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Chobyong Sports Club
Chobyong Sports Club ( ko, 초병체육단; Hancha:哨兵體育團) is an association football club from North Korea. Chobyong are believed to be an academy team, bringing through and selling many players to clubs in North Korea and Europe, such as Han Kwang-song and Choe Song-hyok. It is unknown what league Chobyong play in, but it is not the DPR Korea League, which they were promoted to, and presumably relegated from in 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri .... References Football clubs in North Korea {{NorthKorea-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancha
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and (, ) refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja never underwent any major reforms, they are mostly resemble to ''kyūjitai'' and traditional Chinese characters, although the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters and as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. In Japan, simp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen River, Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. North Korea's border with South Korea is a disputed border as both countries claim the entirety of the Korean Peninsula. The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. North Korea, like South Korea, its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of North Korea, adjacent islands. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. In 1910, Korean Empire, Korea was Korea under Japanese rule, annexed by the Empire of Japan. In 1945, after the Surrender of Japan, Japanese surrender at the End of World War II in Asia, end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Kwang-song
Han Kwang-song (; born 11 September 1998) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward. He last played for Al Duhail in the Qatar Stars League, who were forced to terminate his contract in 2021 due to UN sanctions against North Korea, which have stopped him from playing for another club since. Early life Han Kwang-song was born on 11 September 1998 in Pyongyang, North Korea to a working-class family. Han's early interest in football led him to study at the Pyongyang International Football School, a youth academy that annually accommodates 200 aspiring footballers, and was part of a group of athletes sponsored by the North Korean government that afforded them the opportunity to receive training overseas. His journey in football began in 2013 when he was on a training tour in Europe with the North Korean U-16 national team to identify the best academies for the young footballers. Han travelled to Barcelona that autumn, where he trained at the Marcet Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choe Song-hyok
Choe Song-hyok (, born February 8, 1998) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the North Korean national team. Club career Youth career Choe started out with Chobyong, a North Korean academy known for developing young talent. Choe signed with Italian club Fiorentina in February 2016, joining the Primavera (under-19) squad. On March 5, he made his debut for Fiorentina Primavera, during a 4–2 victory over Virtus Entella U19. In doing so, he became the first North Korean footballer to ever make an appearance for an Italian club at any level. However, problems related to his nationality quickly began arising, and he only made three more appearances with the team. It was reported that the North Korean regime had placed strict restrictions on him during his time abroad. In addition to them keeping his travel documents, he was not allowed to use the internet, nor have relations with the media or teammates, unless directly related to football. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DPR Korea League
The DPR Korea Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 리그) is North Korea's association football league. It has a first division DPR Korea Premier Football League, a second division DPR Korea Football League 2, and a third division DPR Korea Football League 3. History Including football, all sports in North Korea were on an amateur basis, with competitions called Technical Innovation Contests (Chosŏn'gŭl: 기술혁신경기대회; Hanja: 技術革新競技大會) being held several times a year In football, First Technical Innovation Contests was held In 1960. The league was the subject of the 1978 sport drama called ''Centre Forward''. The movie was directed by Kil-in Kim and Chong-song Pak and starred In-son Cha. In 2010, football's National Championship was renamed Top Class Football League or Highest Class Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 최상급축구련맹전; Hanja: 最上級蹴球聯盟戰). October 2017, after which Highest Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 DPR Korea League
Statistics of DPR Korea Football League in the 2015 season. Overview Twelve teams took part in the 2015 Highest Class Football League, with the tournament held as a simple round-robin tournament.http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/en/?page=Sports&no=20909 The participating teams were April 25, Hwaebul, Kigwancha, Kyŏnggong'ŏp, Ponghwasan, Sobaeksu, P'yŏngyang City, Rimyŏngsu, Myohyangsan, Chobyŏng, Amrokkang, and Sŏnbong. Chobyŏng had earned promotion to the top flight for the first time after winning the second division, but they finished last in 2015 and were once again relegated. Play began on 20 September, and the final was played in late October, with all matches played at the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in P'yŏngyang. The 2015 champions of the Highest Class Football League were April 25. Cup competitions Hwaebul Cup The final of the 2015 edition of the Hwaebul Cup was held at the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in P'yŏngyang. April 25 defeated Kigwanch'a by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
