DAEJEON HNP

Gyeongju KHNP
경주 한수원
Full name	Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Football Club ; 경주 한국수력원자력 축구단
Short name	KHNP
Founded	1945; 79 years ago (original) ; 1962 (refounded)
Ground	Gyeongju Civic Stadium
Capacity	12,199
Owner	Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Chairman	Jung Jae-hoon
Coach	Seo Bo Won
League	K3 League
2022	K3 League, 3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC or simply Gyeongju KHNP is a South Korean football team based in Gyeongju. They currently compete in the K3 League. They are run by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, and play their home games at Gyeongju Civic Stadium.

History

The club was originally founded in 1945 as Gyeongseong Electric Football Club ( Korean: 경성전기 축구단) but was dissolved in 1950 due to the Korean War.^[1] They were later re-established in 1962 as the KEPCO Football Club ( Korean: 한국전력 축구단).^[2]^[3] From 2001, the team was re-established again, this time as KHNP FC ( Korean: 한국수력원자력 축구단).^[4] Based in Daejeon, the club joined the semi-professional Korea National League, known at the time as the K2 League, in its inaugural season in 2003.^[5]

As Daejeon KHNP, they were runners-up in the 2010 National League, losing to Suwon City in the playoff final after finishing the first stage of the league in first place.^[6]^[7]

Ahead of the 2013 season, the club relocated to Gyeongju.^[8] Rebranded as Gyeongju KHNP, they were National League runners-up again in 2013 and 2015 before becoming champions for the first time in 2017.^[9]

They successfully defended their title in 2018 but failed to gain a third in 2019, finishing as runners-up following a 2-0 defeat by Gangneung City in the championship final.^[10]

Gyeongju KHNP joined the newly relaunched K3 League in its inaugural season after it absorbed the National League in 2020. They finished the 2020 season as runners-up.^[11]

In 2016, Gyeongju KHNP FC and the mayor of Gyeongju announced that a women's football team would be established alongside the existing men's team.^[12] Gyeongju KHNP WFC was formally launched in 2017.^[13]

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

K3 League
- Runners-up (1): 2020
National League
- Winners (2): 2017, 2018
- Runners-up (4): 2010, 2013, 2015, 2019

Cups

National League Championship
- Winners (3): 2008, 2014, 2019
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2018
National Sports Festival
- Gold Medal (1): 1967
- Silver Medal (1): 2009
National Football Championship
- Winners (2): 1962, 1965
- Runners-up (4): 1964, 1967, 1980, 1982
President's Cup
- Winners (1): 1962
- Runners-up (3): 1964, 1967, 1993

Season-by-season records

Season	Korea National League											Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (league goals)	Manager
Season	Stage	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (league goals)	Manager
2003	First stage	10	9	0	3	6	5	15	–10	3	10th	did not qualify	None	Park Sin-young (3)	Bae Jong-woo
2003	Second stage	10	9	0	4	5	4	14	–10	4	10th	did not qualify	None	Park Sin-young (3)
2004	First stage	10	9	3	3	3	9	9	0	12	4th	Preliminary round	Semifinals	Kim Hong-ki (4) Kim Jung-hyun (4)
2004	Second stage	10	9	2	3	4	10	15	–5	9	8th	Preliminary round	Semifinals	Kim Hong-ki (4) Kim Jung-hyun (4)
2005	First stage	11	10	1	2	7	7	14	–7	5	10th	Round of 16	Group stage	Lee Hyun-dong (4)
2005	Second stage	11	10	0	3	7	6	20	–14	3	11th	Round of 16	Group stage	Lee Hyun-dong (4)
2006	First stage	11	10	1	3	6	8	15	–7	6	9th	First round	Quarterfinals	Kim Seung-ho (6)
2006	Second stage	11	10	2	2	6	10	22	–12	8	9th	First round	Quarterfinals	Kim Seung-ho (6)
2007	First stage	12	11	3	5	3	13	10	+2	14	5th	First round	Group stage	Jeong Woong (4)
2007	Second stage	12	11	1	4	6	7	17	–10	7	10th	First round	Group stage	Jeong Woong (4)
2008	First stage	14	13	4	4	5	16	17	–1	16	8th	First round	Winners	Cho Joo-young (10)
2008	Second stage	14	13	6	2	5	18	13	+5	20	6th	First round	Winners	Cho Joo-young (10)
2009	First stage	14	13	3	5	5	21	23	–2	14	11th	First round	Runners-up	Cho Joo-young (8)
2009	Second stage	13	12	3	5	4	14	18	–4	14	9th	First round	Runners-up	Cho Joo-young (8)
2010	First stage	15	14	8	4	2	28	19	+9	28	1st	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Kim Young-nam (18)
	Second stage	15	14	3	2	9	17	24	–7	11	14th
	Playoffs	4	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	—	Runners-up
2011	Regular season	14	26	9	8	9	40	38	+2	35	8th	Round of 32	Group stage	Hong Hyung-gi (10)	Bae Jong-woo (September 2011) Uh Yong-kuk (interim)
2012	Regular season	14	26	3	3	20	22	54	–32	12	14th	Round of 32	Quarterfinals	Kang Sung-bok (4)	Uh Yong-kuk
2013	Regular season	10	27	9	10	8	29	26	+3	37	4th	Round of 32	Group stage
2014	Regular season	10	27	14	6	7	41	28	+13	48	3rd	Round of 32	Winners
2015	Regular season	10	27	12	9	6	39	27	+12	45	3rd	Round of 32	Semifinals
2016	Regular season	10	27	11	9	7	43	31	+12	42	3rd	Round of 32	Group stage
2017	Regular season	8	27	14	9	5	39	21	+18	51	1st	Round of 32	Semifinals
2018	Regular season	8	27	18	7	3	46	25	+21	61	1st	Round of 16	Runners-up
2019	Regular season	8	28	10	11	7	35	28	+7	41	3rd	Quarterfinals	Winners
Season	K3 League											Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (league goals)	Manager
Season	Stage	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Korean FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (league goals)	Manager
2020	Regular season	16	22	12	6	4	38	20	+18	42	2nd	Round of 16	-		Seo Bo-won
2021	Regular season	15	28	13	7	8	39	30	+9	46	4th	Second Round	-
2022	Regular season	16	30	0	0	0	0	0	+-0	0	TBD	Second Round	-

Current squad

As of 25 March 2024^[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	KOR	Yoon Sang-eun
3	DF	KOR	Lee Seul-chan
4	DF	KOR	Yeo Jae-yul
5	DF	KOR	Yoon Byung-kwon
6	MF	KOR	Gwak Seong-uk
7	MF	KOR	Kim Jeong-joo
8	MF	KOR	Lee Dong-hee
9	FW	KOR	Lee Hyung-kyung
10	FW	BRA	Leonardo Kalil
11	FW	JPN	Reo Nishiguchi
13	GK	KOR	Han Seung-hyeob
14	FW	KOR	Lee Seok-gyu
16	DF	KOR	Jang Ji-sung
17	DF	KOR	Lee Yu-chan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	KOR	Moon Seung-won
19	FW	KOR	Cho Gun-kyu
20	DF	KOR	Lee Gi-un
21	GK	KOR	Kim Tae-heung
22	MF	KOR	Min Dong-jin
23	MF	KOR	Lee Hyuk-tak
24	MF	KOR	Kim Han-sung
27	DF	KOR	Kim Yeong-wook
29	DF	KOR	Lee Jun-seok
32	DF	KOR	Lee Byung-wook
44	DF	KOR	Kim Jin-hyuk
51	GK	KOR	Jung Sung-wook
77	FW	KOR	Woo Byung-chul
99	FW	KOR	Kim Soo-sung

Backroom staff

Coaching staff

Manager: Seo Bo-won
Head coach: Ha Yong-woo
Goalkeeping coach: Kim Min-gyu
Coaches: Kim Jung-gyum, Seo Dong-hyun
Medical trainer: Lee Seung-bok

Source: Official website^[15]

References

^ Lim, Ki-hwan (December 28, 2022). "어느새 파이널리스트까지... 경주 한수원 레벨업시킨 '송주희 매직'" [Finalists in no time.. Gyeongju KHNP level up thanks to 'Song Ju-hee magic']. Best Eleven (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "한전 체육부 결단 육상, 축구, 농구" (in Korean). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
^ "Korea Republic – Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
^ "한수원 축구단, 28일 오후3시 경주 홈 개막전" [KHNP FC to play opening home match at 3pm on 28th]. Gyeongju Focus (in Korean). March 26, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Kim, Dong-seok (April 10, 2003). "'세미 프로' K2리그 공식 출범" ['Semi-pro' K2 League formally launched]. Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Noh, Joo-hwan (June 6, 2010). "[내셔널리그 전기] 대전한국수력원자력 우승" [[National League first stage] Daejeon KHNP champions]. Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Kim, Dae-hwan (November 21, 2010). "대전 한수원 '한골차' 아쉬운 준우승" [Daejeon KHNP runners-up, missing out by just one goal]. Chungcheong Today (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "한수원 축구단 연고지 경주로 확정 대전 한수원을 경주 한수원축구단으로" [KHNP FC confirm move to Gyeongju, Daejeon KHNP becomes Gyeongju KHNP]. Gyeongju News (in Korean). February 19, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Park, Chan-joon (November 11, 2017). "경주한수원에 첫 우승 안긴 어용국-서보원의 '27년의 동행'" [Eo Yong-gook and Seo Bo-won's '27 year partnership' takes Gyeongju KHNP to first championship]. Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Lee, Young-ho (November 9, 2019). "강릉시청, 경주한수원 꺾고 내셔널리그 '10년 만의 챔피언'" [Gangneung City defeat Gyeongju KHNP to become National League champions for first time in ten years]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Um, Ji-young (December 6, 2020). "경주한수원 축구단 2020 통합 K3리그 준우승" [Gyeongju KHNP runners-up in 2020 integrated K3 League]. Sports DB (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Yoo, Hye-rin (October 17, 2016). "경주시-한수원, 경주 연고 여자 축구단 창단" [Gyeongju City and KHNP establish women's football team in Gyeongju]. Energy Korea News (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Lee, Sang-man (March 23, 2017). "경주 한수원 여자축구단 창단" [Gyeongju KHNP women's football club founded]. SeMyung Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "선수단 (남자)" [Squad (men's)]. Gyeongju KHNP FC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
^ "선수단 (남자)" [Squad (men's)]. Gyeongju KHNP FC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

External links

Official website (in Korean)

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[1] Lim, Ki-hwan (December 28, 2022). "어느새 파이널리스트까지... 경주 한수원 레벨업시킨 '송주희 매직'" [Finalists in no time.. Gyeongju KHNP level up thanks to 'Song Ju-hee magic']. Best Eleven (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[2] "한전 체육부 결단 육상, 축구, 농구" (in Korean). Retrieved 8 November 2019.

[3] "Korea Republic – Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

[4] "한수원 축구단, 28일 오후3시 경주 홈 개막전" [KHNP FC to play opening home match at 3pm on 28th]. Gyeongju Focus (in Korean). March 26, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[5] Kim, Dong-seok (April 10, 2003). "'세미 프로' K2리그 공식 출범" ['Semi-pro' K2 League formally launched]. Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[6] Noh, Joo-hwan (June 6, 2010). "[내셔널리그 전기] 대전한국수력원자력 우승" [[National League first stage] Daejeon KHNP champions]. Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[7] Kim, Dae-hwan (November 21, 2010). "대전 한수원 '한골차' 아쉬운 준우승" [Daejeon KHNP runners-up, missing out by just one goal]. Chungcheong Today (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[8] "한수원 축구단 연고지 경주로 확정 대전 한수원을 경주 한수원축구단으로" [KHNP FC confirm move to Gyeongju, Daejeon KHNP becomes Gyeongju KHNP]. Gyeongju News (in Korean). February 19, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[9] Park, Chan-joon (November 11, 2017). "경주한수원에 첫 우승 안긴 어용국-서보원의 '27년의 동행'" [Eo Yong-gook and Seo Bo-won's '27 year partnership' takes Gyeongju KHNP to first championship]. Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[10] Lee, Young-ho (November 9, 2019). "강릉시청, 경주한수원 꺾고 내셔널리그 '10년 만의 챔피언'" [Gangneung City defeat Gyeongju KHNP to become National League champions for first time in ten years]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[11] Um, Ji-young (December 6, 2020). "경주한수원 축구단 2020 통합 K3리그 준우승" [Gyeongju KHNP runners-up in 2020 integrated K3 League]. Sports DB (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[12] Yoo, Hye-rin (October 17, 2016). "경주시-한수원, 경주 연고 여자 축구단 창단" [Gyeongju City and KHNP establish women's football team in Gyeongju]. Energy Korea News (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[13] Lee, Sang-man (March 23, 2017). "경주 한수원 여자축구단 창단" [Gyeongju KHNP women's football club founded]. SeMyung Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[14] "선수단 (남자)" [Squad (men's)]. Gyeongju KHNP FC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

[15] "선수단 (남자)" [Squad (men's)]. Gyeongju KHNP FC. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

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