Daegu Football Club, commonly referred to as
Daegu FC (
Korean: 대구 FC), is a
South Korean professional
football club based in
Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and the club made their
K League Classic debut in
2003. Historically, Daegu have always placed in the lower reaches of the K League Classic. Their best season in the K League Classic to date was
2006, when they finished in 7th place (out of 14 teams), as well as reaching the quarter-finals of the
Korean FA Cup. Two years later, in 2008, Daegu reached the semi-finals of the Korean FA Cup, but lost to the
Pohang Steelers. At the end of the
2013 season Daegu was relegated to the
K League Challenge.