Asan Mugunghwa FC

Asan Mugunghwa Football Club was a South Korean football club based in Asan. The club's players were South Korean professional footballers who were serving their two-year military duty.

Asan Mugunghwa
Full nameAsan Mugunghwa Football Club
아산 무궁화 프로축구단
Short nameAMFC
Founded1996 (1996)
as Police FC (original)
2014 (2014)
as Ansan Police FC
2017 (2017)
as Asan Mugunghwa FC
Dissolved2019 (2019)
GroundYi Sun-sin Stadium
Capacity17,376
OwnerAsan Government and Korean Police Agency
ChairmanMayor of Asan
ManagerPark Dong-hyuk
LeagueK League 2
2019K League 2, 7th

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 (Ansan Wa~ Stadium) 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 and is the symbol of the Korean Police.

Asan era (2017–2019)

After the 2016 season, Ansan Mugunghwa moved to the unrelated Asan,[1] becoming Asan Mugunghwa FC.[2] 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.[3] 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)

Ansan Mugunghwa (2014–2016)

Police FC (1996–2013)

Managers

No. Name From To Season(s)
1
South Korea Yu Dong-chun 1996/03/29 2001/03/07
1996–2000
2
South Korea Kim Ki-bok 2001/03/07  ?
2001–2005
3
South Korea Park Dae-je 2005/11/03  ?
2006–2010
4
South Korea Cho Dong-hyun 2010/10/12 2015/01/13
2011–2014
5
South Korea Lee Heung-sil 2015/01/13 2016/10/31
2015–2016
6
South Korea Song Sun-ho 2016/12/08 2017/11/29
2017
7
South Korea Park Dong-hyuk 2017/11/29 2019/12/31
2018–2019

References

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