| team KOREA DPR | ||
| World cup history | ||
| Appearances: | 12 | |
| FIFA world cup appearances: | 2 | |
| Tournament | Result | |
| FIFA world cup 1930 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1934 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1934 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1938 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1938 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1950 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1950 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1954 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1954 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1958 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1958 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1962 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1962 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1966 | 2: + 2; = 0; - 0: 9 - 2 4 | |
| FIFA world cup 1966 | 4: + 1; = 1; - 2: 5 - 9 3 | |
| Qualifiers 1970 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1970 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1974 | 6: + 1; = 3; - 2: 5 - 5 5 | |
| FIFA world cup 1974 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1978 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1978 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1982 | 5: + 3; = 1; - 1: 9 - 6 7 | |
| FIFA world cup 1982 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1986 | 4: + 1; = 2; - 1: 3 - 2 4 | |
| FIFA world cup 1986 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1990 | 11: + 5; = 2; - 4: 13 - 9 12 | |
| FIFA world cup 1990 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1994 | 13: + 8; = 1; - 4: 24 - 18 17 | |
| FIFA world cup 1994 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1998 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1998 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2002 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 2002 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2006 | 12: + 4; = 2; - 6: 16 - 16 14 | |
| FIFA world cup 2006 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2010 | 16: + 8; = 6; - 2: 20 - 7 30 | |
| FIFA world cup 2010 | 3: + 0; = 0; - 3: 1 - 12 0 | |
| Qualifiers 2014 | 6: + 2; = 1; - 3: 3 - 4 7 | |
| FIFA world cup 2014 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2018 | 7: + 4; = 1; - 2: 11 - 8 13 | |
| FIFA world cup 2018 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2022 | 5: + 2; = 2; - 1: 4 - 3 8 | |
| FIFA world cup 2022 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2026 | 15: + 3; = 3; - 9: 20 - 25 12 | |
| FIFA world cup 2026 | did not participate | |
| Best achievement: | Quarter-finals 1966 FIFA World Cup England™ | |
| Indicators | ||
| MP: + W; =D; -L; GF‒ GA Pts (3 points for each win) | ||
| Qualifying campaigns | 102: +43: =24; -35; 137 ‒ 105 153 | |
| Percentage indicators | +42,16%; =23,53%; -34,31%; 1,34 ‒ 1,03 50,00% | |
| FIFA world cup | 7: +1: =1; -5; 6 ‒ 21 4 | |
| Percentage indicators | +14,29%; =14,29%; -71,43%; 0,86 ‒ 3,00 19,05% | |
| Total: | 109: +44: =25; -40; 143 ‒ 126 157 | |
| Percentage indicators | +40,37%; =22,94%; -36,70%; 1,31 ‒ 1,16 48,01% | |
| Matches played (on neutral field): | 109 (43) | |
| Goals scored - total: | 143 | |
| - home: | 39 (27,27%) | |
| - away: | 46 (32,17%) | |
| - neutral field: | 58 (40,56%) | |
| Goals against: - total: | 126 | |
| - home: | 12 (9,52%) | |
| - away: | 53 (42,06%) | |
| - neutral field: | 61 (48,41%) | |
| Average goals scored per match: | 1,31 | |
| Average goals against per match: | 1,16 | |
| Points scored (3 points for each win): - home: | 56/75 (74,67%) | |
| - away: | 44/123 (35,77%) | |
| - neutral field: | 57/129 (44,19%) | |
| Biggest win: | 6:1 - Australia, Myanmar | |
| Biggest defeat: | 0:7 - Portugal | |
| Games without conceding goals: | 38 (34,86%) | |
| Games without goals scored: | 38 (34,86%) | |
| Wins with a big score: | 12 | |
| Defeats with a big score: | 7 | |
| Own goals (is scored/is passed) | 2 / 3 | |
| Cautions (on average per match) | 133 (1,22) | |
| Expulsions (on average per match) | 10 (0,09) | |
| - second yellow cards | 8 | |
| - straight red cards | 2 | |
| Players acted | 218 | |
| Attendance: in total (average) | 2 512 562 (24 159) | |
| Top scorer: | JONG Il-Gwan (14 18 22 26) - 10 goals scored | |
| The greatest number of matches: | Kwang RI (06 10 14) - 31 games | |