Asan Mugunghwa FC

Asan Mugunghwa
Full name	Asan Mugunghwa Football Club; 아산 무궁화 프로축구단
Short name	AMFC
Founded	1996; 28 years ago; (as Police FC); 2014; 10 years ago; (as Ansan Police FC); 2017; 7 years ago; (as Asan Mugunghwa FC)
Dissolved	2019; 5 years ago
Ground	Yi Sun-sin Stadium
Capacity	17,376
Owner	Asan Government and Korean Police Agency
Chairman	Mayor of Asan
Manager	Park Dong-hyuk
League	K League 2
2019	K League 2, 7th
Home colours	Away colours

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.

History[edit]

Founding and Police FC era[edit]

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)[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

1996–2013: Police FC
2014–2015: Ansan Police FC
2016: Ansan Mugunghwa FC
2017–2019: Asan Mugunghwa FC

Honours[edit]

Asan Mugunghwa (2017–2019)[edit]

K League 2
- Winners (1): 2018

Ansan Mugunghwa (2014–2016)[edit]

K League Challenge
- Winners (1): 2016

Police FC (1996–2013)[edit]

K League Challenge
- Runners-up (1): 2013
National Semi-Professional Football League
- Winners (1): 2002 Fall

Managers[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "S. Korean city Ansan to launch new pro football club". Yonhap News Agency. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "아산 협약식 - '17년 만에 충남 구단'... 아산 무궁화, 새출발 선언". Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^ "프로연맹, 신생팀 안산-아산 가입 승인". Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

External links[edit]

[1] "S. Korean city Ansan to launch new pro football club". Yonhap News Agency. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[2] "아산 협약식 - '17년 만에 충남 구단'... 아산 무궁화, 새출발 선언". Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[3] "프로연맹, 신생팀 안산-아산 가입 승인". Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

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