North Korea U-23 Football Team: Strength, History, and Players

Midfielder for the U-19 Indonesian National Team, Beckham Putra, fights for the ball with North Korean national team players in the AFC U-19 2020 Qualification match at the GBK Stadium, Jakarta, Sunday (10/11). Indonesia U-19 managed to hold DPR Korea to a 1-1 draw. (Bola.com/Yoppy Renato)

The strength of North Korea U-24 is very mysterious. Bola.com Not many traces of the team with the other name Chollima have been found in recent years.

North Korean football has completely changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, Chollima had become an Asian giant by qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.

According to the FIFA rankings as of July 20, senior North Korea is ranked 115th with 1169.96 points, much better than the senior Indonesian national team which only ranks 150th with 1047.46 points.

Transfermarkt noted that North Korea U-23 last played in January three years ago when they took part in the U-23 Asian Cup in Thailand. Joined in Group D, Chollima was eliminated in the preliminary round after only one win and two defeats.

North Korea U-23 began participating in the Asian Games in 2002. Chollima qualified for the quarter-finals in that edition, 2006 and 2010.

North Korea’s best U-23 achievement at the Asian Games occurred in 2014 in South Korea. Chollima came out as runners-up after losing 0-1 to the hosts in extra time.

In the last Asian Games in 2018 in Indonesia, North Korea U-23 advanced to the quarter-finals before being eliminated by the Uzbekistan National Team U-23 3-5 via penalty kicks after playing 1-1 for 120 minutes.

Transfermarkt notes that North Korea U-23 is handled by Ri Ui-yil, the 38-year-old coach who has coached Chollima in six matches since 2019.

The North Korea U-23 squad is filled with the majority of players who play in local competitions, aka the North Korean Premier Football League.

However, two players are recorded as having careers outside of North Korea. The two are Ryang Hyon-ju and Mun In-ju, who are in the lower caste of the Japanese League.

2023-07-29 01:30:45
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