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North Korea vs UAE: match report

North Korea hosted United Arab Emirates at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium on Tuesday 25 March 2025, in the WCQ - AFC (round 8). Mohammed Khled Al Hoish is the referee.

Result and scorers

North Korea 1-2 UAE. Goals: Fábio Lima 5' for UAE; Kim Yu-Song 43' for North Korea; Sultan Adil Alamiri 90'+8' for UAE. Attendance: 223.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 5' Goal: Fábio Lima (UAE)
  • 25' Yellow card: Hwi-Nam Jong (North Korea)
  • 35' Yellow card: Abdalla Ramadan (UAE)
  • 43' Goal: Kim Yu-Song (North Korea)
  • 63' Yellow card: Yahia Nader (UAE)
  • 77' Yellow card: Kim Yu-Song (North Korea)
  • 79' Yellow card: Kim Kuk-Jin (North Korea)
  • 90'+8' Goal: Sultan Adil Alamiri (UAE)

Line-ups

North Korea 4-4-2

Coach: Yong-Nam Sin

  1. 1 Ju-Hyok Kang GK
  2. 12 Ryong Choe DEF
  3. 5 Hwi-Nam Jong DEF
  4. 16 Yu-Song Kim
  5. 19 Sung-Hye Kim DEF
  6. 20 Chung-Song Paek MID
  7. 15 Myong-Song Ro MID
  8. 17 Kuk-Chol Kang II MID
  9. 4 Kum-Chol Ri MID
  10. 11 Kwang-Hun Pak FWD
  11. 10 Il-Song Ri MID

Bench

  • 7 Kuk-Jin Kim FWD
  • 3 Kuk-Chol Jang DEF
  • 13 Kuk Choe FWD
  • 23 Kum-Song Jong DEF
  • 6 Tam Kye MID
  • 18 Kil-Ryong Hong
  • 21 Kwang-Jun Yu GK
  • 2 Jin-Hyuk Kim DEF
  • 22 Chung-Guk Han MID
  • 14 Kwang-Myong Ri FWD

UAE 4-2-3-1

Coach: Paulo Bento

  1. 17 Khalid Eisa GK
  2. 5 Marcus Meloni MID
  3. 3 Lucas Pimenta DEF
  4. 4 Kouame Autonne DEF
  5. 9 Harib Abdalla Suhail MID
  6. 15 Yahia Nader MID
  7. 6 Abdalla Ramadan MID
  8. 16 Jonatas Santos FWD
  9. 10 Fabio Lima MID
  10. 21 Luanzinho FWD
  11. 14 Caio FWD

Bench

  • 23 Sultan Adill Alamiri FWD
  • 20 Yahya Al Ghassani FWD
  • 7 Bruno FWD
  • 11 Caio Canedo FWD
  • 18 Mackenzie Hunt MID
  • 1 Ali Khaseif GK
  • 22 Hamad Abdulla GK
  • 19 Khaled Aldhanhani DEF
  • 12 Khalifa Al Hammadi DEF
  • 13 Mohamed Al Attas DEF
  • 2 Isam Faiz MID
  • 8 Tahnoon Al Zaabi MID
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 10 October 2024: United Arab Emirates 1-1 North Korea
  • Wednesday 24 August 2016: North Korea 2-0 United Arab Emirates
  • Tuesday 11 January 2011: North Korea 0-0 United Arab Emirates
  • Saturday 28 March 2009: North Korea 2-0 United Arab Emirates
  • Saturday 6 September 2008: United Arab Emirates 1-2 North Korea