The DPR Korea Football League (Chosà Ân'gà Âl: ì¡°ì 민주주ìÂÂì¸민공ÃÂÂêµ ì¶Â구 리그) is North Korea's association football league. It has a first division DPR Korea Premier Football League, a second division DPR Korea Football League 2, and a third division DPR Korea Football League 3.
Including football, all sports in North Korea were on an amateur basis, with competitions called Technical Innovation Contests (Chosà Ân'gà Âl: 기ì ÃÂÂì 경기ëÂÂÃÂÂ; Hanja: æÂÂè¡Âé©æ°競æÂÂ大æÂÂ) being held several times a year In football, First Technical Innovation Contests was held In 1960.
The league was the subject of the 1978 sport drama called Centre Forward. The movie was directed by Kil-in Kim and Chong-song Pak and starred In-son Cha.
In 2010, football's National Championship was renamed Top Class Football League or Highest Class Football League (Chosà Ân'gà Âl: ìµÂìÂÂê¸Âì¶Â구련맹ì Â; Hanja: æÂÂä¸Âç´Âè¹´çÂÂè¯çÂÂæ°).
In October 2017, the Highest Class Football League was replaced by the DPR Korea Premier Football League, (Chosà Ân'gà Âl: ì¡°ì 민주주ìÂÂì¸민공ÃÂÂêµ 1ë¶Âë¥Âì¶Â구련맹ì Â; Hanja: æÂÂé®®æ°Â主主義人æ°Âå ±åÂÂå ä¸Âé¨æµÂè¹´çÂÂè¯çÂÂæ°) held in the home-and-away round-robin system used in most other countries.
In 1990 and 1991, South Korean Newspaper reported, DPR Korea Football League had 3 divisions and promotion and relegation system
In October 2016, South Korean Newspaper reported, AFC said "In 2017, North Korea have a plan to create a new football league system which operates 3 divisions."
Note: North Korea is a reclusive and closed country so it is difficult to obtain the information about whole changes or detailed league system information.