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This article is about a defunct football club. For the successor, see
Chungnam Asan FC
.
Football club
Asan Mugunghwa
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Full name
| Asan Mugunghwa Football Club
牙山 無窮花 프로蹴球團
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Short name
| AMFC
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Founded
| 1996
; 28 years ago
(
1996
)
(as
Police FC
)
2014
; 10 years ago
(
2014
)
(as
Ansan Police FC
)
2017
; 7 years ago
(
2017
)
(as
Asan Mugunghwa FC
)
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Dissolved
| 2019
; 5 years ago
(
2019
)
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Ground
| Yi Sun-sin Stadium
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Capacity
| 17,376
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Owner
| Asan Government
and
Korean Police Agency
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Chairman
| Mayor of Asan
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Manager
| Park Dong-hyuk
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League
| K League 2
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2019
| K League 2, 7th
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Asan Mugunghwa Football Club
was a South Korean
football
club based in
Asan
. The club's players were South Korean professional footballers who were serving their two-year military duty.
History
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Founding and Police FC era
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Founded as
National Police Department
FC in 1961, the club changed its name to
Seoul Police Department
FC in 1962 then back to its original name in 1967. During its history it won a number of competitions such as the
Korean President's Cup National Football Tournament
and the
Korea Semi-Professional Football League
in the 1960s before it was dissolved in November 1967. The club was reinstated in 1996, and it partly consisted of players serving their compulsory two-year military duty, similar to the other military club,
Sangju Sangmu FC
.
Professionalization and Ansan era (2013?2016)
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In 2013, Police FC joined the
K League Challenge
.
In February 2014, Police FC was based in
Ansan
(
Ansan Wa~ Stadium
) and renamed to Ansan Police FC.
In January 2016, the club name was changed to Ansan Mugunghwa FC. The Korean word Mugunghwa means
hibiscus syriacus
and is the symbol of the
Korean Police
.
Asan era (2017?2019)
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After the 2016 season, Ansan Mugunghwa moved to the unrelated
Asan
,
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becoming Asan Mugunghwa FC.
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Per K League policies, the new team did not take over records and history of the previous one and were registered as a different team.
[3]
Asan Mugunghwa were disbanded in 2019 to make way for another team,
Chungnam Asan FC
, which have no ties to the police at all.
Club name history
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- 1996?2013: Police FC
- 2014?2015: Ansan Police FC
- 2016: Ansan Mugunghwa FC
- 2017?2019: Asan Mugunghwa FC
Honours
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Asan Mugunghwa (2017?2019)
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Ansan Mugunghwa (2014?2016)
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Police FC (1996?2013)
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Managers
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References
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External links
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