Seongnam FC

Seongnam FC
Full nameSeongnam Football Club
성남시민프로축구단
Nickname(s)The Magpies
Short nameSFC
Founded18 March 1989; 35 years ago (18 March 1989)
(as Ilhwa Chunma)[1]
GroundTancheon Stadium
Capacity16,146
OwnerSeongnam City Council
ChairmanShin Sang-jin (Mayor of Seongnam)
ManagerChoi Chul-woo (caretaker)
LeagueK League 2
2023K League 2, 9th of 13
Websitehttps://www.seongnamfc.com/
Seongnam FC
Hangul
성남시민프로축구단
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeongnam Simin Peuro Chukgudan
McCune–ReischauerSŏngnam Simin P'ŭro Ch'ukkudan

Seongnam Football Club (Korean: 성남 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Seongnam that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1989 as Ilhwa Chunma Football Club, the club has won seven national league titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups, and two AFC Champions League titles. Seongnam also placed fifth in the IFFHS Asian Clubs of the 20th century.[2]

In 2014, the club was bought by the Seongnam City Government and was renamed as Seongnam FC.[3]

  1. ^ "Official Club Profile at K League Website". kleague.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Asia's Clubs of the Century". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013.
  3. ^ "성남시민축구단, 성남FC로 이름 지은 이유는?". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved 23 February 2017.