Hwaseong Football Club (Korean: 화성 FC) is a South Korean semi-professional football club based in Hwaseong, South Korea. They currently play in the K3 League, the third tier of the South Korean football club.

Hwaseong FC
Full nameHwaseong Football Club
화성시민축구단
Founded23 January 2013; 11 years ago (23 January 2013)
GroundHwaseong Stadium
Capacity35,270
OwnerHwaseong City
ChairmanChae In-seok
CoachKim Hak-chul
LeagueK3 League
20242nd of 16
Websitehttp://cafe.daum.net/fchwasung/
Current season

History

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Founding

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The club was founded on 23 January 2013.[1][2]

Team colours

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The current team uniform consists of an orange shirt, white shorts and white socks.

Season by season records

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Season Teams League Position Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FA Cup Manager
2013 18 K3 Challengers League Playoffs 25 16 5 4 86 21 +65 53 Kim Jong-boo[3]
2014 18 K3 Challengers League Champions 25 19 2 4 64 27 +37 59 Round 2
2015 18 K3 League Playoffs 25 18 2 5 65 36 +28 56 Round 3
2016 20 K3 League 9th 19 9 4 6 37 26 +11 31 Round of 16 Lee Do-yong[4]
2017 12 K3 Advanced Semifinal 22 9 8 5 30 26 +4 35 Round of 3 Kim Sung-nam[5]
2018 12 K3 Advanced 7th 22 9 6 7 32 25 +7 33 Round 3
2019 12 K3 Advanced Champions 22 15 2 4 44 19 +25 50 Semi Final Kim Hak-chul[6]
2020 16 K3 League 6th 22 9 6 7 29 27 +2 33 Third Round Kim Hak-chul
2021 15 12th 28 8 10 10 29 34 -5 34 Second Round Kim Hak-chul
2022 16 6th 30 12 10 8 33 29 +4 46 Third Round Kang Chul
2023 15 1st 28 17 9 2 42 21 +21 60 Second Round
2024 16 2nd 30 16 8 6 56 32 +24 56 Third Round
2025 16 30 + TBD

Honours

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Domestic competition

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League

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The team managed to finish top of their group in their first season, but lost to Pocheon FC in the playoff stage. In only their second year of competition the club again finished top of their group and progressed to the final where they defeated Pocheon FC to become the 2015 Champions.

Current squad

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As of 18 April 2024.

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 Seung-gun
2 MF   KOR Kim Min-kyu
3 DF   KOR Tae-kyung Seo
4 DF   KOR Gu Dae-yeoh
5 DF   KOR Cha Oh-yeon
6 DF   KOR Ahn Ji-ho
7 MF   KOR Min-seok Kim
8 MF   KOR Jun-ha Chung
9 FW   SYR Moudi Najjar
10 FW   BRA Luan Costa
11 FW   BRA Eduardo Brito
13 DF   KOR Kim Seong-Nam
14 MF   KOR Chang-dae Kim
15 MF   KOR Ki-chan Kim
16 DF   KOR Myung-hee Choi
17 DF   KOR Jang Young-woo
18 FW   KOR Lee Seung-jae
19 DF   KOR Kim Min-sik
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   KOR Jun-byum Byeon
21 GK   KOR Kim Jin-young
22 DF   KOR Yeong Jin-jo
23 DF   KOR Dae-hwan Kim
24 FW   KOR Yong-joon Cho
26 MF   KOR Park Chang-ho
27 MF   KOR Kim Sung-ju
28 FW   KOR Sang-hoon Sun
29 MF   KOR Gi-hyun Park
30 DF   KOR Lee Ji-woo
31 GK   KOR Ki-Hun Kim
32 FW   KOR Su-hyeok Ryu
33 MF   KOR Ho-jong Anh
34 MF   KOR Ki-seob Shin
35 MF   TPE Tae-won Kang
36 FW   KOR Pyo Geon-hee
37 DF   KOR Kim Seung-hee
38 DF   BRA Caio Marcelo
39 DF   KOR Park Geun-woo

References

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  1. ^ An SBS article about the club's creation (in Korean)
  2. ^ "챌린저스리그 화성FC, 김종부號 출범".
  3. ^ "화성시, 열덟번째 팀 아마추어 화성FC 창단". 21 January 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. ^ "전 제주 수석코치 이도영 화성 감독으로". 4 January 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2019.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "화성FC, 김성남 신임 감독 선임". 31 December 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  6. ^ "[인터뷰] 돌풍 화성FC 김학철 감독 "선수들이 빨리 팀을 떠났으면 좋겠다". 2019-09-25. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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