2010 FIFA World Cup - Korea DPR
2010 FIFA World Cup - Korea DPR National Team
2010 FIFA World Cup Korea DPR National Team:
Goalkeepers:
1 RI Myong Guk, 18 KIM Myong Gil and
20 KIM Myong Won
Defenders:
2 CHA Jong Hyok, 3 RI Jun Il, 5 RI Kwang Chon, 8 JI Yun Nam, 13 PAK Chol Jin, 14 PAK Nam Chol,
16 NAM Song Chol and 21 RI Kwang Hyok
Midfielders:
4 PAK Nam Chol, 6 KIM Kum Il, 11 MUN In Guk, 15 KIM Yong Jun, 17 AN Yong Hak,
19 RI Chol Myong, 22 KIM Kyong Il and 23 PAK Sung Hyok
Forwards:
7 AN Chol Hyok, 9 JONG Tae Se, 10 HONG Yong Jo and 12 CHOE Kum Chol
Coach:
KIM Jong Hun
Top Players Jong Tae-Se (PRK).
2010 FIFA World Cup Schedule & Scores
The star players
Two-thirds of the squad come from domestic clubs, though their small overseas-based contingent are vital cogs in the Korean machine. FC Rostov's Hong Yong-Jo was in lethal form up front, the 27-year-old goalgetter scoring four times in as many games. Playing alongside him is Japan-based Jong Tae-Se, who has the power and pace to breach any rearguard. Home-based midfielder Mun In-Guk is the man who makes the team tick, while keeper Ri Myong-Guk's safe hands and agility can be relied upon between the sticks.
The coach
Coach Kim Jong-Hun was only ten years old when the Chollima made history at England 1966 and now, 43 years on, he was the man who guided them back to the pinnacle of world football. Given his squad largely consists of domestic-based players lacking in international experience, the strategist favours a pragmatic and defensive approach based around discipline and teamwork.
Previous FIFA World Cups
Going into the global showpiece as debutants in England in 1966, the unfancied East Asians undid European heavyweights Italy with a single-goal victory to march into the quarter-finals. In what remains one of the all-time classic encounters in FIFA World Cup history, they flew into a three-goal lead against Portugal within 25 minutes, only for Eusebio to go on to strike no fewer than four times in a 5-3 comeback win for the Selecção das Quinas.
Records
Korea DPR reached the last eight in their last and only previous appearance at the finals of a FIFA World Cup.
Korea DPR - 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 - Korea DPR
The outsiders The Chollima caused a major shock simply by qualifying for South Africa. They will need a
significantly bigger one to reach the Round of 16. Belying the odds is not, however, alien to the North Koreans,
who pulled off one of the most colossal upsets in FIFA World Cup history by beating Italy 1-0 en route to the
quarter-finals in 1966, where they lost 5-3 to Portugal in a thrilling game. Prolific forward Jong Tae-Se appears
to be Korea DPR's best hope of stunning the football world once again.