Asan Mugunghwa Football Club was a South Korean
football club based in
Asan
Asan () is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It borders the Seoul Capital Area to the north. Asan has a population of approximately 300,000.
Asan is known for its many hot springs and is a city of spas.
Asan has grown into th ...
. The club's players were South Korean professional footballers who were serving their two-year military duty.
History
Founding and Police FC era
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
The Korean National Semi-professional Football League was contested between South Korean works teams and military teams from 1964 to 2002. It was the predecessor of the Korea National League which was founded in 2003.
History
After the introduct ...
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
Gimcheon Sangmu FC (Hangul: 김천 상무 프로축구단; Hanja: 金泉 尚武 프로蹴球團) is a South Korean professional association football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. ...
.
Professionalization and Ansan era (2013–2016)
In 2013, Police FC joined the
K League Challenge
The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1.
Hi ...
.
In February 2014, Police FC was based in
Ansan (
Ansan Wa~ Stadium
Ansan Wa~ Stadium ( ko, 안산 와~ 스타디움) is a multi-purpose stadium in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It's currently served as home stadium for Ansan Greeners FC. The stadium was opened in 2007 and has a capacity of 35,000 people. It i ...
) 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
''Hibiscus syriacus'' is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is native to Korea, and south-central and southeast China, but widely introduced elsewhere, including much of Asia. It was given the epithet ''syriacus'' b ...
and is the symbol of the
Korean Police.
Asan era (2017–2019)
After the 2016 season, Ansan Mugunghwa moved to the unrelated
Asan
Asan () is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It borders the Seoul Capital Area to the north. Asan has a population of approximately 300,000.
Asan is known for its many hot springs and is a city of spas.
Asan has grown into th ...
, becoming Asan Mugunghwa FC. 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.
프로연맹, 신생팀 안산-아산 가입 승인
/ref> 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
*1996–2013: Police FC
*2014–2015: Ansan Police FC
*2016: Ansan Mugunghwa FC
*2017–2019: Asan Mugunghwa FC
Honours
Asan Mugunghwa (2017–2019)
* K League 2
The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1.
Hi ...
::Winners (1): 2018
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Ansan Mugunghwa (2014–2016)
* K League Challenge
The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1.
Hi ...
::Winners (1): 2016
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Police FC (1996–2013)
* K League Challenge
The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1.
Hi ...
::Runners-up (1): 2013
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* National Semi-Professional Football League
::Winners (1): 2002 Fall
Managers
References
External links
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K League 2 clubs
Military association football clubs in South Korea
Association football clubs established in 1961
Association football clubs disestablished in 1967
Association football clubs established in 1996
Association football clubs disestablished in 2013
Association football clubs established in 2014
Association football clubs disestablished in 2016
Association football clubs established in 2017
Association football clubs disestablished in 2019
1961 establishments in South Korea
1967 disestablishments in South Korea
1996 establishments in South Korea
2013 disestablishments in South Korea
2014 establishments in South Korea
2016 establishments in South Korea
2017 establishments in South Korea
2019 establishments in South Korea
Sport in Gyeonggi Province
Ansan
Police association football clubs in South Korea
Korean Police FC
Defunct football clubs in South Korea