The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Football Association (PRKFA, ) is the governing body of football in North Korea. The association was founded in 1945 and it joined FIFA in June 1958 and the Asian Football Confederation (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 is structured as follows (from highest to lowest):

Senior management

, FIFA's website and the AFC's website listed Mun Jae-chol (문재철) 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 (최남균), listed on the FIFA website from July 2007 until at least July 2008, and in an overview of leading positions in the state (as of 2009?) on the website DPRK Search, with “September 2006” in brackets next to his name, and Rim Kyong-man (림경만), listed as president on FIFA's website until June 2007. The Secretary General is Kim Jang-san. Ri Ryong-nam was president until some time around 2022. Former referee coordinator was Song Hye-yong.

Honours

Men's

AFC Challenge Cup Asian Games EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Men's under-20

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Men's under-17

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Women's

AFC Women's Asian Cup Asian Games EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)

Women's under-20

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Women's under-17

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup