Asan Mugunghwa Football Club (Korean: 아산 무궁화 프로축구단) was a South Korean football club based in Asan. The club's players were South Korean professional footballers who were serving their two-year military duty.
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| Full name | Asan Mugunghwa Football Club | ||
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| Short name | AMFC | ||
| Founded | 1996 (as Police FC) 2014 (as Ansan Police FC) 2017 (as Asan Mugunghwa FC) | ||
| Dissolved | 2019 | ||
| Ground | Yi Sun-sin Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 17,376 | ||
| Owner | Asan Government and Korean Police Agency | ||
| Chairman | Mayor of Asan | ||
| Manager | Park Dong-hyuk | ||
| League | K League 2 | ||
| 2019 | K League 2, 7th | ||
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History
editFounding and Police FC era
editFounded 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.
Professionalization and Ansan era (2013–2016)
editIn 2013, Police FC joined the K League Challenge.
In February 2014, Police FC was based in Ansan (Ansan Wa~ Stadium) and renamed to Ansan Police FC.
In January 2016, the club name was changed to Ansan Mugunghwa FC. The Korean word Mugunghwa means hibiscus syriacus and is the symbol of the Korean Police.
Asan era (2017–2019)
editAfter the 2016 season, Ansan Mugunghwa moved to the unrelated Asan,[1] becoming Asan Mugunghwa FC.[2] Per K League policies, the new team did not take over records and history of the previous one and were registered as a different team.[3] Asan Mugunghwa were disbanded in 2019 to make way for another team, Chungnam Asan FC, which have no ties to the police at all.
Club name history
edit- 1996–2013: Police FC
- 2014–2015: Ansan Police FC
- 2016: Ansan Mugunghwa FC
- 2017–2019: Asan Mugunghwa FC
Honours
editAsan Mugunghwa (2017–2019)
edit- K League 2
- Winners (1): 2018
Ansan Mugunghwa (2014–2016)
edit- K League Challenge
- Winners (1): 2016
Police FC (1996–2013)
edit- K League Challenge
- Runners-up (1): 2013
- National Semi-Professional Football League
- Winners (1): 2002 Fall
Managers
edit| No. | Name | From | To | Season(s) |
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1
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 Yu Dong-chun
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1996/03/29 | 2001/03/07 | 1996–2000
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2
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Kim Ki-bok
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2001/03/07 | ? | 2001–2005
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3
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Park Dae-je
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2005/11/03 | ? | 2006–2010
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4
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Cho Dong-hyun
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2010/10/12 | 2015/01/13 | 2011–2014
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5
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Lee Heung-sil
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2015/01/13 | 2016/10/31 | 2015–2016
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6
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Song Sun-ho
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2016/12/08 | 2017/11/29 | 2017
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7
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Park Dong-hyuk
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2017/11/29 | 2019/12/31 | 2018–2019
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References
edit- ^ "S. Korean city Ansan to launch new pro football club". Yonhap News Agency. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "아산 협약식 – '17년 만에 충남 구단'... 아산 무궁화, 새출발 선언". Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "프로연맹, 신생팀 안산-아산 가입 승인". Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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