Mungyeong Sangmu WFC

Following the success of the women's national football team at the 2005 EAFF Women's Football Championship, and alongside plans to expand the female workforce in the military, the Ministry of National Defense announced in 2005 that it was considering establishing a women's football team.^[1] The team was established in 2007 and was initially based in Busan.^[2] Manager Lee Mi-yeon, appointed in 2008, was the first female coach of a Korean women's works football team.^[3]

Sangmu were one of the six teams to participate in the inaugural season of the WK League in 2009.^[4]

The team relocated to Boeun County in 2016 and was known as Boeun Sangmu until it moved again, to Mungyeong, in 2023.^[5][6]

In 2023, Mungyeong Sangmu, representing South Korea, won the World Military Women's Football Championship. It was the team's first victory at the tournament after finishing as runners-up four times previously.^[7]

Because of their military status, they are not allowed to sign any foreign players. All players undergo military training and three years of mandatory service, after which they can apply for long-term service.^[8]

Sangmu previously participated in the WK League new players' draft along with the other WK League clubs. In 2015, the team used their first place position in the draft to select Korea international Choe Yu-ri, but Choe refused to join the team, considering it an infringement of her freedom to choose a career.^[9] In response to Choe's protest, the Korea Women's Football Federation revised the rules so that only willing applicants could be selected by the military team.^[10]

From 2016, players had an opportunity to apply to join Sangmu ahead of the main draft, and any players not picked by the team were automatically included in the draft.^[11]

Although the team was originally based in Busan, when the WK League instituted a home-and-away system for the first time in the 2015 season Sangmu could not reach an agreement with the local government in Busan. Although the team was known as Busan Sangmu, they played their home matches at Boeun Public Stadium in North Chungcheong Province.^[12] From the 2016 season onwards the team officially relocated to Boeun and changed their name accordingly, continuing to use the same stadium.^[5]

The team moved again in 2023 to Mungyeong in North Gyeongsang Province, using Mungyeong Civic Stadium as their home ground.^[6] The multi-purpose stadium was built in 1983 and has a total capacity of 4,959, although not all seating is used during WK League matches.^[13] The stadium does not have floodlights, so Mungyeong Sangmu's home matches are held in the afternoon, rather than in the evening in line with other WK League fixtures.^[14] The electronic scoreboard was replaced in 2024, and Mungyeong City expressed the intention to install floodlights ahead of the 2025 season to allow for evening matches and improve the atmosphere at home matches.^[15][16]

As of 6 March 2026^[17]

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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No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  KOR Seo In-gyeong (vice-captain) 6 DF  KOR Kim Ji-won 7 DF  KOR Song Da-hui 8 MF  KOR Kwon Hah-nul (captain) 9 FW  KOR Yang Seo-young 10 FW  KOR Kwon Da-eun 12 MF  KOR Park Yea-na 13 FW  KOR Kim Hye-jeong (vice-captain) 14 FW  KOR Lee A-reum 15 MF  KOR Jung Eun-jin 16 DF  KOR Yoon Chae-hyun

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  KOR Park Hyun-a 18 GK  KOR Jo A-ra 19 FW  KOR Kim Tae-yang 20 DF  KOR Jeon Min-ju 21 MF  KOR Noh Jin-young 22 DF  KOR Lee Sun-bin 23 GK  KOR Ha Ji-hee 24 DF  KOR Byun Hye-jin 27 MF  KOR Lee Se-ran 28 DF  KOR Kim Ryun-gyeong 29 GK  KOR Lee Ha-gyeong

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• World Military Women's Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 2023^[18]
  • Runners-up (4): 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018