# Gyeongnam FC

Gyeongnam FC (경남 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in South Gyeongsang Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Its home stadium is the Changwon Football Center, located in Changwon. Gyeongnam FC was founded in 2006 and joined the K League as its 14th club for the 2006 season.

## History

Gyeongnam FC finished in twelfth place in the 2006 K League, their first-ever participation in the top flight, and achieved third place in the Hauzen Cup. Under the manager Park Hang-seo, the club then finished fourth in the 2007 K League, but were defeated by the Pohang Steelers after a penalty shoot-out in the first round of the play-offs. Cabore became that season's K League top scorer with 18 goals in 26 matches, but left for FC Tokyo after the season.
Before the start of the 2008 season, Cho Kwang-rae was appointed as manager. The team signed Seo Sang-min and Brazilian attacking midfielder Índio, who filled the gap left by Cabore. The team failed to reach the play-off by losing to Jeonbuk Motors in the last match of the 2008 K League. However, they reached the 2008 Korean FA Cup final thanks to Kim Dong-chan's continuous scoring, including a hat-trick in the semi-final, but were defeated by the Pohang Steelers, thus failing to enter the AFC Champions League. In 2010, Gyeongnam FC moved from the Changwon Civil Stadium to Changwon Football Center.
In 2014, Gyeongnam FC was relegated to the second-tier K League Challenge after finishing the 2014 season in eleventh place, and then losing in the relegation play-offs against Gwangju FC. The team then spent three seasons in the second division, before winning the 2017 K League Challenge and thus achieving promotion back to the top tier. In their first season after coming back, Gyeongnam FC finished in second place, their highest-ever finish in K League, and therefore qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League. However, the following season, they finished eleventh and were again relegated back to the second division. Manager Kim Jong-boo resigned as a result, and was replaced by Seol Ki-hyeon.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KOR | Goh Dong-min |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Lee Chan-wook |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Yong Soo-han |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Kim Hyung Jin |
| 6 | MF | KOR | Song Hong-min |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Won Ki-jong |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Do Dong-hyeon |
| 9 | FW | KOR | Cho Hyang-gi |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Hyun-jin Seol |
| 14 | FW | KOR | Cho Sang-jun |
| 13 | GK | KOR | Kim Min-jun |
| 15 | DF | KOR | Woo Joo-sung (captain) |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Kim Hyung-won |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Helio Borges |
| 18 | DF | KOR | Lee Jun-jae |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Yoo Jun-ha |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Lee Kwang-seon |
| 21 | MF | KOR | Lee Si-heon |
| 22 | MF | KOR | Lee Kang Hee |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Yukiya Sugita |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | KOR | Jung Hyun-cheol |
| 25 | FW | KOR | Lee Jong-eon |
| 26 | MF | KOR | Lee Min-hyuk (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) |
| 27 | MF | KOR | Kim Tae-yoon |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Choi Min-seo |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Kook Jin-woo |
| 30 | MF | KOR | Do Dong-hyun |
| 33 | DF | KOR | Park Won-jae |
| 34 | DF | KOR | Jeong Hyun-wook |
| 40 | FW | KOR | Seo Jae-won |
| 42 | FW | KOR | Yoo Joo-tae |
| 45 | FW | GEO | Bachana Arabuli |
| 50 | DF | KOR | Kim Jong-pil |
| 63 | DF | KOR | Kim Jin-rae |
| 66 | DF | KOR | Lee Min-ki |
| 73 | DF | KOR | Park Jae-hwan |
| 77 | FW | KOR | Park Min-seo |
| 87 | GK | KOR | An Ho-jin |
| — | MF | BRA | Renan Areias |
| — | FW | AUS | Lachlan Wales |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | KOR | Kim Min-jun (to Cheonan City) |
| — | MF | KOR | Jeong Chung-geun (to Yeoju FC for military duty) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Hyeong-won (to Jinju Citizen for military duty) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | KOR | Jung Chang-yong (to Goyang Happiness for military duty) |
| — | FW | KOR | Kim Tae-yun (to Changwon City) |

### Captains

| Name | Start | End |
| Kim Do-keun | 2006 | 2006 |
| Kim Hyo-il | 2007 | 2008 |
| Lee Sang-hong | 2008 | 2009 |
| Kim Young-woo | 2010 | 2011 |
| Jung Da-hwon | 2011 | 2011 |
| Kang Seung-jo | 2012 | 2013 |
| Kim Hyeung-bum | 2013 | 2013 |
| Lee Han-saem | 2014 | 2014 |
| Park Ju-sung | 2014 | 2014 |
| Jin Kyung-sun | 2015 | 2015 |
| Lee Won-jae | 2016 | 2016 |
| Bae Ki-jong | 2017 | |

### Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Gyeongnam FC players.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Seol Ki-hyeon |
| Assistant manager | Kim Jong-young |
| First-team coach | Hong Joon-hyung |
| Goalkeeping coach | Yang Ji-won |
| Fitness coach | Rafael Cavenaghi |

## Honours

* K League 1
** Runners-up (1): 2018
* K League 2
** Winners (1): 2017
* Korean FA Cup
** Runners-up (2): 2008, 2012

## Season-by-season records

| Season | Division | Teams | Position | FA Cup |
| 2006 | K League | 14 | 12 | Quarter-final |
| 2007 | K League | 14 | 4 | Round of 16 |
| 2008 | K League | 14 | 8 | Runners-up |
| 2009 | K League | 15 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2010 | K League | 15 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 2011 | K League | 16 | 8 | Round of 32 |
| 2012 | K League | 16 | 8 | Runners-up |
| 2013 | K League Classic | 14 | 11 | Quarter-final |
| 2014 | K League Classic | 12 | 11 | Round of 32 |
| 2015 | K League Challenge | 11 | 9 | Third round |
| 2016 | K League Challenge | 11 | 8 | Third round |
| 2017 | K League Challenge | 10 | 1 | Round of 16 |
| 2018 | K League 1 | 12 | 2 | Round of 32 |
| 2019 | K League 1 | 12 | 11 | Quarter-final |
| 2020 | K League 2 | 10 | 3 | Third round |
| 2021 | K League 2 | 10 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 2022 | K League 2 | 11 | 5 | Round of 16 |
| 2023 | K League 2 | 13 | 4 | Round of 16 |
| 2024 | K League 2 | 13 | 12 | Round of 16 |

### AFC Champions League record

All results (home and away) list Gyeongnam's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Position |
| 2019 | AFC Champions League | Group E | Shandong Luneng | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3rd |
| 2019 | AFC Champions League | Group E | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3rd |
| 2019 | AFC Champions League | Group E | Kashima Antlers | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3rd |

## Managerial history

| No. | Name | From | To | Season(s) | Notes |
| 1 | Park Hang-seo | 2005/08/22 | 2007/11/16 | 2006–2007 | |
| 2 | Cho Kwang-rae | 2007/12/04 | 2010/07/31 | 2008–2010 | |
| C | Kim Gwi-hwa | 2010/08/09 | 2010/11/29 | 2010 | Caretaker |
| 3 | Choi Jin-han | 2010/12/01 | 2013/05/22 | 2011–2013 | |
| C | Song Kwang-hwan | 2013/05/22 | 2013/06/01 | 2013 | Caretaker |
| 4 | Ilija Petković | 2013/05/29 | 2013/12/11 | 2013 | |
| 5 | Lee Cha-man | 2013/12/17 | 2014/08/14 | 2014 | |
| C | Branko Babić | 2014/08/14 | 2014/12/26 | 2014 | Caretaker |
| 6 | Park Sung-hwa | 2014/12/26 | 2015/11/22 | 2015 | |
| 7 | Kim Jong-boo | 2015/12/02 | 2019/12/25 | 2016–2019 | |
| 8 | Seol Ki-hyeon | 2019/12/26 | | 2020–present | |