2017–18 DPR Korea Premier Football League explained

Competition:	DPR Korea Premier League
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	April 25^[1] (18th title)
Continentalcup1:	2019 AFC Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	April 25 Ryŏmyŏng^[2]
League Topscorer:	An Il-bŏm (19)
Best Goalkeeper:	An Tae-sŏng (13 cleen sheets)
Matches:	156
Total Goals:	382
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2018–19

The 2017–18 DPR Korea Premier Football League was the first season of the reformed DPR Korea Premier Football League, the top North Korean association football league, to use a home-and-away format. The league started on 1 December 2017 and will continue until 28 October 2018.^[3] Matches will be played on Saturdays and Sundays only.^[4]

April 25 are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 13 teams will participate:

Club	Location	Stadium	Affiliation
Amrokkang	P'yŏngyang	Yanggakdo Stadium	Ministry of People's Security
April 25	P'yŏngyang	Yanggakdo Stadium	Korean People's Army
Hwaebul	Pochŏn	Hwaebul Stadium	Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League
Jebi	P'yŏngyang	P'yŏngyang City Stadium	Korean People's Army Air Force
Kalmaegi
Kigwancha	P'yŏngyang	Yanggakdo Stadium	Korean State Railway
Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong	P'yŏngyang	P'yŏngyang City Stadium	Ministry of Light Industry
P'yŏngyang	P'yŏngyang	Kim Il-sung Stadium	Workers' Party of Korea
Rimyŏngsu	Sariwŏn	Sariwŏn Youth Stadium	Ministry of People's Security
Ryŏmyŏng	P'yŏngyang	Kim Il-sung Stadium	Korean People's Army
Sobaeksu	P'yŏngyang	Yanggakdo Stadium	Korean People's Army
Sŏnbong	Rasŏn	Rajin Stadium	Worker-Peasant Red Guards
Wŏlmido	Kimch'aek	Kimch'aek Municipal Stadium	Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts

Standings

Awards

2017–18 Awards were given at 31 October 2018

• Most Valuable Player : Kim Yu-sŏng (April 25)
• Top scorer : An Il-bŏm (April 25)
• Best goalkeeper : An Tae-sŏng (April 25)

See also

• DPRK Premier League at its height
• Wolmido beats Sobaeksu 2–0 in premier league
• Results of 2017–2018 DPRK Premier Football League

External links

• DPR Korea Football
• North Korea 2017/18, RSSSF.com
• Naenara

Notes and References

1. http://kcna.kp/kcna.user.article.retrieveNewsViewInfoList.kcmsf#this 로므니아,네팔정계인사들 새해에 조선인민이 성과를 거두기를 축원
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20191124035303/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2018/201811/news16/20181116-12ee.html Results of 2017–2018 DPRK Premier Football League
3. Web site: DPRK Premier Football League to Be Held. nkaggregator.com. 6 November 2017. 8 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212532/https://nkaggregator.com/2017/11/06/dprk-premier-football-league-to-be-held/. 20 February 2018. dead.
4. Web site: Result of 2017–2018 DPRK Premier Football League (1). https://web.archive.org/web/20191124004340/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2017/201712/news04/20171204-14ee.html. dead. 24 November 2019. kcna.co.jp. 4 December 2017.