Gimhae FC 2008
| File:Gimhae FC.png | |||
| Full name | Gimhae Football Club 2008 김해 축구단 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short name | GFC | ||
| Founded | 25 January 2008 | ||
| Ground | Gimhae Sports Complex | ||
| Capacity | 15,066 | ||
| Chairman | Kim Choon-su | ||
| Coach | Son Hyun-jun | ||
| League | K League 2 | ||
| 2025 | K3 League, 1st of 15 (champions) | ||
| Website | http://fc.gimhae.go.kr | ||
|
| |||
Gimhae FC 2008 (Korean: 김해 FC 2008) is a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gimhae which competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The club was founded on 25 January 2008, and competed in the National League until 2019, when that league was merged with the K3 League.
History
[edit | edit source]The team was founded as Gimhae City Hall Football Club on 25 January 2008 to participate in the National League.[1]
2008 – Inaugural Season
In their first season out, the Gimhae finished 5th in both the first and second stages of the season, giving them a final position of 5th overall.[2]
2009 Season
In their second season out, Gimhae managed to top the table in the first stage of the season, earning them a spot in the championship playoffs. In the semi-final, they beat Suwon City FC 2-1, but lost 2–4 on aggregate to Gangneung City FC.[3]
2010–2019 Seasons
During the next decade, Gimhae finished mostly in the bottom half of the table, the exceptions being 2017 and 2018. For these two seasons, the top three positions in the league were identical, leading to similar playoff stories. Gimhae would beat Cheonan City on aggregate to advance to the final, where they would lose to Gyeongju KHNP on aggregate. In 2017 the score was 3-2 for Gyeongju, and in 2018 it was 4-1 for Gyeongju.
2019 would be their final season as a National League team, as the league was integrated into a restructured K3 League.
2020 Season – K3 League
Gimhae managed to finish at the top of the K3 League table, allowing them to go straight to the championship final where they finally managed to beat Gyeongju KHNP FC in the final with an aggregate score of 2-1.[4]
2021–2024 Seasons
Over the next few seasons the team finished in the top half of the table, but with the playoff system abolished, there were no more opportunities to become champions other than finishing first overall.
2025 Season – Final in Third tier
The team started the season well, earning 10 victories, 1 draw and one loss from their first 12 matches. The last 7 matches of which were consecutive victories. [5]
2025 would be their final season as a K3 League team, as the league was switched into a professional team in K League 2.
On 2 November 2025, Gimhae secure champions of K3 League after draw against Pocheon Citizen 1–1 with one game remaining and second title of K3 League previously in 2020.
2026 season – K League 2
Honours
[edit | edit source]Domestic competitions
[edit | edit source]League
[edit | edit source]- National League
- Runner-up (1): 2009
- K3 League
Cups
[edit | edit source]- National Sports Festival
- Silver medal (1): 2014
Season by season record
[edit | edit source]| Season | Korea National League | Korean FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer (League goals) |
Manager | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | |||||
| 2008 | First Stage | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | –1 | 22 | 5th | Preliminary Round 3 | Quarterfinal | South Korea Yang Dong-Cheol (9) | South Korea Park Yang-Ha |
| Second Stage | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 22 | 5th | |||||
| 2009 | First Stage | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 26 | 1st | Round 1 | Semifinal | South Korea Chu Woon-Ki (10) | |
| Second Stage | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 16 | 6th | |||||
| Playoff | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 3 | Runner-up | |||||
| 2010 | First Stage | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | –5 | 18 | 11th | Preliminary Round 3 | Round 1 | South Korea Lee Jin-Hee (5) | South Korea Kim Han-Bong |
| Second Stage | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | –2 | 18 | 11th | |||||
| 2011 | Group Stage | 14 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 44 | –5 | 33 | 10th | Round of 32 | Group Round | South Korea Yoon Tae-Hyun South Korea Kim Won-Min (8) | |
| 2012 | Group Stage | 14 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 34 | –8 | 28 | 11th | Round of 32 | Group Round | South Korea Jung An-Sung South Korea Bang Jung-Rok (4) |
South Korea Kim Gwi-Hwa |
| 2013 | Group Stage | 10 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 36 | 5th | Round of 32 | Group Round | ||
| 2014 | Group Stage | 10 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 26 | 9th | Second Round | Group Round | ||
| 2015 | Group Stage | 10 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 39 | -10 | 29 | 7th | Third Round | Semifinal | ||
| 2016 | Group Stage | 10 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 34 | 6th | Third Round | Semifinal | ||
| 2017 | Group Stage | 8 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 50 | 2nd | Round of 32 | Group Round | South Korea Yoon Sung-hyo | |
| 2018 | Group Stage | 8 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 56 | 2nd | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | ||
| 2019 | Group Stage | 8 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 28 | 7th | Third Round | Group Round | ||
| Season | K3 League | Korean FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer (League goals) |
Manager | ||||||||||
| Stage | Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | |||||
| 2020 | Regular Season | 16 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 49 | Winners | Third Round | None | South Korea Park Hee-Seong (8) | South Korea Yoon Sung-hyo |
| 2021 | Regular Season | 15 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 44 | 5th | Fourth Round | None | Brazil Luan Costa (12) | |
| 2022 | Regular Season | 16 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 45 | 7th | Fourth Round | None | Serbia Marko Rajkovic (10) | |
| 2023 | Regular Season | 15 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 26 | +19 | 49 | 3rd | First Round | None | South Korea Jang Han-young (11) | |
| 2024 | Regular Season | 16 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 28 | +13 | 50 | 5th | Third Round | None | South Korea Jung Sang-gyu (11) | South Korea Son Hyun-jun |
| 2025 | Regular Season | 15 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 61 | 1st | Third Round | None | South Korea Lee Kang-uk (11) | |
| Season | K League 2 | Korean FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer (League goals) |
Manager | ||||||||||
| Stage | Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | |||||
| 2026 | Regular Season | 17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD | TBD Round | None | TBC | |
Notes
[edit | edit source]League references pint to the K3 league. The National League used to be considered the third tier of Korean football, with K3 league being the fourth tier. When the National League was incorporated into the K3 League, the K3 league became the third tier and K4 League became the fourth tier. For results prior to 2020, K3 League refers to the then National League, and K4 League refers to the then K3 League.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).