Cup		 4	 3
King's Cup  		 2   	 0

Total 			84	30


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