Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC

Gyeongju Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power FC (Korean: 경주 한국수력원자력 FC) or simply Gyeongju KHNP is a South Korean football team based in Gyeongju. They currently compete in the K3 League. They are run by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and play their home games at Gyeongju Civic Stadium.

Gyeongju Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power FC

Full name	Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Football Club 경주 한국수력원자력 축구단
Short name	KHNP
Founded	1945; 80 years ago (1945) (original) 1962; 63 years ago (1962) (refounded)
Ground	Gyeongju Civic Stadium
Capacity	12,199
Owner	Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Chairman	Jung Jae-hoon
Coach	Seo Bo Won
League	K3 League
2024	3rd of 16
Website	http://www.khnp.co.kr/khnpfc/
Home colours Away colours

History

Gyeongju Civic Stadium, where Gyeongju KHNP FC play their home matches

The club was originally founded in 1945 as Gyeongseong Electric Football Club (Korean: 경성전기 축구단) but was dissolved in 1950 due to the Korean War.^[1] They were later re-established in 1962 as the KEPCO Football Club (Korean: 한국전력 축구단).^[2][3] From 2001, the team was re-established again, this time as KHNP FC (Korean: 한국수력원자력 축구단).^[4] Based in Daejeon, the club joined the semi-professional Korea National League, known at the time as the K2 League, in its inaugural season in 2003.^[5]

As Daejeon KHNP, they were runners-up in the 2010 National League, losing to Suwon City in the playoff final after finishing the first stage of the league in first place.^[6][7]

Ahead of the 2013 season, the club relocated to Gyeongju.^[8] Rebranded as Gyeongju KHNP, they were National League runners-up again in 2013 and 2015 before becoming champions for the first time in 2017.^[9]

They successfully defended their title in 2018 but failed to gain a third in 2019, finishing as runners-up following a 2-0 defeat by Gangneung City in the championship final.^[10]

Gyeongju KHNP joined the newly relaunched K3 League in its inaugural season after it absorbed the National League in 2020. They finished the 2020 season as runners-up.^[11]

In 2016, Gyeongju KHNP FC and the mayor of Gyeongju announced that a women's football team would be established alongside the existing men's team.^[12] Gyeongju KHNP WFC was formally launched in 2017.^[13]

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• K3 League
  • Runners-up (1): 2020
• National League
  • Winners (2): 2017, 2018
  • Runners-up (4): 2010, 2013, 2015, 2019

Cups

• National League Championship
  • Winners (3): 2008, 2014, 2019
  • Runners-up (2): 2009, 2018
• National Sports Festival
  • Gold Medal (1): 1967
  • Silver Medal (1): 2009
• National Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 1962, 1965
  • Runners-up (4): 1964, 1967, 1980, 1982
• President's Cup
  • Winners (1): 1962
  • Runners-up (3): 1964, 1967, 1993

Season-by-season records

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
2003	First stage	10	9	0	3	6	5	15	–10	3	10th	did not qualify	None	Park Sin-young (3)	Bae Jong-woo
	Second stage	10	9	0	4	5	4	14	–10	4	10th
2004	First stage	10	9	3	3	3	9	9	0	12	4th	Preliminary round	Semifinals	Kim Hong-ki (4) Kim Jung-hyun (4)
	Second stage	10	9	2	3	4	10	15	–5	9	8th
2005	First stage	11	10	1	2	7	7	14	–7	5	10th	Round of 16	Group stage	Lee Hyun-dong (4)
	Second stage	11	10	0	3	7	6	20	–14	3	11th
2006	First stage	11	10	1	3	6	8	15	–7	6	9th	First round	Quarterfinals	Kim Seung-ho (6)
	Second stage	11	10	2	2	6	10	22	–12	8	9th
2007	First stage	12	11	3	5	3	13	10	+2	14	5th	First round	Group stage	Jeong Woong (4)
	Second stage	12	11	1	4	6	7	17	–10	7	10th
2008	First stage	14	13	4	4	5	16	17	–1	16	8th	First round	Winners	Cho Joo-young (10)
	Second stage	14	13	6	2	5	18	13	+5	20	6th
2009	First stage	14	13	3	5	5	21	23	–2	14	11th	First round	Runners-up	Cho Joo-young (8)
	Second stage	13	12	3	5	4	14	18	–4	14	9th
2010	First stage	15	14	8	4	2	28	19	+9	28	1st	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Kim Young-nam (18)
	Second stage	15	14	3	2	9	17	24	–7	11	14th
	Playoffs	4	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	—	Runners-up
2011	Regular season	14	26	9	8	9	40	38	+2	35	8th	Round of 32	Group stage	Hong Hyung-gi (10)	Bae Jong-woo (September 2011) Uh Yong-kuk (interim)
2012	Regular season	14	26	3	3	20	22	54	–32	12	14th	Round of 32	Quarterfinals	Kang Sung-bok (4)	Uh Yong-kuk
2013	Regular season	10	27	9	10	8	29	26	+3	37	4th	Round of 32	Group stage
2014	Regular season	10	27	14	6	7	41	28	+13	48	3rd	Round of 32	Winners
2015	Regular season	10	27	12	9	6	39	27	+12	45	3rd	Round of 32	Semifinals
2016	Regular season	10	27	11	9	7	43	31	+12	42	3rd	Round of 32	Group stage
2017	Regular season	8	27	14	9	5	39	21	+18	51	1st	Round of 32	Semifinals
2018	Regular season	8	27	18	7	3	46	25	+21	61	1st	Round of 16	Runner-up		Seo Bo-won
2019	Regular season	8	28	10	11	7	35	28	+7	41	3rd	Quarterfinals	Winners
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	12	6	4	38	20	+18	42	2nd	Round of 16	Not eligible		Seo Bo-won
2021		15	28	13	7	8	39	30	+9	46	4th	Second Round
2022		16	30	15	8	7	44	26	+18	53	3rd	Third Round
2023		15	28	8	10	10	28	32	-4	34	10th	Second Round
2024		16	30	17	5	8	44	28	+16	56	3rd	Second Round
2025		15	28						+-	TBD	TBD

Current squad

As of 8 March 2025^[14]

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 2 DF  KOR Yoon Sang-eun 4 DF  KOR Gu Dae-yeop 5 DF  KOR Park Dong-hyuk 6 MF  KOR Hur Dong-ho 7 FW  KOR Lee In-gyu 8 DF  KOR Lee Sang-won 9 FW  BRA Denzel 10 MF  KOR Kim Da-won 11 FW  BRA Victor Ribeiro 12 MF  KOR Lee Seok-hyun 14 FW  KOR Lee Seok-gyu 16 DF  KOR Jang Ji-sung 17 MF  KOR Yang Jung-un 18 FW  KOR Moon Seung-won 19 FW  KOR Park Geon-woong

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  KOR Lee Gi-un 21 GK  KOR Park Hee-geun 22 MF  KOR Choi Sang-heon 23 MF  KOR Oh Yoon-seok 25 MF  KOR An Yong-woo 27 MF  KOR Choi Da-heen 29 MF  KOR Han Bin 31 GK  KOR Lee Seok-joo 45 DF  KOR Hwang Jun-ho 62 DF  KOR Jang Yoo-sub 77 FW  KOR Woo Byung-chul 79 MF  KOR Park Jun-bae 88 GK  KOR Lee Jun-hee 98 FW  BRA Alex Camilo 99 MF  KOR Sung Ho-young

Backroom staff

Coaching staff

• Manager: Seo Bo-won
• Head coach: Ha Yong-woo
• Goalkeeping coach: Kim Min-gyu
• Coaches: Kim Jung-gyum, Seo Dong-hyun
• Medical trainer: Lee Seung-bok

Source: Official website^[15]

See also

• Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power WFC