Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters: Difference between revisions

| name = AnyangJung KGCKwan <brJang />Red 안양 KGC인삼공사Boosters

| history = '''SBS Basketball Team''' <br /> 1992–1997 <br /> '''Anyang SBS Stars''' <br /> 1997–2005 <br /> '''Anyang KT&G Kites''' <br /> 2005–2010 <br /> '''Anyang Korea Ginseng Corporation''' <br /> 2010–2011 <br />'''Anyang KGC''' <br /> 2011–present2011–2023<br /> '''Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters'''<br />2023–present

| arena = [[Anyang Sports Complex|Anyang Gymnasium]]

| championships = '''34''' [[Korean Basketball League|Korean League]]s

The '''Anyang KoreaJung GinsengKwan CorporationJang Red Boosters''' ({{lang-ko|안양 KGC인삼공사정관장 레드부스터스}}), or '''Anyang KGC''', is a professional [[basketball]] club in the [[Korean Basketball League]], based at [[Anyang Sports Complex|Anyang ArenaGymnasium]] in the city of [[Anyang, Gyeonggi|Anyang]]. The club has won threefour KBL championship titles, in ([[2011–12 KBL season|2011–12]], [[2016–17 KBL season|2016–17]], and [[2020–21 KBL season|2020–21]], and 2022–23).

Anyang KGC traces its lineage to the amateur basketball team started by [[Seoul Broadcasting System]] (SBS) in 1992. It was one of several basketball teams started by corporate companies hoping to take advantage of the "basketball craze" taking place during the early to mid-1990s. Prior to 1997, domestic basketball was an amateur sport and all teams, whether sponsored by a corporate company or a university, participated in the National Basketball Festival ({{Korean: |hangul=농구대잔치|labels=no}}) competition. The SBS team lacked the financial resources to attract the era's biggest stars and was mostly overshadowed by the dominance of the [[Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus|Kia]], [[Seoul Samsung Thunders|Samsung Electronics]] and [[Jeonju KCC Egis|Hyundai Electronics]] and the college teams from [[Yonsei University]] and [[Korea University]]. One of the better-known players from this era was [[Jung Jae-kun]].<ref>{{cite news|title=<농구대잔치>상무 표필상.정재근 앞장 기업은행 제쳐|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/2847256#home|work=[[JoongAng Ilbo]]|date=December 27, 1993|language=ko}}</ref>

The [[2011–12 KBL season|2011–12 season]] was a major milestone for the team as they won their first ever Championship. At that time, Anyang had a relatively young and inexperienced squad, consisting of center [[Oh Se-keun]], forward [[Yang Hee-jong]] and guards [[Kim Tae-sul]], [[Park Chan-hee (basketball)|Park Chan-hee]] and [[Lee Jung-hyun (basketball)|Lee Jung-hyun]], while their own head coach Lee Sang-beom was only in his third season as a head coach of a KBL team.<ref>{{cite news|title=곰인줄 알았는데 … 강동희도 놀란 ‘여우’ 이상범|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/7895618#home|work=[[JoongAng Ilbo]]|date=April 14, 2012|language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=기쁜 우리 젊은 날 1|url=https://www.gqkorea.co.kr/2012/05/08/%EA%B8%B0%EC%81%9C-%EC%9A%B0%EB%A6%AC-%EC%A0%8A%EC%9D%80-%EB%82%A0-1/|work=[[GQ|GQ Korea]]|date=May 8, 2012|language=ko}}</ref> The team suffered the embarrassment of scoring only 41 points in the January game against eventual regular season champions [[Wonju Dongbu Promy]] and setting an all-time record for the lowest score in a league game.<ref>{{cite news|title='무록' KGC 양희종, 챔프전 히든카드로 급부상|url=https://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB10086792|publisher=[[JTBC]]|date=March 25, 2012|language=ko}}</ref> Despite the setbacks, Anyang managed to reach the final of the play-offs, where they were up against Dongbu. Pundits and observers had predicted the young squad was no match for a Dongbu team which earned the nickname "Dongbu Mountain Fortress" ({{Korean: |hangul=동부산성|labels=no}}) for recording the league's best defensive record.<ref>{{cite news|title=달라진 구단명, 달라지지 않은 연고지|url=http://basketkorea.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=179526157257221&dt=m|work=Basket Korea|date=March 27, 2020|language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='동부산성'의 위력 앞에 모비스 무릎 꿇다|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/01/05/2012010502784.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=January 5, 2012|language=ko}}</ref> Anyang won four out of six games to lift the Championship trophy for the first time in its history.<ref>{{cite news|title=오세근 시대 개막…인삼공사 첫 우승|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/scoreboard/527206.html|work=[[The Hankyoreh]]|date=April 6, 2012|language=ko}}</ref> Oh, Yang, Kim, Park and Lee became collectively known as ''Insamshinki'' (Hangul: {{Korean|hangul=인삼신기|labels=no}}), a portmanteau of KGC's Korean name ''Insamgongsa'' (Hangul: {{Korean|hangul=인삼공사|labels=no}}) and [[TVXQ|Dong Bang Shin Ki]] (Hangul: {{Korean|hangul=동방신기|labels=no}}). The quintet went on to carve out their own decorated careers as the league's top domestic players and establish themselves as the backbone of the [[South Korea men's national basketball team|national team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=함께 별을 딴 동료의 첫 굿바이, 인삼신기가 김태술에게|url=http://jumpball.co.kr/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065604937327856|work=Jumpball|date=May 14, 2021|language=ko}}</ref>

* 2011–present2011–2023: '''Anyang KGC'''

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