The Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry, commonly known as the Kyung-Pyong Football Series, was a football rivalry in the early 20th century between Seoul (called Gyeongseong/Kyungsung or Keijō at the time) and Pyongyang (Heijō) which are currently capital of South Korea and North Korea. The clash between Korea's two biggest cities was considered as the biggest rivalry in Korea. Seoul and Pyongyang developed historical rivalry for over a century, and their football teams were no exception.
History In the Joseon era of Korea, Hanyang (currently Seoul) was the capital, and Pyongyang was the second largest city. By the way, Joseon government created the discriminative atmosphere against Pyongan Province including Pyongyang, and there was also profound conflict between the two largest cities. They developed a rivalry due to Korean historical backgrounds.
Many football clubs and school teams were made in 1910s in Korea along the booming of football, and the All Joseon Football Tournament (predecessor of the Korean FA Cup) was held in 1921. In this tournament, clubs based on Seoul such as , , and had matches against the clubs in Pyongyang like .
The first Kyung-Pyong Football Series was held by the Chosun Ilbo in Seoul in 1929, and the united team in each city participated. It was so popular as most of the shops closed at the match days. However, the series was often stopped because of the riot between excited fans, and at last it was all folded after 1930. In 1933, Pyongyang FC and Kyungsung FC were officially founded, and the annual series was reopened. After 1936, however, it was substituted by other cup matches which many clubs from other cities joined. Despite the end of the series, the two clubs occasionally met each other in several competitions until the division of South and North Korea.
Series No.DateCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)VenueRef.18 October 19291st Chosun IlboKyung-Pyong Football SeriesKyungsung XI1–1Pyongyang XIChoi Seong-son Kim Jeong-sik Whimoon High School,Kyungsung29 October 1929Kyungsung XI3–4Pyongyang XIGeo Bok-jun Choi Seong-son Lee Jeong-sik Park Ui-hyeon 310 October 1929Kyungsung XI2–4Pyongyang XIJeong Won-soon Choi Seong-son Lee Jeong-sik Kang Gi-dae ? 428 November 19302nd Chosun IlboKyung-Pyong Football SeriesKyungsung XI3–2Pyongyang XILee Young-min Choi Seong-son Kim Jae-shin Han Young-taek Kyungsung Stadium,Kyungsung529 November 1930Kyungsung XI3–5Pyongyang XILee Jeong-woo Choi Seong-son Han Young-taek Park Young-chul Kim Jae-shin Ko Jeong-han 61 December 1930Kyungsung XI5–1Pyongyang XIKim Won-gyeom Choi Seong-son Lee Young-min Han Young-taek 76 April 1933Kyungsung vs PyongyangFootball SeriesPyongyang FC2–3Kyungsung FC? Kim Sung-gan Park Young-hwan Kang Yeong-pil Girimri Stadium,Pyongyang88 April 1933Pyongyang FC2–2Kyungsung FCPark Ui-hyeon Kim Young-geun Kang Gi-soon Choi Seong-son 910 April 1933Pyongyang FC3–0Kyungsung FCLee Jeong-sik Lee Jeong-hyeon —1020 September 1933Joseon Sports CouncilKyung-Pyong Football SeriesKyungsung FC3–2Pyongyang FCBae Jong-ho Kang Yeong-pil Kim Young-geun Lee Chi-soon Paichai High School,Kyungsung1121 September 1933Kyungsung FC2–3Pyongyang FCKang Yeong-pil Chae Geum-seok Han Young-taek 1222 September 1933Kyungsung FC1–1Pyongyang FCKim Il-bae Lee Jeong-sik 1323 October 19331st Kyung-PyongRegular Football SeriesPyongyang FC1–1Kyungsung FCUnknownGirimri Stadium,Pyongyang1424 October 1933Pyongyang FC1–1Kyungsung FCPark Young-hwan Kang Young-pil 1525 October 1933Pyongyang FC2–1Kyungsung FCLee Jeong-sik Park Young-hwan Choi Seong-son 166 April 19342st Kyung-PyongRegular Football SeriesKyungsung FC1–2Pyongyang FCChoi Seong-son Park Ui-hyeon Lee Jeong-sik Paichai High School,Kyungsung177 April 1934Kyungsung FC2–2Pyongyang FCHan Gab-seok Choi Seong-son Kim Sung-gan Lee Jeong-sik 1813 April 19353rd Kyung-PyongRegular Football SeriesKyungsung FC0–0Pyongyang FC——Kyungsung Stadium,Kyungsung1915 April 1935Kyungsung FC0–1Pyongyang FC—Han Young-taek 2025 March 1946Jayu ShinmunKyung-Pyong Football SeriesSeoul FC2–1Pyongyang FCUnknownDongdaemun Stadium,Seoul2127 March 1946Seoul FC1–3Pyongyang FCUnknown
Other matches DateCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)VenueRef.14 May 19351st Kyungsung FC1–0Pyongyang FCBae Jong-ho —Kyungsung Stadium,Kyungsung10 November 1939Joseon FAThree Regions LeagueKyungsung FC5–0Pyongyang FCKim Sung-gan Hwang Jeong-ha Kim Yong-sik —Kyungsung Stadium,Kyungsung12 November 1939Kyungsung FC1–3Pyongyang FCSong Chang-yeop Yang Won-bo Hyeon Hyo-seop 13 November 1939Kyungsung FC3–1Pyongyang FCKim Sung-gan Kim In-mo Yang Won-bo
Statistics TeamSeriesMatchesPldWDLPldWDLGFGAGDKyungsung FC813425871047470Pyongyang FC843125107847470
See also Kyungsung FC Pyongyang FC All Joseon Football Tournament North Korea–South Korea football rivalry
References
Further reading 大韓蹴球協會 편 『韓國蹴球百年史』라사라, 1986. 윤경헌, 최창신『축구 = 1 : 國技축구 그 찬란한 아침 』국민체육진흥공단, 1997.
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