Korean National Semi-Professional Football League

The Korean National Semi-professional Football League was contested between South Korean works teams and military teams from 1964 to 2002. It was the predecessor of the Korea National League which was founded in 2003.

Korean Semi-professional Football League

Founded	1964
Folded	2002
Country	South Korea
Level on pyramid	1 (1964–1982) 2–3 (1983) 2 (1984–2002)
Domestic cup(s)	Korean Football Championship Korean FA Cup
League cup(s)	Korean Semi-professional Football Championship
Most championships	Industrial Bank of Korea (11 titles)

History

After the introduction of football from the UK navy in the late 19th century, football experienced a boom in Korea and many football clubs and school teams were formed in the 1910s. There were also many corporate football clubs especially in Seoul and Pyongyang, two big cities in Korea. The corporate club division was made in All Joseon Football Tournament in Pyongyang in 1930,^[1] and Seoul Semi-professional Football League was founded in 1939, but both were stopped because of the Japanese government's policy during World War II.^[2][3] The Seoul League was reopened in 1949, but it was stopped again during the Korean War.^[4]

The National Semi-professional Football League was founded in 1964, which was the only football division in South Korea until 1982. It was held twice in a year as the spring league and the autumn league except the seasons from 1982 to 1984 when it was held as full-season. The match places were mostly in Seoul because many headquarters of corporation in Korea were in Seoul. The South Korean professional league, K League, was founded in 1983 that it made Semi-professional League as second division (but no promotion nor relegation). It remained until 2002 before Korea National League was officially founded in 2003.

Champions

See also: List of South Korean football champions

Champions by season

Season		Champions	Runners-up	Best player	Top goalscorer	Ref.
1964	Spring	Keumsung Textile Cheil Industries	—	Unknown	Unknown
	Autumn	Keumsung Textile	Korea Tungsten
1965	Spring	Keumsung Textile Korea Tungsten Korea Electric Power	—
	Autumn	Korea Tungsten	Korea Coal Corporation
1966	Spring	Seoul Police Department	Korea Electric Power
	Autumn	Korea Tungsten Seoul Police Department	—
1967	Spring	National Police Department	Ssangyong Cement
	Autumn	Korea Electric Power	Cheil Industries
1968	Spring	Korea Tungsten	Korea Electric Power
	Autumn	Cheil Industries ROK Army Quartermaster Corps	—
1969	Spring	Korea Electric Power	Korea Tungsten
	Autumn	Unknown[a]
1970	Spring	Cheil Industries	Korea Tungsten	Unknown	Unknown
	Autumn	Chohung Bank	Korea Trust Bank
1971	Spring	Korea Trust Bank	Korea Exchange Bank Korea Housing Bank
	Autumn	ROK Marine Corps	Korea Trust Bank Chohung Bank
1972	Spring	Korea Housing Bank	ROK Marine Corps		Kim Jae-han (8)	[6]
	Autumn	Korea Housing Bank	ROK Marine Corps		Unknown
1973	Spring	ROK Marine Corps	Kookmin Bank
	Autumn	Korea Trust Bank	ROK Army	Jeong Kang-ji	Choi Nak-seon (3)	[7]
1974	Spring	Chohung Bank	ROK Army	Jeong Dong-hwan	Jang Chang-ho (?)	[8]
	Autumn	Commercial Bank of Korea ROK Army	—	Han Woong-su	Shin Dong-min (9)	[9]
1975	Spring	POSCO FC	ROK Army	Lee Yi-woo	Park Su-deok (11)	[10]
	Autumn	Industrial Bank of Korea	Korea Automobile Insurance	Kim Jin-kook	Jo In-jae (7)	[11]
1976	Spring	Korea Exchange Bank Korea Trust Bank	—	Cha Bum-kun	Yoon Young-woon (5)	[12]
	Autumn	Ceased				[13]
1977	Single	ROK Army	POSCO FC	Baek Joong-cheol	Yoo Geon-su (12)	[14]
1978	Spring	Seoul City ROK Navy	—	Son Jong-seok	Park Dae-je (5) Lee Gwang-seon (5)	[15]
	Autumn	Korea Automobile Insurance	Seoul City	Lee Kang-jo	—[b]	[16]
1979	Spring	Industrial Bank of Korea	ROK Army	Seo Deok-man	Unknown	[17]
	Autumn	Ceased[c]
1980	Spring	Seoul City ROK Army	—	Park Chang-sun	Lee Tae-yeop (5)	[19]
	Autumn	Korea Automobile Insurance ROK Air Force	—	Moon Da-yong	Choo Jong-su (3) Yoo Jae-hong (3)	[20]
1981	Spring	Daewoo FC	ROK Navy	Choi Gyeong-sik	Kang Sang-gil (5)	[21]
	Autumn	POSCO FC	ROK Army	Kim Chul-soo	Lee Jung-il (4) Park Chang-sun (4) Ha Deok-yoon (4)	[22]
1982	Single	POSCO FC	Kookmin Bank	Park Chang-sun	Lee Tae-yeop (13)	[23]
1983	Single	Hanil Bank	ROK Army	Unknown	Wang Sun-jae (6)	[24]
1984	Single	Sangmu FC	Korea Housing Bank	Han Young-soo	Moon Min-ho (6)	[25]
1985	Spring	Industrial Bank of Korea	Kookmin Bank	Sim Gyo-bong	Koo Han-sik (5)	[26]
	Autumn	Seoul City	Seoul Trust Bank	Lee Chil-seong	Unknown	[27]
1986	Spring	Korea Housing Bank	Hyundai Motor Company	Unknown	Jeong Jeong-hwa (4)	[28]
	Autumn	POSCO Atoms B	Hallelujah FC		Unknown
1987	Spring	Hanil Bank	Hallelujah FC	Hwang Seok-keun	Oh Seok-jae (6)	[29]
	Autumn	Kookmin Bank	Sangmu FC	Kang Man-young	Unknown	[30]
1988	Spring	Seoul City	Industrial Bank of Korea	Ko Tae-il	Kim Young-joo (5)	[31]
	Autumn	POSCO Atoms B	Commercial Bank of Korea	Park Seok-ho	Oh Seok-jae (3)	[32]
1989	Spring	Industrial Bank of Korea	POSCO Atoms B	Oh Hee-cheon	Lee Hyeon-taek (6)	[33]
	Autumn	Seoul City	Korea First Bank	Heo Man-yeol	Unknown	[34]
1990	Spring	Industrial Bank of Korea	Korea Housing Bank	Park Guk-chang	Park Guk-chang (6) Lee Jae-goon (6)	[35]
	Autumn	Industrial Bank of Korea Hallelujah FC	—	Choi Hong-sik	Byeon Il-woo (4)	[36]
1991	Spring	Industrial Bank of Korea	Hallelujah FC	Yoo Jin-hoe	Seo Hyo-won (7)	[37]
	Autumn	Sangmu FC	Kookmin Bank	Kim Byung-ji	Kim Yong-ho (4)	[38]
1992	Spring	Sangmu FC	Hallelujah FC	Shin Seong-hwan	Hyeon Il-gwon (5)	[39]
	Autumn	Industrial Bank of Korea	Korea Electric Power	Oh Se-eung	Choi Dong-sik (5)	[40]
1993	Spring	Hallelujah FC	Sangmu FC	Hwang Deuk-ha	Kim In-wan (4)	[41]
	Autumn	Korea Electric Power	Hallelujah FC	Choi Cheol-soo	Choi Dong-sik (5)	[42]
1994	Spring	Sangmu FC	Industrial Bank of Korea	Hwang Gyu-joon	Kim Do-hoon (3) Lee Jae-goon (3)	[43]
	Autumn	Industrial Bank of Korea	Korea Housing Bank	Kim Nam-il	Choi Dong-sik (5)	[44]
1995	Spring	E-Land Puma	Hallelujah FC	Lee Gwang-cheol	Lee Gwang-jin (5)	[45]
	Autumn	Industrial Bank of Korea	Korea Railroad	Park Doo-jeong	Lee Gwang-jin (6)	[46]
1996	Spring	E-Land Puma	Kookmin Bank	Je Yong-sam	Oh Hyeon-seok (?)
	Autumn	Sangmu FC	Korea Electric Power	Jeong Gwang-seok	Oh Hyeon-seok (7)	[47]
1997	Spring	Industrial Bank of Korea	E-Land Puma	Yoo Jin-hoe	Lee Woo-hyung (5)	[48]
	Autumn	Sangmu FC	Hanil Life Insurance	Park Nam-yeol	Park Nam-yeol (4)	[49]
1998	Spring	Korea Housing Bank	Hanil Life Insurance	Lee Su-jae	Ko Myeong-gwon (3)	[50]
	Autumn	Sangmu FC	Korean Police	Park Chul	Choi Yong-soo (5) Park Jong-gwan (5)	[51]
1999	Spring	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	Sangmu FC	Kim Dae-eui	Song Hong-seop (?) Jang Min-seok (?)	[52]
	Autumn	Sangmu FC	Korea Railroad	Kim Gi-jong	Lee Gwang-jin (?)
2000	Spring	Korea Railroad	Sangmu FC	Oh Jong-ryeol	Kim Young-gi (6)	[53]
	Autumn	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	Gangneung City	Lee Gwang-cheol	Song Hong-seop (4)	[54]
2001	Spring	Kookmin Bank	Korean Police	Kim Dong-ju	Baek Seung-woo (3)	[55]
	Autumn	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	Korean Police	Kim Joon-hyeop	Kim Joon-hyeop (4) Lee Seong-gil (4)	[56]
2002	Spring	Sangmu FC	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	Seo Ki-bok	Lee Seong-rak (3)	[57]
	Autumn	Korean Police	Gangneung City	Kwon Dae-joon	Ko Bong-hyeon (?)

1. There is an article about the second round of Autumn season,^[5] but no record after that. It might be stopped because of many international football matches.
2. Park Byung-chul, Lee Kang-min, and Shin Dong-min became top goalscorers with three goals each, but the award was not presented officially.
3. All South Korean sports events were ceased at that time because of president's assassination on 26 October 1979.^[18]

Performance by club

Club	Single league	Spring season	Autumn season	Total
Industrial Bank of Korea	—	6 (1979, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997)	5 (1975, 1990*, 1992, 1994, 1995)	11
Sangmu FC	1 (1984)	3 (1992, 1994, 2002)	5 (1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)	9
POSCO Atoms	1 (1982)	1 (1975)	3 (1981, 1986, 1988)	5
Seoul City	—	3 (1978*, 1980*, 1988)	2 (1985, 1989)	5
Korea Tungsten	—	2 (1965*, 1968)	2 (1965, 1966*)	4
Korea Electric Power	—	2 (1965*, 1969)	2 (1967, 1993)	4
Korea Housing Bank	—	3 (1972, 1986, 1998)	1 (1972)	4
Keumsung Textile	—	2 (1964*, 1965*)	1 (1964)	3
National Police Department	—	2 (1966, 1967)	1 (1966*)	3
Cheil Industries	—	2 (1964*, 1970)	1 (1968*)	3
Korea Trust Bank	—	2 (1971, 1976*)	1 (1973)	3
ROK Navy	—	1 (1973, 1978*)	1 (1971)	3
ROK Army	1 (1977)	1 (1980*)	1 (1974*)	3
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	—	1 (1999)	2 (2000, 2001)	3
Chohung Bank	—	1 (1974)	1 (1970)	2
Korea Automobile Insurance	—	—	2 (1978, 1980*)	2
Hanil Bank	1 (1983)	1 (1987)	—	2
Hallelujah FC	—	1 (1993)	1 (1990*)	2
E-Land Puma	—	2 (1995, 1996)	—	2
Kookmin Bank	—	1 (2001)	1 (1987)	2
ROK Army Quartermasters	—	—	1 (1968*)	1
Commercial Bank of Korea	—	—	1 (1974*)	1
Korea Exchange Bank	—	1 (1976*)	—	1
ROK Air Force	—	—	1 (1980*)	1
Daewoo FC	—	1 (1981)	—	1
Korea Railroad	—	1 (2000)	—	1
Korean Police	—	—	1 (2002)	1

See also

• Korean National Football Championship
• Korean President's Cup
• Korean Semi-professional Football Championship
• Korea National League
• South Korean football league system
• List of South Korean football champions