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Gender:Male

Est:2010

Players:22

Gwangju FC

Also known as: 광주 FC

📍 Gwangju, South Korea•South Korean K League 1

ID: team_138109

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Gwangju FC (Korean:광주 FC) is a South Korean professional football club. Based in Gwangju of South Korea, Gwangju FC joined the K League as its 16th club for the 2011 season.

City:Gwangju

Country:South Korea

Stadium:Gwangju World Cup Stadium

Capacity:40,245

Stadium

Gwangju World Cup Stadium

Capacity:40,245

Location:Gwangju

The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a football stadium in the South Korean city of Gwangju. It is managed by the Sports Support Division of the Culture & Sports Policy Office of the Gwangju Metropolitan city. Initially the stadium was named Gwangju World Cup Stadium to host some matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. To honour the South Korean national team coach Guus Hiddink, who helped the team advance to the semi-finals, for the first time in its history, by defeating Spain in this stadium, they have also named it the Guus Hiddink Stadium.