Chungbuk Cheongju FC (

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: 충북 청주 FC), formerly Cheongju FC (Korean: 청주 FC), is a South Korean football club based in the city of

Cheongju Cheongju () is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, specifically in the one where Sangdang Sanseong is ...

that competes in the

K League 2 The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1. H ...

, the second tier of South Korean football. The club was founded in 2002 and play their home games at the Cheongju Sports Complex Stadium.

History

The club was founded in 2002 as Cheongju Solveig Football Club, and competed at amateur level. In the 2009 season, the club joined the

K3 League The K3 League is the third tier of South Korean football league system, which was created from the rebranding of the Korea National League (2003–2019) and the former K3 League (2007–2019) into K3 League and K4 League in 2020. 16 teams ...

after changing its name to Cheongju Jikji FC. Before the 2019 season, the club merged with

Cheongju City FC Cheongju City Football Club was a South Korean football club based in the city of Cheongju. The club, originally named Cheonan FC and based in the city of Cheonan, rebranded to Cheongju City FC in February 2016. In October 2018, the club merged w ...

. In 2022, Cheongju FC announced that they would join the professional

in the 2023 season, and also renamed as Chungbuk Cheongju FC.

Season-by-season records

References

External links

Official website
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