FC Gangneung
Football club
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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.
Full nameFootball Club Gangneung
FC 강릉
FC 강릉
Short nameFCGN
Founded1999 as Gangneung Citizen
GroundGangneung Stadium
| Full name | Football Club Gangneung FC 강릉 | ||
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| Short name | FCGN | ||
| Founded | 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/ | ||
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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.
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Honours
Domestic competitions
League
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) |
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| 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 | |||||
