Pyongyang, October 8 (KCNA) -- Premier football league matches are going on at Kim Il Sung Stadium as part of the national championship.

Eleven men's and eight women's teams are competing in the league matches.

An official of the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports told KCNA that many of the footballers who participated in the last World Cup belong to different teams participating in the matches.

Experts and football fans, in view of the results of the previous premier league, are expecting that the April 25 men's and women's teams, Rimyongsu men's team and Amnokgang women's team will prove successful in the current matches.

The matches, which started on October 1, will end on October 30.