Kyungsung Football Club was the
Korean
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** ...
football club based in the city of
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
.
The term
Kyungsung or
Gyeongseong
Seoul has been known in the past by successive names, including Wiryeseong () and Hanseong (Baekje era), Bukhansangun (Goguryo era), Hanyang (North and South states period), Namgyeong (, Goryeo era), Hanyangbu (Goryeo under Mongol rule), Hanseong ...
was used instead of
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
during the
period of Japanese rule. After independence from Japan, the club revived and changed the name to Seoul FC in 1946. Due to the
North Korean invasion, the club stopped operating.
When Korea was under Japanese rule, Kyungsung FC participated in Japanese
Emperor's Cup and won the prize, becoming the only non-Japanese home islands club to win it.
History
Kyungsung FC was founded in 1933 and Kyungsung FC is a historic club of Korean football.
Honours
*
All Joseon Football Tournament
The All Joseon Football Tournament ( ko, 전조선축구대회, 全朝鮮蹴球大會) was the first Korean national football competition, held annually by the Joseon Sports Council or Joseon Football Association. The tournament of the Joseon S ...
** Winner (2) :
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
** Runners-up (3) :
1933,
1938,
1939
*
Emperor's Cup
** Winner (1) :
1935
*
Meiji Shrine Games
The were a national sporting event held in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan ...
** Winner (1) :
1935 Football at the Meiji Shrine Games
Rivalry
Rival was
Pyongyang FC
Pyongyang Football Club was a Korean football club based in the city of Pyongyang, which is now the capital of North Korea. The club won the national cup competition in 1934.
Background
Pyongyang FC was founded on 15 January 1933 following an ...
. Rival match was famous and called
Kyung-Pyong Football Match
See also
*
Football in Seoul Football is one of the most popular sports, both in terms of participants and spectators, in Seoul. Seoul had several of South Korea's leading football clubs and biggest football stadium - Seoul World Cup Stadium.
History
In June 1882, although the ...
*
Pyongyang FC
Pyongyang Football Club was a Korean football club based in the city of Pyongyang, which is now the capital of North Korea. The club won the national cup competition in 1934.
Background
Pyongyang FC was founded on 15 January 1933 following an ...
*
Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry
*
Kim Yong-sik
Kim Yong-sik (; Hanja: 金容植; 25 July 1910 – 8 March 1985) was a South Korean Association football, football player and manager. He is esteemed as the godfather of the South Korean football.
International career
Kim played internationa ...
References
전조선축구대회 역대 결과-대한축구협회 웹사이트
Association football clubs established in 1933
Association football clubs disestablished in 1953
Football clubs in Seoul
Defunct football clubs in South Korea
Emperor's Cup winners
1933 establishments in Korea
1953 disestablishments in South Korea