Bucheon FC 1995
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| Full name | Bucheon Football Club 1995 | ||
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| Founded | 2007[1] | ||
| Ground | Bucheon Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 34,456 | ||
| Owner | Bucheon Government | ||
| Chairman | Jang Deog-cheon (Mayor of Bucheon) | ||
| Manager | Lee Young-min | ||
| League | K League 1 | ||
| 2025 | K League 2, 3rd of 14 (promoted via play-offs) | ||
| Website | bfc1995.com | ||
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Bucheon Football Club 1995 (Korean: 부천FC 1995) is a South Korean professional football club based in Bucheon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. The club was founded in 2007 by a group of former Bucheon SK supporters after its move to Jeju in early 2006.
History
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Within weeks of the relocation of Bucheon SK, fans started a movement to form a brand new team in Bucheon, with an initial goal of creating a team to participate in the 2007 Korea National League season. The financial requirements for entry to the National League were so great and that, coupled with the launch of the K3 League in 2007, led to them readjusting their target and focusing on entry to the K3 League in 2008.
During the course of 2007, deals with several major sponsors, including Sportstoto, Daum and SK Energy, were negotiated. On 25 October 2007, the club's name, Bucheon FC 1995, was announced, and the club was officially founded on 1 December.
Bucheon FC 1995 became a professional club and got an approval to join the second tier K League Challenge on 5 December 2012. In their first season as a professional club, they finished in seventh place.[2]
In the 2025 K League 2 season, the club finished third in the regular season and then went on to defeat K League 1 side Suwon FC in the promotion-relegation play-offs to win promotion to the top flight for the first time.[3]
Club culture
[edit | edit source]Bucheon's supporters' group is called Hermes, which started as supporters of Bucheon SK.[4]
The club has a heated local rivalry with Incheon United, with whom they contest the '032 derby', with the name owing to their shared calling code (032).[5] They are also one of the several South Korean phoenix clubs contesting 'relocation derbies' with clubs that once played in their city, and they contest their relocation derby with Jeju SK.[6]
Players
[edit | edit source]Current squad
[edit | edit source]- As of 17 November 2025[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Backroom staff
[edit | edit source]Coaching staff
[edit | edit source]- Manager: South Korea Lee Young-min
- Head coach: South Korea Min Young-ki
- Goalkeeping coach: South Korea Kim Ji-un
- Playing coach: South Korea Ko Kyung-min
- Physical coach: South Korea Kim Hyung-rok
Support staff
[edit | edit source]- Scout: South Korea Jo Beom-seok
- Analyst: South Korea Lee Tae-shik
- Team manager: South Korea Jo Yong-hoon
- Interpreter: South Korea Kang Saet-byul
- Physical therapist: South Korea Choi Hwan-seok
- Medical trainers: South Korea Yoo Ho-jun, South Korea Jang Woo-hyuk
Source: Official website[8]
Records
[edit | edit source]Season-by-season
[edit | edit source]| Season | Division | Tms. | Pos. | Cup |
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| 2008 | K3 League | 16 | 13 | — |
| 2009 | K3 League | 17 | 4 | — |
| 2010 | Challengers League | 18 | 7 | Second round |
| 2011 | Challengers League | 16 | 8 | First round |
| 2012 | Challengers League | 18 | 8 | First round |
| 2013 | K League Challenge | 8 | 7 | Second round |
| 2014 | K League Challenge | 10 | 10 | Third round |
| 2015 | K League Challenge | 11 | 5 | Round of 32 |
| 2016 | K League Challenge | 11 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 2017 | K League Challenge | 10 | 5 | Round of 16 |
| 2018 | K League 2 | 10 | 8 | Third round |
| 2019 | K League 2 | 10 | 4 | Third round |
| 2020 | K League 2 | 10 | 8 | Second round |
| 2021 | K League 2 | 10 | 10 | Third round |
| 2022 | K League 2 | 11 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 2023 | K League 2 | 13 | 5 | Second round |
| 2024 | K League 2 | 13 | 8 | Round of 16 |
| 2025 | K League 2 | 14 | 3 ↑ | Semi-finals |
| 2026 | K League 1 | 12 |
- Colour key
| Promoted ↑ | Relegated ↓ |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Official Club Profile at K League Website Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
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External links
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- Official website (in Korean)