The club was founded in 1961 as Zainichi Chosen Football Club. Initially it maintained links with Chongryon, the pro-North Korea organization of Koreans in Japan, and recruited talent through the Korea University sports program.
Following the admission of the abductions of Japanese people by North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il in 2002, however, the club severed links with Chongryon and adopted the name Football Club Korea, using the English pronunciation of the name of the peninsula (see Names of Korea). The club adopted a pan-Korean identity in order to attract players affiliated with the South.
In 2008 FC Korea was promoted to the Kanto League Second Division and in 2010 they were promoted to the First Division, where they stayed until 2016 when they were relegated. By 2019 they were back in the Tokyo Metropolis League Second Division, where they remain.
In 2015, the United Korean Football Association in Japan (UKFAJ), an organization intended to promote the participation of the Korean diaspora in football on a wider basis, was founded, with a view to the formation of a dedicated Zainichi football team. This was achieved in November 2015, when the UKFAJ joined ConIFA, an organization designed to facilitate teams that represent unrecognized nations, sub-national entities and stateless peoples in playing international football.[1] The team representing the Zainichi people is based primarily around the FC Korea team. This team was subsequently selected as one of the twelve qualifiers for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup where it came in eight.[2]
Current squadedit
Squad for the 2022 season. Updated as of 23 March 2022.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
korea, japanese, koria, japanese, football, club, playing, kanto, soccer, league, japanese, regional, leagues, full, namefootball, club, koreafounded1961, years, 1961, groundakabane, park, stadiumakabane, kita, tokyochairmanlee, cheong, gyeongleaguetokyo, leag. FC Korea Japanese Efu Shi Koria is a Japanese football club playing in the Kanto Soccer League one of the Japanese Regional Leagues FC KoreaFull nameFootball Club KoreaFounded1961 62 years ago 1961 GroundAkabane Park StadiumAkabane Kita ku TokyoChairmanLee Cheong GyeongLeagueTokyo League Division 2WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 1 1 Zainichi Koreans international side 2 Current squad 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe club was founded in 1961 as Zainichi Chosen Football Club Initially it maintained links with Chongryon the pro North Korea organization of Koreans in Japan and recruited talent through the Korea University sports program Following the admission of the abductions of Japanese people by North Korean Leader Kim Jong il in 2002 however the club severed links with Chongryon and adopted the name Football Club Korea using the English pronunciation of the name of the peninsula see Names of Korea The club adopted a pan Korean identity in order to attract players affiliated with the South In 2008 FC Korea was promoted to the Kanto League Second Division and in 2010 they were promoted to the First Division where they stayed until 2016 when they were relegated By 2019 they were back in the Tokyo Metropolis League Second Division where they remain Zainichi Koreans international side edit See also United Koreans in Japan official football team In 2015 the United Korean Football Association in Japan UKFAJ an organization intended to promote the participation of the Korean diaspora in football on a wider basis was founded with a view to the formation of a dedicated Zainichi football team This was achieved in November 2015 when the UKFAJ joined ConIFA an organization designed to facilitate teams that represent unrecognized nations sub national entities and stateless peoples in playing international football 1 The team representing the Zainichi people is based primarily around the FC Korea team This team was subsequently selected as one of the twelve qualifiers for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup where it came in eight 2 Current squad editSquad for the 2022 season Updated as of 23 March 2022 3 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp KOR Lee Young jin3 DF nbsp KOR Shin Yong gi4 MF nbsp JPN Kyo Akitoshi5 MF nbsp KOR Jang So joo6 MF nbsp KOR Moon Soo hyun7 MF nbsp KOR Koo Jee hwang8 MF nbsp KOR Kim Seung ho9 FW nbsp KOR Kim Shin ho10 FW nbsp KOR Choi Hyeon kyu11 MF nbsp KOR Kim Tae soo No Pos Nation Player12 GK nbsp KOR Shin Yoo young13 DF nbsp KOR Kim Seung ji14 MF nbsp KOR Lee Dong joon16 DF nbsp KOR Hwang Se ho17 DF nbsp KOR Choi Hwi jeong18 MF nbsp KOR Shin Young ju19 GK nbsp KOR Cho Tae il20 DF nbsp KOR Jeong Hwang lee21 MF nbsp KOR Park Se hun23 FW nbsp KOR Kim Heong youngReferences edit United Koreans in Japan ConIFA World Football Cup 2016 draw is set Archived 2018 08 13 at the Wayback Machine ConIFA 2022 Squad in Japanese Retrieved 23 March 2022 External links editOfficial website FC Korea on Facebook nbsp nbsp This article about a Japanese association football club is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FC Korea amp oldid 1181701777, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
