Gwangju FC

Gwangju FC
광주 FC
Full name	Gwangju Football Club; 광주시민프로축구단
Founded	2010; 14 years ago
Ground	Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Capacity	44,118
Chairman	Mayor of Gwangju
Manager	Nam Ki-il
League	K League Classic
2016	K League Classic, 8th
Website	http://www.gwangjufc.com
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Gwangju FC (Korean:광주 FC, Hanja: 光州 FC) is a South Korean professional football club. Based in Gwangju of South Korea, Gwangju FC joined the K-League as its 16th club for the 2011 season.

History

Gwangju FC was founded in December, 2010, and its maiden season in the K-League took place in 2011. In 2012, Gwangju FC was relegated to the K League Challenge, the newly formed second-tier professional league in South Korea. In 2014, Gwangju FC won promotion back into the K League Classic.

Squad

Current squad

As of 13 September 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOR	Choi Bong-jin
2	DF	KOR	Jeong Ho-jeong
3	MF	KOR	Kim Young-bin
5	DF	KOR	Park Dong-jin
6	DF	KOR	Oh Do-hyun
7	MF	KOR	Yeo Reum
9	FW	KOR	Jung Jo-gook
11	MF	KOR	Jo Seong-joon
12	DF	KOR	Lee Min-ki
13	MF	KOR	Joo Hyeon-woo
16	MF	KOR	Song Seung-min
17	DF	KOR	Lee Jong-min
18	DF	KOR	Jeong Dong-yun
19	MF	KOR	Park Sun-hong
20	MF	KOR	Kim Jeong-hyun


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	KOR	Yoon Bo-sang
22	MF	KOR	Cho Yong-tae
23	FW	KOR	Kim Min-hyeok
24	FW	KOR	Jo Ju-young
25	DF	KOR	Hong Joon-ho
26	FW	KOR	Kim Sung-hyun
27	MF	KOR	Kim Jin-su
28	MF	KOR	Kim Eui-shin
29	FW	KOR	Kim Si-woo
30	FW	KOR	Sim Gwang-wook
31	GK	KOR	Hwang In-jae
32	FW	KOR	Kim Sang-wook
33	MF	JPN	Tomoki Wada
34	MF	NIG	Olivier Bonnes
40	MF	KOR	Lee Chan-dong

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	KOR	Je Jong-hyun (to Sangju Sangmu for military duty)
—	DF	KOR	Jeong Jun-yeon (to Sangju Sangmu for military duty)
—	DF	KOR	Kim Jin-hwan (to FC Anyang)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Ahn Young-gyu (to Ansan Police for military duty)
—	MF	KOR	Lim Sun-young (to Ansan Police for military duty)

Managers

#	Name	From	To	Season	Notes
1	Choi Man-Hee	2010/10/18	2012/12/01	2011–2012	First manager
2	Yeo Bum-Kyu	2012/12/06	2013/08/16	2013
C	Nam Ki-il	2013/08/16	2015/01/03	2013–2014
3	Nam Ki-il	2015/01/04		2015–