Gangwon FC

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Gangwon FC
강원 FC
Logo
Full name Gangwon Football Club
강원도민프로축구단
Short name GAW
Founded 2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Ground Gangneung Stadium
Ground Capacity 22,333
Chairman Governor of Gangwon Province
Manager Choi Yun-kyum
League K League Challenge
2015 Season 7th
Website Club home page
Current season

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.

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.

Kim Young-Hoo finished as top scorer for the club with 13 goals (good enough to place joint 3rd in the overall "Top Scorers"). Kim was awarded K-League Rookie of the Year for his efforts during the season. Gangwon FC was award the Fair Play Award for the 2009 season.

In the 2009 Korean FA Cup, Gangwon entered the competition in the round of 32 stage, and defeated their first opponent Incheon Koreail FC in a penalty shootout after a 2-all draw. They then faced the Chunnam Dragons, losing 1:0. The club fared little better in the 2009 K-League Cup, finishing bottom of their group with only a single win (against Daejeon) to show for their efforts.

Difficult Period and First Ever 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 28 March 2016

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 Song Yoo-geol
3 South Korea DF Choi Woo-jae
4 South Korea MF Oh Seung-bum
5 South Korea DF Lee Wan
6 South Korea DF Ahn Hyun-sik
7 Brazil FW Gil
8 South Korea MF Heo Beom-san (on loan from Jeju)
9 Mexico MF Édgar Pacheco
10 South Korea FW Choi Jin-ho
11 South Korea MF Seo Bo-min
12 South Korea MF Heo Chang-soo
13 South Korea FW Kim Yun-ho
14 South Korea MF Son Seol-min
15 South Korea DF Park Chun-ho
16 South Korea MF Han Seok-jong
17 South Korea FW Shim Young-sung
18 South Korea GK Ham Seok-min (on loan from Suwon)
19 South Korea DF Gil Young-tae
No. Position Player
20 South Korea MF Jeon Byung-soo
21 South Korea FW Ko Ryong
22 South Korea DF Jung Seung-yong
23 Brazil FW Matheus Alves
24 South Korea MF Ko Min-sung (on loan from Suwon)
25 South Korea MF Lee Dong-jae
26 South Korea MF Park Yo-han
27 South Korea FW Jung Chan-il (on loan from Ulsan)
28 South Korea MF Lee Nam-soo
29 South Korea MF Kim Sung-woo
30 South Korea GK Ahn Ji-hyeon
32 South Korea FW Bang Chan-joon (on loan from Suwon)
33 South Korea DF Lee Han-saem
37 South Korea DF Jung Jin-hyeok
44 South Korea DF Choi Young-kwang
77 South Korea MF Baek Jong-Hwan
88 South Korea DF Park Yong-ho

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
15 South Korea FW Shin Young-jun (to Sangju Sangmu for military service)
South Korea GK Yang Dong-won (to Sangju Sangmu for military service)
No. Position Player
South Korea DF Kim Oh-gyu (to Sangju Sangmu for military service)

Captains

Season Captain
2009 South Korea Lee Eul-Yong
2010–11 South Korea Chung Kyung-Ho
2011 South Korea Seo Dong-Hyun
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

Youth Club

On 13 September 2010, Gangwon FC U-12 team was created 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

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 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 2014/12/25 2015–present

Supporters

Even with a short history, Gangwon FC has a strong fan base, with supporters nicknamed Narcia.

Statistics

Season Division Teams League KFA Cup League Cup Champions
League		 Top scorer Manager
P W D L GF GA GD Pts Position
2009 1 15 28 7 7 14 42 57 −15 28 13th Round of 16 Group Round  – South Korea Kim Young-Hoo (13) South Korea Choi Soon-Ho
2010 1 15 28 8 6 14 36 50 −14 30 12th Round of 32 Group Round  – South Korea Kim Young-Hoo (14) South Korea Choi Soon-Ho
2011 1 16 30 3 6 21 14 45 −31 15 16th Quarterfinal Group Round  – South Korea Kim Young-Hoo (6) South Korea Choi Soon-Ho (until April 6)
South Korea Kim Sang-ho (since April 7)
2012 1 16 44 14 7 23 57 68 −11 49 14th Round of 16 N / A  – South Korea Kim Eun-Jung (16) South Korea Kim Sang-ho (until July 1)
South Korea Kim Hak-Beom (since July 9)
2013 1 14 38 8 12 18 37 64 −27 36 12th Round of 16 N / A  – Romania Ianis Zicu (8) South Korea Kim Hak-Beom (until August 11)
South Korea Kim Yong-Kab (since August 14)
Playoff 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3 Relegated
2014 2 10 36 16 6 14 48 50 −2 54 3rd Quarterfinal N / A  – South Korea Choi Jin-ho (14) Brazil Arthur Bernardes (until September 18)
South Korea Park Hyo-jin (since September 19)
Playoff 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0 4th
2015 2 11 N / A  –

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