Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
전북 현대 모터스

Full name	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club 전북 현대 모터스 축구단
Founded	1994, as Jeonbuk Dinos FC
Ground	Jeonju World Cup Stadium (Jeonju Castle) (Capacity: 43,348)
Owner	Hyundai Motor Company
Chairman	Chung Mong-Koo
Manager	Choi Kang-Hee
League	K-League
2011 Season	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Hangul	전북 현대 모터스
Revised Romanization	Jeonbuk Hyeondae Moteoseu
McCune–Reischauer	Chǒnpuk Hyŏndae Motǒsǔ

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Korean: 전북 현대 모터스) are a professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea. They won their first K-League title in 2009. Prior to this, the club won the AFC Champions League title in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since the AFC Champions League was launched in its current format in 2003, and for a time being the only team in the world to have become continental champions without ever having won a domestic title. This title guaranteed Jeonbuk's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2006.

Jeonbuk are one of only two clubs to have won Korean FA Cup on more than one occasion (in 2000, 2003, 2005). Jeonbuk became the champion of the K-League for the first time in their history in 2009. The club's color is green which is also the color of Jeonbuk Province. Jeonbuk have been playing at the 42,477 capacity Jeonju World Cup Stadium (nicknamed Jeonju Castle) since 2002.

On the 22nd of October 2011, Jeonbuk claimed their first-place spot in the K-League for the second time in their history. Furthermore, they reached the final of the AFC Champions League, where they reached runners-up position to Al-Sadd after a dramatic penalty-shootout.^[1]

History

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motor's predecessor was founded in January 1993 under the original name of Wansan Puma FC. Oh Hyung-Kun was the founder of the team, which was the first team to be named after a home location in the history of the K-League.

However, they were not able to raise enough funds and Wansan Puma FC went into bankruptcy before they could take their place in the K-League. Many people were eager to keep their club and Bobae Ltd., a local alcohol manufacturer, fortunately offered financial support to the club. The club joined the K-League in 1994 after changing its name to 'Jeonbuk Buffalo'. The team began losing money and the team was dissolved after final match in 1994 season. In 1994, Korea was under 2002 World Cup bid campaign, So Hyundai Motors took over Jeonbuk Buffalo's players and launched new club as Jeonbuk Dionos on December 12, 1994.

K-League officially stated that Jeonbuk Buffalo and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are different club. Therefore Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors's history and statistics and records are from December 12, 1994.

Since 1994, Jeonbuk have not seriously challenged for the Korean League title, often languishing in mid-table. After Choi Gang-hee was appointed manager in July 2005, Jeonbuk won the Korean FA Cup in December of that year. In 2006, Jeonbuk finished a disappointing eleventh in the Korean League, however the season had a surprising ending, as Jeonbuk won their first AFC Champions Cup final in Homs, Syria. En route to the final they defeated the champions of Japan and China, Gamba Osaka and Dalian Shide, and they also beat Ulsan Horang-i, the champion of Korea, in the semi-final. They triumphed 3–2 on aggregate over Al-Karama, the champion of Syria, in the final.

They had an opportunity to join the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2006 as AFC Champions. They lost their first game 0–1 to Club América in the semi-final on December 10, however, they defeated Auckland City FC 3–0 on December 14 and finished fifth in the tournament.

In 2009, Jeonbuk became the champion of K-League by beating Seongnam Ilhwa 3–1 in aggregate in the K-League Championship on December 6.

Records

K-League records 1994 – 2009

Year	Position	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals Scored	Goals Against
1994	7	30	3	5	22	30	62
1995	7	28	9	4	15	27	42
1996	5	32	10	7	15	41	49
1997	6	18	6	8	4	32	25
1998	6	18	9	0	9	30	35
1999	7	27	12	0	15	40	44
2000	4	28	15	0	13	35	42
2001	9	27	5	10	12	23	33
2002	7	27	8	11	8	37	36
2003	5	44	18	15	11	72	58
2004	6	24	8	8	8	46	23
2005	11	24	4	6	14	24	41
2006	11	26	5	11	10	24	34
2007	8	26	9	9	8	36	32
2008	4	26	11	4	11	39	37
2009	1	28	17	6	5	59	33
2010	3	31	17	6	8	57	37
total	-	436	149	104	183	593	630

Club honors

Domestic

Professional

• K-League

Champions (1) : 2009

• FA Cup

Champions (3) : 2000, 2003, 2005

Runner-up (1) : 1999

• Korean Super Cup

Champions (1) : 2004

Runner-up (2) : 2001, 2006

Amateur

• Korean President's Cup

Champions (1) : 1999

International

• AFC Champions League

Champions (1) : 2006

Runner-up (1) : 2011

• Asian Cup Winners Cup

Runner-up (1) : 2002

Managers

As of December 19, 2006. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L
Cha Kyung-Bok		November 1994	December 1996	75	23	16	36
Choi Man-Hee		December 1996	July 2001	160	53	32	75
Nam Dae-Sik [2]		August 2001	September 2001	14	2	6	6
Cho Yoon-Hwan		October 2001	June 2005	137	47	49	41
Kim Hyung-Yul [3]		June 2005	July 2005	6	2	0	4
Choi Kang-Hee		July 2005		76	26	19	31

Current squad

As of June 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Sim Woo-Yeon 4 DF Kim Sang-Sik 5 DF Son Seung-Joon 6 DF Jin Kyung-Sun 7 MF Kim Young-Woo 8 MF Eninho 9 FW Jeong Seong-Hoon 10 MF Luiz Henrique 11 MF Lee Seung-Hyun 13 MF Jung Hoon 15 FW Kim Dong-Chan 16 DF Cho Sung-Hwan (captain) 17 MF Lim You-Hwan 18 MF Huang Bowen 19 FW Krunoslav Lovrek 20 FW Lee Dong-Gook 21 GK Kim Min-Sik 22 MF Kim Hyeung-Bum

No. Position Player 23 MF Ha Sung-Min 25 DF Choi Chul-Soon 26 MF Seo Jung-Jin 27 MF Kim Ji-Woong 28 MF Park Jung-Hoon 29 DF Lee Kwang-Hyun 30 MF Jeon Kwang-Hwan 31 GK Hong Jeong-Nam 32 DF Kim Jae-Hwan 33 MF Park Won-Jae 34 DF Kim Min-Hak 35 DF Oh Jong-Cheol 36 DF Kim Seung-Rok 37 DF Im Dong-Jun 38 DF Kim Kyung-Min 39 MF Kang Kyung-Won 40 DF Kim Hak-Jin 41 GK Lee Bum-Soo

Squad number 12 is reserved for the Jeonbuk FC supporters, 'MGB'.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Kwon Sun-Tae (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)

Backroom staff

Coaching staff

• Manager: Choi Kang-Hee
• First team coach: Lee Heung-Sil
• Goalkeeping coach: Choi In-Young
• Fitness coach: Shin Hong-Ki
• Trainer: Kim Hyun-Soo
• Scout: Cha Jong-Bok
• Director of youth academy (U-12): Ahn Jae-Suk
• Director of youth academy (U-18): Jo Seong-Hwan
• Coach of youth academy (U-18): Kim Keong-Ryang
• Goalkeeper coach of youth academy (U-18): Kim Hae-Woon

Support staff

• Club doctor: Song Ha-Heon
• Assistant club doctor: Kim Byung-Woo
• Assistant club doctor: Lee Hyun-Ju
• Assistant club doctor: Lee Hyuk-Jun
• Physical trainer: Fabio
• Interpreter: Yoon Chul-Hee

Notable former players

Jusuf Dajić Botti Léomar Leiria Magno Alves Zé Carlos Milton Rodriguez Paulo Rink Edmilson Aleksei Prudnikov Cho Jae-Jin Choi Jin-Cheul

Choi Tae-Uk Kang Min-Soo Kim Do-Hoon Kim Hyun-Soo Lee Kyung-Choon Park Seong-Bae Seo Dong-Myung Seo Hyuk-Su Yoon Jung-Hwan Vitaliy Parakhnevych Dalian Atkinson

Crest

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  1997–2000
  

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  2000–2005
  

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  2006–present
  

Sponsors

Kit Supplier

• 1994: Puma
• 1995: Ludis
• 1996: Fuerza Sports
• 1997-03: Adidas
• 2004: Umbro
• 2005–06: Reebok
• 2007–: Hummel

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of football clubs in South Korea

Notes

1. ^ CNN :: History for Qatar as Al Sadd win Asian title in dramatic shootout
2. ^ Nam Dae-Sik served as caretaker manager.
3. ^ Kim Hyung-Yul served as caretaker manager.

External links

• (Korean) (English) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Official site
• (Korean) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Twitter
• (English) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at ROKfootball.com
• Supporters' community – Mad Green Boys, in Korean
• The 1st leg of the AFC Champions League final VOD, 2006.11.01
• The 2nd leg of the AFC Champions League final VOD, 2006.11.08
• OleOle's Coverage of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at the FIFA Club World Cup 2006

Achievements
Preceded by Al-Ittihad	Champions of Asia 2006	Succeeded by Urawa Red Diamonds
Preceded by Suwon Samsung Bluewings	K-League Champions 2009	Succeeded by FC Seoul