The 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. The North Korean team was the first Asian team to appear in the World Cup finals. The film "The game of their lives" by Dan Gordon is about the seven surviving members in 2002 of the 1966 national team.
- 1930 to 1962 - ''Did not enter''
- 1966 - Quarterfinals
- 1970 - ''Withdrew''
- 1974 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1978 - ''Withdrew''
- 1982 to 1994 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1998 - ''Did not enter''
- 2002 - ''Did not enter''
- 2006 - ''Did not qualify''
- 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''
- 2007 - ''Did not enter''
