Sobaeksu Sports Club Explained

Hangul:	소백수체육단
Hanja:	小白水體育團
Mr:	Sobaeksu ch'eyuktan
Rr:	Sobaeksu cheyukdan
Context:	north

Sobaeksu Sports Club (Korean: 소백수체육단, Sobaeksu Ch'eyuktang) is a North Korean multi-sports club based in Pyongyang, best known for its men's and women's football teams playing at Yanggakdo Stadium. Sobaeksu is the first tributary of the Amnok river.^[1]

Rivalries

Sharing the Yanggakdo Stadium with them, Sobaeksu has a rivalry with Kigwancha.

Players

Notable players

Sobaeksu player Kim Su-hyŏng was listed third on North Korea's list of top ten athletes of 2016,^[2] and forward Cho Kwang led all players in scoring in the 2017 edition of the Paektusan Prize football competition, with a total of seven goals.^[3]

Sobaeksu has several players with experience in foreign leagues, notably goalkeeper Ri Kwang-il, who played for FK Radnički 1923^[4] and FK Erdoglija Kragujevac in Serbia, and striker Ri Myong-jun, who played with Dinaburg FC and FC Daugava in Latvia,^[5] FC Vestsjælland in Denmark,^[6] and Singhtarua FC in Thailand. Ri Jun-il is one of several Sobaeksu players who play or have played for the North Korea national football team.

Managers

• Kim Jong-hun (2011–)

Achievements

Domestic Cups

• Paektusan Prize: 1
  • Runners-up: 2016
• Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize: 1
  • Runners-up: 2016
• Hwaebul Cup: 1
  • Champions: 2017

Other sports

In addition to football, they play basketball, volleyball,^[7] and ice hockey.^[8]

External links

• North Korea 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad (archived 8 August 2007)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 북한지역정보넷. 2023-04-27. 2023-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20230427102519/http://www.cybernk.net/infoMedia/InfoMultiAnimationList.aspx?mc=HM0303&mt=1&aid=A22000000248. live.
2. Web site: ２０１６년 조선민주주의인민공화국 １０대최우수선수, 감독 선정 1-1-2017, accessed 19 Feb 2018 . 2018-02-20 . 2018-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181115153910/http://www.rodong.rep.kp/ko/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2017-01-01-0018 . live .
3. Web site: The Pyongyang Times - Sports . www.naenara.com.kp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071812/http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/order/pytimes/?page=Sports&no=23955 . 2018-02-25.
4. http://www.fkradnicki.com/2009/08/korejanci-na-cika-daci/ Korejanci na Čika Dači
5. Web site: Ri Myong-jun - UEFA.com - Union of European Football Associations . 2018-02-20 . 2020-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200405115934/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/player=250010150/index.html . live .
6. Web site: Nordkoreanere på plads i FCV . 2018-02-20 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015627/http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Nordkoreanere-paa-plads-i-FCV . live .
7. Web site: National Championships close. 2 November 2017. 3 December 2017. The Pyongyang Times. Yang Ryon Hui. 4 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114524/http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?page=Sports&no=25359. dead.
8. Web site: Naenara Democratic People's Republic of Korea . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210407/http://naenara.com.kp/en/society/?sport+1+1819 . 2018-02-25.