Pyongyang Sports Club
Pyongyang Sports Club (Korean: 평양시체육단) is a North Korean organization of education specialty with several departments. 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.
| 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 | |
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| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Pyeongyangsi cheyukdan |
| McCune–Reischauer | P'yŏngyang-si ch'eyuktan |
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. The club's nickname is Chollima. Although in the rest of the world Chollima is used to refer to the North Korean national team, references to Chollima or "the Chollima football team" in North Korean sports reporting usually refers to Pyongyang's football team.