DPR Korea Football Association


The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Football Association is the governing body of football in North Korea.
The association was founded in 1945 and it joined FIFA in June 1958 and the Asian Football Confederation in September 1974.

Organization

PRKFA is "notoriously hard to contact". The association used to have a single fax number, and nowadays hosts a single email address. FIFA executive Jérôme Champagne remembers: "You sent a fax. Sometimes you got a reply", while football journalist James Piotr Montague's emails for "the best part of a decade" were always left unanswered. Even FIFA does not know for certain what the league system overseen by the PRKFA is like and what teams play in it.

League structure

The DPR Korea Football League is structured as follows :
  1. DPR Korea Premier Football League
  2. DPR Korea League 2
  3. Amateur DPR Korea League 3

Senior management

, FIFA's website and the AFC's website listed Mun Jae-chol as the association's president; he is also mentioned as such in a report published in November 2008.
Earlier presidents apparently include Choe Nam-gyun, listed on the FIFA website from July 2007 until at least July 2008, and in an of leading positions in the state on the website DPRK Search, with "September 2006" in brackets next to his name, and Rim Kyong-man, listed as president on FIFA's website until June 2007.
The Secretary General is Kim Jang-san. Ri Ryong-nam was president until some time around 2022. Former referee coordinator was Song Hye-yong.
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Honours

Men's

AFC Challenge CupChampions: 2010, 2012
Asian GamesGold medal: 1978
  • Silver medal: [Football at the Football at the 1990 Asian Games|1990 Asian Games|1990]
EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Men's under-20">North Korea national under-20 football team">Men's under-20

AFC U-20 Asian CupChampions: 1976, 2006, 2010

Men's under-17">North Korea national under-17 football team">Men's under-17

AFC U-17 Asian CupChampions: 2010, 2014

Women's">North Korea women's national football team">Women's

AFC Women's Asian CupChampions: 2001, 2003, 2008
Asian GamesGold medal: 2002, 2006
  • Silver medal: 2010, 2022
  • Bronze medal: 1990
EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)Champions: 2013, 2015, 2017

Women's under-20">North Korea women's national under-20 football team">Women's under-20

FIFA U-20 Women's World CupChampions: 2006, 2016, 2024
AFC U-20 Women's Asian CupChampions: 2007, 2024

Women's under-17">North Korea women's national under-17 football team">Women's under-17

FIFA U-17 Women's World CupChampions: 2008, 2016, 2024, 2025
AFC U-17 Women's Asian CupChampions: 2007, 2015, 2017, 2024