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]

Sobaeksu
소백수
Full nameSobaeksu Sports Club
소백수 체육단'
GroundHome stadium is unclear
Based in Pyongyang
ManagerNorth Korea Kim Jong-hun (2011–)
LeagueDPR Korea Premier Football League
2018–193rd
Sobaeksu Sports Club
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised RomanizationSobaeksu cheyukdan
McCune–ReischauerSobaeksu ch'eyuktan

History

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK North Korea PRK Ri Chol-song
18 GK North Korea PRK Ri Kwang-il
2 DF North Korea PRK Kim Chol-bom
4 DF North Korea PRK Kim Ho-gyong
12 DF North Korea PRK Ri Jun-il
24 DF North Korea PRK Jang Song-il
25 MF North Korea PRK Pak Sung-hyok
27 MF North Korea PRK Nam Chol-hyon
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF North Korea PRK Ri Il-jin
13 MF North Korea PRK So Kyong-jin
28 MF North Korea PRK Yon Jun-hyok
7 FW North Korea PRK Mun Hyok
8 FW North Korea PRK Ri Myong-jun
9 FW North Korea PRK Jo Kwang
16 North Korea PRK Kim Su-hyong
22 North Korea PRK Jong Il-ju

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

Achievements

Domestic Cups

Other sports

In addition to football, they play basketball, volleyball,[7] and ice hockey.[8]

References
  1. "북한지역정보넷". Archived from the original on 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  2. "２０１６년 조선민주주의인민공화국 １０대최우수선수, 감독 선정 1-1-2017, accessed 19 Feb 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  3. "The Pyongyang Times - Sports". www.naenara.com.kp. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25.
  4. Korejanci na Čika Dači Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine at FK Radnički 1923 official website, 31 August 2009, retrieved 24 January 2013 (in Serbian)
  5. "Ri Myong-jun - UEFA.com - Union of European Football Associations". Archived from the original on 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  6. "Nordkoreanere på plads i FCV". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  7. Yang Ryon Hui (2 November 2017). "National Championships close". The Pyongyang Times. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. "Naenara Democratic People's Republic of Korea". naenara.com.kp. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25.
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