Korean National Semi-Professional Football League

National Semi-Professional Football League

Country	Korea Republic
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Founded	1964
First season	1964
Folded	2002 (continued as Korea National League)
Level on pyramid	1 (1964~1982) 2 (1983~2002)
Domestic cup(s)	Korean FA Cup (from 1996)
League cup(s)	Korea Football League Championship
Most championships	Daehan Tungsten (5th title)

The National Semi-Professional Football League was a semi-professional football league among works teams, Bank teams, Military teams in South Korea held from 1964 to 2002. It was the predecessor of Korea National League which was founded in 2003.

History

Before 1963

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 Korea 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] Seoul Semi-Professional Football League was reopened in 1949, but it was stopped again during the Korean War.^[4]

1964~1982

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 season 1982, 1983 and 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.

1983~2002

The Korean Professional Football League was founded in 1983 that it made Korea Football League as 2nd division(but no promotion nor relegation). It remained until 2002 before Korea National League was officially founded in 2003.

Records

The records of National Semi-Professional Football League are the followings.^[5][6]

See also

• Korea Football League Championship
• Korea National League
• Korean President's Cup National Football Tournament
• Korean National Championship
• Korean FA Cup
• K-League
• Challengers League
• Korean football league system
• List of football clubs in South Korea

References

1. ↑ 大韓蹴球協會 편 『韓國蹴球百年史』라사라, 1986. p.544-549.
2. ↑ 실업축구연맹결성 The Dong-a Ilbo, 1939-06-14.
3. ↑ 실업축구연맹 내십이일에 거행(속) The Dong-a Ilbo, 1939-11-11.
4. ↑ 실업축구연맹전 개최 The Dong-a Ilbo, 1949-05-18.
5. ↑ 大韓蹴球協會 편 『韓國蹴球百年史』라사라, p.610-611.
6. ↑ 대한축구협회>국내리그>내셔널리그>역대성적
7. ↑ There is an article about the second match of KFL, but no record after that. It might be ceased because of many international football matches.
8. ↑ '76스포츠의 明暗(명암) (下(하)) 못다푼 宿題(숙제)들 The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1976-12-27.
9. ↑ Every sports game was stopped because of the president’s assassination on 26 October 1979. 11월의 스포츠 The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1979-11-01.
10. ↑ 5月(월)에 때아닌「가을 경기」풍성 The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1988-04-30.
11. ↑ 기은, 포철 꺾고 첫 패권 The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1989-07-11.
12. ↑ 서울시청 정상에 올라 The Dong-a Ilbo, 1989-10-18.
13. ↑ 기은-할렐루야 공동우승 가을철 실업축구 연맹전 The Dong-a Ilbo, 1990-10-01.

• 大韓蹴球協會 편 『韓國蹴球百年史』라사라, 1986.

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