Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC
South Korean football team
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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.
경주 한국수력원자력 축구단
1962 (refounded)
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| Full name | Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Football Club 경주 한국수력원자력 축구단 | ||
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| Short name | KHNP | ||
| Founded | 1945 (original) 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/ | ||
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History
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, along with a women's soccer team training center being set up.[12] Gyeongju KHNP WFC was formally launched in 2017.[13]
Honours
Domestic competitions
League
Cups
- National League Championship
- 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.
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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]