Hwaseong FC

화성 FC(Hwaseong Football Club)는 경기도 화성시를 연고로 하고 있는 2013년 1월 23일에 창단한 대한민국의 축구단으로 현재 K리그2에 참가하고 있으며 홈구장은 화성종합경기타운이다. 2012년 9월, 화성시는 화성 FC 창단을 추진하기 위해 위원회를 구성했다. 2013년 1월, 대한축구협회로부터 아마추어 4부 리그 챌린저스 리그 (이후 K3리그로 명칭 변경) 참가 승인을 받았다. 이 클럽은 2013년 1월 23일, 준프로 클럽으로 공식적으로 창단되었다. 화성 FC는 2024년 12월, 프로로 전향하여 2부 리그 K리그2에 합류했다. 前 대한민국 국가대표 차두리가 팀의 첫 프로 시즌 감독으로 임명되었다.

 

Hwaseong FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. They play in K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in 2013, the club is owned by Hwaseong City and play their home games at Hwaseong Stadium. In September 2012, Hwaseong City formed a committee to promote the establishment of Hwaseong FC. In January 2013, the team received approval from the Korea Football Association to participate in the amateur fourth-tier Challengers League (later renamed as K3 League). The club was officially founded on 23 January 2013 as a semi-professional club. In their first season, Hwaseong FC immediately finished first in the Challengers League – Group B and advanced to the final stages, but failed to advance to the championship finals after being eliminated by Paju Citizen, finishing the season in third place overall. However, in the 2014 season, Hwaseong won their first title after defeating Pocheon Citizen 3–1 in the Challengers League championship play-off final, held in Pocheon in front of about 4,000 spectators. Five years later, in 2019, Hwaseong, under head coach Kim Hak-chul, won their second K3 League title after defeating Yangpyeong FC 1–0 in the final. In the same season, Hwaseong became the first fourth-division team to reach the semi-finals of the Korean FA Cup. In the first semi-final match, Hwaseong managed to upset four-time Korean champions Suwon Samsung Bluewings with a 1–0 win, but lost the second leg 3–0 after extra time and were eliminated 3–1 on aggregate. They won another K3 League title in 2023, before finishing as runners-up in their final semi-professional season the following year. Hwaseong FC turned professional in December 2024, joining the second-tier K League 2. Former South Korean international Cha Du-ri was appointed head coach for the team's first professional season. Hwaseong FC play its home games at Hwaseong Stadium, located within the Hwaseong Sports Complex Town. Between 2013 and 2022, they played on the stadium's auxiliary field, and since 2023, they have played at the 35,265-capacity main stadium.

 

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