Gwangju FC

Gwangju FC 광주 FC
Basic data
Surname	Gwangju Football Club 광주 시민 프로 축구단
Seat	Gwangju
founding	2010
Colours	Yellow-orange
owner	Gwangju City
president	Lee Yong-seob
Website	gwangjufc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Park Jin-seob
Venue	Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Places	40,000
league	K League 1
2019	▲ 1st place
home Away

The Gwangju FC is a football franchise from Gwangju , South Korea . The franchise currently plays in the K League 2 , the second-highest division in South Korea.

history

prehistory

→ Main article : Gwangju Sangmu FC

Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo logo until 2010

In 2003 the city founded the military association Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo FC in cooperation with the military .

Between 2003 and 2010, however, the club could not celebrate any success. In 2010 the contract was not renewed and the military association was dissolved. The military left the city and the city administration founded its own association. Choi Man-heui was signed as the first coach of Gwangju FC .

First years and relegation to second class (2011-2013)

The first two seasons did not go well for the club. In 2011 they were 11th, but in 2012 they were 16th, which is why they competed in the newly founded K League Challenge in 2013 . The first two cup seasons were different. In their first cup season they surprisingly lost 2-1 in their first round against Suwon City FC . In 2012 the cup season went better. In their first round they met Chungju Hummel FC , which they defeated 4-2. In the following round, however, they failed 3-1 to the Pohang Steelers . After the club was relegated from the K League in late 2012, Choi Man-heui was dismissed as a coach and was replaced by Yeo Beom-kyu .

In 2013, Yeo Beom-kyu should be promoted again, but the club could not participate in the promotion battle at any time. In between, they finished 7th, which is why Yeo Beom-kyu was also on leave in the middle of the season. Nam Ki-il was hired as an interim trainer . Under him, the club was able to stabilize and still reach 3rd place. The club could not achieve much in the cup either. In their first round they met again on Chungju Hummel FC, which they could defeat again. They won the game 3-2. In the following round, however, the club met FC Seoul , which they beat 2-1, which is why the club was eliminated after their second round.

Promotion and establishment in the K League Classic (2014-2016)

In 2014 the interim trainer Nam Ki-il was appointed the official successor trainer. Under him, the club should achieve promotion. The season was again unsteady. In the first half of the season, the club ranked in the lower part of the table, but was able to stabilize in the second half of the season and at the end of the season still reached 4th place and thus the play-off games. In the play-off games, they beat Gangwon FC 1-0. In the play-off final they met Ansan Police FC , which they also beat 3-0 and thus reached the relegation games. The first leg they won against Gyeongnam FC 3-1 and the second leg went 1-1, which is why the club returned to the first division. In the cup, the club reached the second round again. After beating Bucheon FC 1-0 in 1995 , they met Seongnam FC , which they lost 2-1 and were eliminated in the cup.

In their promotion season they played almost only in the lower table region. The club was in the upper part of the table until the 5th matchday, after which it continuously slipped down to 10th place. At the end of the season, the relegation was never in danger due to the poor performances of Daejeon Citizen and Busan IPark , so that you could start planning for the next season very early. The cup season was similar. In their first round they met Daejeon Citizen, which they had just lost 0: 1 and were eliminated very early. In 2016 the club started the season mixed. While you were in 3rd place after two match days, you slipped down to 9th place in between before you could fight your way back to 7th place. Still, the club finished the season only on an 8th place behind Suwon Samsung Bluewings . The cup season, however, went a little better again. After they surprisingly beat Jeju United 2-1 in their first round , they failed to Ulsan Hyundai and lost the game 0-1.

Relegation and new beginning in K League 2 (present)

Gwangju FC had to cope with a few departures from top performers after the end of last season, but they stayed on the relegation place until matchday 10. After that, the club slipped to the relegation place and shortly afterwards even to the relegation place. After a series of defeats, Nam Ki-il had to leave the club and Kim Hak-beom took over as his successor. Despite the change of coach, no mood could be created and the club lost more games. At the end of the season, the club was able to surprisingly win two games in a row, but this was no longer enough to prevent relegation. Gwangju was relegated 4 points behind and Kim Hak-beom was also dismissed from the club shortly afterwards.

Gwangju FC repositioned itself almost completely for the 2018 season. Almost the entire squad left the club, but young players were committed. With Park Jin-seob, the club signed a successor coach for the 2018 season. Despite a new squad, the club left very early. In their first round, the club surprisingly failed to the third division side Daejeon Korail FC with 1: 3.

History overview

season	league	Kl.	societies	Games	Pl.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.	KFA Cup	K League play-off	Trainer
2011	K League	1	16	30th	11.	9	8th	13	32:43	35	4th main round	-	Choi Man-heui
2012	K League	1	16	44	15th	10	15th	19th	57:67	45	Round of 16	-	Choi Man-heui
2013	K League Challenge	2	8th	35	3.	16	5	14th	55:54	53	Round of 16	-	Yeo Beom-kyu Nam Ki-il (Interim)
2014	K League Challenge	2	10	36	4th	13	12	11	40:35	51	Round of 16	Play-off winners	Nam Ki-il
2015	K League Classic	1	12	38	10.	10	12	16	35:44	42	4th main round	-	Nam Ki-il
2016		1	12	38	8th.	11	14th	13	41:45	47	Round of 16
2017	K League Classic	1	12	38	12.	6th	12	20th	33:61	30th	Quarter finals	-	Nam Ki-il Kim Hak-beom
2018	K League 2	2	10	36	5.	11	15th	10	51:41	48	3rd main round	Not qualified	Park Jin-seob
2019	K League 2	2	10	36	1.	21st	10	5	59:31	73	Round of 16	-	Park Jin-seob
2020	K League 1	1	12	38					-: -		Round of 16	-	Park Jin-seob

Legend
End of season descent
Promotion towards the end of the season

team

Squad

Status: February 2020

No. position Surname 1 TW Yoon Pyeong-gook 2 FROM Rustam Ashurmatov 3 FROM Jeong Jun-yeon 4th FROM Kim Tae-yoon 5 MF Park Jun-hui 6th MF Park Jung-soo 7th MF Yeo reum 8th FROM Lee Euddeum 9 ST Felipe Silva 10 MF Lim Min-hyeok 11 MF Kim Jeong-hwan 13 ST Doo Hyeon-seok 14th MF Yeo Bong-hun 15th FROM Hong Joon-ho 16 MF Baek Do-won 17th ST To won-sang

No. position Surname 18th ST Kim Hyo-gi 19th ST Jeong Hyun-woo 20th FROM Lee Han-do 21st TW Lee Jin-hyung 22nd ST Kim Ju-gong 23 TW Kim Tae-gon 24 ST Lee Hee-gyun 25th MF Kim Jin-hyeon 27 FROM Kim Chang-soo 28 MF Choi Jun-hyeok 29 FROM Han Hee-hoon 30th MF Lee Min-ki 33 FROM Han Yong-su 94 MF Willyan Barbosa 99 ST Heo Yul ST Marco Ureña

Coaching staff

As of March 1, 2018

Current coaching staff
Surname	function
Park Jin-seob	Trainer
Jo Seong-yong	Assistant coach
Yu Kyeong-ryeol	2nd assistant coach
Ju Yong-guk	Goalkeeping coach

Stadion

Stadion	Surname	owner	opening	Usage period
				From	To
	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Gwangju City Council	2002	2011	Until now

rivalry

Gwangju FC are enemies with Daegu FC ( Yeong Honam Derby ). The association has no other rivalries or friendships.

Web links

• Official website (kor)
• News portal of the association on Naver.com (kor)
• Information about the club on kleague.com (kor)
• Gwangju FC - Facebook
• Gwangju FC - Twitter
• Gwangju FC - Youtube
• Gwangju FC -Flickr.com
• Gwangju FC in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Gwangju FC in the soccerway.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.namdonews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=48612 Article on Gwangju Bulsajo FC
2. ↑ http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2010/04/05/0200000000AKR20100405038100007.HTML?did=1179m Foundation of Gwangju FC Artikeö
3. ↑ http://www.newsis.com/ar_detail/view.html/?ar_id=NISX20100504_0005080189&cID=10503&pID=10500 Article on the establishment of Gwangju FC
4. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/fussball/sudkorea/k-league-1-2011/ final table 2011
5. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/fussball/sudkorea/k-league-1-2012/?t=2mjPD8xq&ts=K6CThKXO final table 2012
6. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/spiel/rspNNFk5/#spiel-zammlungSpielbericht against Suwon City FC
7. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/spiel/v7afejTJ/#spiel-zammlung Spielbericht against Chungju Hummel FC
8. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/spiel/E76QPdIq/#spiel-zammlung Spielbericht against Pohang
9. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/fussball/sudkorea/k-league-2-2013/ final table
10. ↑ http://joinkfa.com/match_v1/match_single_info_list.php?match_idx=MzA3MA==&Search=Y&page=1&match_type=57&s_year=2013&keyword=&fileType=&__assoClass=1&matchType=match match result 2013 Cup against FC Seoul
11. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/fussball/sudkorea/k-league-2-2014/ 2014 final table
12. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/fussball/sudkorea/k-league-2-2014/?t=CY4C7gb7&ts=pYL3JZtS Results of the 2014 play-off games
13. ↑ http://kleague.com/ko/node/1691 Article on the round of 16
14. ↑ http://joinkfa.com/match_v1/match_single_info_list.php?match_idx=MzY3OA==&Search=Y&page=1&match_type=57&s_year=2014&keyword=&fileType=&__assoClass=1&matchType=match match report on the cup defeat against Seongnam FC
15. ↑ http://joinkfa.com/match_v1/match_single_info_list.php?match_idx=NDIwMg==&Search=Y&page=1&match_type=57&s_year=2015&keyword=&fileType=&__assoClass=1&matchType=match match report 2015
16. ↑ http://joinkfa.com/match_v1/match_single_info_list.php?match_idx=NTAzMw==&Search=Y&page=1&match_type=57&s_year=2016&keyword=&fileType=&__assoClass=1&matchType=match match report for 2016
17. ↑ http://kleague.com/ko/node/2907 Nam Ki-il dismissal
18. ↑ http://kleague.com/ko/node/2928 Kim Hak-beom obligation
19. ↑ http://kleague.com/ko/node/3034 Coaching staff commitment from Kim Hak-beom
20. ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/gwangju-fc-und-trainer-kim-hak-beom-trennen-sich/view/news/293179 Report on separation from Kim Hak-beom
21. ↑ http://kleague.com/ko/node/4638 Coaching staff obligation 2018
22. ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/park-wird-trainer-bei-gwangju-fc/view/news/295726 Trainer obligation Park Jin-seob
23. ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/gwangju-fc-verliert-gegen-daejeon-korail-fc/view/news/304295 Article about the cup defeat 2018
24. ↑ https://www.gwangjufc.com/player/pro.php coaching staff