Gangwon FC

Gangwon FC (Hangul:강원 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.

Gangwon FC
강원 FC
Full nameGangwon Football Club
강원도민프로축구단
Nickname(s)Gangwon Kodiaks
Founded2008 (2008)
GroundChuncheon Songam Stadium
Capacity20,000
OwnerGangwon Province Government
ChairmanChoi Moon-soon
ManagerKim Byung-soo
LeagueK League 1
2019K League 1, 6th of 12
WebsiteClub website

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 21 February 2020

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 Shin Se-gye
4 DF  KOR Lee Ho-in
6 MF  KOR Cho Ji-hun
7 MF  KOR Jung Seok-hwa
8 MF  KOR Lee Jae-kwon
9 FW  KOR Kim Ji-hyeon
10 FW  KOR Ko Moo-yeol
11 MF  KOR Kim Hyeon-uk
12 FW  KOR Kim Seung-dae
13 FW  KOR Jeong Min-woo
14 MF  KOR Han Kook-young
15 FW  KOR Jung Ji-yong
16 MF  KOR Ji Ui-su
17 DF  KOR Shin Kwang-hoon
18 MF  KOR Cho Jae-wan
19 DF  KOR Chae Gwang-hoon
20 DF  KOR Cho Yoon-seong
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  KOR Seo Min-woo
23 MF  KOR Kang Ji-hoon
25 GK  KOR Lee Bum-soo
26 DF  KOR Lim Chae-min
27 MF  KOR Kim Soo-hyeok
29 MF  KOR Lee Hyeon-sik
32 DF  KOR Lee Byeong-wook
33 DF  KOR Lee Yeon-kyu
34 MF  KOR Lee Yeong-jae
42 MF  KOR Hong Won-jin
44 MF  JPN Takahiro Nakazato
45 MF  KOR Lee Kang-han
47 DF  KOR Oh Beom-seok
66 MF  KOR Kim Kyung-jung
75 GK  KOR Kwon Jae-beom
77 DF  KOR Song Seung-joon
81 GK  KOR Moon Kwang-seok
88 FW  KOR Park Kyung-bae
99 DF  KOR 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. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  KOR Jung Seung-yong (to FC Pocheon)

Captains
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
2016–17 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: Kim Byung-soo
  • Assistant manager: Park Hyo-jin
  • 1st team coach: Kim Hyun-jun, Lee Seul-gi
  • Goalkeeping coach: Kim Seung-an
  • Physio: Jang Seok-min

Executive office

  • Chairman: Gangwon Province governor
  • President
    • Kim Won-dong[7][8] (11 November 2008 – 22 July 2011)
    • Nam Jong-hyun[9] (22 August 2011 – 19 September 2012)
    • Kim Deok-rae (caretaker)[10] (14 December 2012 – 28 May 2013)
    • Lim Eun-ju[11] (29 May 2013 – 31 December 2015)

Managers
# Name From To Season(s) Notes
1
 Choi Soon-ho 2008/11/16 2011/04/06 2009–2011 First manager
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 First foreign manager
C
 Park Hyo-jin 2014/09/18 2014/12/24 2014 First caretaker manager
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 2017/08/12 2017–2018
8
 Kim Byung-soo 2017/08/12 2018–

Season-by-season records
Season League FA Cup ACL Others
Division GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos.
200912877144257-152813Ro16-League Cup: GS
20102886143650-143012Ro32-League Cup: GS
20113036211445-311516QF-League Cup: GS
201244147235768-114914Ro16-
201338812183764-273612↓Ro16-
2014236166144850-2544QF-
2015401312156456+8517Ro16-
201640199125033+17663↑Ro32-
20171381310155965-6496Ro16-
2018381210165660-4468Ro32-
201938148165658-2506QF-
2020
Key
  • SF = Semi-Final
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • Ro16 = Round Of 16
  • Ro32 = Round Of 32
  • GS = Group Stage
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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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