The North Korea national football team is the national team of North Korea and is controlled by the Football Association of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea . Their shining moment came in the 1966 World Cup, when North Korea upset Italy 1-0 to gain a spot in the quarterfinals. There, they went up 3-0 on Portugal, but the brilliance of Eusébio (and his four goals) stopped the fairy tale run, 5-3.
World Cup record
Asian Cup record
- 1956 to 1972 - Did not enter
- 1976 - Withdrew after qualifying
- 1980 - Fourth place
- 1984 - Did not enter
- 1988 - Did not qualify
- 1992 - Round 1
- 1996 - Did not enter
- 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2004 - Did not qualify/suspended by AFC
