2012 DPR Korea Football League

Statistics of DPR Korea Football League in the 2012 season:

DPR Korea Football League

Season	2012
Champions	April 25
Biggest home win	Rimyŏngsu 6–0 Hwangryongsan
Highest scoring	Maebong 2–5 Rimyŏngsu
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Overview

Group stage

Seventeen teams took part in the 2012 national championships; in the first stage, they were divided into two groups. Group A consisted of April 25, Sobaeksu, Man'gyŏngbong, Wangjaesan, Sŏnbong, Kyŏnggong'ŏp, Wŏlmido, and Ryongnamsan, whilst Group B was made up of Ponghwasan, Myohyangsan, Maebong, Hwangryongsan, Amrokkang, Rimyŏngsu, P'yŏngyang City, Kigwanch'a, and Taeryŏnggang.^[1] April 25 and Sŏnbong finished first and second in Group A, whilst Maebong and Rimyŏngsu finished first and second in Group B.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	April 25	7	6	1	0	14	1	+13	19	Advance to semi-finals
2	Sŏnbong	7	5	1	1	17	5	+12	16
3	Sobaeksu	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
4	Ryongnamsan	2	0	1	1	3	8	−5	1
5	Man'gyŏngbong	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0
6	Kyŏnggong'ŏp	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
7	Wŏlmido	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
8	Wangjaesan	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2012. Source: KCTV

Known results

Sŏnbong v April 25

? October 2012	Sŏnbong	0–1	April 25	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	None	Report	Unknown

Sŏnbong v Man'gyŏngbong

? October 2012	Sŏnbong	2–1	Man'gyŏngbong	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Sŏnbong v Kyŏnggong'ŏp

? October 2012	Sŏnbong	2–0	Kyŏnggong'ŏp	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Sŏnbong v Wŏlmido

? October 2012	Sŏnbong	4–0	Wŏlmido	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Sŏnbong v Ryongnamsan

? October 2012	Sŏnbong	3–3	Ryongnamsan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Sŏnbong v Wangjaesan

? October 2012	Sŏnbong	4–0	Wangjaesan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Sŏnbong v Sobaeksu

? October 2012	Sŏnbong	2–0	Sobaeksu	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

April 25 v Man'gyŏngbong

? October 2012	April 25	2–1	Man'gyŏngbong	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

April 25 v Kyŏnggong'ŏp

? October 2012	April 25	1–0	Kyŏnggong'ŏp	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

April 25 v Wŏlmido

? October 2012	April 25	2–0	Wŏlmido	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

April 25 v Ryongnamsan

? October 2012	April 25	5–0	Ryongnamsan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

April 25 v Wangjaesan

? October 2012	April 25	3–0	Wangjaesan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

April 25 v Sobaeksu

? October 2012	April 25	0–0	Sobaeksu	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	None	Report	None

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maebong	8	6	1	1	12	4	+8	19	Advance to semi-finals
2	Rimyŏngsu	8	6	0	2	13	6	+7	18
3	Amrokkang	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
4	P'yŏngyang City	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
5	Myohyangsan	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0
6	Kigwancha	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
7	Taeryŏnggang	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
8	Ponghwasan	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
9	Hwangryongsan	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2012. Source: KCTV

Known results

Amrokkang v Hwangryongsan

8 October 2012	Amrokkang	3–0	Hwangryongsan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Maebong v Amrokkang

? October 2012	Maebong	0–2	Amrokkang	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	None	Report	Unknown

Maebong v P'yŏngyang City

? October 2012	Maebong	0–0	P'yŏngyang City	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	None	Report	None

Maebong v Kigwancha

? October 2012	Maebong	2–0	Kigwancha	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Maebong v Rimyŏngsu

? October 2012	Maebong	2–0	Rimyŏngsu	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Maebong v Myohyangsan

? October 2012	Maebong	2–1	Myohyangsan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Maebong v Ponghwasan

? October 2012	Maebong	5–0	Ponghwasan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Maebong v Hwangryongsan

? October 2012	Maebong	4–1	Hwangryongsan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Maebong v Taeryŏnggang

? October 2012	Maebong	2–0	Taeryŏnggang	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Rimyŏngsu v Amrokkang

? October 2012	Rimyŏngsu	0–1	Amrokkang	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	None	Report	Unknown

Rimyŏngsu v P'yŏngyang City

? October 2012	Rimyŏngsu	2–1	P'yŏngyang City	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Rimyŏngsu v Kigwancha

? October 2012	Rimyŏngsu	2–1	Kigwancha	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Rimyŏngsu v Myohyangsan

? October 2012	Rimyŏngsu	4–1	Myohyangsan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Rimyŏngsu v Ponghwasan

? October 2012	Rimyŏngsu	1–0	Ponghwasan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Rimyŏngsu v Hwangryongsan

? October 2012	Rimyŏngsu	6–0	Hwangryongsan	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Rimyŏngsu v Taeryŏnggang

? October 2012	Rimyŏngsu	3–0	Taeryŏnggang	Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	None

Semi-finals

The top two finishers in each group advanced to the semi-finals, with the first-placed team of each group playing the second-placed team of the other group, the two match-ups being Maebong–Sŏnbong^[2] and April 25–Rimyŏngsu.^[3] Sŏnbong and April 25 advanced to the final, after Sŏnbong defeated Maebong 1–0 on a drenched pitch in heavy rain, and April 25 won their match against Rimyŏngsu 2–1.

Sŏnbong	1–0	Maebong
Ri Un-chol 50'	Highlights	None

? October 2012

Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang

April 25	2–1	Rimyŏngsu
So Un-hyok 10' Myong Song-chol 35'	Highlights	Jong Il-gwan 2'

? October 2012

Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang

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Third-place match

The losing teams in the semi-finals played for third place. Both teams had been in the same group in the first stage of the competition, with Maebong having finished first in the group and Rimyŏngsu second; in the third place match, Rimyŏngsu handed Maebong a heavy 5–2 defeat in a match which saw Rimyŏngsu dominate from start to finish – making up for having lost 0–2 to Maebong in the group stage.

Maebong	2–5	Rimyŏngsu
Il Pom-yong 47' Jong Chol-hyok 85'	Highlights	Jong Il-gwan 31' Jong Il-gwan 39' Pak Song-chol 76' Jo Jong-chol 80' (pen.) Pak Song-chol 87'

? October 2012

Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang

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Final

The final featured a rematch between April 25 and Sŏnbong, who had finished first and second respectively in Group A in the first stage of the competition. Like in the group stage, April 25 won by one goal.

Sŏnbong	1–2	April 25
Song Chil-un 61'	Report	Myong Song-chol 6' Sin Jae-hyon 45'

October 2012 (2012-10)

Kim Il-sung Stadium, P'yŏngyang

Referee: Jang Myong-ho

Sŏnbong

April 25

GK 1 Om Jin-ho DF 12 Yu Song-gun DF 18 Ri Yong-ha DF 28 Kim Song-hak DF 3 Song Chil-un MF 7 Yun Hyok-chil MF 17 Kang In-su  50' MF 6 Ri Un-chol MF 8 Pae Myong-jin MF 9 Paek Chol-jin CF 15 Ho Myong-chil Substitutes: MF 11 Sin Myong-il  50' Manager: O Tae-song

GK 21 An Tae-song DF 25 Ri Pae-hun DF 17 Nam Song-chol DF 22 Ri Song DF 19 Kang Il-nam MF 15 Sin Jae-hyon MF 20 So Hyon-uk MF 7 O Hyok-chol  35' MF 6 Ri Hyong-jin FW 4 Pak Nam-chol  33' FW 11 Myong Song-chol Substitutes:  ? Manager: Kim Yong-chol

Assistant referees: Jang Chol-jin Kim Chol-jun

Cup competitions

April 25 won the Man'gyŏngdae Prize, and Rimyŏngsu won the Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize. ^[4]

Rimyŏngsu also won a Technical Innovation Contest held in P'yŏngyang in June and July, with eleven wins, one draw and two losses for 25 points, with 19 goals for; April 25 finished second, equal in points with Rimyŏngsu but with one goal less, and Kigwancha finished third with 20 points. Twelve teams took part in the competition: April 25, Rimyŏngsu, Sobaeksu, Amrokkang, Maebong, Man'gyŏngbong, Ponghwasan, Myohyangsan, P'yŏngyang City, Kigwancha, Kyŏnggong'ŏp, and Ryongnamsan.^[5]