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| Full name | Kigwancha Sports Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Sinŭiju Locomotive Sports Club | |||
| Founded | 11 January 1956[1] | |||
| Ground | Sinuiju Stadium | |||
| Manager | Han Won-chol | |||
| League | DPR Korea Premier Football League | |||
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| Kigwancha Sports Club | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | |
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| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Gigwancha cheyukdan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kigwanch'a ch'eyuktan |
| lit. Locomotive Sports Club | |
Kigwancha Sports Club or Kigwancha Sports Team (Korean: 기관차체육단; 'locomotive'), known as Sinuiju Locomotive Sports Club is a North Korean multi-sports club belonging to the Korean State Railway and based in Sinuiju. It was established on 11 January 1956, and has been awarded the Order of Kim Il-sung and the Order of the National Flag (First Class).[2] The club is best known for its men's and women's football teams.
Kigwancha's men presently play in the DPR Korea Premier Football League, and won several championships in the late 1990s. The club finished third in the 2006 season.[3] They have taken part in continental competition once, finishing second in its group in the group stage of the 2017 AFC Cup.[4]
- ^ "Kigwancha Sports Team Successful in 2013". Korean Central News Agency. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Anniversary of Kigwancha Sports Team Marked in DPRK". Rodong Sinmun. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ Эпштейн, Арнольд. Северные корейцы учат русский, стоят на голове и ждут документы с родины (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс. Retrieved 29 October 2006.
- ^ "Decision by Competitions Committee & Executive Committee for AFC Club Competitions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2012.