Hongcheon County and Gangwon FS sign home-base agreement; nine home games at Hongcheon General Sports Complex

[Financial News, Hongcheon = Kim Gi-seop, reporter] Professional futsal team Gangwon FS will make Hongcheon its new home and welcome home fans at Hongcheon General Sports Complex for the next three seasons.
According to Hongcheon County on the 10th, the county signed an agreement with Gangwon Football Club that day to establish Gangwon FS’s home base and host its home games. Under the agreement, Gangwon FS, the futsal team operated by Gangwon Football Club, will be based in Hongcheon County and use Hongcheon General Sports Complex as its home venue from the 2026–27 season through the 2028–29 season.
Gangwon FS will play all nine of its home games in Hongcheon County during this FK League 1 season. Its first game will be against Yongin Jisol FS at 2 p.m. on the 15th. It will then continue playing home games through next March against Goyang Bulls Futsal Club, Nowon Jene FS, Seoul Eunpyeong Tenforce and Hwaseong FS, among others.
The 21-member squad consists of head coach Choi Gyeong-jin, assistant head coach Lee Gwang-geun and 18 players. Two of them, Hongcheon natives Lee Jun-hee (No. 3) and Lee Han-ul (No. 11), will play in front of fans in their hometown, and local support is expected to be strong.
Hongcheon County Governor Shin Young-jae said, “Now that residents can enjoy professional futsal at a gym close to home, we will do our utmost to ensure that all nine home games take place without a hitch,” adding, “Together with Gangwon FS, we will make the name of Hongcheon, a sports city, more widely known.”
Gangwon Football Club CEO Kim Byung-ji said, “With players who will take the field in their hometown among the team, we will repay the residents with good performances and establish ourselves as a team that shares their pulse.”

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