Asan Mugunghwa FC

Asan Mugunghwa
아산 무궁화
Full name Asan Mugunghwa Football Club
아산 무궁화 프로축구단
Founded 1996 (1996)
Ground Yi Sun-shin Stadium
Ground Capacity 19,283
Manager Lee Heung-sil
2016 K League Challenge, 1st
Website Club home page

Asan Mugunghwa Football Club, commonly known as Police FC, is a South Korean football club. Police FC's players comprise Korean professional footballers who are serving their two-year military duty.

Asan Mugunghwa FC have played in the K League Challenge between 2013 and 2016. Starting from the 2017 season, they play their home games in Asan.

History

Originally founded as National Police Department FC in 1961, the club changed its name to Seoul Police Department FC in 1962 then back to its original name in 1967. During its history it won a number of competitions such as the Korean President's Cup National Football Tournament and the Korea Semi-Professional Football League in the 1960s before it was dissolved in November 1967. The club was reinstated in 1996, and it partly consisted of players serving their compulsory two-year military duty, similar to the other military club Sangju Sangmu FC.

In January 2016, the club name was changed to Ansan Mugunghwa FC. Korean word Mugunghwa means hibiscus syriacus and is the symbol of the Korean Police. After the 2016 season, the team was relocated to Asan.

Club Name History

Current squad

As of 14 October 2016[1][2]

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

No. Position Player
2 South Korea DF Jung Da-hwon
5 South Korea DF An Jae-jun
6 South Korea DF Jo Sung-jin
7 South Korea MF Han Ji-ho
9 South Korea FW Kim Dong-sub
10 South Korea MF Lee Hyun-seung
11 South Korea FW Hwang Ji-woong
12 South Korea FW Ha Jung-heon
14 South Korea MF Kim Eun-sun
15 South Korea MF Choi Bo-kyung
16 South Korea FW Lim Sun-young
17 South Korea MF Kang Seung-jo
18 South Korea MF Gong Min-hyun
19 South Korea MF Joo Hyun-jae
20 South Korea DF Ahn Young-gyu
22 South Korea MF Kim Jun-yeop
23 South Korea MF Nam Joon-jae
No. Position Player
25 South Korea MF Choi Jin-soo
27 South Korea DF Park Yo-han
28 South Korea MF Lee Joon-ho
29 South Korea MF Kim Jae-woong
30 South Korea FW Han Hong-kyu
31 South Korea GK Kim Dae-ho
32 South Korea DF Ha In-ho
33 South Korea FW Jung Sung-min
34 South Korea GK Son Jeong-hyeon
36 South Korea DF Kim Dae-ho
36 South Korea DF Hwang Do-yeon
South Korea GK Park Hyeong-soon
South Korea DF Lee Euddeum
South Korea MF Lee Chang-yong
South Korea FW Lee Jae-an
South Korea FW Han Eui-kwon

Managers

# Name From To Season Notes
1
South Korea Yu Dong-chun 1996/03/29 2001/03/07
1996–2000
First manager
2
South Korea Kim Ki-bok 2001/03/07 ?
2001–2005
3
South Korea Park Dae-je 2005/11/03 ?
2006–2010
4
South Korea Cho Dong-hyun 2010/10/12 2015/01/13
2011–2014
5
South Korea Lee Heung-sil 2015/01/13 present
2015–present

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

1st, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 2016
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (2): 2013, 2014
1st, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 2002 (Autumn)

Crest

  1. ^ 안산경찰청프로축구단 엠블럼, 유니폼, 마스코트 공개 (in Korean). Gukje News. 2014-03-18. 
  2. ^ 안산 경찰청, 무궁화 축구단으로 명칭 변경 (in Korean). Gukje News. 2016-01-14. 

See also

References

  1. "Players Introduction" (in Korean). National Police Agency Official Website.
  2. "경찰단 12명 K리그 클래식 복귀...어느 구단이 웃을까" (in Korean). Sportsseoul. 22 September 2013.

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