List of North Korean football champions

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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.

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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.

DPR Korea Football League

Technical Innovation Contests & National Championship

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
1960–1984Unknown
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

DPR Korea Football League (Round-robin tournament competitions)

Highest Class Football League

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird 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

DPR Korea Premier Football League

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
2017–18 April 25 Ryŏmyŏng Kigwancha
2018–19 In progress

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeWinning seasonsRunners-up seasonsThird place seasons
April 25 17211985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 20172014, 20161996
Kigwanch'a 621996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 20161995, 2006
P'yŏngyang 51991, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009
Amnokgang 352001, 2006, 20082002, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016
Hwaebul 12120142015, 20172013
Ch'andongja11989
Rimyŏngsu 311995, 1996, 20022012
Sobaeksu 22010, 2011
Sŏnbong 12012
Man'gyŏngbong 12013

DPR Korea Football League (Elimination tournament competitions)

DPR Korea Championship

Held 1972–2011.

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFinal score
1972–2000Unknown
2001 [1] April 25
2002–2003Unknown
2004 [1] P'yŏngyang
2005Unknown
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]

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeWinning seasonsRunners-up seasonsThird place seasons
April 25 32001, 2006, 2011
Amnokgang 111200720092011
P'yŏngyang 12004
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 12009
Sobaeksu 12011

Hwaebul Cup

Played since 2013, evidently as a replacement for the Republican Championship in men's football.

SeasonChampionRunner-upSemi-finalistsFinalNotes
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.

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upSemi-finalistsWinning seasonsRunners-up seasonsSemi-finalist seasons
April 25 42013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Sobaeksu 12017
Hwaebul 222014, 20162013, 2017
Kigwancha 1120152017
Sŏnbong 12013
Ryŏmyŏng 12017
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 22015, 2016
Amnokgang 12013
Wŏlmido 12015

Mangyongdae Prize|Man'gyŏngdae Prize

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFourth placeFinal
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

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth placeWinning seasonsRunners-up seasonsThird place seasonsFourth place seasons
April 25 72002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Rimyŏngsu 412000, 2001, 2010, 20132015
Kigwancha 2212004, 20052015, 20162014
Amnokgang 222007, 20082013, 2014
February 8 12017
Ryŏmyŏng 12016
Hwaebul 12017
Sobaeksu 32010, 2014, 2015
Sŏnbong 12017

Osandok Prize|Osandŏk Prize

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
2015 [29] Hwaebul Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong Sobaeksu
2016 [30] [31] Hwaebul February 8 [32]
2017 [33] Hwaebul

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeWinning seasonsRunners-up seasonsThird place seasons
Hwaebul 32015, 2016, 2017
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 12015
Sobaeksu 12015
February 8 12016

Paektusan Prize

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFinal
2007 [23] P'yŏngyang Amnokgang Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong
2008 Unknown
2009 Unknown
2010 [6] Rimyŏngsu
2011 [7] Rimyŏngsu
2012 [34] Amnokgang Rimyŏngsu Kigwancha
2013 Unknown
2014 Unknown
2015 [35] April 25
2016 [36] Hwaebul Sobaeksu P'yŏngyang 1-0
Sŏsan Stadium
2017 [37] April 25 February 8 Hwaebul 1-0
Sŏsan Stadium

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeWinning seasonsRunners-up seasonsThird place seasons
Rimyŏngsu 212010, 20112012
Amnokgang 1120122007
P'yŏngyang 1120072016
Hwaebul 1120162017
April 25 1120172015
Sobaeksu 12016
February 8 12017
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 12007
Kigwancha 12016

Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFinal
2005 [22] April 25 Amnokgang P'yŏngyang
2006 [38] Rimyŏngsu  ?
Hyesan Stadium [39]
2007 [40] 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 [41]
2014 [10] April 25 Hwaebul Sobaeksu
or
| P'yŏngyang
1-0
2015 [42] 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

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird place*Winning seasonsRunners-up seasonsThird place seasons
April 25 32005, 2011, 2014
Rimyŏngsu 2112006, 201220152013
P'yŏngyang 111 (+1)201520102005, (2014)
Sobaeksu 11(1)20102016(2014)
Amnokgang 1120162005
Hwaebul 1120132014
Kigwancha 1320072010, 2016
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 12013
Wŏlmido (1)(2015)
* - Brackets indicate the club reached the semi-finals, but result of third-place match is unknown

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