Gimcheon Sangmu FC

Gimcheon Sangmu FC
Full nameGimcheon Sangmu Football Club
김천 상무 프로축구단
Founded1984 (1984) (as Sangmu FC)
2021 (2021) (as Gimcheon Sangmu FC)
GroundGimcheon Stadium
Capacity25,000
OwnerGimcheon Government and Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
ChairmanMayor of Gimcheon
ManagerChung Jung-yong
LeagueK League 1
2023K League 2, 1st of 13
(promoted)
Websitegimcheonfc.com

Gimcheon Sangmu Football Club (Korean김천 상무 프로축구단; Hanja金泉 尚武 프로蹴球團) is a South Korean professional football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Sangmu is the sports division of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

Sangmu's playing staff is made up of young South Korean professional footballers serving their compulsory two-year military duty. Fifteen players join up at the start of every season and spend two years with the side before returning to their previous professional club. Sangmu are not allowed to sign any foreign players because of their military status.

This article also includes the predecessor military-based teams – Sangmu FC, Gwangju Sangmu FC and Sangju Sangmu FC – which are still separate legal entities.


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