The North Korean football champions are the winners of the highest league in North Korean football, which is currently the DPR Korea Premier Football League.
Also listed here are the winners of North Korea's cup competitions (the Republican Championship, from 1972 to 2011, and the Hwaebul Cup from 2013 on), and the other annual league-like "Prize" competitions that North Korea's football clubs take part in (the Man'gyŏngdae Prize, the Osandŏk Prize, the Paektusan Prize, and the Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize), which were used prior to the 2017–18 season to determine which teams played for the National Championship.
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
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1960–1984 | Unknown | ||
1985 [1] | April 25 | ||
1986 [1] | April 25 | ||
1987 [1] | April 25 | ||
1988 [1] | April 25 | ||
1989 [1] | Ch'andongja | ||
1990 [1] | April 25 | ||
1991 [1] | P'yŏngyang | ||
1992 [1] | April 25 | ||
1993 [1] | April 25 | ||
1994 [1] | April 25 | ||
1995 [2] | April 25 | Rimyŏngsu | Kigwanch'a |
1996 [3] | Kigwanch'a | Rimyŏngsu | April 25 |
1997 [1] | Kigwanch'a | ||
1998 [1] | Kigwanch'a | ||
1999 [1] | Kigwanch'a | ||
2000 [1] | Kigwanch'a | ||
2001 [1] | Amnokgang | ||
2002 [4] | April 25 | Rimyŏngsu | Amnokgang |
2003 [1] | April 25 | ||
2004 [5] | P'yŏngyang | ||
2005 [1] | P'yŏngyang | ||
2006 [1] | Amnokgang | Kigwanch'a | |
2007 [1] | P'yŏngyang | ||
2008 [1] | Amnokgang | ||
2009 [1] | P'yŏngyang |
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
---|---|---|---|
2010 [6] | April 25 | Sobaeksu | Amnokgang |
2011 [7] | April 25 | Sobaeksu | Amnokgang |
2012 [8] | April 25 | Sŏnbong | Rimyŏngsu |
2013 [9] | April 25 | Man'gyŏngbong | Hwaebul |
2014 [10] | Hwaebul | April 25 | Amnokgang |
2015 [11] | April 25 | Hwaebul | |
2016 [12] | Kigwancha | April 25 | Amnokgang |
2017 [13] | April 25 | Hwaebul |
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
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2017–18 | April 25 | Ryŏmyŏng | Kigwancha |
2018–19 | In progress |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
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April 25 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 | 2014, 2016 | 1996 |
Kigwanch'a | 6 | 2 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2016 | 1995, 2006 | ||
P'yŏngyang | 5 | 1991, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 | ||||
Amnokgang | 3 | 5 | 2001, 2006, 2008 | 2002, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016 | ||
Hwaebul | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2014 | 2015, 2017 | 2013 |
Ch'andongja | 1 | 1989 | ||||
Rimyŏngsu | 3 | 1 | 1995, 1996, 2002 | 2012 | ||
Sobaeksu | 2 | 2010, 2011 | ||||
Sŏnbong | 1 | 2012 | ||||
Man'gyŏngbong | 1 | 2013 |
Held 1972–2011.
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Final score |
---|---|---|---|---|
1972–2000 | Unknown | |||
2001 [1] | April 25 | |||
2002–2003 | Unknown | |||
2004 [1] | P'yŏngyang | |||
2005 | Unknown | |||
2006 [1] | April 25 | |||
2007 [1] | Amnokgang | |||
2009 [14] | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | Amnokgang | 1-0 | |
2011 [7] | April 25 | Sobaeksu | Amnokgang | played as simple round robin [15] |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
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April 25 | 3 | 2001, 2006, 2011 | ||||
Amnokgang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
P'yŏngyang | 1 | 2004 | ||||
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | 1 | 2009 | ||||
Sobaeksu | 1 | 2011 |
Played since 2013, evidently as a replacement for the Republican Championship in men's football.
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists | Final | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 [9] | April 25 | Sŏnbong | Amnokgang, Hwaebul | 2-2 a.e.t (7-8 p) Kim Il-sung Stadium | Sŏnbong won, but match awarded to April 25 after it was deemed Sŏnbong had fielded an ineligible player. [16] |
2014 [17] | April 25 | Hwaebul | ? | 1-0 Yanggakdo Stadium | Semi-finalists not known |
2015 [18] | April 25 | Kigwancha | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong, Wŏlmido | 5-1 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium | |
2016 [19] | April 25 | Hwaebul | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong, ? | 2-2 (3-2 a.e.t) Sŏsan Stadium | Only one of two semi-finalists known |
2017 [20] | Sobaeksu | Ryŏmyŏng | Hwaebul, Kigwancha | 1-1 (2-1 a.e.t) Rungrado 1st of May Stadium | Hwaebul finished 3rd, Kigwancha 4th. |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Semi-finalist seasons |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 25 | 4 | — | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | — | ||
Sobaeksu | 1 | — | 2017 | — | ||
Hwaebul | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2014, 2016 | 2013, 2017 |
Kigwancha | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2015 | 2017 |
Sŏnbong | — | 1 | — | 2013 | ||
Ryŏmyŏng | — | 1 | — | 2017 | ||
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2015, 2016 |
Amnokgang | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2013 |
Wŏlmido | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2015 |
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 [21] | Rimyŏngsu | ||||
2001 [21] | Rimyŏngsu | ||||
2002 [4] | April 25 | ||||
2004 [22] | Kigwancha | ||||
2005 [22] | Kigwancha | ||||
2006 | Unknown | ||||
2007 [23] | Amnokgang | ||||
2008 [24] | Amnokgang | ||||
2009 [14] | April 25 | ||||
2010 [6] | Rimyŏngsu | Sobaeksu | |||
2011 | Unknown | ||||
2012 [25] | April 25 | ||||
2013 [9] | Rimyŏngsu | Amnokgang | 2-1 Kim Il-sung Stadium | ||
2014 [10] | April 25 | Amnokgang | Kigwancha | Sobaeksu | 1-0 Kim Il-sung Stadium |
2015 [26] | April 25 | Kigwancha | Rimyŏngsu | Sobaeksu | 1-0 Kim Il-sung Stadium |
2016 [27] | April 25 | Kigwancha | Ryŏmyŏng | 1-0 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium | |
2017 [28] | April 25 | February 8 | Hwaebul | Sŏnbong | 2-0 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons | Fourth place seasons |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 25 | 7 | 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | ||||||
Rimyŏngsu | 4 | 1 | 2000, 2001, 2010, 2013 | 2015 | ||||
Kigwancha | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2004, 2005 | 2015, 2016 | 2014 | ||
Amnokgang | 2 | 2 | 2007, 2008 | 2013, 2014 | ||||
February 8 | — | 1 | 2017 | |||||
Ryŏmyŏng | — | — | 1 | 2016 | ||||
Hwaebul | — | — | 1 | 2017 | ||||
Sobaeksu | 3 | 2010, 2014, 2015 | ||||||
Sŏnbong | 1 | 2017 |
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
---|---|---|---|
2015 [29] | Hwaebul | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | Sobaeksu |
2016 [30] [31] | Hwaebul | February 8 [31] | |
2017 [32] | Hwaebul |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hwaebul | 3 | — | — | 2015, 2016, 2017 | ||
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | — | 1 | — | 2015 | ||
Sobaeksu | — | 1 | — | 2015 | ||
February 8 | — | 1 | — | 2016 |
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 [23] | P'yŏngyang | Amnokgang | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | |
2008 | Unknown | |||
2009 | Unknown | |||
2010 [6] | Rimyŏngsu | |||
2011 [7] | Rimyŏngsu | |||
2012 [33] | Amnokgang | Rimyŏngsu | Kigwancha | |
2013 | Unknown | |||
2014 | Unknown | |||
2015 [34] | April 25 | |||
2016 [35] | Hwaebul | Sobaeksu | P'yŏngyang | 1-0 Sŏsan Stadium |
2017 [36] | April 25 | February 8 | Hwaebul | 1-0 Sŏsan Stadium |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rimyŏngsu | 2 | 1 | 2010, 2011 | 2012 | ||
Amnokgang | 1 | 1 | 2012 | 2007 | ||
P'yŏngyang | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2016 | ||
Hwaebul | 1 | 1 | 2016 | 2017 | ||
April 25 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2015 | ||
Sobaeksu | 1 | 2016 | ||||
February 8 | 1 | 2017 | ||||
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | 1 | 2007 | ||||
Kigwancha | 1 | 2016 |
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 [22] | April 25 | Amnokgang | P'yŏngyang | |
2006 [37] | Rimyŏngsu | ? Hyesan Stadium [38] | ||
2007 [39] | Kigwanch'a | |||
2008 | Unknown | |||
2009 | Unknown | |||
2010 [6] | Sobaeksu | P'yŏngyang | Kigwancha | ? Kim Il-sung Stadium |
2011 [7] | April 25 | |||
2012 [25] | Rimyŏngsu | |||
2013 [9] | Hwaebul | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | Rimyŏngsu | 2-1 a.e.t [40] |
2014 [10] | April 25 | Hwaebul | Sobaeksu or | P'yŏngyang | 1-0 |
2015 [41] | P'yŏngyang | Rimyŏngsu | Wŏlmido or ? | 2-1 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium |
2016 [12] | Amnokgang | Sobaeksu | Kigwancha | 2-1 Sŏsan Stadium |
2017 | Unknown | Kim Il-sung Stadium |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place* | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 25 | 3 | 2005, 2011, 2014 | ||||
Rimyŏngsu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2006, 2012 | 2015 | 2013 |
P'yŏngyang | 1 | 1 | 1 (+1) | 2015 | 2010 | 2005, (2014) |
Sobaeksu | 1 | 1 | (1) | 2010 | 2016 | (2014) |
Amnokgang | 1 | 1 | 2016 | 2005 | ||
Hwaebul | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2014 | ||
Kigwancha | 1 | 3 | 2007 | 2010, 2016 | ||
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | 1 | 2013 | ||||
Wŏlmido | (1) | (2015) | ||||
* - Brackets indicate the club reached the semi-finals, but result of third-place match is unknown |
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