Yongin City Government Football Club () was a South Korean

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club based in

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. Founded in 2010, they played in the

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, the third tier of South Korean league football. They played their home games at the

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History

Founded on January 1, 2010, Yongin City FC gained membership of the

ahead of the 2010 season with the league expanding to fifteen sides. Former

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and South Korean international defender

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was appointed the club's inaugural manager.

Debut season

The club's debut match was a Second Round tie in the

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however they suffered a home defeat to

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, losing out 7–6 on penalties after the tie had finished 1–1 after

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. Yongin City made a solid start to life in the National League in 2010, then the unofficial second tier of football in Korea, finishing with the sixth-best overall record of all clubs in the division for 2010.

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at goal ...

and

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finished joint-top scorers for the club with six goals each during the campaign.

Professional encounter

Yongin endured a difficult second season during

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as they finished eleventh out of the fourteen teams that took part in the competition that year. That season's

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competition saw them come up against professional

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opposition for the first time when they were drawn to face

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at the

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. Yongin lost the match 4–0.

2012 National League playoff run

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proved to be Yongin's best ever league campaign to date as they finished the 26-game league campaign in sixth place and qualified for the post-season championship playoffs. In their first match they were drawn to play third-placed Gangneung City and Yongin triumphed 4–2 on penalties after the game finished goalless. That victory set up an encounter with Incheon Korail however Yongin were defeated 3–1 by the team that would go on to win in the championship playoff final. Despite a solid league campaign Yongin exited the 2012 FA Cup at the first hurdle yet again as their Second Round encounter with National Police FC ended in a 4–0 home reverse. There was to be some success for the squad at the National Sports Festival football tournament in October that year as they finished joint-third with

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and were awarded the bronze medal having been eliminated at the semi-final stage 10–9 on penalties by Gangneung City.

First FA Cup tie win

The club failed to build on the relative success of 2012 as they finished second-bottom of the much reduced-in-size 2013 National League season, the league having effectively been reduced in status to the unofficial third tier of football in Korea following the creation of the

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. Although Yongin finished ninth out of the ten sides they were just five points adrift of fourth place and the final championship playoff spot. The club recorded their first ever win in FA Cup competition during the 2013 edition of the tournament with a 1–0 win over

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in the Second Round. That victory set up a Third Round clash with

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side

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however Jeonbuk won 2–0.

Struggling in 2014

Yongin endured a tough 2014 National League season where they recorded just four wins in the 27 match season and ended up bottom of the league, seven points adrift of second-bottom

. There was to be no respite in any of the cup competitions either, with early exits from the National Sports Festival and the

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along with a 3–2 defeat to

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in the Second Round of the

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Managers

Honours

Domestic competitions

Cups

* National Sports Festival : Bronze Medal (1): 2012

Statistics

Club records

Crest

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References

{{Korea National League Yongin City FC Sport in Gyeonggi Province Sport in Yongin Association football clubs established in 2010 2010 establishments in South Korea Association football clubs disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in South Korea Defunct football clubs in South Korea