Note: not all matches played here are "full internationals". This list was compiled from all known matches played by North Korea's A team.
Date Score Venue Competition Comments ---- ----- ----- ----------- -------- 1963 [GANEFO* Tournament 1963 in Jakarta - results unknown. Winners: Egypt, Runners Up: North Korea.] 1964 [GANEFO* Tournament 1964 in Phenian - results unknown. Winners: North Korea, Runners Up: China.] Mar 22, 1964 Burma 0-0 North Korea Rangoon Olympics 1964 Qual. Group 1 - Round 1 Apr, 1964 North Korea 1-0 Burma Pyongyang Olympics 1964 Qual. Group 1 - Round 1 (North Korea won 1-0 on aggregate) May 31, 1964 North Korea 2-0 Thailand Rangoon Olympics 1964 Qual. Group 1 - Round 2 Jun 28, 1964 North Korea 5-0 Thailand Rangoon Olympics 1964 Qual. Group 1 - Round 2 (North Korea won 7-0 on aggregate, and qualified) 1964 [Olympics 1964, North Korea withdrew] 1965 [GANEFO* Tournament 1965 in Phnom Penh - results unknown. Order: North Korea, China, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Palestine, Yemen.] Nov 21, 1965 North Korea 6-1 Australia Phnom Penh World Cup 1966 Qual. Group 14 - 1st Leg Nov 24, 1965 North Korea 3-1 Australia Phnom Penh World Cup 1966 Qual. Group 14 - 2nd Leg (North Korea won 2-0 on victories) (North Korea qualified) Jul 12, 1966 North Korea 0-3 USSR Middlesbrough World Cup 1966 Group D Jul 15, 1966 North Korea 1-1 Chile Middlesbrough World Cup 1966 Group D Jul 19, 1966 North Korea 1-0 Italy Middlesbrough World Cup 1966 Group D (USSR and North Korea advance) Jul 23, 1966 North Korea 3-5 Portugal Liverpool World Cup 1966 Quarter Final 1968 [Olympics Qualification 1968, North Korea withdrew] Dec 5, 1969 Algeria 1-3 North Korea Alger 1970 [World Cup Qualification 1970, North Korea withdrew] Oct, 1971 North Korea 0-0 Syria Damascus Olympics 1972 Qual. Group 3 - Round 1 Oct, 1971 North Korea 1-0 Syria Pyongyang Olympics 1972 Qual. Group 3 - Round 1 (North Korea won 1-0 on aggregate) Nov, 1971 Iraq 1-0 North Korea Baghdad Olympics 1972 Qual. Group 3 - Round 2 Nov, 1971 North Korea 3-0 Iraq Pyongyang Olympics 1972 Qual. Group 3 - Round 2 (North Korea won 3-1 on aggregate) May 4, 1972 North Korea 0-0 Iran Pyongyang Olympics 1972 Qual. Group 3 - Round 3 May 30, 1972 Iran 0-0 North Korea Tehran Olympics 1972 Qual. Group 3 - Round 3 (Aggregate score 0-0 - playoff required) Jun 1, 1972 North Korea 0-2 Iran Rawalpindi Olympics 1972 Qual. Group 3 - Round 3 Playoff (Iran qualify) May 4, 1973 Iran 0-0 North Korea Tehran World Cup 1974 Qual. Group 15 - Group C May 6, 1973 North Korea 1-1 Syria Tehran World Cup 1974 Qual. Group 15 - Group C May 8, 1973 North Korea 0-0 Kuwait Tehran World Cup 1974 Qual. Group 15 - Group C May 11, 1973 Iran 2-1 North Korea Tehran World Cup 1974 Qual. Group 15 - Group C May 13, 1973 North Korea 3-0 Syria Tehran World Cup 1974 Qual. Group 15 - Group C May 15, 1973 North Korea 0-2 Kuwait Tehran World Cup 1974 Qual. Group 15 - Group C (Iran advanced) Jul 25, 1973 Norway 3-0 North Korea Oslo Friendly May 25, 1974 Bulgaria 6-1 North Korea Sofia Friendly Sep 3, 1974 North Korea 2-0 Taiwan Tehran Asian Games 1974 Round 1 - Group 2 Sep 5, 1974 North Korea 4-1 India Tehran Asian Games 1974 Round 1 - Group 2 Sep 7, 1974 North Korea 0-1 Iraq Tehran Asian Games 1974 Round 1 - Group 2 (Iraq and North Korea advanced) Sep 9, 1974 North Korea 2-0 Kuwait Tehran Asian Games 1974 Round 2 - Group 2 Sep 12, 1974 North Korea AWD Israel Tehran Asian Games 1974 Round 2 - Group 2 [Match awarded 2-0 to Israel - North Korea refused to play] Sep 13, 1974 North Korea 2-2 Burma Tehran Asian Games 1974 Round 2 - Group 2 (Israel advanced to final, North Korea to third place playoff) Sep 16, 1974 North Korea 1-2 Malaysia Tehran Asian Games 1974 Third place playoff Jun, 1975 China 1-0 North Korea Hong Kong Asian Cup 1976 Qual. Section 4 - group allocation match Jun 17, 1975 North Korea 1-0 Japan Hong Kong Asian Cup 1976 Qual. Section 4 - group B Jun, 1975 North Korea 1-0 Singapore Hong Kong Asian Cup 1976 Qual. Section 4 - group B (Japan and North Korea advanced) Jun, 1975 North Korea 3-3 Hong Kong Hong Kong Asian Cup 1976 Qual. Section 4 - semi final [North Korea won 11-10 on penalties] Jun, 1975 North Korea 2-0 China Hong Kong Asian Cup 1976 Qual. Section 4 - final (North Korea and China qualified) ---- [North Korea withdrew from final tournament] May 5, 1976 Bulgaria 3-0 North Korea Sofia Friendly Jun, 1976 Indonesia 1-2 North Korea Jakarta Olympics 1976 Qual. Group 2 - Group stage Jun, 1976 North Korea 2-0 Malaysia Jakarta Olympics 1976 Qual. Group 2 - Group stage Jun, 1976 North Korea 2-0 Singapore Jakarta Olympics 1976 Qual. Group 2 - Group stage Jun, 1976 North Korea 4-0 Papua New Guinea Jakarta Olympics 1976 Qual. Group 2 - Group stage (North Korea and Indonesia advanced) Jun, 1976 North Korea 0-0 Indonesia Jakarta Olympics 1976 Qual. Group 2 - Final [North Korea won 5-4 on penalties] (North Korea qualified) Jul 21, 1976 Canada 1-3 North Korea Toronto Olympics 1976 Group D Jul 23, 1976 North Korea 0-3 USSR Ottawa Olympics 1976 Group D (USSR and North Korea advanced) Jul 25, 1976 North Korea 0-5 Poland Montreal Olympics 1976 Quarter Final 1978 [World Cup Qualification 1978, North Korea withdrew] Dec 9, 1978 Thailand 0-3 North Korea Bangkok Asian Games 1978 Round 1 - Group 4 Dec 11, 1978 North Korea 3-0 Burma Bangkok Asian Games 1978 Round 1 - Group 4 (North Korea and Thailand advanced) Dec 16, 1978 North Korea 1-0 Iraq Bangkok Asian Games 1978 Round 2 - Group 2 Dec 18, 1978 North Korea 3-1 India Bangkok Asian Games 1978 Round 2 - Group 2 Dec 20, 1978 North Korea 2-2 Kuwait Bangkok Asian Games 1978 Round 2 - Group 2 (North Korea advance to final, Iraq ro third place playoff) Dec 22, 1978 North Korea 0-0 South Korea Bangkok Asian Games 1978 Final [Trophy shared] Jan 1979 North Korea 3-0 Hong Kong Bangkok Asian Cup 1980 Qual. Section 3 - group allocation Jan 1979 North Korea 1-1 Malaysia Bangkok Asian Cup 1980 Qual. Section 3 - group A Jan 1979 North Korea 3-1 Indonesia Bangkok Asian Cup 1980 Qual. Section 3 - group A (Malaysia and North Korea advanced) Jan 1979 Thailand 0-1 North Korea Bangkok Asian Cup 1980 Qual. Section 3 - semi final Jan 1979 North Korea 1-0 Malaysia Bangkok Asian Cup 1980 Qual. Section 3 - final (North Korea and Malaysia qualified) Aug 23, 1979 North Korea 0-0 Japan Pyongyang Friendly 1980 North Korea 0-0 Iran Singapore Olympics 1980 Qual. Group 3 - Group stage 1980 North Korea 1-3 Singapore Singapore Olympics 1980 Qual. Group 3 - Group stage 1980 North Korea 1-1 China Singapore Olympics 1980 Qual. Group 3 - Group stage 1980 North Korea 2-1 India Singapore Olympics 1980 Qual. Group 3 - Group stage 1980 North Korea 7-0 Sri Lanka Singapore Olympics 1980 Qual. Group 3 - Group stage (Iran and Singapore advanced) Sep 15, 1980 North Korea 3-2 Bangladesh Kuwait Asian Cup 1980 Group 1 Sep 18, 1980 North Korea 2-1 Syria Kuwait Asian Cup 1980 Group 1 Sep 21, 1980 North Korea 2-3 Iran Kuwait Asian Cup 1980 Group 1 Sep 25, 1980 North Korea 2-1 China Kuwait Asian Cup 1980 Group 1 (Iran and North Korea advanced) Sep 28, 1980 North Korea 1-2 South Korea Kuwait Asian Cup 1980 Semi Final Sep 30, 1980 North Korea 0-3 Iran Kuwait Asian Cup 1980 Third Place Playoff Dec 22, 1980 North Korea 3-0 Macao Hong Kong World Cup 1982 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone D - Group allocation Dec 26, 1980 North Korea 1-0 Singapore Hong Kong World Cup 1982 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone D - Group 2 Dec 28, 1980 Hong Kong 2-2 North Korea Hong Kong World Cup 1982 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone D - Group 2 (North Korea and Hong Kong advance) Dec 30, 1980 North Korea 1-0 Japan Hong Kong World Cup 1982 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone D - Semi Final Jan 4, 1981 North Korea 2-4 China Hong Kong World Cup 1982 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone D - Final Nov 19, 1982 North Korea 1-1 Syria New Delhi Asian Games 1982 Group 2 Nov 22, 1982 North Korea 2-2 Saudi Arabia New Delhi Asian Games 1982 Group 2 Nov 25, 1982 North Korea 3-0 Thailand New Delhi Asian Games 1982 Group 2 (North Korea and Saudi Arabia advanced) Nov 28, 1982 North Korea 1-0 China New Delhi Asian Games 1982 Quarter Final Dec 1, 1982 North Korea 2-3 Kuwait New Delhi Asian Games 1982 Semi Final [After the match, North Korean players attacked the referee. North Korea suspended for two years.] Dec 4, 1982 North Korea AWD Saudi Arabia New Delhi Asian Games 1982 Third Place Playoff [Awarded to Saudi Arabia, see previous match.] Jan 19, 1985 Singapore 1-1 North Korea Singapore World Cup 1986 Qual. Group 14 - Round 1 - Group D Mar 21, 1985 Japan 1-0 North Korea Tokyo World Cup 1986 Qual. Group 14 - Round 1 - Group D Apr 30, 1985 North Korea 0-0 Japan Phenian World Cup 1986 Qual. Group 14 - Round 1 - Group D May 25, 1985 North Korea 2-0 Singapore Phenian World Cup 1986 Qual. Group 14 - Round 1 - Group D (Japan advanced) Feb 28, 1986 North Korea 1-0 South Korea U23 Bangkok King's Cup 1986 Group 1 Mar 2, 1986 Thailand Youth 0-2 North Korea Bangkok King's Cup 1986 Group 1 Mar 4, 1986 North Korea ?-? AGF Aarhus Bangkok King's Cup 1986 Group 1 (North Korea and AGF Aarhus advanced) Mar ?, 1986 North Korea ?-? China Bangkok King's Cup 1986 Semi Final (North Korea won) Mar ?, 1986 North Korea 2-1 AGF Aarhus Bangkok King's Cup 1986 Final Aug 24, 1986 North Korea 0-0 China Singapore Merlion Cup 1986 Group Stage Aug 26, 1986 North Korea 2-1 Indonesia Singapore Merlion Cup 1986 Group Stage Aug 27, 1986 North Korea 0-0 Canada Singapore Merlion Cup 1986 Group Stage Aug 30, 1986 Singapore 0-2 North Korea Singapore Merlion Cup 1986 Group Stage Aug 31, 1986 North Korea 4-0 Malaysia Singapore Merlion Cup 1986 Group Stage (China, North Korea, Canada and Singapore advanced to Semi Finals) Sep 4, 1986 North Korea 2-0 Canada Singapore Merlion Cup 1986 Semi Final Sep 6, 1986 North Korea 1-2 China Singapore Merlion Cup 1986 Final Oct 7, 1986 Poland 2-2 North Korea Poland Friendly Feb 21, 1987 North Korea 1-0 USSR XI Bangkok King's Cup 1987 Group 1? Feb 23, 1987 North Korea 0-1 POSCO Atoms Bangkok King's Cup 1987 Group 1? Feb 25, 1987 Thailand Youth 0-5 North Korea Bangkok King's Cup 1987 Group 1? (POSCO Atoms and North Korea advanced) Feb 27, 1987 North Korea 2-0 Indonesia Bangkok King's Cup 1987 Semi Final Mar 1, 1987 North Korea 1-0 POSCO Atoms Bangkok King's Cup 1987 Final 1988 [Olympics Qualification 1988, North Korea withdrew] May 26, 1988 North Korea 1-2 Syria Kathmandu Asian Cup 1988 Qual. Group 3 (Also reported as Jun 17) May 28, 1988 North Korea 1-0 Nepal Kathmandu Asian Cup 1988 Qual. Group 3 (Also reported as Jun 19) May 31, 1988 North Korea 1-0 Hong Kong Kathmandu Asian Cup 1988 Qual. Group 3 (Also reported as Jun 15) Jun 2, 1988 North Korea 0-0 Iran Kathmandu Asian Cup 1988 Qual. Group 3 (Syria and Iran qualified) (Also reported as Jun 23) Jan, 1989 North Korea ?-? Hungary XI Goa Nehru Cup 1989 Group Stage Jan, 1989 North Korea ?-? USSR XI Goa Nehru Cup 1989 Group Stage Jan, 1989 North Korea ?-? Poland XI Goa Nehru Cup 1989 Group Stage Jan, 1989 North Korea ?-? Iraq Goa Nehru Cup 1989 Group Stage Jan, 1989 India 1-2 North Korea Goa Nehru Cup 1989 Group Stage (Hungary XI and USSR XI advanced) May 21, 1989 Indonesia 0-0 North Korea Jakarta World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone F May 27, 1989 Hong Kong 1-2 North Korea Hong Kong World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone F Jun 4, 1989 Japan 2-1 North Korea Tokyo World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone F Jun 25, 1989 North Korea 2-0 Japan Phenian World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone F Jul 2, 1989 North Korea 4-1 Hong Kong Phenian World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone F Jul 9, 1989 North Korea 2-1 Indonesia Phenian World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 1 - Zone F (North Korea advanced) Oct 12, 1989 North Korea 0-0 UAE Singapore World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 2 Oct 16, 1989 North Korea 0-1 South Korea Singapore World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 2 Oct 20, 1989 North Korea 2-0 Qatar Singapore World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 2 Oct 24, 1989 North Korea 0-1 China Singapore World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 2 Oct 28, 1989 North Korea 0-2 Saudi Arabia Canton World Cup 1990 Qual. Group 13 - Round 2 (South Korea and UAE qualified) Jul 27, 1990 China 2-0 North Korea Beijing Dynasty Cup 1990 Group stage Jul 29, 1990 North Korea 0-1 South Korea Beijing Dynasty Cup 1990 Group stage Jul 31, 1990 North Korea 1-0 Japan Beijing Dynasty Cup 1990 Group stage (South Korea and China advance to final) Sep 24, 1990 North Korea 0-0 Malaysia Beijing Asian Games 1990 Group 2 Sep 28, 1990 North Korea 1-2 Iran Beijing Asian Games 1990 Group 2 (Iran and North Korea advanced) Oct 1, 1990 North Korea 0-0 Saudi Arabia Beijing Asian Games 1990 Quarter Final [North Korea won 4-3 on penalties] Oct 3, 1990 North Korea 1-0 Thailand Beijing Asian Games 1990 Semi Final Oct 6, 1990 North Korea 0-0 Iran Beijing Asian Games 1990 Final [Iran won 4-1 on penalties] Oct 11, 1990 North Korea 2-1 South Korea Pyongyang Friendly Oct 23, 1990 South Korea 1-0 North Korea Seoul Friendly Oct 19, 1991 USA 1-2 North Korea Washington DC Friendly Jun 3, 1992 North Korea 6-0 Taiwan Pyongyang Asian Cup 1992 Qual. Group 6 Jun 5, 1992 North Korea 2-0 Macao Pyongyang Asian Cup 1992 Qual. Group 6 Jun 7, 1992 North Korea 0-0 Hong Kong Pyongyang Asian Cup 1992 Qual. Group 6 (North Korea qualified) Aug 22, 1992 China 2-2 North Korea Beijing Dynasty Cup 1992 Group stage Aug 24, 1992 North Korea 1-1 South Korea Beijing Dynasty Cup 1992 Group stage Aug 26, 1992 North Korea 1-4 Japan Beijing Dynasty Cup 1992 Group stage (Japan and South Korea advance to final) Oct 30, 1992 North Korea 0-2 Iran Hiroshima Asian Cup 1992 Group 1 Nov 1, 1992 Japan 1-1 North Korea Hiroshima Asian Cup 1992 Group 1 Nov 3, 1992 North Korea 1-2 UAE Hiroshima Asian Cup 1992 Group 1 (Japan and UAE advanced) Jan 20, 1993 North Korea 2-1 Bolivia XI Madras Nehru Cup 1993 Group A Jan 24, 1993 North Korea 3-3 Romania XI Madras Nehru Cup 1993 Group A Jan 28, 1993 North Korea 1-0 Russia XI Madras Nehru Cup 1993 Group A (North Korea and Romania XI advanced) Jan 31, 1993 North Korea 3-2 Finland Madras Nehru Cup 1993 Semi Final Feb 2, 1993 North Korea 2-0 Romania XI Madras Nehru Cup 1993 Final Apr 9, 1993 North Korea 3-0 Vietnam Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 1 - Group C Apr 11, 1993 North Korea 2-1 Singapore Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 1 - Group C Apr 13, 1993 North Korea 4-0 Indonesia Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 1 - Group C Apr 18, 1993 Qatar 1-2 North Korea Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 1 - Group C Apr 24, 1993 North Korea 1-0 Vietnam Singapore World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 1 - Group C Apr 26, 1993 North Korea 3-1 Singapore Singapore World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 1 - Group C Apr 28, 1993 North Korea 2-1 Indonesia Singapore World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 1 - Group C May 2, 1993 North Korea 2-2 Qatar Singapore World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 1 - Group C (North Korea advanced) May 10, 1993 North Korea 2-0 Japan U23 Shanghai East Asian Games 1993 May 12, 1993 North Korea 7-0 Mongolia Shanghai East Asian Games 1993 May 14, 1993 China U23 1-1 North Korea Shanghai East Asian Games 1993 May 16, 1993 North Korea 6-0 Macao Shanghai East Asian Games 1993 May 18, 1993 North Korea 2-0 South Korea Univ. Shanghai East Asian Games 1993 Oct 15, 1993 North Korea 3-2 Iraq Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 2 Oct 18, 1993 North Korea 1-2 Saudi Arabia Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 2 Oct 21, 1993 North Korea 0-3 Japan Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 2 Oct 25, 1993 North Korea 1-2 Iran Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 2 Oct 28, 1993 North Korea 0-3 South Korea Doha World Cup 1994 Qual. Group 11 - Round 2 (Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualify) Sep 13, 1998 Kuwait 4-0 North Korea Friendly Dec 2, 1998 North Korea 3-3 UAE Songkhla Asian Games 1998 Round 1 - Group E (UAE and North Korea advanced - Brunei withdrew) [UAE won 4-1 on penalties] Dec 7, 1998 North Korea 0-4 Uzbekistan Bangkok Asian Games 1998 Round 2 - Group 1 Dec 9, 1998 North Korea 1-1 Turkmenistan Bangkok Asian Games 1998 Round 2 - Group 1 Dec 11, 1998 North Korea 0-2 India Bangkok Asian Games 1998 Round 2 - Group 1 (Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan advanced) Feb 21, 1999 North Korea 2-2 Hungary League XI Bangkok King's Cup 1999 Group Stage Feb 23, 1999 Thailand 2-2 North Korea Bangkok King's Cup 1999 Group Stage Feb 25, 1999 North Korea 1-1 Brazil U20 Bangkok King's Cup 1999 Group Stage (Brazil U20 and North Korea advance to final) Feb 27, 1999 North Korea 1-7 Brazil U20 Bangkok King's Cup 1999 Final Feb 8, 2000 Syria 5-1 North Korea Syria Friendly Feb 13, 2000 Syria 0-0 North Korea Syria Friendly Feb 16, 2000 Lebanon 1-0 North Korea Lebanon Friendly Mar 25, 2000 North Korea 0-0 Thailand Kuala Lumpur Asian Cup 2000 Qual. Group H Mar 27, 2000 Malaysia 1-1 North Korea Kuala Lumpur Asian Cup 2000 Qual. Group H Mar 29, 2000 North Korea 2-0 Taiwan Kuala Lumpur Asian Cup 2000 Qual. Group H Apr 4, 2000 Thailand 5-3 North Korea Bangkok Asian Cup 2000 Qual. Group H Apr 6, 2000 North Korea 4-1 Malaysia Bangkok Asian Cup 2000 Qual. Group H Apr 8, 2000 North Korea 1-0 Taiwan Bangkok Asian Cup 2000 Qual. Group H (Thailand qualified) Jul 5, 2000 Uzbekistan ?-? North Korea Uzbekistan Friendly * GANEFO: Games of the New Emerging Forces. May have competed with substrength team.
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