FC Anyang is on a ‘rampage’ toward a dream promotion.
The team’s representative cheer is ‘Anyang Mob Mengjinga’. It is a cheer that symbolizes Anyang by adapting singer Nobrain’s Mob Mengjinga, and the lyrics contain the history of Anyang. “It’s the bitter revenge of the downtrodden. When we stand up with clenched fists, 토토사이트 we will see the end of that iron castle burning in flames” is a typical lyric.
Anyang was a representative team of the K League when it was Anyang LG, but it suddenly changed its affiliation and became FC Seoul, a capital city club that uses the Seoul World Cup Stadium as its affiliation. There is still a lot of buzz around the words “relocation” and “move” and there are many stories about the political and situational factors at the time. In the process, Anyang fans who lost their hometown team were abandoned.
The downtrodden rebuilt their team. The Anyang LG supporters’ efforts continued, and in 2012, the civic club FC Anyang was founded. Since its inception in 2013, Anyang has remained in the K League 2. After bouncing around the bottom of the league, the club finished third in 2019, its best finish since its inception. The team had a strong attack with Cho Kyu-sung, Alex, and Palacios, but lost to Busan I-Park in the playoffs.
The team went on to finish second and third, but ultimately failed to gain promotion. Last season, the team finished in sixth place after being hit hard by Jonatan’s DUI and the departures of Park Jae-yong and Andrigo in the summer transfer window.
Anyang, under new coach Yoo Byung-hoon, has been playing efficient soccer and racking up points. The team has been able to secure the top spot in the biting K League 2 while racking up points. With 33 goals conceded, Anyang is ranked first in the K League 2 for fewest goals conceded.
There were periods when they suffered back-to-back losses, but they didn’t collapse. Even with injuries, Lee Young-jik, Kim Jung-hyun, and others were able to hold the center of the team. Despite the absence of Nicholas Boojin due to Danrei’s injury, Kim Dong-jin, Mateusz, Yago, and others have contributed to the goals. In their last two games, the team has widened the gap with a 4-1 win over Busan and a 2-0 win over Chungbuk Cheongju.
They are in first place with three games remaining. They have reached 60 points with one less game than second-place Chungnam Asan (57 points). It’s a favorable position, but it’s not a safe one, as it can be overturned. They will have to go ‘all out’ in their remaining three matches to see promotion. That’s why the home match against the Jeonnam Dragons on the 29th is so important. If they can beat Jeonnam, Anyang will have crossed the promotion threshold to the ninth division.
We can’t let our guard down, but it’s a dream come true. A team founded by the downtrodden is about to open a new page of history. To avoid repeating their history of frustration, Anyang will go all-out again against Jeonnam.