FC Gangneung

FC Gangneung
Full name	Football Club Gangneung ; FC 강릉
Short name	FCGN
Founded	1999; 27 years ago as Gangneung Citizen
Ground	Gangneung Stadium
Capacity	22,333
Owner	Kim Han-Geun (Mayor)
Chairman	Kim Nam-Sik
Manager	Kim Do-keun
Coach	Bang Ho-Jin
League	K3 League
2025	11th of 15
Website	http://www.gn.go.kr/soccer/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

FC Gangneung (Korean: FC 강릉), formerly Gangneung Citizen Football Club (Korean: 강릉 시민 축구단) is a South Korean Association football club based in the city of Gangneung and currently play in the K3 League, the third tier of South Korean football. In 2019, they became the final champions of the Korea National League before it was integrated into the K3 League.

History

Gangneung Citizen was founded in 1999.

On 8 November 2025, at the last home game of 2025 season, Gangneung Citizen announce official change name to FC Gangneung starting from 2026 season.

Current team squad

2024 season squad

As of 2 March 2024 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOR	Hwang Han-jun
2	DF	KOR	Kim Yoo-min
4	DF	KOR	Kwon Young-ho
5	DF	KOR	Kang Sung-hwa
6	DF	KOR	Ji Byeong-woo
7	FW	BRA	Elias
8	DF	KOR	Gwon Seong-hyeon
9	FW	KOR	Kim Yeong-wook
10	MF	BRA	Careca
11	FW	KOR	Kim Jeong-su
12	DF	KOR	Ye-ll Han
13	GK	KOR	Kim Min-kyu
14	MF	KOR	Park Han-gyeol
15	DF	KOR	Yang Si-hyeok
16	MF	KOR	Cho Jae-hyuk
17	MF	KOR	Kwon Tae-young
18	MF	KOR	Gyu-jin Han
19	MF	KOR	Kang Yong-seok
20	FW	KOR	Jang Han-young
22	DF	KOR	Park Sun-ju


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	KOR	Hwang Soon-yong
26	MF	BRA	Virgilio
27	MF	KOR	Jeong-min Son
28	FW	KOR	Myung Kyung-rok
29	FW	KOR	Lim Dong-hyun
30	MF	KOR	Yu Do-yeon
31	GK	KOR	Sin Jae-hu
33	MF	KOR	Baek Seung-woo
39	FW	KOR	Kim Jin-uk
40	MF	KOR	Kim Jeong-hwan
44	DF	KOR	Jeon Woo-ram
47	FW	KOR	Yoon Tae-hyeon
66	DF	KOR	Kim Jin-gu
70	FW	KOR	Kim Tae-ho
72	DF	KOR	Hong Seung-gi
77	FW	BRA	Cristian Machado
88	MF	KOR	Han Sang-wook
94	MF	KOR	Choi Jae-hyeon
99	FW	KOR	Choi Jin-woo

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

National League
- Winners (2): 2009, 2019
- Runners-up (1): 2004

Cups

National League Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2014
National Sports Festival
- Gold medal (2): 2007, 2012
- Silver medal (1): 2003
President's Cup
- Winners (1): 2009

Statistics

Season	Korea National League / K3 League											Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (League goals)	Manager
Season	Stage	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (League goals)	Manager
1999	No League											Round 1	None	No League	Park Mun-Young
2000												Round of 16
2001												Round of 16
2002												Round of 16
2003	First Stage	10	9	2	4	3	12	15	−3	10	8th	did not qualify	None	Ahn Hong-Min (4)	Kim Kyung-Beom
2003	Second Stage	10	9	2	2	5	9	12	−3	8	8th	did not qualify	None	Ahn Hong-Min (4)
2004	First Stage	10	9	2	3	4	9	10	−1	9	6th	Round 1	Group Round	Kim Jae-Cheon (8)
	Second Stage	10	9	6	2	1	11	8	+3	20	1st
	Playoff	2	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Runner-up
2005	First Stage	11	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17	4th	Round 1	Group Round	Ha Sung-Ryong (6)
2005	Second Stage	11	10	2	3	5	7	12	−5	9	9th	Round 1	Group Round	Ha Sung-Ryong (6)
2006	First Stage	11	10	1	1	8	5	21	−16	4	11th	Round 1	did not enter	Na Il-Kyun (4)	Kim Kyung-Beom (2006.1~5) Ahn Hong-Min (interim) Park Mun-Young (2006.8~)
2006	Second Stage	11	10	4	4	2	14	11	+3	16	5th	Round 1	did not enter	Na Il-Kyun (4)
2007	First Stage	12	11	8	1	2	19	9	+10	25	2nd	Round 1	Quarter-finals	Lim Ho (14)	Park Mun-young
2007	Second Stage	12	11	5	2	4	21	15	+6	17	4th	Round 1	Quarter-finals	Lim Ho (14)
2008	First Stage	14	13	7	3	3	22	18	+4	24	4th	Round 1	Semi-finals	Kim Min-Gu (13)
	Second Stage	14	13	7	4	2	20	11	+9	25	2nd
	Playoff	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Semi-finals
2009	First Stage	14	13	6	4	3	21	15	+6	22	5th	Round 1	Quarter-finals	Ko Min-Ki (14)
	Second Stage	13	12	7	3	2	20	15	+5	24	3rd
	Playoff	4	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Champion
2010	First Stage	15	14	6	3	5	19	19	0	21	8th	Round of 16	Semi-finals	Lee Sung-Min (10)
	Second Stage	15	14	9	3	2	28	14	+14	30	1st
	Playoff	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Semi-finals
2011	Group Stage	14	26	12	10	4	40	25	+15	46	3rd	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	Chang Hyuk-Jin (5)
2011	Playoff	6	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3	Second Round	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	Chang Hyuk-Jin (5)
2012	Group Stage	14	26	14	5	7	32	21	+11	47	3rd	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	Lee Dong-Hyun (7)
2012	Playoff	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	First Round	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	Lee Dong-Hyun (7)
2013	Group Stage	10	27	8	9	10	33	36	-3	33	8th	Round of 32	Semifinals
2013	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	First Round	Round of 32	Semifinals
2014	Group Stage	10	27	10	11	6	41	33	+8	41	4th	Quarterfinals	Runner-up		Oh Se-eung
2014	Playoff	4	0	1	0	0	3	6	-3	0	First Round	Quarterfinals	Runner-up
2015	Group Stage	10	27	5	12	10	20	29	-29	27	9th	Third Round	Group Round
2015	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Third Round	Group Round
2016	Group Stage	10	27	16	8	3	33	17	+16	56	1st	Round of 32	Group Round
2016	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Round of 32	Group Round
2017	Group Stage	8	28	6	8	14	35	47	-12	26	7th	Round of 32	Group Round
2017	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	First Round	Round of 32	Group Round
2018	Group Stage	8	28	10	7	11	35	30	+5	37	4th	Round of 32	Group Round
2018	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	First round	Round of 32	Group Round
2019	Group Stage	8	28	19	4	5	50	26	+24	61	1st	Round of 32	Quarter-finals
2019	Playoff	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Champion	Round of 32	Quarter-finals
2020	Regular Season	16	22	13	3	6	30	15	+15	42	3rd	Round of 32	None	Ha Tae-goon (5)
2020	Playoff	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3rd	Round of 32		Ha Tae-goon (5)
2021	Regular Season	15	28	4	8	16	23	42	-19	20	13th	Second round		Jeon Seong-soo (4)
2022		16	30	9	9	12	39	43	-4	36	12th	Second round		Júnior Batista (6)	Kim Do-keun
2023		15	28	8	8	12	27	35	-8	32	12th	Second round		Kang Yong-seok (6)
2024		16	30	10	9	11	34	41	-7	39	9th	Second round		Kwon Tae-young (6)
2025		15	28	8	7	13	38	45	-7	31	11th	Third round		Cho Gun-kyu (8)
2026		14	26	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	TBD

References

↑ "Gangneung City squad". Retrieved 1 June 2022.

External links

Official website (in Korean)

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[1] "Gangneung City squad". Retrieved 1 June 2022.

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