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
소백수체육단
Hancha
小白水體育團
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
  • North Korea 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
  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. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25.
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