North Korea women's national football team


The North Korea women's national football team represents North Korea in international women's football. North Korea won the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2001, 2003, and 2008.

History

Disqualification for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

During the team's participation at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, on 7 July 2011, FIFA announced that two of its players, Song Jong-Sun and Jong Pok-Sim, failing doping tests during the tournament and were provisionally suspended prior to their team’s match against Colombia. On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team. On 25 August 2011, the North Korean team was fined 400,000 which is equal to the prize it received by finishing 13th in the 2011 tournament, and was excluded from participation at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, including its qualification round.

Coaching staff

PositionNameRef.
Head coach
Assistant coach
Goalkeeper coach
Physical coach

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the 2018 Asian Games.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the North Korea squad in the past 12 months.

Schedule and results

2019

2020

Honours

Continental

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Copa América Femenina

Asian Games

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation. Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".

Cyprus Women's Cup

Four Nations Tournament