Hunters FC
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| Full name | Hunters Football Club |
|---|---|
| Ground | MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Owner | Dong-geun Kim[1] |
| Manager | Chimeddorj Munkhbat |
| League | Mongolian Premier League |
| 2022/23 | 1st, First League (promoted) |
| Website | https://www.huntersfc.com/ |
Hunters FC (Mongolian: Хантерс ФК) is a Mongolian professional association football club from Ulaanbaatar that currently competes in the Mongolian Premier League.[2]
History
[edit]Hunters FC has been competing in the Mongolian league system since at least 2019. Prior to the 2022/23 season, the club was purchased by Dong-geun Kim of South Korea and was placed under the Mongolia Korea Economy Support Conference umbrella. The group purchased the club for the purpose of Christian evangelization in Mongolia.[3]
The club won the 2022/2023 Second League with an undefeated season and were automatically promoted for the following campaign.[2] The club then finished its first season in the First League undefeated, earning its second consecutive promotion and qualifying to compete in the Mongolia Premier League for the first time for the 2024/2025 season.[4] Hunters FC played its first-ever top flight match on 17 August 2024, losing 0–3 to Deren FC. The defeat was the club's first in a league fixture since 2022.[3]
Domestic history
[edit]- Key
Champion Runners-up 3rd Place
| Season | League | Domestic Cup | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | P | |||
| 2019[5] | 4th | 8th
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Promoted to Second League | |
| 2019[5] | 3rd | 7th
|
8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Relegated to National Amateur Cup | ||
| 2020[6] | 4th | 2nd
|
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | Promoted to Second League | |
| 2020[6] | 3rd | Promoted to First League | |||||||
| 2021[7] | 2nd | 4th
|
9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||
| 2021/2022[8] | 2nd | 9th
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17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | Relegated to Second League | |
| 2022/2023[9] | 3rd | 1st
|
18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 48 | Promoted to First League | |
| 2023/2024[10] | 2nd | 1st
|
18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 48 | Promoted to Premier League | |
| 2024/2025 | 1st | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "몽골 헌터스 FC, 2023-2024 국가1부리그 우승" (in Korean). newsnnet.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ a b Grimm, Justin. "Hunters FC Win 2022/23 Second League". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b Grimm, Justin. "Club Spotlight: Hunters FC". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Grimm, Justin. "The 2023/2024 Mongolian Football Calendar Wraps Up". Mongolia Football Central. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b Grimm, Justin; Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2019". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b Grimm, Justin; Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2020". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Grimm, Justin; Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2021". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Grimm, Justin; Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2021/22". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Grimm, Justin; Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2022/23". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Grimm, Justin; Stokkermans, Karel. "Mongolia 2023/24". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 September 2023.