The North Korean football champions are the winners of the highest league in North Korean football, which is currently the DPR Korea Premier Football League.
Also listed here are the winners of North Korea's cup competitions (the Republican Championship, from 1972 to 2011, and the Hwaebul Cup from 2013 on), and the other annual league-like "Prize" competitions that North Korea's football clubs take part in (the Man'gyŏngdae Prize, the Osandŏk Prize, the Paektusan Prize, and the Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize), which were used prior to the 2017–18 season to determine which teams played for the National Championship.
DPR Korea Football League Technical Innovation Contests & National Championship SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place 1960–1984 Unknown 1985North Korea - List of Champions April 25 1986 April 25 1987 April 25 1988 April 25 1989 Ch'andongja 1990 April 25 1991 P'yŏngyang 1992 April 25 1993 April 25 1994 April 25 1995North Korea 1995 April 25 Rimyŏngsu Kigwanch'a 1996North Korea 1996 Kigwanch'a Rimyŏngsu April 25 1997 Kigwanch'a 1998 Kigwanch'a 1999 Kigwanch'a 2000 Kigwanch'a 2001 Amnokgang 2002North Korea 2002 April 25 Rimyŏngsu Amnokgang 2003 April 25 2004North Korea 2004 P'yŏngyang 2005 P'yŏngyang 2006 Amnokgang Kigwanch'a 2007 P'yŏngyang 2008 Amnokgang 2009 P'yŏngyang
DPR Korea Football League (Round-robin tournament competitions) Highest Class Football League SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place 2010North Korea 2010 April 25 Sobaeksu Amnokgang 2011North Korea 2011 April 25 Sobaeksu Amnokgang 2012 제12차 인민체육대회 축구남자경기 개막 April 25 Sŏnbong Rimyŏngsu 2013North Korea 2013 April 25 Man'gyŏngbong Hwaebul 2014North Korea 2014 Hwaebul April 25 Amnokgang 2015 April 25 Hwaebul 2016 Kigwancha April 25 Amnokgang 2017National Championships top annual sporting calendar off with new records April 25 Hwaebul
DPR Korea Premier Football League SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place 2017–18 April 25 Ryŏmyŏng Kigwancha 2018–19 In progress
Performance by club Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Third place seasons April 25 17 2 1 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 2014, 2016 1996 Kigwanch'a 6 2 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2016 1995, 2006 P'yŏngyang 5 1991, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 Amnokgang 3 5 2001, 2006, 2008 2002, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016 Hwaebul 1 2 1 2014 2015, 2017 2013 Ch'andongja 1 1989 Rimyŏngsu 3 1 1995, 1996, 2002 2012 Sobaeksu 2 2010, 2011 Sŏnbong 1 2012 Man'gyŏngbong 1 2013
DPR Korea Football League (Tournament|Elimination tournament competitions) DPR Korea Championship Held 1972–2011.
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFinal score 1972–2000 Unknown 2001 April 25 2002–2003 Unknown 2004 P'yŏngyang 2005 Unknown 2006 April 25 2007 Amnokgang 2009North Korea 2009 Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong Amnokgang 1-0 2011 April 25 Sobaeksu Amnokgang played as simple round robin
Performance by club Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Third place seasons April 25 3 2001, 2006, 2011 Amnokgang 1 1 1 2007 2009 2011 P'yŏngyang 1 2004 Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 1 2009 Sobaeksu 1 2011
Hwaebul Cup Played since 2013, evidently as a replacement for the Republican Championship in men's football.
SeasonChampionRunner-upSemi-finalistsFinalNotes 2013 April 25 Sŏnbong Amnokgang, Hwaebul 2-2 a.e.t (7-8 p)Kim Il-sung Stadium Sŏnbong won, but match awarded to April 25 after it was deemed Sŏnbong had fielded an ineligible player. 2014 April 25 Hwaebul ? 1-0Yanggakdo Stadium Semi-finalists not known 2015 April 25 Kigwancha Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong, Wŏlmido 5-1Rungrado 1st of May Stadium 2016North Korea 2016 April 25 Hwaebul Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong, ? 2-2 (3-2 a.e.t)Sŏsan Stadium Only one of two semi-finalists known 2017 Sobaeksu Ryŏmyŏng Hwaebul, Kigwancha 1-1 (2-1 a.e.t)Rungrado 1st of May Stadium Hwaebul finished 3rd, Kigwancha 4th.
Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Semi-finalist seasons April 25 4 — 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 — Sobaeksu 1 — 2017 — Hwaebul — 2 2 — 2014, 2016 2013, 2017 Kigwancha — 1 1 — 2015 2017 Sŏnbong — 1 — 2013 Ryŏmyŏng — 1 — 2017 Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong — — 2 — — 2015, 2016 Amnokgang — — 1 — — 2013 Wŏlmido — — 1 — — 2015
Mangyongdae Prize
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFourth placeFinal 2000리명수, 국내축구련맹전에서 5번째 우승 Rimyŏngsu 2001 Rimyŏngsu 2002 April 25 2004North Korea 2005 Kigwancha 2005 Kigwancha 2006 Unknown 2007North Korea 2007 Amnokgang 2008North Korea 2008 Amnokgang 2009 April 25 2010 Rimyŏngsu Sobaeksu 2011 Unknown 2012North Korea 2012 April 25 2013 Rimyŏngsu Amnokgang 2-1Kim Il-sung Stadium 2014 April 25 Amnokgang Kigwancha Sobaeksu 1-0Kim Il-sung Stadium 2015Premier league soccer tournament concludes April 25 Kigwancha Rimyŏngsu Sobaeksu 1-0Kim Il-sung Stadium 2016 April 25 Kigwancha Ryŏmyŏng 1-0Rungrado 1st of May Stadium 2017"The April 25 retains its edge" April 25 February 8 Hwaebul Sŏnbong 2-0Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Third place seasons Fourth place seasons April 25 7 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Rimyŏngsu 4 1 2000, 2001, 2010, 2013 2015 Kigwancha 2 2 1 2004, 2005 2015, 2016 2014 Amnokgang 2 2 2007, 2008 2013, 2014 February 8 — 1 2017 Ryŏmyŏng — — 1 2016 Hwaebul — — 1 2017 Sobaeksu 3 2010, 2014, 2015 Sŏnbong 1 2017
Osandok Prize
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place 2015 Hwaebul Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong Sobaeksu 2016First-division soccer tournament goes on for two months Hwaebul February 8 2017 Hwaebul
Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Third place seasons Hwaebul 3 — — 2015, 2016, 2017 Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong — 1 — 2015 Sobaeksu — 1 — 2015 February 8 — 1 — 2016
Paektusan Prize
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFinal 2007 P'yŏngyang Amnokgang Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 2008 Unknown 2009 Unknown 2010 Rimyŏngsu 2011 Rimyŏngsu 2012 Amnokgang Rimyŏngsu Kigwancha 2013 Unknown 2014 Unknown 2015Premier soccer league showcases technical improvement April 25 2016Premier League Football Matches End Hwaebul Sobaeksu P'yŏngyang 1-0Sŏsan Stadium 2017Premier league soccer tournament comes to end April 25 February 8 Hwaebul 1-0Sŏsan Stadium
Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Third place seasons Rimyŏngsu 2 1 2010, 2011 2012 Amnokgang 1 1 2012 2007 P'yŏngyang 1 1 2007 2016 Hwaebul 1 1 2016 2017 April 25 1 1 2017 2015 Sobaeksu 1 2016 February 8 1 2017 Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 1 2007 Kigwancha 1 2016
Pochonbo Torch Prize
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird placeFinal 2005 April 25 Amnokgang P'yŏngyang 2006 Rimyŏngsu ?Hyesan Stadium 2007 Kigwanch'a 2008 Unknown 2009 Unknown 2010 Sobaeksu P'yŏngyang Kigwancha ?Kim Il-sung Stadium 2011 April 25 2012 Rimyŏngsu 2013 Hwaebul Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong Rimyŏngsu 2-1 a.e.t남자 홰불팀, 2련승으로 종합순위 1위／보천보홰불상체육경기대회 1급축구경기 2014 April 25 Hwaebul P'yŏngyang 1-0 2015Soccer matches see untoward results P'yŏngyang Rimyŏngsu Wŏlmidoor? 2-1Rungrado 1st of May Stadium 2016 Amnokgang Sobaeksu Kigwancha 2-1Sŏsan Stadium 2017 Unknown Kim Il-sung Stadium
Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Third place* Winning seasons Runners-up seasons Third place seasons April 25 3 2005, 2011, 2014 Rimyŏngsu 2 1 1 2006, 2012 2015 2013 P'yŏngyang 1 1 1 (+1) 2015 2010 2005, (2014) Sobaeksu 1 1 (1) 2010 2016 (2014) Amnokgang 1 1 2016 2005 Hwaebul 1 1 2013 2014 Kigwancha 1 3 2007 2010, 2016 Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong 1 2013 Wŏlmido (1) (2015) * - Brackets indicate the club reached the semi-finals, but result of third-place match is unknown
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