Seoul Jungnang FC
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| Full name | Seoul Jungnang Football Club 서울 중랑 축구단 | ||
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| Founded | 27 February 2012 as Jungnang Chorus Mustang FC | ||
| Ground | Jungnang District Field | ||
| Capacity | 400 | ||
| Owner | Law Firm Chorus | ||
| Chairman | Lee Min-geol | ||
| Manager | Lee Yong-wook | ||
| League | K4 League | ||
| 2024 | 11th of 13 | ||
| Website | fcjungnang.com | ||
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Seoul Jungnang Football Club (Korean: 서울 중랑 축구단) is a semi-professional South Korean football club based in Jungnang-gu, Seoul.
The club was founded in 2012[1] and plays in the K4 League, the fourth tier of football in South Korea.
History
[edit | edit source]The Early Years
[edit | edit source]In 1982, Lee Min-geol, an attorney who played football in middle school, started an early morning soccer club in Myeonmok-dong, Seoul. He named the club Aram Football Club, and they participated in the Seoul City Office Workers' Football. In 1992, the 10th anniversary of the club, the name was changed to Mustang Football Club.
From the start, the club was focused on the love of football, not on competitive achievements. It was not uncommon for members of the club to use their own money to support other players' participation. In 1997, they started an independent youth club and ran youth tournaments to support youth football development.
In 2002 the team started competing in the Puma Cup Footy League, which would later become the Connie Green Cup, the predecessor to the amateur K3 League. During this period the club was briefly named Dongdaemun Mustang Football Club, but when Myeonmok-dong was incorporated into Jungnang-gu, the team name naturally became Jungnang Mustang Football Club.
Lee Min-geol had dreams of playing on a bigger stage and giving player who failed during their youth careers another chance at professional football. In 2011 he teamed up with Park Hyung-yeon, fellow football lover and head of the Chorus Law Firm, to push for entry in the K3 Challengers League. [2]
Jungnang Mustang Chorus Football Club
[edit | edit source]The predecessors to the current club were an important part of the team's history, but officially the team was founded on 28 February 2012 as Jungnang Chorus Mustang Football Club. Staying with their goal of providing a home for player who failed in other areas, the team raised eyebrows by refusing to recruit professional players doing their military civil service, and focused on recruiting high school graduates from and university dropouts. [3]
The club's first season could be considered a failure, finishing 16th out of 18 teams. But the owners were adamant that the team was focused on development, and players should enjoy football instead of worrying about winning.
In the years since, the team has had only one season successful competitive season. However, the focus of the team never shifted and as late as 2023, Lee Min-geol still maintained that the clubs is focused on player development over team success in competitions. [4]
In 2017 the team changed their name to the simpler Seoul Jungnang Football Club, but the club emblem still displays the original name.
Honours
[edit | edit source]- K3 League Basic
- Winners (1): 2017
Season-by-season records
[edit | edit source]| Season | Teams | League | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Korea Cup | Notes |
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| 2012 | 18 | K3 Challengers League[5] | 7th in Group A | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 75 | –42 | 20 | DNQ | |
| 2013 | 18 | K3 Challengers League[6] | 7th in Group B | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 38 | 68 | –30 | 22 | DNQ | |
| 2014 | 18 | K3 Challengers League[7] | 3rd in Group A | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 48 | Round of 32 | Championship Playoffs, 1st Round |
| 2015 | 18 | K3 League[8] | 4th in Group B | 25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 38 | Third Round | |
| 2016 | 20 | K3 League[9] | 13th | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 27 | –2 | 22 | Second Round | Relegation |
| 2017 | 9 | K3 League Basic[a] | 1st | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 12 | +31 | 40 | Second Round | League Champions, Automatic Promotion |
| 2018 | 12 | K3 League Advanced[10] | 12th | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 74 | –51 | 10 | Third Round | Relegation |
| 2019 | 8 | K3 League Basic[a] | 5th | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 40 | –15 | 19 | First Round | |
| 2020 | 13 | K4 League[11] | 13th | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 57 | –35 | 11 | First Round | |
| 2021 | 16 | K4 League[12] | 14th | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 62 | –29 | 25 | First Round | |
| 2022 | 17 | K4 League[13] | 13th | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 38 | 46 | -8 | 37 | Second Round | |
| 2023 | 16 | K4 League[14] | 15th | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 57 | -25 | 25 | Second Round | |
| 2024 | 13 | K4 League[15] | 11th | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 38 | -4 | 26 | First Round | Received 4 point deduction |
^a League tables for K3 League Basic do not seem to exist outside the Wikipedia articles for those seasons.
Current squad
[edit | edit source]- As of February 2025
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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