List of North Korean football champions
# List of North Korean football champions

The North Korean football champions are the winners of the highest league in North Korean football, which is currently the DPR Korea Premier Football League.

Also listed here are the winners of North Korea's cup competitions (the Republican Championship, from 1972 to 2011, and the Hwaebul Cup from 2013 on), and the other annual league-like "Prize" competitions that North Korea's football clubs take part in (the Man'gyŏngdae Prize, the Osandŏk Prize, the Paektusan Prize, and the Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize), which were used prior to the 2017–18 season to determine which teams played for the National Championship.

## DPR Korea Football League

### Technical Innovation Contests & National Championship

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1960–1984 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1985 | April 25 | | |
| 1986 | April 25 | | |
| 1987 | April 25 | | |
| 1988 | April 25 | | |
| 1989 | Ch'andongja | | |
| 1990 | April 25 | | |
| 1991 | P'yŏngyang | | |
| 1992 | April 25 | | |
| 1993 | April 25 | | |
| 1994 | April 25 | | |
| 1995 | April 25 | Rimyŏngsu | Kigwanch'a |
| 1996 | Kigwanch'a | Rimyŏngsu | April 25 |
| 1997 | Kigwanch'a | | |
| 1998 | Kigwanch'a | | |
| 1999 | Kigwanch'a | | |
| 2000 | Kigwanch'a | | |
| 2001 | Amnokgang | | |
| 2002 | April 25 | Rimyŏngsu | Amnokgang |
| 2003 | April 25 | | |
| 2004 | P'yŏngyang | | |
| 2005 | P'yŏngyang | | |
| 2006 | Amnokgang | | Kigwanch'a |
| 2007 | P'yŏngyang | | |
| 2008 | Amnokgang | | |
| 2009 | P'yŏngyang | | |

## DPR Korea Football League (Round-robin tournament competitions)

### Highest Class Football League

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | April 25 | Sobaeksu | Amnokgang |
| 2011 | April 25 | Sobaeksu | Amnokgang |
| 2012 | April 25 | Sŏnbong | Rimyŏngsu |
| 2013 | April 25 | Man'gyŏngbong | Hwaebul |
| 2014 | Hwaebul | April 25 | Amnokgang |
| 2015 | April 25 | Hwaebul | |
| 2016 | Kigwancha | April 25 | Amnokgang |
| 2017 | April 25 | Hwaebul | |

### DPR Korea Premier Football League

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2017–18 | April 25 | Ryŏmyŏng | Kigwancha |
| 2018–19 | In progress | In progress | In progress |

## Performance by club

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 25 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 | 2014, 2016 | 1996 |
| Kigwanch'a | 6 | | 2 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2016 | | 1995, 2006 |
| P'yŏngyang | 5 | | | 1991, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 | | |
| Amnokgang | 3 | | 5 | 2001, 2006, 2008 | | 2002, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016 |
| Hwaebul | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2014 | 2015, 2017 | 2013 |
| Ch'andongja | 1 | | | 1989 | | |
| Rimyŏngsu | | 3 | 1 | | 1995, 1996, 2002 | 2012 |
| Sobaeksu | | 2 | | | 2010, 2011 | |
| Sŏnbong | | 1 | | | 2012 | |
| Man'gyŏngbong | | 1 | | | 2013 | |

## DPR Korea Football League (Elimination tournament competitions)

### DPR Korea Championship

Held 1972–2011.

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Final score |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1972–2000 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2001 | April 25 | | | |
| 2002–2003 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2004 | P'yŏngyang | | | |
| 2005 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2006 | April 25 | | | |
| 2007 | Amnokgang | | | |
| 2009 | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | Amnokgang | | 1-0 |
| 2011 | April 25 | Sobaeksu | Amnokgang | played as simple round robin |

**Performance by club**

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 25 | 3 | | | 2001, 2006, 2011 | | |
| Amnokgang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| P'yŏngyang | 1 | | | 2004 | | |
| Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | 1 | | | 2009 | | |
| Sobaeksu | | 1 | | 2011 | | |

### Hwaebul Cup

Played since 2013, evidently as a replacement for the Republican Championship in men's football.

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists | Final | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | April 25 | Sŏnbong | Amnokgang, Hwaebul | 2-2 a.e.t (7-8 p) Kim Il-sung Stadium | Sŏnbong won, but match awarded to April 25 after it was deemed Sŏnbong had fielded an ineligible player. |
| 2014 | April 25 | Hwaebul | ? | 1-0 Yanggakdo Stadium | Semi-finalists not known |
| 2015 | April 25 | Kigwancha | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong, Wŏlmido | 5-1 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium | |
| 2016 | April 25 | Hwaebul | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong, ? | 2-2 (3-2 a.e.t) Sŏsan Stadium | Only one of two semi-finalists known |
| 2017 | Sobaeksu | Ryŏmyŏng | Hwaebul, Kigwancha | 1-1 (2-1 a.e.t) Rungrado 1st of May Stadium | Hwaebul finished 3rd, Kigwancha 4th. |

**Performance by club**

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Semi-finalist seasons |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 25 | 4 | — | | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | — | |
| Sobaeksu | 1 | — | | 2017 | — | |
| Hwaebul | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2014, 2016 | 2013, 2017 |
| Kigwancha | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2015 | 2017 |
| Sŏnbong | — | 1 | | — | 2013 | |
| Ryŏmyŏng | — | 1 | | — | 2017 | |
| Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2015, 2016 |
| Amnokgang | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2013 |
| Wŏlmido | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2015 |

### Mangyongdae Prize|Man'gyŏngdae Prize

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Rimyŏngsu | | | | |
| 2001 | Rimyŏngsu | | | | |
| 2002 | April 25 | | | | |
| 2004 | Kigwancha | | | | |
| 2005 | Kigwancha | | | | |
| 2006 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2007 | Amnokgang | | | | |
| 2008 | Amnokgang | | | | |
| 2009 | April 25 | | | | |
| 2010 | Rimyŏngsu | | | Sobaeksu | |
| 2011 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2012 | April 25 | | | | |
| 2013 | Rimyŏngsu | Amnokgang | | | 2-1 Kim Il-sung Stadium |
| 2014 | April 25 | Amnokgang | Kigwancha | Sobaeksu | 1-0 Kim Il-sung Stadium |
| 2015 | April 25 | Kigwancha | Rimyŏngsu | Sobaeksu | 1-0 Kim Il-sung Stadium |
| 2016 | April 25 | Kigwancha | Ryŏmyŏng | | 1-0 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium |
| 2017 | April 25 | February 8 | Hwaebul | Sŏnbong | 2-0 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium |

**Performance by club**

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons | Fourth place seasons |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 25 | 7 | | | | 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | | | |
| Rimyŏngsu | 4 | | 1 | | 2000, 2001, 2010, 2013 | | 2015 | |
| Kigwancha | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 2004, 2005 | 2015, 2016 | 2014 | |
| Amnokgang | 2 | 2 | | | 2007, 2008 | 2013, 2014 | | |
| February 8 | — | 1 | | | | 2017 | | |
| Ryŏmyŏng | — | — | 1 | | | | 2016 | |
| Hwaebul | — | — | 1 | | | | 2017 | |
| Sobaeksu | | | | 3 | | | | 2010, 2014, 2015 |
| Sŏnbong | | | | 1 | | | | 2017 |

### Osandok Prize|Osandŏk Prize

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Hwaebul | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | Sobaeksu |
| 2016 | Hwaebul | | February 8 |
| 2017 | Hwaebul | | |

**Performance by club**

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hwaebul | 3 | — | — | 2015, 2016, 2017 | | |
| Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | — | 1 | | — | 2015 | |
| Sobaeksu | — | | 1 | — | | 2015 |
| February 8 | — | | 1 | — | | 2016 |

### Paektusan Prize

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | P'yŏngyang | Amnokgang | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong |
| 2008 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2010 | Rimyŏngsu | | |
| 2011 | Rimyŏngsu | | | |
| 2012 | Amnokgang | Rimyŏngsu | Kigwancha | |
| 2013 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2014 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2015 | | | April 25 |
| 2016 | Hwaebul | Sobaeksu | P'yŏngyang | 1-0 Sŏsan Stadium |
| 2017 | April 25 | February 8 | Hwaebul | 1-0 Sŏsan Stadium |

**Performance by club**

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rimyŏngsu | 2 | 1 | | 2010, 2011 | 2012 | |
| Amnokgang | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 2007 | |
| P'yŏngyang | 1 | | 1 | 2007 | | 2016 |
| Hwaebul | 1 | | 1 | 2016 | | 2017 |
| April 25 | 1 | | 1 | 2017 | | 2015 |
| Sobaeksu | | 1 | | 2016 | |
| February 8 | | 1 | | | 2017 | |
| Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | | | 1 | | | 2007 |
| Kigwancha | | | 1 | | | 2016 |

### Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | April 25 | Amnokgang | P'yŏngyang | |
| 2006 | Rimyŏngsu | | | ? Hyesan Stadium |
| 2007 | Kigwanch'a | | |
| 2008 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2010 | Sobaeksu | P'yŏngyang | Kigwancha | ? Kim Il-sung Stadium |
| 2011 | April 25 |
| 2012 | Rimyŏngsu | | | |
| 2013 | Hwaebul | Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | Rimyŏngsu | 2-1 a.e.t |
| 2014 | April 25 | Hwaebul | Sobaeksu or | P'yŏngyang | 1-0 |
| 2015 | P'yŏngyang | Rimyŏngsu | Wŏlmido or ? | 2-1 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium |
| 2016 | Amnokgang | Sobaeksu | Kigwancha | 2-1 Sŏsan Stadium |
| 2017 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Kim Il-sung Stadium |

**Performance by club**

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place* | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons | Third place seasons |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 25 | 3 | | | 2005, 2011, 2014 | | |
| Rimyŏngsu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2006, 2012 | 2015 | 2013 |
| P'yŏngyang | 1 | 1 | 1 (+1) | 2015 | 2010 | 2005, (2014) |
| Sobaeksu | 1 | 1 | (1) | 2010 | 2016 | (2014) |
| Amnokgang | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 2005 | |
| Hwaebul | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Kigwancha | 1 | | 3 | 2007 | | 2010, 2016 |
| Kyŏnggong'ŏpsong | | 1 | | | 2013 | |
| Wŏlmido | | | (1) | | | (2015) |
| * - Brackets indicate the club reached the semi-finals, but result of third-place match is unknown |||||||
