| Clubname: | Gyeongju Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power FC |
| Fullname: | Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Football Club 경주 한국수력원자력 축구단 |
| Short Name: | KHNP |
| Founded: | (original) 1962 (refounded) |
| Ground: | Gyeongju Civic Stadium |
| Capacity: | 12,199 |
| Owner: | Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power |
| Chairman: | Jung Jae-hoon |
| Coach: | Seo Bo Won |
| League: | K3 League |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Position: | K3 League, 3rd |
| Website: | http://www.khnp.co.kr/khnpfc/ |
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Gyeongju Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power FC (ko|경주 한국수력원자력 FC) or simply Gyeongju KHNP is a South Korean football team based in Gyeongju. They currently compete in the K3 League. They are run by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, and play their home games at Gyeongju Civic Stadium.
The club was originally founded in 1945 as Gyeongseong Electric Football Club but was dissolved in 1950 due to the Korean War.[1] They were later re-established in 1962 as the KEPCO Football Club .[2] [3] From 2001, the team was re-established again, this time as KHNP FC .[4] Based in Daejeon, the club joined the semi-professional Korea National League, known at the time as the K2 League, in its inaugural season in 2003.[5]
As Daejeon KHNP, they were runners-up in the 2010 National League, losing to Suwon City in the playoff final after finishing the first stage of the league in first place.[6] [7]
Ahead of the 2013 season, the club relocated to Gyeongju.[8] Rebranded as Gyeongju KHNP, they were National League runners-up again in 2013 and 2015 before becoming champions for the first time in 2017.[9]
They successfully defended their title in 2018 but failed to gain a third in 2019, finishing as runners-up following a 2-0 defeat by Gangneung City in the championship final.[10]
Gyeongju KHNP joined the newly relaunched K3 League in its inaugural season after it absorbed the National League in 2020. They finished the 2020 season as runners-up.[11]
In 2016, Gyeongju KHNP FC and the mayor of Gyeongju announced that a women's football team would be established alongside the existing men's team.[12] Gyeongju KHNP WFC was formally launched in 2017.[13]
| Season | Korea National League | Korean FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer (league goals) | Manager | |||||||||||||
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| Stage | Teams | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | Position | ||||||||
| 2003 | First stage | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | –10 | 3 | 10th | did not qualify | None |  Park Sin-young (3) | Bae Jong-woo | |||
| Second stage | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | –10 | 4 | 10th | ||||||||
| 2004 | First stage | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 4th | Preliminary round | Semifinals | Kim Hong-ki (4) Kim Jung-hyun (4) | ||||
| Second stage | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | –5 | 9 | 8th | ||||||||
| 2005 | First stage | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | –7 | 5 | 10th | Round of 16 | Group stage | Lee Hyun-dong (4) | ||||
| Second stage | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | –14 | 3 | 11th | ||||||||
| 2006 | First stage | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | –7 | 6 | 9th | First round | Quarterfinals | Kim Seung-ho (6) | ||||
| Second stage | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | –12 | 8 | 9th | ||||||||
| 2007 | First stage | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +2 | 14 | 5th | First round | Group stage | Jeong Woong (4) | ||||
| Second stage | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | –10 | 7 | 10th | ||||||||
| 2008 | First stage | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | –1 | 16 | 8th | First round | Winners | Cho Joo-young (10) | ||||
| Second stage | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 20 | 6th | ||||||||
| 2009 | First stage | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | –2 | 14 | 11th | First round | Runners-up | Cho Joo-young (8) | ||||
| Second stage | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | –4 | 14 | 9th | ||||||||
| 2010 | First stage | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 28 | 1st | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Kim Young-nam (18) | ||||
| Second stage | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 24 | –7 | 11 | 14th | ||||||||
| Playoffs | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | Runners-up | ||||||||
| 2011 | Regular season | 14 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 35 | 8th | Round of 32 | Group stage | Hong Hyung-gi (10) | Bae Jong-woo (September 2011) Uh Yong-kuk (interim) | |||
| 2012 | Regular season | 14 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 54 | –32 | 12 | 14th | Round of 32 | Quarterfinals | Kang Sung-bok (4) | Uh Yong-kuk | |||
| 2013 | Regular season | 10 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 37 | 4th | Round of 32 | Group stage | |||||
| 2014 | Regular season | 10 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 48 | 3rd | Round of 32 | Winners | |||||
| 2015 | Regular season | 10 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 45 | 3rd | Round of 32 | Semifinals | |||||
| 2016 | Regular season | 10 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 42 | 3rd | Round of 32 | Group stage | |||||
| 2017 | Regular season | 8 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 51 | 1st | Round of 32 | Semifinals | |||||
| 2018 | Regular season | 8 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 61 | 1st | Round of 16 | Runners-up | |||||
| 2019 | Regular season | 8 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 41 | 3rd | Quarterfinals | Winners | |||||
| Season | K3 League | Korean FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer (league goals) | Manager | |||||||||||||
| Stage | Teams | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | Position | ||||||||
| 2020 | Regular season | 16 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 42 | 2nd | Round of 16 | rowspan=1 | - | Seo Bo-won | |||
| 2021 | Regular season | 15 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 46 | 4th | Second Round | rowspan=1 | - | ||||
| 2022 | Regular season | 16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +-0 | 0 | TBD | Second Round | rowspan=1 | - | ||||
As of 25 March 2024[14]
Source: Official website[15]