East Bengal's AFC Champions League Two 2026-27 Rival Watch: April 4.25 SC
The Moshal Girls will play their final Group stage game on Saturday. East Bengal FC will face a challenging task in their final match of the 2026-27 AFC Women's Champions League when they face the high-flying April 4.25 SC side in their final group game.
The North Korean heavyweights are a club that has been flying high in their debut appearance in the AFC Women's Champions League and have played some dominant football so far. April 4.25 SC have been able to win both of their matches so far in their group, dominating both Hwancheon KSPO as well as Ho Chi Minh City's WFC side.
They've scored eight goals in the competition in the two matches and only conceded one, proving their talent to be able to produce enthralling attacking football. The April 4.25 SC Women's team have been successful in the North Korean women's football scene over the years and are poised to prove themselves as major thorns for the East Bengal women in this upcoming clash.
Let's have a closer look at the club before the big game. About the Team April 4.25 SC are currently top of the AFC Women's Champions League Group B points table.
The April 4.25 SC, which is also known as the April 25 Sports Club, is one of the most dominant football organisations to come out of North Korea. The club itself was established in March 1947, with the men's football scene taking priority.
The April 4.25 SC women's team, like the men's team, belongs to the Ministry of Defence in North Korea and every member of their team are officers of the North Korean Armed Forces. The April 4.25 SC women's team was created in the 1980s when the initial push for a FIFA Women's World Cup was initially suggested.
As a way of trying to uphold their stand in the women's football scene, the North Korea Ministry of Defence formed the women's team and they have been impressing in the local scene for many decades now. Indeed, the April 4.25 SC women's team have won the Women's National Championship title many times over the last few decades.
Their success in the 2025-26 season enabled them to qualify for the AFC Women's Champions League for the first time ever, having seen the men's team having finished as the runners-up of the AFC Cup in 2019. The Coach Kim Kwang-Min is a former North Korea Men's International.
The head coach of the April 4.25 SC women's team is former North Korea men's international footballer Kim Kwang-min, who has almost two decades of coaching experience under his belt. Kwang-min, who made well over 25 appearances for his national side at the international level, had a pretty good playing career before transitioning into a coaching role.