Kyungsung Football Club was the

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football club based in the city of

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. The term Kyungsung (

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) was used instead of

during the period of Japanese rule. After independence from Japan, the club revived and changed the name to Seoul FC in 1946. Due to the North Korean invasion, the club stopped operating. When Korea was under Japanese rule, Kyungsung FC participated in Japanese

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...

and won the prize, becoming the only non-Japanese home islands club to win it.

History

Kyungsung FC was founded in 1933 and Kyungsung FC is a historic club of Korean football.

Honours

All Joseon Football Tournament The All Joseon Football Tournament () was the first Korean national football competition, held annually by the Joseon Sports Council or Joseon Football Association. The tournament of the Joseon Sports Council, officially recognized as a predeces ...

** Winner (2) :

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

** Runners-up (3) :

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

** Winner (1) :

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

Meiji Shrine Games The were a national sporting event held in Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the ...

** Winner (1) : 1935 Football at the Meiji Shrine Games

Rivalry

Rival was Pyongyang FC. Rival match was famous and called Kyung-Pyong Football Match

References

전조선축구대회 역대 결과-대한축구협회 웹사이트
{{in lang, ko. ''kfa.or.kr''. Retrieved 22 May 2025. Association football clubs established in 1933 Association football clubs disestablished in 1953 Football clubs in Seoul Defunct football clubs in South Korea Emperor's Cup winners 1933 establishments in Korea 1953 disestablishments in South Korea Organizations based in Korea under Japanese rule Sport in Korea under Japanese rule