Sobaeksu Sports Club
Sobaeksu Sports Club (Korean: 소백수체육단, Sobaeksu Ch'eyuktang) is a North Korean multi-sports club based in Pyongyang, best known for its men's and women's football teams playing at Yanggakdo Stadium.Sobaeksu is the first tributary of the Amnok river.[1]
Full name | Sobaeksu Sports Club 소백수 체육단' | ||
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Ground | Home stadium is unclear Based in Pyongyang | ||
Manager | Kim Jong-hun (2011–) | ||
League | DPR Korea Premier Football League | ||
2018/19 | 3rd | ||
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Sobaeksu Sports Club | |
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Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Sobaeksu cheyukdan |
McCune–Reischauer | Sobaeksu ch'eyuktan |
Rivalries
Sharing the Yanggakdo Stadium with them, Sobaeksu has a rivalry with Kigwancha.
Players
Current squad
- As of 2017/18 Season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
Sobaeksu player Kim Su-hyŏng was listed third on North Korea's list of top ten athletes of 2016,[2] and forward Cho Kwang led all players in scoring in the 2017 edition of the Paektusan Prize football competition, with a total of seven goals.[3]
Sobaeksu has several players with experience in foreign leagues, notably goalkeeper Ri Kwang-il, who played for FK Radnički 1923[4] and FK Erdoglija Kragujevac in Serbia, and striker Ri Myong-jun, who played with Dinaburg FC and FC Daugava in Latvia,[5] FC Vestsjælland in Denmark,[6] and Singhtarua FC in Thailand. Ri Jun-il is one of several Sobaeksu players who play or have played for the North Korea national football team.
Managers
- Kim Jong-hun (2011–)
Achievements
Domestic Cups
- Paektusan Prize: 1
- Runners-up: 2016
- Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize: 1
- Runners-up: 2016
- Hwaebul Cup: 1
- Champions: 2017
Other sports
In addition to football, they play basketball, volleyball,[7] and ice hockey.[8]
References
- http://www.cybernk.net/infoMedia/InfoMultiAnimationList.aspx?mc=HM0303&mt=1&aid=A22000000248
- 2016년 조선민주주의인민공화국 10대최우수선수, 감독 선정 1-1-2017, accessed 19 Feb 2018
- http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/order/pytimes/?page=Sports&no=23955
- Korejanci na Čika Dači at FK Radnički 1923 official website, 31 August 2009, retrieved 24 January 2013 (in Serbian)
- Ri Myong-jun - UEFA.com - Union of European Football Associations
- Nordkoreanere på plads i FCV
- Yang Ryon Hui (2 November 2017). "National Championships close". The Pyongyang Times. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- http://naenara.com.kp/en/society/?sport+1+1819