The DPR Korea Football League (

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: 조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 리그) is

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, Y ...

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 ...

league. It has a first division

DPR Korea Premier Football League The DPR Korea Premier Football League is a North Korean association football league that serves as the top-tier of the North Korean football league system. As of the 2017–18 season, featuring thirteen teams that play a full season of home-an ...

, 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 (

: 기술혁신경기대회;

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: 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 (

: 최상급축구련맹전;

: 最上級蹴球聯盟戰). October 2017, after which Highest Class Football League was replaced by the DPR Korea Premier Football League (

: 조선민주주의인민공화국 1부류축구련맹전;

: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國一部流蹴球聯盟戰) held in the home-and-away round-robin system used in most other countries.

Structure

In 1990 and 1991, South Korean Newspaper reported, DPR Korea Football League had 3 divisions and promotion and relegation system In October 2016, South Korean Newspaper reported, AFC said "In 2017, North Korea have a plan to create a new football league system which operates 3 divisions."'AFC컵 출전 목표' 북한축구, 내년에 자국리그 출범
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is reclusive and closed country so it is difficult to obtain the information about whole changes and current detailed league system information. * Round-robin tournament competitions ** First Division:

** Second Division: DPR Korea balls League 2 (uncertain) ** Third Division: DPR Korea Football League 3 (uncertain) * Elimination tournament competitions ** Hwaebul Cup **

DPR Korea Championship DPR Korea Championship (Democratic People's Republic of Korea Championship, Chosŏn'gŭl: 공화국선수권대회; Hanja: 共和國選手權大會) is a multi-sport event in North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Rep ...

(In the past, Round-robin tournament competition) ** Mangyongdae Prize **

Paektusan Prize The Football at the Paektusan Prize Sports Games is an annual association football men's competition in Multi-sport event - Paektusan Prize Sports Games in North Korea, organised by the DPR Korea Football Association The Democratic People's Re ...

Pochonbo Torch Prize Football at the Pochonbo Torch Prize Sports Games is an annual association football men's competition in Multi-sport event – Pochonbo Torch Prize Sports Games in North Korea, organised by the DPR Korea Football Association The Democratic Peo ...

Osandok Prize Football at the Osandok Prize Sports Games is an association football competition held for professional teams in the Multi-sport events - Osandok Prize Sports Games in North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic ...

Clubs

DPR Korea Premier Football League clubs

DPR Korea Football League 2 clubs

DPR Korea Football League 3 clubs

References

External links

Football for the Peoples. North Korea
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