Korean National Semi-Professional Football League

The Korean National Semi-professional Football League was contested between South Korean works teams and military teams from 1964 to 2002. It was the predecessor of the Korea National League which was founded in 2003.

Korean Semipro Football League
Founded1964
Folded2002
CountrySouth Korea
Level on pyramid1 (1964–1982)
2–3 (1983)
2 (1984–2002)
Domestic cup(s)Korean National Championship
Korean FA Cup
League cup(s)Korean Semipro Championship
Most championshipsIndustrial Bank of Korea (11 titles)

History

After the introduction of football from the UK navy in the late 19th century, football experienced a boom in Korea and many football clubs and school teams were formed in the 1910s. There were also many corporate football clubs especially in Seoul and Pyongyang, two big cities in Korea. The corporate club division was made in All Joseon Football Tournament in Pyongyang in 1930,[1] and Seoul Semi-professional Football League was founded in 1939, but both were stopped because of the Japanese government's policy during World War II.[2][3] The Seoul League was reopened in 1949, but it was stopped again during the Korean War.[4]

The National Semi-professional Football League was founded in 1964, which was the only football division in South Korea until 1982. It was held twice in a year as the spring league and the autumn league except the seasons from 1982 to 1984 when it was held as full-season. The match places were mostly in Seoul because many headquarters of corporation in Korea were in Seoul. The South Korean professional league, K League, was founded in 1983 that it made Semi-professional League as second division (but no promotion nor relegation). It remained until 2002 before Korea National League was officially founded in 2003.

Champions
See also: List of South Korean football champions

List of champions
Season Champions Runners-up Best player Top goalscorer Ref.
1964 Spring Keumsung Textile
Cheil Industries		 — Unknown Unknown
Autumn Keumsung Textile Korea Tungsten Unknown Unknown
1965 Spring Keumsung Textile
Korea Tungsten
Korea Electric Power		 — Unknown Unknown
Autumn Korea Tungsten Korea Coal Corporation Unknown Unknown
1966 Spring Seoul Police Department Korea Electric Power Unknown Unknown
Autumn Korea Tungsten
Seoul Police Department		 — Unknown Unknown
1967 Spring National Police Department Ssangyong Cement Unknown Unknown
Autumn Korea Electric Power Cheil Industries Unknown Unknown
1968 Spring Korea Tungsten Korea Electric Power Unknown Unknown
Autumn Cheil Industries
ROK Army Quartermaster Corps		 — Unknown Unknown
1969 Spring Korea Electric Power Korea Tungsten Unknown Unknown
Autumn Unknown[lower-alpha 1]
1970 Spring Cheil Industries Korea Tungsten Unknown Unknown
Autumn Chohung Bank Korea Trust Bank Unknown Unknown
1971 Spring Korea Trust Bank Korea Exchange Bank
Korea Housing Bank		 Unknown Unknown
Autumn ROK Marine Corps Korea Trust Bank
Chohung Bank		 Unknown Unknown
1972 Spring Korea Housing Bank ROK Marine Corps Unknown Kim Jae-han (8) [6]
Autumn Korea Housing Bank ROK Marine Corps Unknown Unknown
1973 Spring ROK Marine Corps Kookmin Bank Unknown Unknown
Autumn Korea Trust Bank ROK Army Jeong Kang-ji Choi Nak-seon (3) [7]
1974 Spring Chohung Bank ROK Army Jeong Dong-hwan Jang Chang-ho (?) [8]
Autumn Commercial Bank of Korea
ROK Army		 — Han Woong-su Shin Dong-min (9) [9]
1975 Spring POSCO FC ROK Army Lee Yi-woo Park Su-deok (11) [10]
Autumn Industrial Bank of Korea Korea Automobile Insurance Kim Jin-kook Jo In-jae (7) [11]
1976 Spring Korea Exchange Bank
Korea Trust Bank		 — Cha Bum-kun Yoon Young-woon (5) [12]
Autumn Ceased [13]
1977
 Single ROK Army POSCO FC Baek Joong-cheol Yoo Geon-su (12) [14]
1978 Spring Seoul City
ROK Navy		 — Son Jong-seok Park Dae-je (5)
Lee Gwang-seon (5)		 [15]
Autumn Korea Automobile Insurance Seoul City Lee Kang-jo — [16]
1979 Spring Industrial Bank of Korea ROK Army Seo Deok-man Unknown [17]
Autumn Ceased[lower-alpha 2]
1980 Spring Seoul City
ROK Army		 — Park Chang-sun Lee Tae-yeop (5) [19]
Autumn Korea Automobile Insurance
ROK Air Force		 — Moon Da-yong Choo Jong-su (3)
Yoo Jae-hong (3)		 [20]
1981 Spring Daewoo FC ROK Navy Choi Gyeong-sik Kang Sang-gil (5) [21]
Autumn POSCO FC ROK Army Kim Chul-soo Lee Jung-il (4)
Park Chang-sun (4)
Ha Deok-yoon (4)		 [22]
1982
 Single POSCO FC Kookmin Bank Park Chang-sun Lee Tae-yeop (13) [23]
1983 Single Hanil Bank ROK Army Unknown Wang Sun-jae (6) [24]
1984 Single Sangmu FC Korea Housing Bank Han Young-soo Moon Min-ho (6) [25]
1985 Spring Industrial Bank of Korea Kookmin Bank Sim Gyo-bong Koo Han-sik (5) [26]
Autumn Seoul City Seoul Trust Bank Lee Chil-seong Unknown [27]
1986 Spring Korea Housing Bank Hyundai Motor Company Unknown Jeong Jeong-hwa (4) [28]
Autumn POSCO Atoms B Hallelujah FC Unknown Unknown
1987 Spring Hanil Bank Hallelujah FC Hwang Seok-keun Oh Seok-jae (6) [29]
Autumn Kookmin Bank Sangmu FC Kang Man-young Unknown [30]
1988 Spring Seoul City Industrial Bank of Korea Ko Tae-il Kim Young-joo (5) [31]
Autumn POSCO Atoms B Commercial Bank of Korea Park Seok-ho Oh Seok-jae (3) [32]
1989 Spring Industrial Bank of Korea POSCO Atoms B Oh Hee-cheon Lee Hyeon-taek (6) [33]
Autumn Seoul City Korea First Bank Heo Man-yeol Unknown [34]
1990 Spring Industrial Bank of Korea Korea Housing Bank Park Guk-chang Park Guk-chang (6)
Lee Jae-goon (6)		 [35]
Autumn Industrial Bank of Korea
Hallelujah FC		 — Choi Hong-sik Byeon Il-woo (4) [36]
1991 Spring Industrial Bank of Korea Hallelujah FC Yoo Jin-hoe Seo Hyo-won (7) [37]
Autumn Sangmu FC Kookmin Bank Kim Byung-ji Kim Yong-ho (4) [38]
1992 Spring Sangmu FC Hallelujah FC Shin Seong-hwan Hyeon Il-gwon (5) [39]
Autumn Industrial Bank of Korea Korea Electric Power Oh Se-eung Choi Dong-sik (5) [40]
1993 Spring Hallelujah FC Sangmu FC Hwang Deuk-ha Kim In-wan (4) [41]
Autumn Korea Electric Power Hallelujah FC Choi Cheol-soo Choi Dong-sik (5) [42]
1994 Spring Sangmu FC Industrial Bank of Korea Hwang Gyu-joon Kim Do-hoon (3)
Lee Jae-goon (3)		 [43]
Autumn Industrial Bank of Korea Korea Housing Bank Kim Nam-il Choi Dong-sik (5) [44]
1995 Spring E-Land Puma Hallelujah FC Lee Gwang-cheol Lee Gwang-jin (5) [45]
Autumn Industrial Bank of Korea Korea Railroad Park Doo-jeong Lee Gwang-jin (6) [46]
1996 Spring E-Land Puma Kookmin Bank Je Yong-sam Oh Hyeon-seok (?)
Autumn Sangmu FC Korea Electric Power Jeong Gwang-seok Oh Hyeon-seok (7) [47]
1997 Spring Industrial Bank of Korea E-Land Puma Yoo Jin-hoe Lee Woo-hyung (5) [48]
Autumn Sangmu FC Hanil Life Insurance Park Nam-yeol Park Nam-yeol (4) [49]
1998 Spring Korea Housing Bank Hanil Life Insurance Lee Su-jae Ko Myeong-gwon (3) [50]
Autumn Sangmu FC Korean Police Park Chul Choi Yong-soo (5)
Park Jong-gwan (5)		 [51]
1999 Spring Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Sangmu FC Kim Dae-eui Song Hong-seop (?)
Jang Min-seok (?)		 [52]
Autumn Sangmu FC Korea Railroad Kim Gi-jong Lee Gwang-jin (?)
2000 Spring Korea Railroad Sangmu FC Oh Jong-ryeol Kim Young-gi (6) [53]
Autumn Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Gangneung City Lee Gwang-cheol Song Hong-seop (4) [54]
2001 Spring Kookmin Bank Korean Police Kim Dong-ju Baek Seung-woo (3) [55]
Autumn Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Korean Police Kim Joon-hyeop Kim Joon-hyeop (4)
Lee Seong-gil (4)		 [56]
2002 Spring Sangmu FC Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Seo Ki-bok Lee Seong-rak (3) [57]
Autumn Korean Police Gangneung City Kwon Dae-joon Ko Bong-hyeon (?)
  1. Autumn season,[5] but no record after that. It might be stopped because of many international football matches.
  2. All South Korean sports events were ceased at that time because of president's assassination on 26 October 1979.[18]

Titles by club
Club Single league Spring season Autumn season Total
Industrial Bank of Korea — 6 (1979, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997) 5 (1975, 1990*, 1992, 1994, 1995) 11
Sangmu FC 1 (1984) 3 (1992, 1994, 2002) 5 (1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) 9
POSCO Atoms 1 (1982) 1 (1975) 3 (1981, 1986, 1988) 5
Seoul City — 3 (1978*, 1980*, 1988) 2 (1985, 1989) 5
Korea Tungsten — 2 (1965*, 1968) 2 (1965, 1966*) 4
Korea Electric Power — 2 (1965*, 1969) 2 (1967, 1993) 4
Korea Housing Bank — 3 (1972, 1986, 1998) 1 (1972) 4
Keumsung Textile — 2 (1964*, 1965*) 1 (1964) 3
National Police Department — 2 (1966, 1967) 1 (1966*) 3
Cheil Industries — 2 (1964*, 1970) 1 (1968*) 3
Korea Trust Bank — 2 (1971, 1976*) 1 (1973) 3
ROK Navy — 1 (1973, 1978*) 1 (1971) 3
ROK Army 1 (1977) 1 (1980*) 1 (1974*) 3
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard — 1 (1999) 2 (2000, 2001) 3
Chohung Bank — 1 (1974) 1 (1970) 2
Korea Automobile Insurance — — 2 (1978, 1980*) 2
Hanil Bank 1 (1983) 1 (1987) — 2
Hallelujah FC — 1 (1993) 1 (1990*) 2
E-Land Puma — 2 (1995, 1996) — 2
Kookmin Bank — 1 (2001) 1 (1987) 2
ROK Army Quartermasters — — 1 (1968*) 1
Commercial Bank of Korea — — 1 (1974*) 1
Korea Exchange Bank — 1 (1976*) — 1
ROK Air Force — — 1 (1980*) 1
Daewoo FC — 1 (1981) — 1
Korea Railroad — 1 (2000) — 1
Korean Police — — 1 (2002) 1

See also

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