Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC

	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC
Hangul	전북 현대 모터스
Hanja	全北現代 모터스
Revised Romanization	Jeonbuk Hyeondae Moteoseu
McCune–Reischauer	Chǒnbuk Hyŏndae Mot'ǒsǔ

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC
전북 현대 모터스
Full name	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club; 전북 현대 모터스 축구단
Nickname(s)	Warriors
Founded	1994, as Chonbuk Dinos
Ground	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity	42,477
Owner	Hyundai Motor Company
Chairman	Chung Eui-sun
Manager	José Morais
League	K League 1
2019	K League 1, 1st of 12 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (Korean: 전북 현대 모터스) is a professional football club based in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. Jeonbuk play at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, the capital city of the province. Jeonbuk has won the K League seven times, first in 2009. They have also won the Korean FA Cup three times, in 2000, 2003 and 2005.[1] The club has won the AFC Champions League twice, first 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 league title. This title guaranteed Jeonbuk's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2006. They won the second title in 2016.

The club's color is green which is also the color of North Jeolla Province. It's South Korea's most successful football club up to date.

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, offered financial support to the club. The club joined the K-League in 1994 after changing its name to Chonbuk Buffalo. The team ran into financial problems and was dissolved after the final match in the 1994 season. In 1994, Korea was under 2002 World Cup bid campaign, so Hyundai Motors took over Jeonbuk Buffalo's players and launched a new club called Jeonbuk Dinos on 12 December 1994.

K-League officially stated that Jeonbuk Buffalo and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are different clubs. Therefore, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors's history and statistics and records are from 12 December 1994.[1]

Since 1994, Jeonbuk have not seriously challenged for the Korean League title, often languishing in mid-table.[1] After Choi Gang-hee was appointed manager in July 2005, Jeonbuk won the Korean FA Cup in December of that year.[1] 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.[1] En route to the final they defeated the champions of Japan, Gamba Osaka, and Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua,[2] and they also beat Ulsan Horang-i, the champion of Korea, in the semi-finals.[3] They triumphed 3–2 on aggregate over Al-Karamah, the champion of Syria, in the final.[4]

They had an opportunity to join the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2006 as AFC Champions League winners.[5] They lost their first game 1–0 to América in the quarter-finals on 10 December, however, they defeated Auckland City 3–0 on 14 December and finished fifth in the tournament.[5] In 2009, Jeonbuk became the champion of K-League by beating Seongnam Ilhwa 3–1 on aggregate in the K-League Championship on 6 December 2009.[1][6]

On 22 October 2011, Jeonbuk claimed their first-place spot in the K-League for the second time in their history.[7] Furthermore, they reached the final of the AFC Champions League, where they lost to Al-Sadd after a penalty-shootout.[8] On 4 December 2011, Jeonbuk confirmed the K-League title with a 4–2 aggregate victory in the play-off final against Ulsan Hyundai.[1][9]

On 26 November 2016, Jeonbuk won their second AFC Champions League title after defeating Al Ain FC 3–2 on aggregate.[10]

Kit suppliers

1995: Ludis
1996: Fuerza Sports
1997–2003: Adidas
2004: Umbro
2005–2006: Reebok
2007–present: Hummel

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

K League 1

Winners (7): 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019

Runners-up (2): 2012, 2016

Cups

FA Cup

Winners (3): 2000, 2003, 2005

Runners-up (2): 1999, 2013

League Cup

Runners-up (1): 2010

Super Cup

Winners (1): 2004

Runners-up (2): 2001, 2006

President's Cup

Runners-up (1): 1999

International competitions

Asian

AFC Champions League

Winners (2): 2006, 2016

Runners-up (1): 2011

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (1): 2002

Worldwide

FIFA Club World Cup

Fifth place (2): 2006, 2016

Records

Season	Division	Tms.	Pos.	FA Cup	AFC CL
1995	1	8	7	–	–
1996	1	9	5	Quarter-final	–
1997	1	10	6	Round of 16	–
1998	1	10	6	Round of 16	–
1999	1	10	7	Final	–
2000	1	10	4	Winner	–
2001	1	10	9	Semi-final	–
2002	1	10	7	Quarter-final	–
2003	1	12	5	Winner	–
2004	1	13	6	Quarter-final	Semi-final
2005	1	13	12	Winner	–
2006	1	14	11	Round of 16	Winner
2007	1	14	8	Round of 16	Quarter-final
2008	1	14	4	Quarter-final	–
2009	1	15	1	Semi-final	–
2010	1	15	3	Quarter-final	Quarter-final
2011	1	16	1	Round of 16	Final
2012	1	16	2	Quarter-final	Group stage
2013	1	14	3	Final	Round of 16
2014	1	12	1	Semi-final	Round of 16
2015	1	12	1	Round of 16	Quarter-final
2016	1	12	2	Quarter-final	Winner
2017	1	12	1	Fourth round	–
2018	1	12	1	Round of 16	Quarter-final
2019	1	12	1	Round of 32	Round of 16

Key

Tms. = Number of teams
Pos. = Position in league

Managers

#	Name	From	To	Season
1	Cha Kyung-bok	1994/11/26	1996/12/05	1995–1996
2	Choi Man-hee	1996/12/06	2001/07/18	1997–2001
C	Nam Dae-sik	2001/07/19	2001/10/03	2001
3	Cho Yoon-hwan	2001/10/04	2005/06/12	2001–2005
C	Kim Hyung-yul	2005/06/13	2005/07/10	2005
4	Choi Kang-hee	2005/07/04 2013/06/28	2011/12/21 2018/12/02	2005–2011 2013–2018
C	Lee Heung-sil	2012/01/05	2012/12/12	2012
C	Fábio Lefundes	2012/12/20	2013/06/01	2013
C	Shin Hong-gi	2013/06/25	2013/06/27	2013
5	José Morais	2018/12/03	present	2019–

Squad

Current squad

As of 11 February 2020[11]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Lee Bum-young
2	DF	Lee Yong
3	DF	Choi Hee-won
4	DF	Oh Ban-suk
6	DF	Choi Bo-kyung
7	MF	Han Kyo-won
8	MF	Jeong Hyuk
9	FW	Lars Veldwijk
10	MF	Murilo Henrique
11	FW	Cho Gue-sung
13	MF	Kim Bo-kyung
14	MF	Lee Seung-gi
15	DF	Koo Ja-ryong
17	MF	Takahiro Kunimoto
18	DF	Na Seong-eun
19	DF	Park Won-jae
20	FW	Lee Dong-gook (captain)

No.	Position	Player
21	GK	Hong Jeong-nam
22	DF	Kim Jin-su
23	DF	Yun Ji-hyeok
24	MF	Kim Jae-seok
25	DF	Choi Chul-soon
26	DF	Hong Jeong-ho
27	FW	Myung Se-jin
28	MF	Son Jun-ho
29	FW	Lee Seong-yoon
31	GK	Song Bum-keun
32	DF	Lee Ju-yong
34	MF	Jang Yun-ho
51	GK	Kim Jung-hun
57	MF	Lee Soo-bin
77	MF	Lee Si-heon
99	DF	Kim Min-hyeok

Squad number 12 is reserved for the Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors supporters, Mad Green Boys.

Out on loan