South Korea and North Korea can't even get a business card. 100 crazy goals in the preliminary round → 9th place in FIFA rankings

Jul 01, 2025

South Korea and North Korea can't even get a business card. 100 crazy goals in the preliminary round → 9th place in FIFA rankings
사진=AFC



South Korea and North Korea can't even get a business card. 100 crazy goals in the preliminary round → 9th place in FIFA rankings
사진=AFC
North Korea's women's soccer is still the best in Asia.

The North Korean women's national soccer team won a landslide 10-0 victory over Tajikistan in the 2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup qualifier held at the Pamir Stadium in Tajikistan on the 30th (Korea time).

North Korea scored the first goal in the 9th minute of the first half when Kim Kyung-young finished off a perfect cross by Hong Sung-ok with his head. In the 23rd minute of the first half, Chae Eun-young found and passed Myung Yoo-jung with a cross in the crowded penalty box, and Myung Yoo-jung scored an additional goal with a right foot shot.




As North Korea won the game 2-0, the goal bomb began to explode. In the 26th minute of the first half, Hong Sung-ok broke through the penalty box and shook the net with a calm low shot. Two minutes later, Rihak scored North Korea's fourth goal with a 28-minute mid-range shot. In the 36th minute of the first half, Hong Sung-ok once again scored an assist to create a goal outside Rihak's strong penalty box.

North Korea continued to push, and Kim Kyung-young scored his seventh goal with a header in the 41st minute of the first half, followed by his eighth goal with a penalty kick in the extra time of the first half. With North Korea's overwhelming performance, the Tajikistan players lost their will to play before the end of the first half.
South Korea and North Korea can't even get a business card. 100 crazy goals in the preliminary round → 9th place in FIFA rankings
사진=AFC
North Korea added two goals in the second half as well. In the 9th minute of the second half, Han Jin-hong scored in a counterattack, widening the gap, and Kim Sung-kyung finished the victory with a penalty kick in the 17th minute of the second half. North Korea's all-time great victory was completed with no additional goals scored by North Korea for the rest of the time.

The AFC proved that North Korea is a strong favorite, defeating Tajikistan 10-0 in the first Group H match of the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifying tournament in Australia. North Korea, which has won three times, is also looking forward to winning the match against Palestine.




In North Korea, men's soccer is one of the Asian weaknesses, but women's soccer is a world-class powerhouse. She has won the Women's Asian Cup three times, and she is also the runner-up three times. He also won three Asian Games and three trophies at the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup).
South Korea and North Korea can't even get a business card. 100 crazy goals in the preliminary round → 9th place in FIFA rankings
사진=AFC
Most of the achievements except for the East Asian Cup were achieved in the 2000s. Since the mid-2010s, they have not been able to achieve results because they have been banned from participating in the competition or not participating in the competition. Still, North Korean women's soccer is considered a world-class strong team. Even though they haven't played many A matches recently, North Korea's women's soccer is ninth in FIFA. Korea is ranked 21st.

Surprisingly, this victory is not even close to the most-scoring winning match ever recorded by North Korean women's soccer. In 2001, North Korean women's soccer won 24-0 against Singapore in Hong Kong. This is the largest margin game in Asian women's soccer history.

With this momentum, North Korea is expected to easily win a ticket to the Asian Cup finals. South Korea has already secured tickets to the Asian Cup finals, but it is best to avoid North Korea. Except for a 1-0 win at the 2005 East Asian Cup, he has never beaten North Korea. It is an absolute inferiority with one win, four draws and 16 losses in 21 fights.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.