Full name | Pyongyang Sports Club 평양시체육단 | ||
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Nickname(s) | Chollima | ||
Founded | 30 April 1956 | ||
Ground | Kim Il Sung Stadium Pyongyang | ||
Capacity | 50,000 | ||
Chairman | Rim Sung-chan | ||
Manager | Ri Jong-man | ||
League | DPR Korea Premier Football League | ||
2018/19 | 6th | ||
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Pyongyang Sports Club | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 평양시체육단 |
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Hancha | 平壤市體育團 |
Revised Romanization | Pyeongyang-si cheyukdan |
McCune–Reischauer | P'yŏngyang-si ch'eyuktan |
Pyongyang Sports Club (Korean: 평양시체육단) is a North Korean organization of education specialty with several departments.[1] This organization is based in Pyongyang and plays at the Kim Il Sung Stadium. As the sports club of the Workers' Party of Korea and Government of Pyongyang, Pyongyang SC is the largest sports club not affiliated with a state ministry.
Football is the most popular department in this organization. The men are presently playing in the DPR Korea Premier Football League, the highest football league in North Korea.