The first-ever inter-Korean club competition was also strong. Suwon FC Women lost 0-3 to my hometown, winning 1 and losing 3rd place in the group

Nov 13, 2025

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Suwon FC Women was completely defeated by the women's soccer team in their hometown of North Korea's first place.

Suwon FC, led by head coach Park Gil-young, lost 0-3 to the North's hometown women's soccer team in the second Group C match of the 2025-2026 Asian Women's Champions League (AWCL) at Tuwanna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar on the 12th (Korea time).

Suwon made its first appearance in the AWCL as a WK League champion last year and got off to a good start with a 5-0 victory in its first showdown with ISPE WFC (Myanmar) on the 9th. On the other hand, my hometown was completely defeated by Japanese powerhouse Tokyo Verdi Belleza 0-4 in the first game and then went into the inter-Korean match with one mind toward the first win.

The atmosphere was lost to North Korea, who had been on the offensive from the beginning of the first half, but overcame the crisis thanks to the save of goalkeeper Your Highness. My hometown Lee Myung-geum's long-range shot missed, and Choi Geum-wook's shot was blocked by Jeon Ha-neul's super save. In the 43rd minute of the first half, Kim Hye-young raced toward the goal with a solo breakthrough and got a chance to score the first goal, but a chip shot fired past the goalkeeper went off the post. One hot VAR battle went back and forth in the second half. My hometown finished 0-0 in the first half after all of Suwon's requests for fouls and penalties against Kim Hye-young and confirmation of red cards for North Korean tackles were rejected.

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However, it shook sharply after giving up the first goal in the 23rd minute of the second half in a North Korean corner kick situation. He shook the net with a powerful right-footed mid-range shot from outside the box to Park Ye-kyung. In the 28th minute of the second half, Lee Soo-jung threw herself to a fast counterattack from my hometown and a cross that followed shortly after the left side was torn down. He gave up an extra goal. Suwon struggled for a comeback goal, but Kwon Eun-som's shot and Millennia's shot were blocked in the 32nd minute of the second half. In extra time, he gave up multiple goals to Lee Soo-jung and bowed his head 0-3. Na Hometown recorded 7 effective shots out of 17 shots and Suwon recorded 3 effective shots out of 4 shots.

With the loss, Suwon dropped to 1 win and 1 loss (three points) and 3rd place in the group. North Korea, which recorded one win and one loss side by side, beat Suwon FC, which has the same points, with a winner's win to rank second in the group. Suwon FC will play the final group match against Tokyo Verdi (2 wins, 6 points) in the same place at 5:30 p.m. on the 15th. My hometown can confirm my advance to the quarterfinals if I win the match against Myanmar ISPE WFC. Suwon will advance to the quarterfinals if it catches Tokyo Verdi, but if it does not, it will have to compete with the third-place finishers in other groups.

A total of 12 teams will participate in the AWCL, which will be held for the second time this year, and four teams will be divided into three groups. A total of eight teams compete for the championship in the tournament by automatically advancing to the quarterfinals with the first and second places in each group and adding two teams with good performance among the third places.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.