Asan Mugunghwa Football Club was a South Korean football club based in

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. 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 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.

Professionalization and Ansan era (2013–2016)

In 2013, Police FC joined the K League Challenge. In February 2014, Police FC was based in Ansan (

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) and renamed to Ansan Police FC. In January 2016, the club name was changed to Ansan Mugunghwa FC. The Korean word Mugunghwa means

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and is the symbol of the Korean Police.

Asan era (2017–2019)

After the 2016 season, Ansan Mugunghwa moved to the unrelated

, 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):

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Ansan Mugunghwa (2014–2016)

* K League Challenge ::Winners (1):

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Police FC (1996–2013)

* K League Challenge ::Runners-up (1):

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* National Semi-Professional Football League ::Winners (1): 2002 Fall

Managers

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