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South Korean president Moon Jae-in recently sent shockwaves through the football world when he proposed hosting the tournament in 2030 with the communist state.

He told FIFA president Gianni Infantino it would serve to ease fierce relations between Pyongyang and Seoul.

It comes as North Korea shocked rival countries by launching its first successful intercontinental ballistic missile.

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Now Daily Star online can reveal the stadiums which could host the likes of England, Brazil and Spain.

But the facilities look a world away from the huge venues at past tournaments traditionally filled with chanting football fans drinking alcohol and using body paint.

One photo shows just dozens of spectators attending a game at the 50,000 capacity Kim Il-sung Stadium in the capital.

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In another image a game at the country's May Day Stadium, with a capacity of over 100,000, is seen awash with empty seats.

The ground also appears to have one section featuring detachable seats – a potential hazard for hooligans notorious for throwing chairs.

Leading footballers can expect pictures of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and other propaganda placed around dressing and dining rooms.

Another ground, the 35,000-capcity Sariwon Youth Stadium, doesn't even have a pitch.

But the biggest problem facing football ahead of the potential tournament is the threat it poses to fans making their way there.

Chris Ogden, a senior lecturer in Asian security, said supporters who misbehave could face a similar fate to that of American student Otto Warmbier who was jailed after being accused of stealing a poster.

The 22-year-old, who was sentenced to 15 years behind bars, was eventually released but was in a coma and died soon after.

Mr Ogden believes hooligans caught stirring trouble with opposition fans could face brutal jail camps similar to the gulags in Soviet Russia.

The Stalin prison camps forced labour on inmates resulting in the death of millions.

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Mr Ogden told Daily Star Online: "It would be like the case of the America student Otto Warmbier.

"All he did was he tried steal a poster.

"It would literally be breaking stones or helping on some infrastructure.

"But it would be bone breaking, what you could imagine in a Soviet jail.

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"The conditions in the (North Korean) prisons are so brutal that mentally it cracks most people.

"Hard Labour, very brutal conditions, very strict rules.

"You would have no contact with anyone or talk with anyone, you're looking at a very long sentence – 10 or 15 years.

"Every working hour doing hard labour. Up very early in the morning, very basic breakfast."

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Euro 2016 in France was marred by crowd trouble, particularly from the Russian ultras.

Mr Ogden warned the North Korean authorities would come down hard on similar behaviour.

He added: "If you criticised the leader, for example, you would definitely go to jail.

"(Fans) From outside would be treated with suspicion and open themselves up to immediate deportation or being in prison.

"They (North Korea) would not stand for anything at all.

"It has been closed off to the world for a good 60 to 70 years.

"For our fans it would be the equivalent of going to the Moon.

"They (North Koreans) have never had any contact with foreigners, we would seem like aliens to them.

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"Right now you would have to apply for a VISA, but it would be heavily scrutinised.

"They don't want people coming and spying, people would be constantly with you or constantly watching you."

North Korea have only qualified for the World Cup twice – reaching the quarter-finals of 1966 tournament in England and crashing out in the group stage at the 2010 event in South Africa.

During that tournament, which saw Spain crowned winners after beating Holland in extra-time, the communist side lost all three games scoring once and conceding 12.