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| Full name | Daejeon Hana Citizen Football Club 대전 하나 시티즌 축구단 | ||
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| Short name | DHFC | ||
| Founded | 1997 | ||
| Ground | Daejeon World Cup Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 40,535 | ||
| Owner | Hana Financial Group Football Club Foundation | ||
| Chairman | Huh Jung-moo | ||
| Manager | Hwang Sun-hong | ||
| League | K League 1 | ||
| 2023 | K League 1, 8th of 12 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Daejeon Hana Citizen Football Club (Korean: 대전 하나 시티즌 축구단) is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 1997, Daejeon Citizen was the first community club in South Korea, not belonging to any company. The club first entered the K League for the 1997 season, finishing in seventh place. In spite of a limited budget, Daejeon won the 2001 Korean FA Cup. It has not achieved sustained success in the K League, historically occupying the middle and lower reaches of the standings each season. At the end of the 2013 season, Daejeon was relegated to the K League Challenge, the second-tier league.
On 24 December 2019, Hana Financial Group Football Club Foundation bought operating rights of the club, renaming the club to its current name.[1]
- ^ Choi Song-a (24 December 2019). "대전 시티즌, 주주총회서 하나금융그룹과 영업양수도 승인". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 24 December 2019.