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History


Beginning

Along with troubled relations between
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and
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, their competitive spirit was also appeared in
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. South Korean government made its anti-communist football club Yangzee to develop the national football team more than North Korea's level just after North Korea left successful result in the 1966 FIFA World Cup by advancing to the quarter-finals, and South Korean football team won the
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due to its effort. The first Korean derby occurred in the
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final, and both countries shared the title after a 0–0 draw without penalty shoot-out. In the early 1990s, however, the relationship and bond between both sides got better, and their cultural exchange became brisk including football. The two Koreas got friendly football matches, and fielded a joint football team at the
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.


1994 World Cup qualification

Heading into the final qualifying match on 28 October 1993, South Korea was one point behind Japan (who defeated South Korea in the penultimate qualifier) and
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for one of the two Asian spots for the
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, while North Korea had already been eliminated. Goals from Ko Jeong-woon,
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and Ha Seok-ju in the second half gave South Korea a 3–0 win in the teams' final qualifying match for the 1994 World Cup. With Japan allowing a tying goal against
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late in its match, South Korea advanced to the 1994 World Cup on goal difference ahead of Japan.


2002 World Cup

Following their final match of the last round of the AFC qualifiers for the 1994 World Cup, North Korea withdrew from international football for five years, and did not again attempt to qualify for the World Cup before the 2006 edition. During the
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, which South Korea co-hosted with Japan, and in which North Korea did not take part, the South's team reportedly had "supporters in the North", and North Korean newspaper ''The People's Korea'' published
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chairman Ri Gwang-gun's congratulations to his South Korean counterpart on the South's "great success in the World Cup", which he described as "a striking demonstration of the advantages and tenacity of the Korean nation to the world". Glyn Ford, an expert on East Asia, has noted that when North Koreans "can't support North Korea they'll support South Korea. They'd prefer South Korea to win against anyone else, unless they're playing them. They're cheering for Koreans."


2010 World Cup

In 2008, on two occasions, a 2010 World Cup qualifying match between the two countries, due to be played in
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, had to be moved to
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when authorities in the North refused to allow the South Korean national anthem to be played in
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, or the
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to be flown. (North and South Korea have never granted each other formal diplomatic recognition.) When the teams met again the following year for a return game in Seoul, and the South won 1–0, the North's football association explained the defeat by accusing the South of having deliberately given food poisoning to several of its players. During the
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, for which both Koreas qualified for the first time, it was reported that "at bars in central
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you could find groups of South Koreans cheering the North as loudly as their own team". South Korean captain
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stated: "I will watch the North Korean games. North Korea and South Korea speak the same language and actually we are the same country." In 2011, a poll revealed that an overwhelming majority of South Koreans backed the North's football team in their encounters against other countries; over 70% would support the North if it were to play against the
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, while only about 7% would support the U.S. in such a match. However, North Korea's military provocation which sometimes happen is still an aggravating factor for the relation with South Korea, and the tension between them continues whenever the derby is played. North Korea is failing to win over South Korea after its only victory in 1990. On the other hand, South Korea has only won once against North Korea in women's football.


Men's matches

1.
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final ---- 2. 1980 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals ---- 3.
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---- 4.
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---- 5–6. Friendly (Unification Football Series) ---- 7.
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---- 8.
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Both Koreas advanced to the
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of the Asian Football Confederation qualifiers for the
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. They met on October 28, 1993, for what was to be their last encounter for over a decade. The South beat the North 3–0 and qualified, while North Korea finished last of the final round, prompting its temporary withdrawal from international football. Over the following two years, North Korea experienced the death of its leader,
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, and the beginning of a severe famine. ---- 9. 2005 EAFF Championship Both Koreas advanced to the
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of the
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, along with Japan and the P.R. China. The encounter between the two Koreas was a goalless draw. It was their first encounter since 1993. ---- 10. 2008 EAFF Championship Both Koreas advanced to the finals group of the
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in Chongqing,
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. Their encounter was a draw. ---- 11–14. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification In the Asian Football Confederation qualifiers, North Korea advanced to the
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by defeating
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9–2 on aggregate, while South Korea was an automatic qualifier for that round, by virtue of being a top seed. The two Koreas were drawn together in
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, from which they both qualified, eliminating
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and
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. In round four, the two countries were again drawn together, in
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, and again topped their group together, thus both qualifying for the World Cup. In both rounds, as mentioned above, North Korea's home matches were moved to
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due to the North refusing to allow the South's anthem and flag to appear in its home stadium. The first three games were draws; the South won the fourth, amidst accusations of food poisoning from the North. ---- 15. 2015 EAFF Championship ---- 16. 2017 EAFF Championship ---- 17.
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North Korea and South Korea were once again grouped together in group H of the second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup and
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s. On 15 October 2019, the rivals met in Pyongyang, North Korea, for the first time in 29 years, in an empty stadium. However, the return fixture, supposed to be held in Seoul, was unable to take part due to
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, which North Korea withdrew from the qualification, thus disqualified the country from the 2022 FIFA World Cup and
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.


Women's matches

1.
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---- 2.
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Group A ---- 3. 2002 Asian Games North and South Korea met at the 2002 Asian Games, with the North defeating the South and going on to win the competition. ---- 4. 2003 AFC Women's Championship Group A North and South Korea were drawn together in
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in the first round of the 2003 AFC Women's Championship, which also served as a qualifier for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The game ended in a draw, but both Koreas advanced from the group. The North went on to win the Championship, and the two countries qualified for the World Cup. ---- 5. 2004 Summer Olympics qualification The two Koreas met in Hiroshima in April 2004 during the qualifiers for the 2004 Summer Olympics women's football competition, for which neither of them ultimately qualified. The North won the match with a four-goal margin. ---- 6. 2005 EAFF Women's Championship On 4 August 2005, the two Koreas' men's teams were meeting in the
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of the
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, in
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, in the South. On the same day, a match between the two countries' women's teams was held, albeit not as part of the tournament. While the men's match resulted in a draw, the women's resulted in South Korea's first (and so far only) victory over the North. ---- 7.
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Group B North and South were drawn together in
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of the 2006 Asian Cup in
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, Australia. They met in their final match, both still with hopes of advancing. The North won by a single goal, topping the group and advancing, while the South was eliminated. North Korea would go on to win the Cup. ---- 8.
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Group B North and South Korea were drawn together in group B at the
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in
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. The North won the match, but both countries advanced, eliminating Chinese Taipei and
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. ---- 9. 2008 EAFF Women's Championship Both Koreas qualified for the finals group of the
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in Chongqing, China. The North defeated the South by a four-goal margin. ---- 10. 2010 Asian Games semi-finals The two Koreas met in the
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of the 2010 Asian Games in
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, China. A 1–1 draw led to the match being extended, whereupon two goals by Ra Un Sim enabled the North to advance to the final. ---- 11. 2012 Summer Olympics qualification The two Koreas were among the six teams to meet in the
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of the women's Asian qualifiers for the 2012 Summer Olympics. They played one match against each other, in Jinan, China. The North's 3–2 victory helped it to qualify in second place for the Olympics, while the South was ultimately eliminated, finishing fifth. ---- 12. 2013 EAFF Women's Championship The two countries met in the
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, which was a round-robin tournament between the two Koreas, Japan and China. North Korea beat the South and China, drew against Japan, and won the Cup. After its loss to the North, South Korea beat Japan but lost to China, and finished third."EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 final match and result"
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---- 13. 2014 Asian Games semi-finals ---- 14. 2015 EAFF Women's Championship ---- 15.
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With North Korea hosting the qualification phase, South Korean team had to travel north, meaning for the first time since 1990, a senior team from the South to play against the North in North Korea. Heading to the qualifiers' expected encounter, North Korea had beaten India and Hong Kong while South Korea had just played its first match, a 10–0 win over India. The North Korean government allowed supporters to enter the stadium for this meeting, and this gave the North a major boost, ultimately resulting in the first half injury time goal by Sung Hyang-sim. However, South Korea had proven to be different than previous encounters, when a strictly disciplined Southern defence prevented the North from scoring a second. Not just that,
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turned to become the heroine as she scored the decisive goal in 76', ultimately helped the South to draw the North 1–1. Despite failing to win, this draw proved to be the difference, as South Korea managed to overcome North Korea by goal differences with three more goals scored than the North, ultimately condemned North Korea to second and denied North Korea a place in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. South Korea would go on to qualify for the
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.


See also

* North Korea national football team results *
South Korea national football team records and statistics This article is regarding records and statistics of the South Korea national football team. Player records Other records ; Youngest player: 17 years and 241 days, Kim Pan-keun, vs. Thailand national football team, Thailand, 1 November 1983 ; Yo ...
*
North Korea women's national football team The Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's national football team ( Munhwaŏ Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 국가종합팀, recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) represents North Korea in international women's football. Nor ...
*
South Korea women's national football team The South Korea women's national football team (, recognised as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in international women's football competitions. The South Korean women's team has qualified for three FIFA World Cups in 2003, 2015 ...
*
Yangzee FC Yangzee Football Club ( ko, 양지 축구단) was a South Korean football club. Yangzee was a special football club to aim anti-communism, and was founded by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) on 29 March 1967, after the North Korea na ...
*
Korea national under-20 football team The Korea national under-20 football team, also known as the Korean unified football team, was the national under-20 team of Korea, being a combined representative team representing both South Korea and North Korea. Their only participation in FIF ...
* Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry


References


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External links


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