Gimcheon Sangmu FC
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Template:Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps Gimcheon Sangmu Football Club (Template:Korean) is a South Korean professional football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Sangmu is the sports division of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.
Sangmu's playing staff is made up of young South Korean professional footballers serving their compulsory two-year military duty. Fifteen players join up at the start of every season and spend two years with the side before returning to their previous professional club. Due to its military status, Sangmu are not allowed to sign any foreign players nor are they eligible for Asian competitions.
This article also includes the predecessor military-based teams – Sangmu FC, Gwangju Sangmu FC and Sangju Sangmu FC – which are still separate legal entities.
History
Various military clubs (1950s–1983)
Before the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps and its football club Sangmu FC were founded in 1984, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces had three football clubs: ROK Army FC, ROK Marine Corps FC, and ROK Air Force FC.
The ROK Army originally established football clubs of each corps, including CIC FC (Counter Intelligence Corps;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> also known as Seoul FC<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> or Seoul Club),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> HID FC (Headquarters of Intelligence Detachment), Quartermaster Corps FC (consisted of only quartermasters), OPMG FC (Office of the Provost Marshal General; former Military Police Command FC), Engineer Corps FC, and Infantry School FC. Most of them (excluding Quartermaster Corps FC) were merged into the Engineer Corps FC in 1965. Lastly, these two clubs were united, and Army FC was established in 1969.
Afterwards, the Marine Corps FC renamed as ROK Navy FC due to the dissolution of the Headquarters Marine Corps in 1973.
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Founding and semi-professional Sangmu FC era (1984–2002)
Sangmu FC was founded on 11 January 1984, as the football side of Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> Although Sangmu squad was composed of professional players from K League clubs, Sangmu FC competed in the semi-professional league (now Korea National League). Sangmu joined the K League for the 1985 season, but spent only one year in the league before dropping out.
The reserve side, Sangmu B, competed in the K2 League from 2003 to 2005 before joining the K League reserve league. Sangmu B was based in Icheon and finished as the runners-up in the 2003 K2 League season.
Gwangju Sangmu era (2002–2010)
After establishing a home base in Gwangju in April 2002, the team participated in the Reserve League.<ref>프로축구 – 상무축구팀, 프로리그 진출</ref> The club has rejoined the K League at the start of the 2003 season as Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo FC. Between 2004 and 2010, the club has been known as Gwangju Sangmu FC.
Sangju Sangmu era (2011–2020)
Once Gwangju FC was established, Gwangju Sangmu FC was relocated to Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, as Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps moved to Mungyeong, near Sangju. The club name was officially changed to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix FC in January 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Before the 2013 season, the club officially removed the word "Phoenix" in its name. In the same season, Sangju Sangmu became the first champions of the newly established K League Challenge (second division) and promoted to the K League Classic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Sangju started the 2020 season already knowing they would be relegated to K League 2. The military club decided to move out of Sangju to a new, as yet undisclosed location.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Sangju has decided not to establish a football team which would be citizen-owned outfit and also played in K League 2.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Gimcheon Sangmu (2021–present)
On 30 June 2020, the K League administration announced that the city of Gimcheon had officially submitted an application to host the team for at least the 2021 season, offering their local stadium as the football club's new home.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After a preliminary review and several meetings and assemblies involving local governors, the K League eventually approved the proposal and began the process of moving the club to Gimcheon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Club name history
- 1996–2002: Sangmu FC
- 2002–2003: Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo FC
- 2004–2010: Gwangju Sangmu FC
- 2011–2012: Sangju Sangmu Phoenix FC
- 2013–2020: Sangju Sangmu FC
- 2021–present: Gimcheon Sangmu FC
Players
Current squad
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Backroom staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager | Template:Flagicon Chung Jung-yong |
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Sung Han-soo |
| Coach | Template:Flagicon Lee Moon-sun |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Seo Dong-myung |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Shim Jung-hyun |
| Training NCO | Template:Flagicon Yoo Ro-mon |
| Physiotherapists | Template:Flagicon Kim Young-ho |
| Template:Flagicon Ji Sung-jin | |
| Analyst | Template:Flagicon Song Seok-hwa |
| Team manager | Template:Flagicon Han Jae-hee |
Source: Official website<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Managers
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Kim Young-bae | 11 January 1984 | 1984 |
| Template:Flagicon Jang Jong-dae | 1985 | 9 July 1985 |
| Template:Flagicon Kim Young-bae | 10 July 1985 | December 1989 |
| Template:Flagicon Lee Kang-jo | 1990 | 27 October 2010 |
| Template:Flagicon Lee Soo-chul | 28 October 2010 | 13 July 2011 |
| Template:Flagicon Kim Tae-wan (caretaker) | 14 July 2011 | 29 December 2011 |
| Template:Flagicon Park Hang-seo | 20 December 2011 | 11 December 2015 |
| Template:Flagicon Cho Jin-ho | 18 December 2015 | 25 November 2016 |
| Template:Flagicon Kim Tae-wan | 25 November 2016<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 9 December 2022 |
| Template:Flagicon Sung Han-soo (caretaker) | 9 December 2022 | 25 May 2023 |
| Template:Flagicon Chung Jung-yong | 26 May 2023 | present |
Honours
League
- K League 2
- Winners (4): 2013,Template:Efn 2015,Template:Efn 2021, 2023
- National Semi-Professional Football League
- Winners (9): 1984, 1991 Fall, 1992 Spring, 1994 Spring, 1996 Fall, 1997 Fall, 1998 Fall, 1999 Fall, 2002 Spring
- Runners-up (5): 1987 Fall, 1993 Spring, 1999 Spring, 2000 Spring, 2003
Cups
- National Semi-Professional Football Championship
- Winners (2): 1999, 2001
- National Football Championship
- Winners (1): 1996
- Notes
Season-by-season records
K League
| Sangmu all-time records | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Teams | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Position | Korean FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer (league goals) |
| Sangmu era | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 19 | 6th | None | None | Template:Flagicon Hong Seok-min (6) |
| Gwangju Sangmu era | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | 12 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 46 | 10th | Round of 16 | None | Template:Flagicon Lee Dong-gook (11) |
| 2004 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 29 | 8th | Quarter-finals | 10th | Template:Flagicon Park Jung-hwan (4) |
| 2005 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 17 | 13th | Round of 16 | 11th | Template:Flagicon Kim Sang-rok (5) |
| 2006 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 23 | 14th | Round of 16 | 11th | Template:Flagicon Kang Yong (4) Template:Flagicon Chung Kyung-ho (4) |
| 2007 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 44 | −30 | 12 | 14th | Round of 16 | Group stage | Template:Flagicon Namgung Do (7) |
| 2008 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 16 | 14th | Quarter-finals | Group stage | Template:Flagicon Kim Myung-joong (7) |
| 2009 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 30 | 11th | Round of 16 | Group stage | Template:Flagicon Choi Sung-kuk (9) |
| 2010 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 19 | 14th | Quarter-finals | Group stage | Template:Flagicon Choi Sung-kuk (4) |
| Sangju Sangmu era | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 29 | 14th | Round of 16 | Group stage | Template:Flagicon Kim Jung-woo (15) |
| 2012 | 16 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 74 | −45 | 27 | 16th | Round of 16 | — | |
K League 1 and K League 2
| Sangmu all-time records | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Division | Teams | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Position | Korean FA Cup | |
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| 2013 | K2 | 8 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 77 | 1st | Round of 16 | |
| 2014 | K1 | 12 | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 34 | 12th | Semi-finals | |
| 2015 | K2 | 11 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 57 | +20 | 67 | 1st | Third round | |
| 2016 | K1 | 12 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 43 | 6th | Round of 32 | |
| 2017 | K1 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 35 | 11th | Quarter-finals | |
| 2018 | K1 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 40 | 10th | Round of 32 | |
| 2019 | K1 | 12 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 55 | 7th | Semi-finals | |
| 2020 | K1 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 36 | –2 | 44 | 4th | Round of 16 | |
| Gimcheon Sangmu era | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | K2 | 10 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 71 | 1st | Quarter-finals | |
| 2022 | K1 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 45 | 48 | –3 | 38 | 11th | Third round | |
| 2023 | K2 | 13 | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 71 | 37 | +34 | 71 | 1st | Third round | |
| 2024 | K1 | 12 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 63 | 3rd | Round of 16 | |
See also
References
External links
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