Daejeon Hana Citizen

Daejeon Hana Citizen FC is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon, competing in K League 1, the top tier of the South Korean football league system. At the time of its foundation in 1997, Daejeon was the first community-owned club in South Korea, not being owned by any company. The club first entered the K League in the 1997 season, finishing in seventh place. In spite of a limited budget, Daejeon won the 2001 Korean FA Cup. It has not achieved sustained success in the K League, historically occupying the middle and lower reaches of the standings each season and spending long spells in the second-tier K League 2.