FC Gangneung

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.

FC Gangneung

Full name	Football Club Gangneung FC 강릉
Short name	FCGN
Founded	1999; 26 years ago (1999) 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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  KOR Park Sun-ju 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
	Stage	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position
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
	Second Stage	10	9	2	2	5	9	12	−3	8	8th
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)
	Second Stage	11	10	2	3	5	7	12	−5	9	9th
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~)
	Second Stage	11	10	4	4	2	14	11	+3	16	5th
2007	First Stage	12	11	8	1	2	19	9	+10	25	2nd	Round 1	Quarter-finals	Lim Ho (14)	Park Mun-young
	Second Stage	12	11	5	2	4	21	15	+6	17	4th
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)
	Playoff	6	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3	Second Round
2012	Group Stage	14	26	14	5	7	32	21	+11	47	3rd	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	Lee Dong-Hyun (7)
	Playoff	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	First Round
2013	Group Stage	10	27	8	9	10	33	36	-3	33	8th	Round of 32	Semifinals
	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	First Round
2014	Group Stage	10	27	10	11	6	41	33	+8	41	4th	Quarterfinals	Runner-up		Oh Se-eung
	Playoff	4	0	1	0	0	3	6	-3	0	First Round
2015	Group Stage	10	27	5	12	10	20	29	-29	27	9th	Third Round	Group Round
	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Group Stage	10	27	16	8	3	33	17	+16	56	1st	Round of 32	Group Round
	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Group Stage	8	28	6	8	14	35	47	-12	26	7th	Round of 32	Group Round
	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	First Round
2018	Group Stage	8	28	10	7	11	35	30	+5	37	4th	Round of 32	Group Round
	Playoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	First round
2019	Group Stage	8	28	19	4	5	50	26	+24	61	1st	Round of 32	Quarter-finals
	Playoff	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Champion
2020	Regular Season	16	22	13	3	6	30	15	+15	42	3rd	Round of 32	None	Ha Tae-goon (5)
	Playoff	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3rd
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

See also

• List of football clubs in South Korea