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This article is about matches between the North Korean and South Korean national teams in association football. It covers women's football as well as men's. Despite tensions between the two states, a sense of shared Korean nationhood has resulted in Koreans in both countries supporting the other state's football teams, except of course when the two teams meet. Football commentators on the Seoul Broadcasting System have "excitedly" supported the North's team in its matches against other countries, and North Korean players such as Hong Yong-Jo, Mun In-Guk or Jong Tae-Se "are stars south of the border".〔("Korean neighbours ready for World Cup showdown" ), ''The Guardian'', 31 March 2009〕 There is also support for the South's team in the North. Matches have not always been free of tension, however - for example, North Korea withdrew from any international competitions from 1993 for 5 years, and their home matches against South Korea had to be moved outside North Korea in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. The two Koreas fielded a joint football team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship, an experiment which has not been repeated since.〔("Koreas Expected to Send Joint Team to Beijing" ), ''Korea Times'', 10 March 2007〕 ==Overview== As of May 2014, the North Korean men's national team is ranked 137th in the world by FIFA, while the women's team is among the best in the world, ranked 9th. The South Korean men's national team is ranked 55th, while the women's team is ranked 18th.〔(Korea DPR on FIFA )〕〔(Korea Republic on FIFA )〕 South Korea has tended to dominate the North in men's football, while the opposite is true in women's football. Both genders combined, North Korea has beaten the South twelve times, and South Korea has beaten the North eight times, but the North's men's team has only won once, as has the South's women's team. Nine games between the two countries have been played in the South, but only one in the North - a match between the men's teams in Pyongyang in 1990. The greatest victory by either side occurred when the North beat the South 7-0 in the first ever encounter between the countries' women's teams.〔(Korea DPR men's fixtures and results ) on FIFA〕〔(Korea DPR women's fixtures and results ) on FIFA〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Korea–South Korea football rivalry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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