United Koreans in Japan 2018 Home Jersey/Shirt
£34.99
This is an Adidas United Koreans in Japan official football team home jersey as worn by the team throughout the 2018 period.
The United Koreans in Japan official football team represents the Korean population living in Japan, who are often referred to as Zainichi Koreans. The team includes players holding passports from North Korea, South Korea and Japan. The team, run by the United Korean Football Association in Japan (UKFAJ), joined ConIFA in 2015, and played its first matches at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup. The team grew out of the local football club for Koreans in Japan, FC Korea, which formed in 1961 and currently plays in the Kanto Soccer League. FC Korea initially maintained links with Chongryon, the pro-North Korea organization of Koreans in Japan, however they severed formal links in 2002 after adopting a pan-Korean identity in order to also attract players affiliated with South Korea. The team most recently competed at the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup, where they appointed former North Korean international An Yong-hak as player-manager, with the team finishing in 11th place overall.