The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Football Association (PRKFA, ) is the governing body of

football in North Korea Association football in North Korea is governed by the DPR Korea Football Association (KFA), which was established in 1945. While football is the most popular sport in the country, the state's secrecy makes it difficult to accurately determine th ...

. The association was founded in 1945 and it joined FIFA in June 1958 and the

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(AFC) in September 1974.

Organization

PRKFA is "notoriously hard to contact". The association used to have a single fax number, and nowadays hosts a single email address. FIFA executive Jérôme Champagne remembers: "You sent a fax. Sometimes you got a reply", while football journalist James Piotr Montague's emails for "the best part of a decade" were always left unanswered. Even FIFA does not know for certain what the league system overseen by the PRKFA is like and what teams play in it.

League structure

The

DPR Korea Football League The DPR Korea Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 리그) is North Korea's association football league. It has a first division DPR Korea Premier Football League, a second division DPR Korea Football League 2, ...

is structured as follows (from highest to lowest): #

DPR Korea Premier Football League The DPR Korea Premier Football League is a North Korean association football league that serves as the top-tier of the North Korean football league system. As of the 2017–18 season, featuring thirteen teams that play a full season of home-an ...

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# Amateur DPR Korea League 3

Senior management

, FIFA's website and the AFC's website list Mun Jae-chol () as the association's president; he is also mentioned as such in a report published in November 2008. Earlier presidents apparently include Choe Nam-gyun (), listed on the FIFA website from July 2007 until at least July 2008, and in a
overview
of leading positions in the state (as of ?2009) on the website ''DPRK Search'', with “September 2006” in brackets behind his name, and Rim Kyong-man (), listed as president on FIFA's website until June 2007. The Secretary General is Kim Jang-san.

References

External links

North Korea
at the FIFA website.

at the AFC website. Football in North Korea

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

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