The Osandok Prize is an association football competition held for professional teams in the DPR Korea League in North Korea. It is held and overseen by the DPR Korea Football Association and was founded in 2015. [1]
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The DPR Korea League is the football league-system championship in North Korea. As of the 2017–18 season, the top level is called the DPR Korea Premier Football League, featuring thirteen teams that, for the first time, play a full season of home-and-away matches. The current season started on 1 December 2017 and will continue until 28 October 2018.
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang the capital and the largest city in the country. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. Nevertheless, North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands.
Organising body | DPR Korea Football Association |
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Founded | 2015 |
Region | North Korea |
Most successful club(s) | Hwaebul Sports Club |
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
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2015 | Hwaebul | Kyŏnggong'ŏp | Sobaeksu |
2016 | Hwaebul | February 8 | |
2017 | Hwaebul |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
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Hwaebul | 3 | — | — | 2015, 2016, 2017 | ||
Kyŏnggong'ŏp | — | 1 | — | 2015 | ||
Sobaeksu | — | 1 | — | 2015 | ||
February 8 | — | 1 | — | 2016 |
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