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The North Korea national under-20 football team is the youth association football team representing North Korea in youth competitions and it is controlled by DPR Korea Football Association. The team participated in 2014 AFC U-19 Championship and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup after reaching the Finals stage.

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North Korea Under-20

Association	DPR Korea Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Ri Chol
FIFA code	PRK
First colours Second colours

Participation in Tournaments

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Did not participate
1979	Did not qualify
1981	Did not participate
1983	Banned
1985	Did not participate
1987	Did not qualify
1989
1991	Participated as Korea unified team.
	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	3	7
1993	Did not participate
1995
1997
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Did not participate
2003	Withdrew
2005
2007	Round 1	3	0	2	1	2	3
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Round 1	3	0	1	2	0	6
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	12
2017	Did not qualify
2019
2021
2023	Did not participate
Total		9	0	3	6	3	21
Incl. 1991		12	1	4	8	6	38

AFC U-19 Championship

Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1975	Semi-finals	3rd	7	4	1	2	9	6
1976	Champions	1st	7	2	4	1	6	4
1978	Semi-finals	3rd	7	4	3	0	13	2
1986	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	0	2	5	3
1988	Group stage		3	1	0	2	4	7
1990	Runner-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	11	4
2006	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	10	3
2008	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	6	3
2010	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	12	3
2012	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	6	3
2014	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	10	7
2016	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	9
2018	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	4	7
Total	2 titles	13 years	65	31	15	19	98	61

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up to the squad for 2018 AFC U-19 Championship

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Kim Ju-song	(1999-11-13)13 November 1999 (aged 18)
18	1GK	Sin Tae-song	(2000-05-30)30 May 2000 (aged 18)	Pyongyang City
21	1GK	Sin Kwang-guk	(2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (aged 17)
2	2DF	Jang Un-gwang	(2000-12-28)28 December 2000 (aged 17)
3	2DF	Pak Kwang-chon	(1999-01-12)12 January 1999 (aged 19)
4	2DF	Ri Hyon-mu	(2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 18)
5	2DF	Kim Kyong-sok	(2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 18)	Sonbong
14	2DF	Jon Yong-song	(1999-01-07)7 January 1999 (aged 19)
17	2DF	Yun Min	(2000-07-03)3 July 2000 (aged 18)	Ryomyong
6	3MF	Kang Song-jin	(1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 19)	Amrokkang
8	3MF	Kye Tam	(2000-10-06)6 October 2000 (aged 18)	Pyongyang City
10	3MF	Kim Pom-hyok	(2000-04-15)15 April 2000 (aged 18)	Pyongyang City
12	3MF	Jong In-sok	(2000-03-25)25 March 2000 (aged 18)
13	3MF	Sin Kwang-sok	(2000-12-03)3 December 2000 (aged 17)	Ryomyong
15	3MF	Kang Kuk-chol	(1999-09-29)29 September 1999 (aged 19)	Rimyongsu
16	3MF	Kim Ji-song	(1999-02-19)19 February 1999 (aged 19)	Chobyong
20	3MF	Kim Ju-Il	(2001-01-02)2 January 2001 (aged 17)
7	4FW	Kim Hwi-hwang	(2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 18)	Pyongyang City
9	4FW	Kim Kuk-jin	(2000-10-11)11 October 2000 (aged 18)
11	4FW	Ri Kang-guk	(2001-01-10)10 January 2001 (aged 17)	Ryomyong
19	4FW	Kim Kwang-chong	(2002-02-19)19 February 2002 (aged 16)

See also

• North Korea national football team
• North Korea national under-23 football team
• North Korea women's national football team

References

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