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
소백수
Full nameSobaeksu Sports Club
소백수 체육단'
GroundHome stadium is unclear
Based in Pyongyang
Manager Kim Jong-hun (2011–)
LeagueDPR Korea Premier Football League
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  PRK Ri Chol-song
18 GK  PRK Ri Kwang-il
2 DF  PRK Kim Chol-bom
4 DF  PRK Kim Ho-gyong
12 DF  PRK Ri Jun-il
24 DF  PRK Jang Song-il
25 MF  PRK Pak Sung-hyok
27 MF  PRK Nam Chol-hyon
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF  PRK Ri Il-jin
13 MF  PRK So Kyong-jin
28 MF  PRK Yon Jun-hyok
7 FW  PRK Mun Hyok
8 FW  PRK Ri Myong-jun
9 FW  PRK Jo Kwang
16  PRK Kim Su-hyong
22  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,[1] 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.[2]

Sobaeksu has several players with experience in foreign leagues, notably goalkeeper Ri Kwang-il, who played for FK Radnički 1923[3] and FK Erdoglija Kragujevac in Serbia, and striker Ri Myong-jun, who played with Dinaburg FC and FC Daugava in Latvia,[4] FC Vestsjælland in Denmark,[5] 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
  • Kim Jong-hun (2011–)

Achievements

Domestic Cups
  • Paektusan Prize: 1
    • Runners-up: 2016
  • Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize: 1
    • Runners-up: 2016

Other sports

In addition to football, they play basketball, volleyball,[6] and ice hockey.[7]

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References
  1. ２０１６년 조선민주주의인민공화국 １０대최우수선수, 감독 선정 1-1-2017, accessed 19 Feb 2018
  2. http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/order/pytimes/?page=Sports&no=23955
  3. Korejanci na Čika Dači at FK Radnički 1923 official website, 31 August 2009, retrieved 24 January 2013 (in Serbian)
  4. Ri Myong-jun - UEFA.com - Union of European Football Associations
  5. Nordkoreanere på plads i FCV
  6. Yang Ryon Hui (2 November 2017). "National Championships close". The Pyongyang Times. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. http://naenara.com.kp/en/society/?sport+1+1819
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