DPR Korea Football League
Founded1960
CountryNorth Korea
ConfederationAFC
DivisionsDPR Korea Premier Football League (1st Division)
DPR Korea Football League 2 (2nd Division)
DPR Korea Football League 3 (3rd Division)
Domestic cup(s)Hwaebul Cup
DPR Korea Championship
Mangyongdae Prize
Paektusan Prize
Pochonbo Torch Prize
Osandok Prize

The DPR Korea Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 리그) is North Korea's association football league. It has a first division DPR Korea Premier Football League, a second division DPR Korea Football League 2, and a third division DPR Korea Football League 3.

History

Including football, all sports in North Korea were on an amateur basis, with competitions called Technical Innovation Contests[1] (Chosŏn'gŭl: 기술혁신경기대회; Hanja: 技術革新競技大會) being held several times a year In football, First Technical Innovation Contests was held In 1960.

The league was the subject of the 1978 sport drama called Centre Forward. The movie was directed by Kil-in Kim and Chong-song Pak and starred In-son Cha.

In 2010, football's National Championship was renamed Top Class Football League or Highest Class Football League[2] (Chosŏn'gŭl: 최상급축구련맹전; Hanja: 最上級蹴球聯盟戰).[3][4]

October 2017, after which Highest Class Football League was replaced by the DPR Korea Premier Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 1부류축구련맹전; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 一部流蹴球聯盟戰) held in the home-and-away round-robin system used in most other countries.

Structure

In 1990 and 1991, South Korean Newspaper reported, DPR Korea Football League had 3 divisions and promotion and relegation system[5][6]

In October 2016, South Korean Newspaper reported, AFC said "In 2017, North Korea have a plan to create a new football league system which operates 3 divisions."[7][8]

Note: North Korea is a reclusive and closed country so it is difficult to obtain the information about whole changes or current detailed league system information.

Clubs

DPR Korea Premier Football League clubs

DPR Korea Football League 2 clubs

DPR Korea Football League 3 clubs

References

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