Wikipedia - Gimpo FC
Gimpo FC (Korean: 김포 FC), formerly Gimpo Citizen FC, is a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gimpo. Since 2022, they are playing in the K League 2, the second tier of football in South Korea.
History
Gimpo Citizen FC (2013–2020)
The club was founded as Gimpo Citizen FC in 2013. Between 2015 and 2019, they advanced to the K3 League play-offs for five consecutive seasons, but never made it to the finals.
Gimpo FC (2021–present)
In order to meet the standards for incorporation of the newly reorganized K3 League, the Gimpo FC foundation was established, and the team was also renamed as Gimpo FC in January 2021. The club participated in the semi-professional K3 League until 2021. In their final K3 League season, Gimpo FC finished as runners-up in the regular season, and won the play-offs after defeating Cheonan City 3–2 on aggregate in the final, clinching their first K3 League trophy.
After the 2021 season, the club became professional and got an approval to become a member of the professional K League 2 from the 2022 season onwards.
A equipe foi fundada em 1998, originalmente sob o nome de Gyeonggi Sangmu FC. Esta mudança de nome aconteceu em 2020, com o objetivo de melhor representar a cidade de Gimpo e atrair mais torcedores locais.
Nos últimos anos, o Gimpo FC tem se consolidado como um time forte na K League 2. Em 2016, conquistou o título da divisão e subiu para a K League 1, principal divisão do Campeonato Sul-Coreano de Futebol. No entanto, a equipe foi rebaixada no ano seguinte e, desde então, não conseguiu retornar à primeira divisão.
O Gimpo FC tem um estádio próprio, o Gimpo Stadium, com capacidade para 5.000 torcedores. Seu mascote é um tigre, e as cores do clube são amarelo e preto.
Alguns dos jogadores mais notáveis que já atuaram pelo Gimpo FC incluem o meia Lee Tae-hee, o atacante Jung Jo-gook e o zagueiro Kim Young-gwon.