| Kyung-Pyong Football Series | |
| City Or Region: | Japanese Korea, Korea |
| First Contested: | Between selections: 8 October 1929 Kyungsung XI 1–1 Pyongyang XI Between clubs: 6 April 1933 |
| Mostrecent: | 27 March 1946 Kyungsung FC 1–3 Pyongyang FC |
| Teams Involved: | Kyungsung FC Pyongyang FC |
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| Title1: | Kyungsung FC |
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| Kyung-Pyong Football Series | |
| Hangul: | 경평대항축구전 |
| Rr: | Gyeong-Pyong Deahang Chukgujeon |
| Mr: | Kyŏngp‘yŏng Taehang ch‘ukkujŏn |
The Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry, commonly known as the Kyung-Pyong Football Series, was a football rivalry in the early 20th century between Seoul (called Gyeongseong/Kyungsung or Keijō at the time) and Pyongyang which are currently capital of South Korea and North Korea. The clash between Korea's two biggest cities was considered as the biggest rivalry in Korea. Seoul and Pyongyang developed historical rivalry for over a century, and their football teams were no exception.
In the Joseon era of Korea, Hanyang (currently Seoul) was the capital, and Pyongyang was the second largest city. By the way, Joseon government created the discriminative atmosphere against Pyongan Province including Pyongyang, and there was also profound conflict between the two largest cities.[1] They developed a rivalry due to Korean historical backgrounds.
Many football clubs and school teams were made in 1910s in Korea along the booming of football, and the All Joseon Football Tournament (predecessor of the Korean FA Cup) was held in 1921. In this tournament, clubs based on Seoul such as,, and had matches against the clubs in Pyongyang like .
The first Kyung-Pyong Football Series was held by the Chosun Ilbo in Seoul in 1929, and the united team in each city participated. It was so popular as most of the shops closed at the match days. However, the series was often stopped because of the riot between excited fans, and at last it was all folded after 1930. In 1933, Pyongyang FC and Kyungsung FC were officially founded, and the annual series was reopened. After 1936, however, it was substituted by other cup matches which many clubs from other cities joined. Despite the end of the series, the two clubs occasionally met each other in several competitions until the division of South and North Korea.
| No. | Date | Competition | Home team | Score | Away team | Goals (home) | Goals (away) | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 October 1929 | 1st Chosun Ilbo Kyung-Pyong Football Series | Kyungsung XI | 1–1 | Pyongyang XI | Choi Seong-son | Kim Jeong-sik | Whimoon High School, Kyungsung | [2] |
| 2 | 9 October 1929 | Kyungsung XI | 3–4 | Pyongyang XI | Geo Bok-jun Choi Seong-son | Lee Jeong-sik Park Ui-hyeon | [3] | ||
| 3 | 10 October 1929 | Kyungsung XI | 2–4 | Pyongyang XI | Jeong Won-soon Choi Seong-son | Lee Jeong-sik Kang Gi-dae ? | [4] | ||
| 4 | 28 November 1930 | 2nd Chosun Ilbo Kyung-Pyong Football Series | Kyungsung XI | 3–2 | Pyongyang XI | Lee Young-min Choi Seong-son | Kim Jae-shin Han Young-taek | Kyungsung Stadium, Kyungsung | [5] |
| 5 | 29 November 1930 | Kyungsung XI | 3–5 | Pyongyang XI | Lee Jeong-woo Choi Seong-son | Han Young-taek Park Young-chul Kim Jae-shin Ko Jeong-han | [6] [7] | ||
| 6 | 1 December 1930 | Kyungsung XI | 5–1 | Pyongyang XI | Han Young-taek | [8] [9] | |||
| 7 | 6 April 1933 | Kyungsung vs Pyongyang Football Series | Pyongyang FC | 2–3 | Kyungsung FC | Park Young-hwan Kang Yeong-pil | Girimri Stadium, Pyongyang | [10] | |
| 8 | 8 April 1933 | Pyongyang FC | 2–2 | Kyungsung FC | Park Ui-hyeon Kim Young-geun | Kang Gi-soon Choi Seong-son | [11] | ||
| 9 | 10 April 1933 | Pyongyang FC | 3–0 | Kyungsung FC | Lee Jeong-sik Lee Jeong-hyeon | — | [12] | ||
| 10 | 20 September 1933 | Joseon Sports Council Kyung-Pyong Football Series | Kyungsung FC | 3–2 | Pyongyang FC | Bae Jong-ho Kang Yeong-pil | Kim Young-geun Lee Chi-soon | Paichai High School, Kyungsung | [13] |
| 11 | 21 September 1933 | Kyungsung FC | 2–3 | Pyongyang FC | Kang Yeong-pil Chae Geum-seok | Han Young-taek | [14] [15] | ||
| 12 | 22 September 1933 | Kyungsung FC | 1–1 | Pyongyang FC | Kim Il-bae | Lee Jeong-sik | [16] | ||
| 13 | 23 October 1933 | 1st Kyung-Pyong Regular Football Series | Pyongyang FC | 1–1 | Kyungsung FC | Unknown | Girimri Stadium, Pyongyang | [17] | |
| 14 | 24 October 1933 | Pyongyang FC | 1–1 | Kyungsung FC | Park Young-hwan | Kang Young-pil | [18] | ||
| 15 | 25 October 1933 | Pyongyang FC | 2–1 | Kyungsung FC | Lee Jeong-sik Park Young-hwan | Choi Seong-son | [19] | ||
| 16 | 6 April 1934 | 2st Kyung-Pyong Regular Football Series | Kyungsung FC | 1–2 | Pyongyang FC | Choi Seong-son | Park Ui-hyeon Lee Jeong-sik | Paichai High School, Kyungsung | [20] |
| 17 | 7 April 1934 | Kyungsung FC | 2–2 | Pyongyang FC | Han Gab-seok Choi Seong-son | Kim Sung-gan Lee Jeong-sik | [21] | ||
| 18 | 13 April 1935 | 3rd Kyung-Pyong Regular Football Series | Kyungsung FC | 0–0 | Pyongyang FC | — | — | Kyungsung Stadium, Kyungsung | [22] |
| 19 | 15 April 1935 | Kyungsung FC | 0–1 | Pyongyang FC | — | Han Young-taek | [23] | ||
| 20 | 25 March 1946 | Jayu Shinmun Kyung-Pyong Football Series | Seoul FC | 2–1 | Pyongyang FC | Unknown | Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul | [24] | |
| 21 | 27 March 1946 | Seoul FC | 1–3 | Pyongyang FC | Unknown | ||||
| Date | Competition | Home team | Score | Away team | Goals (home) | Goals (away) | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 1935 | Joseon FA Championship | Kyungsung FC | 1–0 | Pyongyang FC | Bae Jong-ho | — | Kyungsung Stadium, Kyungsung | [25] |
| 10 November 1939 | Joseon FA Three Regions League | Kyungsung FC | 5–0 | Pyongyang FC | — | Kyungsung Stadium, Kyungsung | [26] | |
| 12 November 1939 | Kyungsung FC | 1–3 | Pyongyang FC | Song Chang-yeop | Yang Won-bo Hyeon Hyo-seop | [27] | ||
| 13 November 1939 | Kyungsung FC | 3–1 | Pyongyang FC | Kim Sung-gan Kim In-mo | Yang Won-bo | [28] |
| Team | Series | Matches | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
| Kyungsung FC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 47 | 0 | |
| Pyongyang FC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 47 | 0 | |