Seoul Jungnang Football Club () is a semi-professional South Korean football club based in Jungnang-gu, Seoul.
The club was founded in 2012 and plays in the K4 League, the fourth tier of football in South Korea.
History
The early years In 1982, Lee Min-geol, an attorney who played football in middle school, started an early morning soccer club in Myeonmok-dong, Seoul. He named the club Aram Football Club, and they participated in the Seoul City Office Workers' Football. In 1992, on the 10th anniversary of the club, its name was changed to Mustang Football Club.
From the start, the club was focused on the love of football, not on competitive achievements. It was not uncommon for members of the club to use their own money to support other players' participation. In 1997, they started an independent youth club and ran youth tournaments to support youth football development.
In 2002 the team started competing in the Puma Cup Footy League, which would later become the Connie Green Cup, the predecessor to the amateur K3 League. During this period the club was briefly named Dongdaemun Mustang Football Club, but when Myeonmok-dong was incorporated into Jungnang-gu, the team name naturally became Jungnang Mustang Football Club.
Lee Min-geol had dreams of playing on a bigger stage and giving player who failed during their youth careers another chance at professional football. In 2011 he teamed up with Park Hyung-yeon, fellow football lover and head of the Chorus Law Firm, to push for entry in the K3 Challengers League.
Jungnang Mustang Chorus Football Club
The predecessors to the current club were an important part of the team's history, but officially the team was founded on 28 February 2012 as Jungnang Chorus Mustang Football Club. Staying with their goal of providing a home for player who failed in other areas, the team raised eyebrows by refusing to recruit professional players doing their military civil service, and focused on recruiting high school graduates from and university dropouts.
The club's first season could be considered a failure, finishing 16th out of 18 teams. But the owners were adamant that the team was focused on development, and players should enjoy football instead of worrying about winning.
In the years since, the team has had only one season successful competitive season. However, the focus of the team never shifted and as late as 2023, Lee Min-geol still maintained that the clubs is focused on player development over team success in competitions.
In 2017 the team changed their name to the simpler Seoul Jungnang Football Club, but the club emblem still displays the original name.
Honours K3 League Basic Winners (1): 2017
Season-by-season records Season Teams League Position Korea Cup Notes 2012 18 K3 Challengers League 7th in Group A 25 6 2 17 33 75–42 20DNQ 2013 18 K3 Challengers League 7th in Group B 25 6 4 15 38 68–30 22DNQ 2014 18K3 Challengers League 3rd in Group A 25 14 6 5 53 28+25 48Round of 32 Championship Playoffs, 1st Round 2015 18 K3 League 4th in Group B 25 12 2 11 48 37+11 38Third Round 2016 20 K3 League 13th 19 6 4 9 25 27–2 22Second Round Relegation 2017 9 K3 League Basic 1st 16 12 4 0 43 12+31 40Second Round League Champions, Automatic Promotion 2018 12 K3 League Advanced 12th 22 3 1 18 23 74–51 10Third Round Relegation 2019 8 K3 League Basic 5th 21 6 1 14 25 40–15 19First Round 2020 13 K4 League 13th 24 2 5 17 22 57 –35 11First Round 2021 16 K4 League 14th 30 6 7 17 33 62–29 25First Round 2022 17 K4 League 13th 32 11 4 17 38 46 -8 37Second Round 2023 16 K4 League 15th 30 6 7 17 32 57 -25 25Second Round 2024 13 K4 League 11th 24 8 6 10 34 38 -4 26First RoundReceived 4 point deduction League tables for K3 League Basic do not seem to exist outside the Wikipedia articles for those seasons.
Current squad
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