Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry

The Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry, commonly known as the Kyung-Pyong Football Series, was a football rivalry in the early 20th century between Seoul and Pyongyang which are currently capital of South Korea and North Korea. The "Kyungsung" (also known as "Gyeongseong" or "Keijō"; Korean: 경성; Japanese: 京城府) was the former name of Seoul during the Japanese colonial period.

Kyung-Pyong Football Series
LocationJapanese Korea
TeamsKyungsung FC
Pyongyang FC
First meetingBetween selections
Kyungsung XI 1–1 Pyongyang XI
(8 October 1929)
Between clubs
Pyongyang FC 2–3 Kyungsung FC
(6 April 1933)
Latest meetingKyungsung FC 1–3 Pyongyang FC
(26 March 1946)
Kyung-Pyong Football Series
Hangul
경평대항축구전
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGyeong-Pyong Deahang Chukgujeon
McCune–ReischauerKyŏngp‘yŏng Taehang ch‘ukkujŏn

The clash between Korea's two biggest cities was considered as the biggest rivalry in Korea. Seoul and Pyongyang developed historical rivalry for over a century, and their football teams were no exception.

History

In the Joseon era of Korea, Hanyang (currently Seoul) was the capital, and Pyongyang was the second largest city. By the way, Joseon government created the discriminative atmosphere against Pyongan Province including Pyongyang, and there was also profound conflict between the two largest cities.[1] They developed a rivalry due to Korean historical backgrounds.

Many football clubs and school teams were made in 1910s in Korea along the booming of football, and the All Joseon Football Tournament (predecessor of the Korean FA Cup) was held in 1921. In this tournament, clubs based on Seoul such as Joseon FC, Youth Buddhist Club, and Health Club had matches against the clubs in Pyongyang like Muo FC.

The first Kyung-Pyong Football Series was held by the Chosun Ilbo in Seoul in 1929, and the united team in each city participated. It was so popular as most of the shops closed at the match days. However, the series was often stopped because of the riot between excited fans, and at last it was all folded after 1930. In 1933, Pyongyang FC and Kyungsung FC were officially founded, and the annual series was reopened. After 1936, however, it was substituted by other cup matches which many clubs from other cities joined. Despite of the end of the series, the two clubs occasionally met each other in several competitions until the division of South and North Korea.

Results
No. Date Competition Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away) Venue Ref.
1 8 October 1929 1st Chosun Ilbo
Kyung-Pyong Football Series		 Kyungsung XI 1–1 Pyongyang XI Choi Seong-son  16' Kim Jeong-sik  62' Whimoon High School,
Kyungsung		 [2]
2 9 October 1929 Kyungsung XI 3–4 Pyongyang XI Geo Bok-jun  62'
Choi Seong-son  69', 88'		 Lee Jeong-sik  42', 54', 65'
Park Ui-hyeon  83'		 [3]
3 10 October 1929 Kyungsung XI 2–4 Pyongyang XI Jeong Won-soon  60' (o.g.)
Choi Seong-son  70'		 Lee Jeong-sik  10', 30'
Kang Gi-dae  11'
?  88'		 [4]
4 28 November 1930 2nd Chosun Ilbo
Kyung-Pyong Football Series		 Kyungsung XI 3–2 Pyongyang XI Lee Young-min  40', 41'
Choi Seong-son  79'		 Kim Jae-shin  28'
Han Young-taek  36'		 Kyungsung Stadium,
Kyungsung		 [5]
5 29 November 1930 Kyungsung XI 3–5 Pyongyang XI Lee Jeong-woo  60', 80'
Choi Seong-son  62' (pen.)		 Han Young-taek  27'
Park Young-chul  36'
Kim Jae-shin  61', 63'
Ko Jeong-han  75'		 [6][7]
6 1 December 1930 Kyungsung XI 5–1 Pyongyang XI Kim Won-gyeom  19'
Choi Seong-son  31', 80'
Lee Young-min  53', 87'		 Han Young-taek  ?' [8][9]
7 6 April 1933 Kyungsung vs Pyongyang
Football Series		 Pyongyang FC 2–3 Kyungsung FC ?  ?' (pen.)
Kim Sung-gan  35'		 Park Young-hwan  40'
Kang Yeong-pil  44', 64'		 Girimri Stadium,
Pyongyang		 [10]
8 8 April 1933 Pyongyang FC 2–2 Kyungsung FC Park Ui-hyeon  70'
Kim Young-geun  75'		 Kang Gi-soon  25'
Choi Seong-son  40'		 [11]
9 10 April 1933 Pyongyang FC 3–0 Kyungsung FC Lee Jeong-sik  52'
Lee Jeong-hyeon  65', 85'		 — [12]
10 20 September 1933 Joseon Sports Council
Kyung-Pyong Football Series		 Kyungsung FC 3–2 Pyongyang FC Bae Jong-ho  42', 70'
Kang Yeong-pil  75'		 Kim Young-geun  41'
Lee Chi-soon  85'		 Paichai High School,
Kyungsung		 [13]
11 21 September 1933 Kyungsung FC 2–3 Pyongyang FC Kang Yeong-pil  37'
Chae Geum-seok  65'		 Han Young-taek  26', ?', 87' [14][15]
12 22 September 1933 Kyungsung FC 1–1 Pyongyang FC Kim Il-bae  50' Lee Jeong-sik  53' [16]
13 23 October 1933 1st Kyung-Pyong
Regular Football Series		 Pyongyang FC 1–1 Kyungsung FC Unknown Girimri Stadium,
Pyongyang		 [17]
14 24 October 1933 Pyongyang FC 1–1 Kyungsung FC Park Young-hwan  71' Kang Young-pil  80' [18]
15 25 October 1933 Pyongyang FC 2–1 Kyungsung FC Lee Jeong-sik  14' (pen.)
Park Young-hwan  54'		 Choi Seong-son  87' [19]

See also

References
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  19. 蹴球第三日 京城惜敗. Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 27 October 1933. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

Further reading
  • 大韓蹴球協會 편 『韓國蹴球百年史』라사라, 1986.
  • 윤경헌, 최창신『축구 = 1 : 國技축구 그 찬란한 아침 』국민체육진흥공단, 1997.
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