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Gangwon FC

Gangwon FC (Korean: 강원 FC) is a South Korean football club based in Gangwon Province. They joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort.

Gangwon FC
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Full nameGangwon Football Club
강원도민프로축구단
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
GroundChuncheon Songam Sports Town
Gangneung Stadium
OwnerGangwon Province Government
ChairmanKim Jin-tae
ManagerYoon Jong-hwan
LeagueK League 1
2024K League 1, 2nd of 12
Websitegangwon-fc.com
Current season

History

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Gangwon-do's governor Kim Jin-sun announced a schedule for the foundation of the 15th professional football club to participate in the K League on 28 April 2008.[1] A committee, the "Foundation of Football Club in Gangwon Preparation Committee", was organized on 18 June 2008 to facilitate the foundation.[2] Preparations had advanced sufficiently that by 17 November 2008, 14 players had joined Gangwon FC in a first nomination. On 20 November 2008, Gangwon FC organized its first full squad, a total of 23 players, including nine players from the 2009 K League draft.[3] Gangwon FC was formally founded on 18 December 2008 in time to enter the 2009 edition of the K League.

Gangwon FC played its first ever K League match against Jeju United on 8 March 2009, at Gangneung Stadium, winning 1–0 with a decisive goal from Yoon Jun-ha. The team continued their winning start with a further four victories on the trot and causing a sensation in the first half of the 2009 K League season.[4] Gangwon was unable to maintain their initial success, and by round 19 had fallen into the lower half of the league table. By the conclusion of their first season in the K League, they placed 13th among 15 clubs.

In the 2009 Korean FA Cup, Gangwon entered the competition in the round of 32 and defeated their first opponent Incheon Korail FC in a penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 draw. They then faced the Chunnam Dragons, losing 1–0. In the 2009 Korean League Cup, Gangwon finished bottom of their group with only a single win (against Daejeon Citizen).

Gangwon FC had a difficult season in 2010, even though first striker Kim Young-hoo scored 13 goals in the league. The club finished 12th out of 15 clubs. The 2011 season was the worst season since its establishment. Gangwon finished last in the league and the entire team only scored 14 goals in thirty matches.

In the 2012 season, K League imposed a new promotion-relegation structure: bottom two teams in the top-tier league were to be relegated to second division. In the 43rd round, Gangwon managed to remain in the top-tier with Baek Jong-hwan's decisive goal that won the away game against Seongnam Ilhwa, avoiding relegation by one point.[5]

In the 2013 season of K League Classic, the first season in which K League implemented automatic relegation of the bottom two teams and the third from the bottom team having to play in the promotion-relegation playoffs against the champion of the K League Challenge, Gangwon finished the season third from last and subsequently relegated to the K League Challenge after losing to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix over two legs in the playoffs.[6]

Halfway through the 2018 season, on 12 August 2018, Kim Byung-soo was appointed as new head coach, leading the club to eighth place in the K League 1.[7]

The following season, Kim Ji-hyeon was awarded K League Young Player of the Year, as Gangwon finished sixth in the league table. In his first full campaign in 2019, manager Kim Byung-soo earned praise for pushing an entertaining brand of football dubbed "Byung-soo ball." That year, Gangwon led the K League in ball possession, pass attempts, pass completion percentage and forward pass completion percentage, while finishing third in goals.[8]

Focusing on defensive reinforcements prior to the 2020 season, which was the team's main weaknesses the previous season, Kim Byung-soo recruited Lim Chai-min, Shin Se-gye and Kim Young-bin, among others. With a 2–1 victory at home against Seongnam on 4 October 2020, Gangwon secured the top spot in the Final B and secured survival in the K League 1.[9]

In the lead-up to the 2021 season, players such as Masatoshi Ishida, who had been a mainstay of Suwon the season before, Sin Chang-moo, who was at the heart of Daegu's attack, and national team players Yun Suk-young, Rim Chang-woo and Uzbekistani player Rustam Ashurmatov were recruited.[10] On 21 March 2021, they won their home game against Incheon United with a 2–0 victory to make it their first win in the first six games of the season. On 3 November 2021, in serious danger of suffering relegation to the K League 2 after a humiliating 4–0 loss against Pohang Steelers, Kim Byung-soo was removed from his position.[8] Under his successor, Choi Yong-soo, Gangwon managed to stay up in the top division after beating Daejeon Hana Citizen over two legs in the relegation play-offs.[11]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 29 July 2024[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   KOR Lee Gwang-yeon
2 DF   KOR Kim Young-bin
3 DF   KOR Lee Ji-sol
5 DF   KOR Jo Hyun-tae
6 MF   KOR Kim Yi-seok
9 FW   CRO Franko Kovačević (on loan from SV Wehen Wiesbaden)
10 FW   BRA Vitor Gabriel
13 DF   KOR Lee Ki-hyuk
14 MF   KOR Kim Dae-woo
15 FW   KOR Jin Jun-seo
16 DF   KOR Kim Woo-seok
17 FW   KOR Yu In-soo
18 MF   KOR Kim Kang-kook
19 FW   KOR Kim Gyeong-min
20 DF   KOR Yun Suk-young (captain)
21 GK   KOR Park Cheong-hyo
22 FW   KOR Lee Sang-heon
24 FW   AUS Henry Hore (on loan from Brisbane Roar FC)
26 FW   KOR Park Kyung-bae
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF   KOR Hong Sung-moo
28 FW   KOR Cho Jin-hyuk
30 DF   KOR Shin Min-ha
31 GK   KOR Cho Min-kyu
32 DF   KOR Park Sang-hyun
34 DF   KOR Song Jun-seok
37 FW   KOR Jung Han-min (on loan from FC Seoul)
41 GK   KOR Kim Yu-seong
42 MF   KOR Kim Dong-hyun
43 FW   KOR Kim Hae-seung
47 FW   KOR Yang Min-hyeok
66 DF   KOR Ryu Kwang-hyun
74 DF   MNE Marko Tući
77 DF   KOR Park Tae-rang
88 DF   KOR Hwang Mun-ki
90 FW   KOR Kim Hyung-jin
97 DF   KOR Lee You-hyeon (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
99 FW   BIH Irfan Hadžić

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   KOR Kwon Seok-joo (to Nowon United until the end of the 2024 season)
— DF   KOR Lee Dong-jin (to Paju Citizen until the end of the 2024 season)
— MF   KOR Lee Seung-won (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military service until October 2025)
— MF   KOR Seo Min-woo (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military service until June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   KOR Choe Seong-min (to Gangneung City until the end of the 2024 season)
— FW   KOR Kim Dae-won (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military service until June 2025)
— FW   KOR Park Sang-hyeok (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military service until October 2025)

Captains

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Season Captain
2009   Lee Eul-yong
2010–11   Chung Kyung-ho
2011   Seo Dong-hyeon
2011   Lee Eul-yong
2012   Kim Eun-jung
2013   Chun Jae-ho
2014   Kim Oh-gyu
2015   Hwang Kyo-chung
  Baek Jong-hwan
2016–17   Baek Jong-hwan
2018   Jung Jo-gook
2019–20   Oh Beom-seok
2020–21   Lim Chai-min
2022   Kim Dong-hyun
2023   Rim Chang-woo
2024   Han Kook-young
  Yun Suk-young

Youth team

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On 13 September 2010, Gangwon FC U-12 team was established in Gangneung. On 2 November 2011, Gangwon FC made an agreement with Gangneung Jeil High School (under-18 team) and Jumunjin Middle School (under-15 team).

On 1 February 2021, it was officially announced that Gangwon would be the first fully professional team to found a reserve team set to play in the semi-professional K4 League, in order to give their youth players and/or other registered members of the senior team more playing time. The main condition for them would be to have at least seven out of eleven players in the starting formation aged 23 or younger.[13] Lee Seul-gi, who had previously served as first-team coach for Gangwon, was appointed as the manager of the newly established U23 squad.

Coaching staff and executive office

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Coaching staff

Executive office

Managers

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No. Name From To Season(s)
1
   Choi Soon-ho 2008/11/16 2011/04/06 2009–2011
2
   Kim Sang-ho 2011/04/07 2012/07/01 2011–2012
3
   Kim Hak-bum 2012/07/09 2013/08/11 2012–2013
4
   Kim Yong-kab 2013/08/14 2013/12/10 2013
5
   Arthur Bernardes 2013/12/23 2014/09/18 2014
C
   Park Hyo-jin 2014/09/18 2014/12/24 2014
6
   Choi Yun-kyum 2015/01/05 2017/08/14 2015–2017
C
   Park Hyo-jin 2017/08/14 2017/11/04 2017
7
   Song Kyung-sub 2017/11/02 2018/08/11 2017–2018
8
   Kim Byung-soo 2018/08/12 2021/11/04 2018–2021
9
   Choi Yong-soo 2021/11/16 2023/06/14 2021–2023
10
   Yoon Jong-hwan 2023/06/19 present 2023–

Honours

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Season-by-season records

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Season League FA Cup Other
Division GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos.
2009 1 28 7 7 14 42 57 –15 28 13 R16 League Cup: GS
2010 28 8 6 14 36 50 –14 30 12 R32 League Cup: GS
2011 30 3 6 21 14 45 –31 15 16 QF League Cup: GS
2012 44 14 7 23 57 68 –11 49 14 R16
2013 38 8 12 18 37 64 –27 36 12↓ R16
2014 2 36 16 6 14 48 50 –2 54 3 QF
2015 40 13 12 15 64 56 +8 51 7 R16
2016 40 19 9 12 50 33 +17 66 4↑ R32
2017 1 38 13 10 15 59 65 –6 49 6 R16
2018 38 12 10 16 56 60 –4 46 8 R32
2019 38 14 8 16 56 58 –2 50 6 QF
2020 27 9 7 11 36 41 –5 34 7 QF
2021 38 10 13 15 40 51 –11 43 11 SF
2022 38 14 7 17 50 52 –2 49 6 R16
2023 38 6 16 16 30 41 –11 34 10 QF
2024 38 19 7 12 62 56 +6 64 2 R16
Key
  • SF = Semi-final
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • R32 = Round of 32
  • GS = Group stage

References

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