Gimhae FC 2008

Gimhae FC 2008 (Korean: 김해 FC 2008) is a South Korean football club based in the city of Gimhae which competes in the K3 League, the third tier of South Korean football. The club was founded on 25 January 2008, and competed in the National League until 2019, when that league was merged with the K3 League.

Gimhae FC 2008

Full name	Gimhae Football Club 2008 김해 축구단 2008
Short name	GFC
Founded	25 January 2008; 17 years ago (2008-01-25)
Ground	Gimhae Stadium
Capacity	35,000
Chairman	Kim Choon-su
Coach	Yoon Sung-hyo
League	K3 League
2024	5th of 16
Website	http://fc.gimhae.go.kr
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

The team was founded as Gimhae City Hall Football Club on 25 January 2008 to participate in the National League.^[1]

2008 – Inaugural Season
In their first season out, the Gimhae finished 5th in both the first and second stages of the season, giving them a final position of 5th overall.^[2]

2009 Season
In their second season out, Gimhae managed to top the table in the first stage of the season, earning them a spot in the championship playoffs. In the semi-final, they beat Suwon City FC 2-1, but lost 2–4 on aggregate to Gangneung City FC.^[3]

2010–2019 Seasons
During the next decade, Gimhae finished mostly in the bottom half of the table, the exceptions being 2017 and 2018. For these two seasons, the top three positions in the league were identical, leading to similar playoff stories. Gimhae would beat Cheonan City on aggregate to advance to the final, where they would lose to Gyeongju KHNP on aggregate. In 2017 the score was 3-2 for Gyeongju, and in 2018 it was 4-1 for Gyeongju.

2019 would be their final season as a National League team, as the league was integrated into a restructured K3 League.

2020 Season – K3 League
Gimhae managed to finish at the top of the K3 League table, allowing them to go straight to the championship final where they finally managed to beat Gyeongju KHNP FC in the final with an aggregate score of 2-1.^[4]

2021–2024 Seasons
Over the next few seasons the team finished in the top half of the table, but with the playoff system abolished, there were no more opportunities to become champions other than finishing first overall.

2025 Season – Final in Third tier
The team started the season well, earning 10 victories, 1 draw and one loss from their first 12 matches. The last 7 matches of which were consecutive victories. ^[5]

2025 would be their final season as a K3 League team, as the league was switched into a professional team in K League 2.

2026 season – K League 2

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• National League
  • Runner-up (1): 2009
• K3 League
  • Champions (1): 2020

Cups

• National Sports Festival
  • Silver medal (1): 2014

Season by season record

Season	Korea National League											Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (League goals)	Manager
	Stage	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position
2008	First Stage	14	13	7	1	5	16	17	–1	22	5th	Preliminary Round 3	Quarterfinal	Yang Dong-Cheol (9)	Park Yang-Ha
	Second Stage	14	13	7	1	5	25	19	+6	22	5th
2009	First Stage	14	13	8	2	3	26	20	+6	26	1st	Round 1	Semifinal	Chu Woon-Ki (10)
	Second Stage	13	12	4	4	4	19	17	+2	16	6th
	Playoff	4	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	3	Runner-up
2010	First Stage	15	14	5	3	6	12	17	–5	18	11th	Preliminary Round 3	Round 1	Lee Jin-Hee (5)	Kim Han-Bong
	Second Stage	15	14	5	3	6	17	19	–2	18	11th
2011	Group Stage	14	26	10	3	13	39	44	–5	33	10th	Round of 32	Group Round	Yoon Tae-Hyun Kim Won-Min (8)
2012	Group Stage	14	26	6	10	10	26	34	–8	28	11th	Round of 32	Group Round	Jung An-Sung Bang Jung-Rok (4)	Kim Gwi-Hwa
2013	Group Stage	10	27	8	12	7	32	31	+1	36	5th	Round of 32	Group Round
2014	Group Stage	10	27	6	8	13	25	42	-17	26	9th	Second Round	Group Round
2015	Group Stage	10	27	6	11	10	29	39	-10	29	7th	Third Round	Semifinal
2016	Group Stage	10	27	8	10	9	37	34	+3	34	6th	Third Round	Semifinal
2017	Group Stage	8	28	12	14	2	38	21	+17	50	2nd	Round of 32	Group Round		Yoon Sung-hyo
2018	Group Stage	8	28	16	8	4	46	20	+26	56	2nd	Quarterfinal	Semifinal
2019	Group Stage	8	28	7	7	14	26	29	-3	28	7th	Third Round	Group Round
Season	K3 League											Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (League goals)	Manager
	Stage	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position
2020	Regular Season	16	22	15	4	3	39	18	+21	49	Winners	Third Round	None	Park Hee-Seong (8)	Yoon Sung-hyo
2021	Regular Season	15	28	12	8	8	39	35	+4	44	5th	Fourth Round	None	Luan Costa (12)
2022	Regular Season	16	30	12	9	9	33	26	+7	45	7th	Fourth Round	None	Marko Rajkovic (10)
2023	Regular Season	15	28	13	10	5	42	26	+19	49	3rd	First Round	None	Jang Han-young (11)
2024	Regular Season	16	30	13	11	6	42	28	+13	50	5th	Third Round	None	Jung Sang-gyu (11)	Son Hyun-jun
2025	Regular Season	15	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD	Third Round	None
Season	K League 2											Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (League goals)	Manager
	Stage	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position
2026	Regular Season	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD	TBD Round	None		TBC

Notes

League references pint to the K3 league. The National League used to be considered the third tier of Korean football, with K3 league being the fourth tier. When the National League was incorporated into the K3 League, the K3 league became the third tier and K4 League became the fourth tier. For results prior to 2020, K3 League refers to the then National League, and K4 League refers to the then K3 League.

See also

• List of football clubs in South Korea