February 8 Sports Club () is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

n professional

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

History

Being established in 1959, the club belongs to the

Ministry of People's Armed Forces The Ministry of Defence (, formerly 인민무력성/人民武力省 or Ministry of the People's Armed Forces) is the government agency under the State Affairs Commission tasked with general administrative and logistical coordination of the Kor ...

. The club name originated from the

Korean People's Army The Korean People's Army (KPA; ) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches: the Korean People's Army Ground Force, Ground Force, the Ko ...

's (KPA) date of establishment, which was formed on 8 February 1948. (Until 1977, the original KPA's official date of establishment was 8 February 1948. However, in 1978, it was changed to 25 April 1932, due to

Kim Il Sung Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as its first Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader from North Korea#Founding, its establishm ...

's anti-Japanese guerilla army – the , considered the predecessor of the KPA – being formed on 25 April 1932. This change was reverted in 2018).

Confusion with April 25 Sports Club

February 8 Sports Club and

April 25 Sports Club April 25 Sports Club (, ''Sa io ch'eyuktan''), shortly 4.25 SC, also known as April 25 National Defence Sports Club (4.25'국방체육단', ''Sa io "Kukpang ch'eyuktan"''), is a multi-sports club based in Pyongyang, North Korea, primarily known ...

have many similarities. In conclusion, the North Korean

operates both sports clubs separately. The 2017 editions of the Paektusan Prize and the Mangyongdae Prize were won by

, with February 8 Sports Club finishing in second place.Hulott, David (13 June 2017)
"The Chosun Jørn: Can Jørn Andersen Make Sense of North Korean Football?
. ''World Football Index''. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

Achievements

Domestic tournaments

Man'gyŏngdae Prize The Football at the Mangyongdae Prize is an association football competition held for professional teams in Multi-sport event - Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games in North Korea. The competition is named after the Mangyongdae settlement, where Kim Hy ...

**Silver medal (1): 2017 * Paektusan Prize **Silver medal (1): 2017

References

{{DPR Korea Football League Association football clubs established in 1959 Football clubs in North Korea Multi-sport clubs in North Korea 1959 establishments in North Korea Military association football clubs in North Korea Military of North Korea

History

Confusion with April 25 Sports Club

Achievements

Domestic tournaments

See also

References