Gangwon FC

Gangwon FC
강원 FC
Full name Gangwon Football Club
강원도민프로축구단
Founded 2008 (2008)
Ground Chuncheon Songam Stadium
Capacity 20,000
Owner Gangwon Province Government
Chairman Cho Tae-ryong
Manager Kim Byung-soo
League K League 1
2017 K League Classic, 6th
Website Club website

Gangwon FC (Korean:강원 FC, Hanja: 江原 FC) is a South Korean football club. Based in Gangwon Province of South Korea, Gangwon FC joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort.

History

Foundation

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 April 28, 2008.[1] A committee, the "Foundation of Football Club in Gangwon Preparation Committee", was organized on 18 June 18, 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 November 20, 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.

Debut season – 2009

Gangwon 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. With this victory, they became the first ever team to win their debut game in K League. Gangwon FC continued their winning start to the season with a further four victories on the trot and causing a sensation in the first half of 2009 K League.[4] Unfortunately 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 of fifteen 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 shootout after a 2–2 draw. They then faced the Chunnam Dragons, losing 1–0. In the 2009 K-League Cup, Gangwon finished bottom of their group with only a single win (against Daejeon Citizen).

Difficult period and relegation

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 of K-League by Baek Jong-hwan's decisive goal that won the away game against Seongnam Ilhwa by 1–0. By one point, it avoided relegation.[5]

In the 2013 season of K League Classic, the first historical season in which K League imposed compulsory relegation of bottom three teams and where the team that finished third from the bottom had to play the promotion-relegation playoffs against the champion of 2013 K League Challenge, the second-tier league, Gangwon finished the season in the third place from the bottom inside the relegation zone, subsequently lost to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix over the two-leg relegation playoffs, and was relegated to the K League Challenge.[6]

Players

Current squad

As of 3 August 2018

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

No. Position Player
1 South Korea GK Kim Ho-jun
2 South Korea DF Lee Jae-ik
3 South Korea DF Lee Ho-in
4 Cyprus DF Valentinos Sielis
5 South Korea DF Lee Joo-young
6 South Korea MF Lee Min-soo
7 South Korea MF Jung Seok-hwa
8 South Korea MF Hwang Jin-sung
9 South Korea FW Jung Jo-gook
10 Brazil FW Diego Maurício
12 South Korea FW Lim Chan-wool
13 South Korea MF Nam Seung-woo
14 South Korea DF Oh Beom-seok
15 South Korea MF Lee Jae-kwan
16 South Korea GK Ham Seok-min
18 South Korea MF Kim Seung-yong
19 South Korea MF Park Chang-joon
No. Position Player
21 South Korea GK Hong Ji-yoon
22 South Korea DF Jung Seung-yong
23 South Korea GK Lee Bum-young
24 South Korea MF Kang Ji-hoon
26 South Korea MF Yoon Min-ho
27 South Korea DF Park Sun-ju
29 South Korea MF Lee Hyeon-sik
30 South Korea DF Kim Oh-gyu
32 South Korea FW Kim Soo-hyeok
33 South Korea FW Seo Myeong-won
44 Australia DF Dylan McGowan
55 Serbia FW Uroš Đerić
66 South Korea MF Park Jeong-soo
70 South Korea FW Jung Sung-hyun
77 South Korea FW Kim Ji-hyeon
88 South Korea MF Kim Kyeong-woo
99 South Korea DF Kim Oh-gyu

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
South Korea FW Choi Jin-ho (to Sangju Sangmu for military service)
South Korea DF Lee Yong (to Asan Mugunghwa for military service)
No. Position Player
South Korea MF Kim Kyung-jung (to Sangju Sangmu for military service)
South Korea DF Choi Joon-hyeok (to Gwangju FC)

Captains

Season Captain
2009 South Korea Lee Eul-yong
2010–11 South Korea Chung Kyung-ho
2011 South Korea Seo Dong-hyeon
2011 South Korea Lee Eul-yong
2012 South Korea Kim Eun-jung
2013 South Korea Jeon Jae-ho
2014 South Korea Kim Oh-gyu
2015 South Korea Hwang Kyo-chung
2016– South Korea Baek Jong-hwan

Youth team

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).

Coaching and Medical staff

Coaching Staff

  • Manager: South Korea Kim Byung-soo
  • Assistant manager: Vacant
  • Goalkeeping coach: South Korea Jung Kil-yong
  • 1st team coach: South Korea Ahn Seung-in

Executive office

  • Chairman: Gangwon Province governor
  • President
    • South Korea Kim Won-dong[7][8] (11 November 2008 – 22 July 2011)
    • South Korea Nam Jong-hyun[9] (22 August 2011 – 19 September 2012)
    • South Korea Kim Deok-rae (caretaker)[10] (14 December 2012 – 28 May 2013)
    • South Korea Lim Eun-ju[11] (29 May 2013 – present)

Managers

# Name From To Season(s) Notes
1
 South Korea Choi Soon-ho 2008/11/16 2011/04/06 2009–2011 First manager
2
 South Korea Kim Sang-ho 2011/04/07 2012/07/01 2011–2012
3
 South Korea Kim Hak-bum 2012/07/09 2013/08/11 2012–2013
4
 South Korea Kim Yong-kab 2013/08/14 2013/12/10 2013
5
 Brazil Arthur Bernardes 2013/12/23 2014/09/18 2014 First foreign manager
C
 South Korea Park Hyo-jin 2014/09/18 2014/12/24 2014 First caretaker manager
6
 South Korea Choi Yun-kyum 2015/01/05 2017/08/14 2015–2017
C
 South Korea Park Hyo-jin 2017/08/14 2017/11/04 2017
7
 South Korea Song Kyung-sub 2017/11/02 2017/08/12 2017–2018
8
 South Korea Kim Byung-soo 2017/08/12 2018–

Season-by-season records

Season Division Teams League KFA Cup League Cup Champions
League		 Top scorer Manager(s)
P W D L GF GA GD Pts Position
20091 152877144257−152813thRound of 16Group Round – South Korea Kim Young-hoo (13)South Korea Choi Soon-ho
20101 152886143650−143012thRound of 32Group Round – South Korea Kim Young-hoo (14)South Korea Choi Soon-ho
20111 163036211445−311516thQuarterfinalGroup Round – South Korea Kim Young-hoo (6)South Korea Choi Soon-ho (until April 6)
South Korea Kim Sang-ho (since April 7)
20121 1644147235768−114914thRound of 16N / A – South Korea Kim Eun-jung (16)South Korea Kim Sang-ho (until July 1)
South Korea Kim Hak-beom (since July 9)
20131 1438812183764−273612thRound of 16N / A – Romania Ianis Zicu (8)South Korea Kim Hak-beom (until August 11)
South Korea Kim Yong-kab (since August 14)
Playoff2210124−23Relegated
20142 1036166144850−2543rdQuarterfinalN / A – South Korea Choi Jin-ho (14)Brazil Arthur Bernardes (until September 18)
South Korea Park Hyo-jin (since September 19)
Playoff4100101−104th
20152 11401312156456+8517thRound of 16N / A – Brazil Jonatas Belusso (15)South Korea Choi Yun-kyum
20162 1140199125033+17664thRound of 32N / A – Brazil Matheus Alves (11)South Korea Choi Yun-kyum
20171 12381310155965–6496thRound of 16N / A – Brazil Diego Maurício (13)South Korea Choi Yun-kyum (until August 14)
South Korea Park Hyo-jin (between August 14 and November 4)
South Korea Song Kyung-sub (since November 2)

References

  1. ↑ "K리그 15구단 '강원FC' 창단" (in Korean). Segye Ildo. 2008-04-28.
  2. ↑ 강원도민 프로축구단 창단준비위 (in Korean). Yonhap. 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  3. ↑ "<종합>숭실대 임경현, 전체 1순위로 부산아이파크行...약 31% 지명돼". Newsis. 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  4. ↑ "강원FC 돌풍 이유 있다". Gangwon Ilbo. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.
  5. ↑ "강원FC 1부리그 잔류 확정". Gangwon Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  6. ↑ 강제강등에서 첫 승격까지, 역사가 된 상주상무 (in Korean). MK Sports. 2013-12-07.
  7. ↑ "프로聯 김원동 사무총장, 강원FC 초대 사장 선임" (in Korean). SpotalKorea. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  8. ↑ "김원동 강원FC 사장 내정자, 이사회에서 대표이사 선임" (in Korean). Newsis. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  9. ↑ "강원FC 대표이사에 남종현 ㈜그래미 회장 선임". Yonhap (in Korean). Naver.com. 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  10. ↑ 강원 남종현사장 사표 수리, 임시대표 선임. Sports Seoul (in Korean). Naver.com. 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  11. ↑ "강원FC 신임 대표 임은주...프로구단 첫 여성 수장(종합)". Yonhap News (in Korean). Naver.com. 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
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