April 25 SC
Appearance
| Full name | April 25 Sports Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | March 1947 or July 1949 as Central Sports Training School Sports Club | ||
| Ground | Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang | ||
| Chairman | Ri Mun-sŏng | ||
| Manager | O Yun-son | ||
| League | DPR Korea Premier Football League | ||
| 2018–19 | Champions | ||
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| April 25 SC | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | |
|---|---|
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Sa io cheyukdan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sa io ch'eyuktan |
April 25 Sports Club (Korean: 4.25체육단, Sa i o ch'eyuktan), or 4.25 SC is a multi-sports club based in Pyongyang, North Korea. They are commonly known as a football team. They also have a basketball team, an ice hockey team, and a volleyball team.[1]
Current squad
[change | change source]- As of February 20, 2018[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Continental history
[change | change source]| Season[3] | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–86[4] | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying Tournament East Asia 1 |
4–1 | 1–2 | 2nd | |
| 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
| 1986[5] | Asian Club Championship | First Round Group 7 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| 1987[6] | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying Round Group 5 |
0–2 | 3rd | ||
| 2–1 | ||||||
| 1988–89[7] | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying Round Group 6 |
3–0 | 1st | ||
| 4–0 | ||||||
| 1–0 | ||||||
| 3–1 | ||||||
| Semi Final League Group B |
0–1 | 3rd | ||||
| 1–2 | ||||||
| 1–1 | ||||||
| 2–0 | ||||||
| 1990–91[8] | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying Round Group 7 |
1–0 | 1st | ||
| 1–0 | ||||||
| Group B | 1–2 | 2nd | ||||
| 0–0 | ||||||
| 4–3 | ||||||
| Semi Final | 0–3 | — | ||||
| Third Place | 2–2 (6–7 pen.) | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1991[9] | Asian Club Championship | Group B | 0–2 | 3rd | ||
| 1–1 | ||||||
| 2017[10] | AFC Cup | Group I | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |
| 2–2 | 1–1 | |||||
| Inter-Zone Play-off Semi Final | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |||
| 2018 | AFC Cup | Group I | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1st | |
| 5–1 | 5–1 | |||||
| 8–0 | 2–0 | |||||
| Inter-Zone Play-off Semi Final | 9–1 | 2–0 | 11–1 | |||
| Inter-Zone Play-off Final | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 (a) | |||
| 2019 | AFC Cup | Group I | 5–0 | 0–3 | 1st | |
| 2–0 | 1–0 | |||||
| 4–0 | 1–3 | |||||
| Inter-Zone Play-off Semi Final | 2–0 | 3–4 | 5–4 | |||
| Inter-Zone Play-off Final | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 (a) | |||
| Final | 0–1 | |||||
Honours
[change | change source]Domestic
[change | change source]- Paektusan Prize
- Winners (1): 2017
Continental
[change | change source]AFC clubs ranking
[change | change source]- As of December 4, 2017.[11]
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 127 | |
| 128 | |
| 129 | |
| 130 | |
| 131 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Watts, Jonathan (June 20, 2010). "World Cup 2010: Why North Korea are in a league of their own". The Guardian. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ↑ "The AFC". www.the-afc.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Decision by Competitions Committee & Executive Committee for AFC Club Competitions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ↑ "Asian Club Competitions 1985/86". rsssf.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Asian Club Competitions 1985/86". rsssf.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Asian Club Competitions 1987/88". rsssf.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Asian Club Competitions 1988/89". rsssf.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Asian Club Competitions 1990/91". rsssf.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Asian Club Competitions 1991/92". rsssf.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Asian Club Competitions 2017". rsssf.com. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ↑ "AFC Club Ranking (2nd July 2017 )". globalfootballranks.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved July 2, 2017.