| team KOREA DPR | ||
| World cup history | ||
| Appearances: | 11 | |
| 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 | |
| Best achievement: | Quarter-finals 1966 FIFA World Cup England™ | |
| Indicators | ||
| MP: + W; =D; -L; GF‒ GA Pts (3 points for each win) | ||
| Qualifying campaigns | 87: +40: =21; -26; 117 ‒ 80 141 | |
| Percentage indicators | +45,98%; =24,14%; -29,89%; 1,34 ‒ 0,92 54,02% | |
| 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: | 94: +41: =22; -31; 123 ‒ 101 145 | |
| Percentage indicators | +43,62%; =23,40%; -32,98%; 1,31 ‒ 1,07 51,42% | |
| Matches played (on neutral field): | 94 (35) | |
| Goals scored - total: | 123 | |
| - home: | 39 (31,71%) | |
| - away: | 38 (30,89%) | |
| - neutral field: | 46 (37,40%) | |
| Goals against: - total: | 101 | |
| - home: | 12 (11,88%) | |
| - away: | 40 (39,6%) | |
| - neutral field: | 49 (48,51%) | |
| Average goals scored per match: | 1,31 | |
| Average goals against per match: | 1,07 | |
| Points scored (3 points for each win): - home: | 56/75 (74,67 %) | |
| - away: | 40/102 (39,22 %) | |
| - neutral field: | 49/105 (46,67%) | |
| Biggest win: | 6:1 - Australia | |
| Biggest defeat: | 0:7 - Portugal | |
| Games without conceding goals: | 37 (39,36%) | |
| Games without goals scored: | 32 (34,04%) | |
| Wins with a big score: | 10 | |
| Defeats with a big score: | 5 | |
| Own goals (is scored/is passed) | 1 / 1 | |
| Cautions (on average per match) | 107 (1,14) | |
| Expulsions (on average per match) | 8 (0,09) | |
| - second yellow cards | 7 | |
| - straight red cards | 1 | |
| Players acted | 190 | |
| Attendance: in total (average) | 2 368 766 (26 320) | |
| Top scorer: | Yong HONG (06 10) - 8 goals scored | |
| The greatest number of matches: | Kwang RI (06 10 14) - 31 games | |