Sobaeksu Sports Club

Sobaeksu
소백수
Full nameSobaeksu Sports Club
소백수 체육단'
GroundYanggakdo Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanChoe Yun-gi
ManagerRi Tu-hun
LeagueDPR Korea Premier Football League
Sobaeksu Sports Club
Chosŏn'gŭl
소백수체육단
Hancha
小白水體育團
Revised RomanizationSobaeksu cheyukdan
McCune–ReischauerSobaeksu ch'eyuktan

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.

History

Rivalries

Sharing the Yanggakdo Stadium with them, Sobaeksu has a rivalry with Kigwancha.[citation needed]

Players

Season 2025/26

The following players were included in the 2026 Hwaebul Cup match against Hwaebul Sports Club.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  PRK Kim Thae-Ryong
5 DF  PRK Kim Kwang-Chong
6 DF  PRK Oh Ho-Bom
7 MF  PRK Sin Jun-Song (captain)
9 DF  PRK Kim Il-Bom
10 MF  PRK Kim Se-jin
11 FW  PRK Kim Mu-Song
12 MF  PRK Kim Nam-Hyon
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW  PRK Cha Kwon-Ung
14 MF  PRK Shin Chol-Mu
16 MF  PRK Kim Song-Hye
23 MF  PRK Jong Mu-Gyo
25 FW  PRK Ri Un-Ryong
26 FW  PRK Kang Ju-Ryong
28 DF  PRK Choe Jeong-Ryong
31 GK  PRK Choe Su-Hyon

Notable players

Sobaeksu player Kim Su-hyŏng was listed third on North Korea's list of top ten athletes of 2016, 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.

Sobaeksu has several players with experience in foreign leagues, notably goalkeeper Ri Kwang-il, who played for FK Radnički 1923 and FK Erdoglija Kragujevac in Serbia, and striker Ri Myong-jun, who played with Dinaburg FC and FC Daugava in Latvia, FC Vestsjælland in Denmark, 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

Achievements

Domestic Cups

Other sports

In addition to football, they play basketball, volleyball, and ice hockey.

References

  1. ↑ "북한지역정보넷". Archived from the original on 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  2. ↑ "Sobaeksu x Hwaebul - Copa Hwaebul 2026". bilibili.
  3. ↑ "２０１６년 조선민주주의인민공화국 １０대최우수선수, 감독 선정 1-1-2017, accessed 19 Feb 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  4. ↑ "The Pyongyang Times - Sports". www.naenara.com.kp. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25.
  5. ↑ Korejanci na Čika Dači Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine at FK Radnički 1923 official website, 31 August 2009, retrieved 24 January 2013 (in Serbian)
  6. ↑ "Ri Myong-jun - UEFA.com - Union of European Football Associations". Archived from the original on 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Nordkoreanere på plads i FCV". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  8. ↑ Yang Ryon Hui (2 November 2017). "National Championships close". The Pyongyang Times. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Naenara Democratic People's Republic of Korea". Naenara. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25.