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| Full name | Football Club Pohang Steelers 포항 스틸러스 프로축구단 | ||
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| Founded | 1 April 1973 (as POSCO FC) | ||
| Ground | Pohang Steel Yard | ||
| Capacity | 17,443 | ||
| Owner | POSCO | ||
| Chairman | Shin Young-gwon | ||
| Manager | Park Tae-ha | ||
| League | K League 1 | ||
| 2023 | K League 1, 2nd of 12 | ||
| Website | https://www.steelers.co.kr/ | ||
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The Pohang Steelers (Hangul: 포항 스틸러스) are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province that compete in the K League 1, the top flight of South Korean football. The Steelers were founded on 1 April 1973 as POSCO FC, named after the steel company POSCO, which still owns the club today.[1] They are one of South Korea's most successful teams, having won the K League five times and the AFC Champions League three times.[2]
- ^ "Pohang Steelers: 50 Years of Footballing Heritage". the-afc.com. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "포항스틸러스, AFC 예선 히로시마전 아쉬운 무승부". nocutnews.co.kr. Retrieved 6 February 2021.