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The United Koreans in Japan official football team represents the Korean population living in Japan. The team includes players holding passports from North Korea, South Korea and Japan. The team, run by the United Korean Football Association in Japan (UKFAJ), joined ConIFA in 2015, and played its first matches at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup.[1]

United Koreans in Japan

Association	United Korean Football Association in Japan
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	An Yong-hak
Most caps	Shin Yong-ki (11)
Top scorer	Tae An-sung (4)
Home stadium	Akabane Park Stadium
First colours Second colours
First international
Zainichi Korea 1–0 Székely Land (Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 30 May 2016)
Biggest win
Ryūkyū 0–9 Zainichi Korea (Nakagusuku, Japan; 26 November 2016)
Biggest defeat
Zainichi Korea 0–3 Kurdistan Region  (Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 31 May 2016)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2016)
Best result	Quarter-finals (7th), 2016

History

The national team grew out of the local football club for Koreans in Japan, FC Korea, which formed in 1961 and currently plays in the Kanto Soccer League, and is still the base of the national team. Upon its formation, it joined ConIFA, and became one of the Asian teams invited to play at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup on 9 January 2016. The team progressed to the quarter finals after beating Székely Land 1-0 in the group stages, but lost on penalties to Northern Cyprus, thus putting them in the placement rounds, where they eventually finished 7th in the overall competition.

In 2018 they were confirmed as participating in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup. For the tournament, they appointed former North Korean international An Yong-hak as player-manager.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Manager	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Chan Ho-seong	2016	6	2	2	2	033.3
An Yong-hak	2018	6	1	4	1	016.7
Totals		12	3	6	3	25.00

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad to face Panjab, Western Armenia and Kabylie at the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup in London from 31 May to 10 June.[2]

Caps and goals correct as of 1 May 2018, when the squad was announced.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shim Woo-dae	(1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 (age 37)	0	0	Unattached
96	1GK	Lim Hyo-geum	(1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Kwansei Gakuin University
25	1GK	Shim Woo-dae	(1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 (age 37)	0	0	Unattached
2	2DF	An Yong-hak	(1978-10-25) 25 October 1978 (age 43)	0	0	Unattached
5	2DF	Hong Yun-guk	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 27)	0	0	FC Tokushima
6	2DF	Son Min-chol	(1986-10-27) 27 October 1986 (age 35)	0	0	Lee Man FC
13	2DF	Kim Sun-ji	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 27)	5	0	FC Korea
17	2DF	Shin Yong-ki	(1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 29)	11	0	FC Korea
98	2DF	Kang Yoo-jun	(1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Monroe Mustangs
4	3MF	Ko Ji-hwang	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 27)	0	0	FC Tokushima
7	3MF	Lee Tong-jun	(1993-06-25) 25 June 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Arawore Hachikita
8	3MF	Choi Gwang-yeon	(1987-12-23) 23 December 1987 (age 34)	0	0	FC Korea
10	3MF	Yun Song-i	(1980-01-29) 29 January 1980 (age 42)	0	0	Unattached
14	3MF	Byun Yeong-jang	(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988 (age 33)	0	0	Tokyo United
21	3MF	Hong Te-il	(1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 34)	0	0	Unattached
26	3MF	Mun Su-hyeon	(1995-08-06) 6 August 1995 (age 27)	0	0	FC Korea
28	3MF	Ken Tamiyama	(1995-12-29) 29 December 1995 (age 26)	10	0	FC Tokushima
89	3MF	Lee Tong-soung	(1999-03-01) 1 March 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Staines Town
11	4FW	Shin Yong-ju	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 26)	0	0	FC Korea

References

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