Asan Mugunghwa Football Club () was a South Korean

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club based in

Asan Asan (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It borders the Seoul Capital Area to the north. Asan has a population of approximately 400,000. Asan is known for its many hot springs an ...

. The club's players were South Korean professional footballers who were serving their two-year military duty.

History

Founding and Police FC era

Founded as National Police Department FC in 1961, the club changed its name to Seoul Police Department FC in 1962 then back to its original name in 1967. During its history it won a number of competitions such as the

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and the Korea Semi-Professional Football League in the 1960s before it was dissolved in November 1967. The club was reinstated in 1996, and it partly consisted of players serving their compulsory two-year military duty, similar to the other military club, Sangju Sangmu.

Professionalization and Ansan era (2013–2016)

In 2013, Police FC joined the K League Challenge. In February 2014, Police FC was based in

Ansan Ansan (, ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies southwest of Seoul and is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area. It is connected to Seoul by rail via Seoul Subway Line 4. It is situated on the Yellow Sea coast and some islands lie ...

( Ansan Wa~ Stadium) and renamed to Ansan Police FC. In January 2016, the club name was changed to Ansan Mugunghwa FC. The Korean word Mugunghwa means hibiscus syriacus and is the symbol of the Korean Police.

Asan era (2017–2019)

After the 2016 season, Ansan Mugunghwa moved to the unrelated

, becoming Asan Mugunghwa FC. Per K League policies, the new team did not take over records and history of the previous one and were registered as a different team. Asan Mugunghwa were disbanded in 2019 to make way for another team,

Chungnam Asan FC Chungnam Asan FC () is a South Korean football club based in Asan that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. They play their home games at Yi Sun-sin Stadium. History In November 2019, it was announced that Asan ...

, which have no ties to the police at all.

Club name history

*1996–2013: Police FC *2014–2015: Ansan Police FC *2016: Ansan Mugunghwa FC *2017–2019: Asan Mugunghwa FC

Honours

Asan Mugunghwa (2017–2019)

* K League 2 **Winners (1):

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Ansan Mugunghwa (2014–2016)

* K League Challenge **Winners (1):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Police FC (1996–2013)

* K League Challenge **Runners-up (1):

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* National Semi-Professional Football League **Winners (1): 2002 Fall

Managers

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