http://backpagefootball.com/football-gives-north-korea-a-stable-public-image/67074/ Interesting article about state of football in NK
The U17 NorK women national team are grouped with Ghana, Germany and Canada for the 2014 U17 world cup. http://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/news/newsid=2247275/index.html FC Basel's Pak Kwang-Ryong will be loaned out to FC Vaduz until the summer. http://www.fcvaduz.li/Aktuell/News.aspx?shmid=395&shact=799604851&shmiid=gxuR6zfilN0__eql__
Jong Il-Gwan at Partizan http://calciocorea.altervista.org/jong-il-gwan-prova-al-partizan-belgrado/http://calciocorea.altervista.org/jong-il-gwan-prova-al-partizan-belgrado/
Former North Korean international Ri Han-Jae moves from FC Gifu to FC Machida Zelvia in the newly created J-League 3rd Division. http://www.zelvia.co.jp/news/news-36720/
http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournamen...7467-afc-u-22-c-ship-dpr-korea-3-1-yemen.html Full match Replay
Veteran DPR Korea international midfielder An Yong-Hak spent the whole 2013 season out of contract after 2 years at Kashiwa Reysol, but has signed on with Yokohama FC in the J.League 2nd Division for the 2014 season. He's 35 now and I'm not sure if he is still available for selection, but An at least has a contract for the coming season. Aside from the J-League he has played for Busan IPark and Suwon Bluewings.
http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men/afc-u22-championship/27499-dpr-korea-vs-uae.html Highlights
NORTH KOREA: 21 An Tae-Song; 2 Jong Kwang-Sok (23 Hyon Jong-Hyok 41′), 3 Ryu Kwang-Ho, 5 Jang Kuk-Chol, 16 Pak Myong-Song; 4 Sim Hyon-Jin, 11 Jong Il-Gwan [c], 14 Yun Il-Gwang (8 Ri Hyon-Song 46′), 20 So Kyong-Jin; 15 Jo Kwang, 10 Kim Ju-Song.
Cha Jong-Hyok, the starting right-back for FC Wil which plays in the Swiss Challenge League, has scored his second goal for the club since joining them in 2010. The team won 3-1 against FC Wohlen.
Wow! The score between North Korea and Germany in the U-17 Women's World Cup is indicative on how well both sides attacked. And to see North Korea beat Germany with that many scores show how much the North Korean team changed. I'd rank North Korea as one of the top now. What's amazing is that Germany scored the first three goals, and then North Korea scored the next four goals.
No, they've changed in the opposite direction. They failed to qualify for the knock-out stages for the first time in this tournament. Their previous results in the was Winner, 4th place, Runner-up. Now the are out in the group stages.
Pak Kwang-Ryong vs Cha Jong-Hyok yesterday as FC Vaduz took on FC Wil. The match ended 2-2 and Pak managed to get on the score sheet. Pak has 3 goals and 3 assists in the last 5 games.