April 25 SC

April 25 Sports Club (Korean: 4.25체육단, Sa i o ch'eyuktan), or 4.25 SC is a multi-sports club based in Pyongyang, North Korea. They are commonly known as a football team. They also have a basketball team, an ice hockey team, and a volleyball team.^[1]

April 25

Full name	April 25 Sports Club
Founded	March 1947; 78 years ago (1947-03) or July 1949; 76 years ago (1949-07) as Central Sports Training School Sports Club
Ground	Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang
Chairman	Ri Mun-sŏng
Manager	O Yun-son
League	DPR Korea Premier Football League
2018–19	Champions
Home colours Away colours

April 25 SC
Chosŏn'gŭl	4.25체육단
Hancha	4.25體育團
Revised Romanization	Sa io cheyukdan
McCune–Reischauer	Sa io ch'eyuktan

Current squad

As of February 20, 2018^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  North Korea Ri Kwang-Il 2 DF  North Korea Jang Kum-nam 3 DF  North Korea Ri Hyong-mu 4 MF  North Korea Sim Hyon-jin 5 DF  North Korea Pak Jin-myong 6 DF  North Korea Kwon Chung-hyok 7 MF  North Korea O Hyok-chol 8 MF  North Korea Han Song-hyok 9 MF  North Korea Kim Jong-chol 10 FW  North Korea An Il-bom 11 FW  North Korea Om Chol-song 12 DF  North Korea Kim Chol-bom 13 FW  North Korea Rim Chol-min 14 DF  North Korea Son Pyong-il 15 MF  North Korea Won Song 16 MF  North Korea Yun Il-gwang 17 FW  North Korea Kim Ju-song

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  North Korea Kim Yu-song 19 MF  North Korea So Hyon-uk 20 MF  North Korea So Kyong-jin 21 FW  North Korea Jang Hyok 22 MF  North Korea Ri Hyong-jin 23 GK  North Korea An Tae-song 24 MF  North Korea Choe Jong-hyok 26 DF  North Korea Pak Myong-song 27 MF  North Korea Myong Cha-hyon 28 MF  North Korea Kim Kuk-bom 29 DF  North Korea Pak Song-rok 30 DF  North Korea An Song-il 31 DF  North Korea Kim Kwang-jin 32 GK  North Korea Chol-Ryong Son 33 MF  North Korea Jong Chung-son 36 GK  North Korea Ha Jin-myong

Continental history

Season[3]	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1985–86[4]	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying Tournament East Asia 1	Seiko	4–1	1–2	2nd
			Liaoning	3–1	0–0
1986[5]	Asian Club Championship	First Round Group 7	Liaoning	0–0	0–1	0–1
1987[6]	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying Round Group 5	August 1	0–2		3rd
			Hap Kuan	2–1
1988–89[7]	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying Round Group 6	South China	3–0		1st
			Wa Seng	4–0
			Guangdong Wanbao	1–0
			Yamaha Motors	3–1
		Semi Final League Group B	Mohammedan	0–1		3rd
			Al-Sadd	1–2
			Al-Ettifaq	1–1
			Pahang FA	2–0
1990–91[8]	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying Round Group 7	Nissan Yokohama	1–0		1st
			Liaoning	1–0
		Group B	Esteghlal Tehran	1–2		2nd
			Mohammedan	0–0
			Bangkok Bank	4–3
		Semi Final	Liaoning	0–3		—
		Third Place	Pelita Jaya	2–2 (6–7 pen.)		Fourth Place
1991[9]	Asian Club Championship	Group B	Al-Hilal	0–2		3rd
			Esteghlal Tehran	1–1
2017[10]	AFC Cup	Group I	Erchim	6–0	5–0	1st
			Kigwancha	2–2	1–1
		Inter-Zone Play-off Semi Final	Bengaluru FC	0–0	0–3	0–3
2018	AFC Cup	Group I	Hwaebul SC	1–0	2–0	1st
			Hang Yuen	5–1	5–1
			Benfica de Macau	8–0	2–0
		Inter-Zone Play-off Semi Final	Home United	9–1	2–0	11–1
		Inter-Zone Play-off Final	Altyn Asyr	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2019	AFC Cup	Group I	Hang Yuen	5–0	0–3	1st
			Kitchee	2–0	1–0
			Tai Po	4–0	1–3
		Inter-Zone Play-off Semi Final	Dhaka Abahani	2–0	3–4	5–4
		Inter-Zone Play-off Final	Hà Nội	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		Final	Al-Ahed	0–1

Honours

Domestic

• DPR Korea Premier Football League
  • Winners (19): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2017–18, 2018-19
  • Runners-up (2): 2014, 2016

• Hwaebul Cup
  • Winners (4): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

• Man'gyŏngdae Prize
  • Winners (7): 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

• Paektusan Prize
  • Winners (1): 2017

• Poch'ŏnbo Torch Prize
  • Winners (3): 2005, 2011, 2014

• DPR Korea Championship
  • Winners (3): 2001, 2006, 2011

Continental

• AFC Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2019

AFC clubs ranking

As of December 4, 2017.^[11]

Rank	Team
127	Warriors FC
128	FC Dordoi
129	April 25
130	Than Quảng Ninh
131	Salam Zgharta