Gwangju FC

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Gwangju FC

Full name	Gwangju Football Club 광주시민프로축구단
Founded	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Ground	Gwangju Football Stadium
Capacity	10,007
Owner	Gwangju Government
Chairman	Kang Ki-jeong (Mayor of Gwangju)
Manager	Lee Jung-hyo
League	K League 1
2023	K League 1, 3rd of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Gwangju FC (Korean: 광주 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Gwangju that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. They joined the K League in the 2011 season.

History

Gwangju FC was founded in December 2010 and first participated in the

, the newly-formed second-tier professional league in South Korea. In 2014, they were promoted back to the top tier for the 2015 season.

Players

Current squad

As of 15 July 2023^[1]

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 Kim Kyeong-min 3 MF  KOR Lee Min-ki 4 DF  KOR Kim Seung-woo 5 DF  NED Timo Letschert 6 DF  KOR Ahn Young-kyu (captain) 7 MF  KOR Eom Ji-sung 8 DF  KOR Lee Euddeum 9 FW  KOR Heo Yool 10 MF  KOR Kim Han-gil 11 FW   ALB Jasir Asani 13 FW  KOR Doo Hyeon-seok 14 MF  KOR Jeong Ho-yeon 15 DF  KOR Kim Gyeong-jae 16 FW  KOR Lee Hee-gyun 17 MF  KOR Sin Chang-moo 18 FW  KOR Lee Kun-hee 19 FW  KOR Ha Seung-woon

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  KOR Choi Jun-hyeok 21 GK  KOR Lee Jun 22 DF  KOR Lee Sang-gi 23 MF  KOR Jung Ji-hoon 24 MF  KOR Lee Kang-hyun 27 FW  KOR Kim Dong-gook 28 DF  AUS Aaron Calver 30 FW  BRA Thomás Bedinelli 31 GK  KOR Roh Hee-dong 32 MF  KOR Joo Young-jae 33 MF  KOR Park Han-bin 41 DF  KOR Kim Tae-joon 44 DF  KOR Lee Soon-min (vice-captain) 75 MF  KOR Oh Hu-seong 95 DF  KOR Kim Jae-bong 99 FW  GEO Beka Mikeltadze

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 — GK  KOR Shin Song-hoon (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty) — DF  KOR Cho Sung-gwon (to Gimpo FC)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  KOR Yeo Bong-hun (to FC Chungju for military duty)

Coaching staff

• Manager: Lee Jung-hyo
• Assistant manager: Lee Jeong-kyu
• First team coach: Cho Yong-tae
• Goalkeeping coach: Shin Jeong-hwan
• Physio: Kim Kyung-do

Managers

No.	Name	From	To	Season(s)
1	Choi Man-Hee	2010/10/18	2012/12/01	2011–2012
2	Yeo Bum-Kyu	2012/12/06	2013/08/16	2013
C	Nam Ki-il	2013/08/16	2015/01/03	2013–2014
3	Nam Ki-il	2015/01/04	2017/08/14	2015–2017
4	Kim Hak-bum	2017/08/16	2017/11/18	2017
5	Park Jin-sub	2017/12/16	2020/12/01	2018–2020
6	Kim Ho-young	2020/12/22	2021/12/04	2021
7	Lee Jung-hyo	2021/12/28		2022–

Honours

League

• K League 2
  • Winners (2): 2019, 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2014

Season-by-season records

Season	League										FA Cup
	Division	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.
2011	1	30	9	8	13	32	43	–11	35	11	Ro32
2012		44	10	15	19	57	67	–10	45	15↓	Ro16
2013	2	35	16	5	14	55	54	+1	53	3	Ro16
2014		36	13	12	11	40	35	+5	51	2↑	Ro16
2015	1	38	10	12	16	35	44	–9	42	10	Ro32
2016		38	11	14	13	41	45	–4	47	8	Ro16
2017		38	6	12	20	33	61	–28	30	12↓	QF
2018	2	36	11	15	10	51	41	+10	48	5	3R
2019		36	21	10	5	59	31	+28	73	1↑	Ro16
2020	1	27	6	7	14	32	46	–14	25	6	Ro16
2021		38	10	7	21	42	54	–12	37	12↓	3R
2022	2	40	25	11	4	68	32	+36	86	1↑	Ro16
2023	1	38	16	11	11	47	35	+12	59	3	QF

Key

• QF = Quarter-final
• Ro16 = Round of 16
• Ro32 = Round of 32
• 3R = Third round

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)