Kigwancha SC
| Kigwancha Sports Club 기관차 체육 단 |
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | Kigwancha Sports Club | |||
| Seat |
 Sinŭiju
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| founding | January 1956 | |||
| Colours | White | |||
| president | Ro Chol Ok (Vice President) | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Venue | Sinŭiju Stadium | |||
| Places | 17,500 | |||
| league | DPR Korea League | |||
| 2017/18 | 3rd place | |||
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The Kigwancha Sports Club or Kigwancha Sports Team (기관차 체육 단), mostly simply called Lokomotive Sinŭiju , is a football club from the city of Sinŭiju , which is located in the North Korean province of P'yŏngan-pukto in the immediate vicinity of the Chinese border.
history
The club was founded in January 1956 and plays in the highest league in the country, the DPR Korea League .
Stadion
The Siniju Stadium , which holds 17,500 spectators, is used for home games .
successes
Champion of DPR Korea League: 5th
- 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
In 2006 the team was third in the league. In 2016, Kigwancha SC moved into the play-offs of the AFC Cup 2017 , the opposing club has yet to be determined.
Known players
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Lee Kwan-Myong
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Pak Chol-ryong , played for FC Concordia Basel from 2008 to 2009 and played for the U-17 team and currently for the North Korean national soccer team
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kigwancha Sports Team Successful in 2013 ( Memento from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 台電 、 大同 明年 攜手 踢 亞足聯 盃. In: http://sports.ltn.com.tw/ . December 13, 2016, Retrieved December 13, 2016 (Chinese).