Rimyongsu Sports Club
{{Redirect|Rimyongsu|the general|Ri Myong-su}}
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|clubname = Rimyŏngsu
리명수
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|fullname = Rimyŏngsu Sports Club
리명수체육단
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|ground = Sariwŏn Youth Stadium, Sariwon
|capacity = 35,000
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|manager = Ri Myong-ho
|league = {{nowrap|DPR Korea Premier Football League}}
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{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=리명수체육단
|hanja=李明洙體育團
|rr=Rimyeongsu Cheyukdan
|mr=Rimyŏngsu Ch'eyuktan
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Rimyŏngsu Sports Club ({{Korean|hangul=리명수체육단|context=north}}) is a North Korean professional football club based in Sariwŏn. Despite never winning the DPR Korea League, Rimyŏngsu supplied four players to the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship and five players to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, more than any other North Korean club. Like the Amrokkang Sports Club, Rimyŏngsu is affiliated with the Ministry of People's Security.{{cite web|url=http://office.kbs.co.kr/tongil1/archives/4666|title=- 북한백과|author=|date=|website=office.kbs.co.kr|accessdate=15 November 2018|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191734/http://office.kbs.co.kr/tongil1/archives/4666|url-status=dead}} It was named after General Ri Myŏng-su.
In 2014, Rimyongsu got to the final of the AFC President's Cup, but lost to HTTU Aşgabat of Turkmenistan 2-1.{{cite web |date=26 September 2014 |title=FC HTTU win last-ever AFC President's Cup |url=http://www.the-afc.com/turkmenistan-presidents-cup-2014/fc-httu-win-last-ever-afc-presidents-cup |publisher=AFC}}
Forward Kang Kuk-chol was one of the top scorers in the 2015 edition of the Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize.[http://naenara.com.kp/en/order/pytimes/index.php?page=Sports&no=20482 Unknown]{{Dead link | date=March 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}
In 2022, Rimyongsu won their first Hwaebul Cup after defeating 4.25 SC 2–1 with a goal from Jong Il-gwan in the second half.{{cite journal |title=Hwaeppul Cup comes to close |journal=Pyongyang Times |url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1661846808-281332671/hwaeppul-cup-comes-to-close |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217200540/https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1661846808-281332671/hwaeppul-cup-comes-to-close |url-status=live }}
Managers
- {{flagicon|North Korea}} Jo Tong-sam (2013)
- {{flagicon|North Korea}} Ri Myong-ho (current)
Achievements
=Domestic=
=International=
::{{silver2}} 2014
Continental record
| class="wikitable" |
| Season
! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Score ! Position |
|---|
| rowspan=6| 2014
| rowspan=6| AFC President's Cup | rowspan=3| Group Stage (B) | {{flagicon|PHI}} Ceres F.C. | bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–2 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" rowspan=3 align="center"| 2nd | rowspan="3"| 17px |
| {{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} FC HTTU
| bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 |
| {{flagicon|TPE}} Tatung F.C.
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 5–0 |
| rowspan=2| Final Stage (B)
| {{flagicon|BAN}} Sheikh Russel KC | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" rowspan=2 align="center"| 1st | rowspan="2"| 17px |
| {{flagicon|Mongolia}} Erchim
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 5–0 |
| Final
| {{flagicon|TKM}} FC HTTU | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| Runners-up | 17px |
References
External links
- [https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/teams/team=1889435/squadlist.html North Korea 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303085830/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/teams/team=1889435/squadlist.html |date=2012-03-03 }}
{{DPR Korea League}}