Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors_FC

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

South Korean football club

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (Korean: 전북 현대 모터스) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Jeonbuk have won the K League a record nine times, including five consecutive titles between 2017 and 2021, and the Korean FA Cup five times.[1] The club have also won the AFC Champions League twice, first in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since it was launched in its current format in 2003. The club's home ground is the Jeonju World Cup Stadium.

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History

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' predecessor was founded in January 1993 under the name Wansan Pumas. Oh Hyung-keun was the founder of the team, the first to be named after its home location in K League history. However, they failed to raise enough funds and the club went bankrupt before they could take their place in the K League. Many people wanted to keep the club and Bobae Ltd., a local alcohol producer, offered financial support to the club. In 1994, they joined the K League after renaming as Chonbuk Buffalo, but ran into financial problems and were dissolved after the final match of the 1994 season. In 1994, South Korea was in the campaign to host the 2002 FIFA World Cup, so Hyundai Motors took over the Buffaloes' players and formed a new club called Chonbuk Dinos on 12 December 1994. The K League's official policy is that Chonbuk Buffalo and Chonbuk Dinos (later renaming as Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) are two different clubs.[1]

Since 1994, Jeonbuk had not seriously challenged for the K League title, often languishing in mid-table.[1] After Choi Kang-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 K League, however, they won their first AFC Champions League title.[1] En route to the final, they defeated the Japanese champions, Gamba Osaka, and China's Shanghai Shenhua,[2] as well as Ulsan Horang-i, the South Korean champions, in the semi-finals.[3] They then triumphed 3–2 on aggregate over Al-Karamah, the champions of Syria, in the final.[4]

As AFC Champions League winners, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors qualified for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.[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 Korean champions for the first time after beating Seongnam Ilhwa 3–1 on aggregate in the K League Championship.[1][6] They repeated the feat in 2011 and won their second domestic title after defeating Ulsan Hyundai 4–2 in the final.[7][8] The same year, they also reached the AFC Champions League final, where they lost to Al-Sadd after a penalty shoot-out.[9]

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

Squad

Current squad

As of 29 February 2024[11]

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

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Squad number 12 is reserved for the team's supporters, the Mad Green Boys.

Out on loan

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Honours

Domestic

Winners (9): 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Runners-up (3): 2012, 2016, 2022
Winners (5): 2000, 2003, 2005, 2020, 2022
Runners-up (3): 1999, 2013, 2023
Runners-up (1): 2010
Winners (1): 2004
Runners-up (2): 2001, 2006
Runners-up (1): 1999 (reserve team)

International

Winners (2): 2006, 2016
Runners-up (1): 2011
Runners-up (1): 2002

Backroom staff

Coaching staff

Source: Official website[12]

Support staff

  • Physiotherapist: Brazil Gilvan Oliveira
  • Medical department: South Korea Kim Jae-oh, South Korea Kim Byeong-seon, South Korea Lee Gyu-yeol
  • Interpreters: South Korea Kim Min-su, South Korea Mun Keon-ho, South Korea Choe Dong-eun
  • Kit manager: South Korea Lee Min-ho
  • Analysts: South Korea Lee Sun-gu, South Korea Kim Ki-hyun

Source: Official website[13]

Managers

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Season-by-season records

Domestic record

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AFC Champions League record

All results list Jeonbuk's goal tally first.

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  1. Matches were played at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with "home" and "away" used for administrative purposes.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC". K League. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. [2]
    "AFC Champions League 2006 – Quarter-finals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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    "AFC Champions League 2006 – Semi-finals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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    "AFC Champions League 2006 – Final". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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    "FIFA Club World Cup 2006". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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    Kang, Seung-woo (6 December 2009). "Jeonbuk Motors Win First K-League Titles". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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    "Jeonbuk wins K-League championship". Yonhap News Agency. 4 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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    "Jeonbuk, Ulsan to clash for K-League championship". Yonhap News Agency. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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    "History for Qatar as Al Sadd win Asian title in dramatic shootout". CNN. 5 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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    FIFA.com (26 November 2016). "Jeonbuk clinch ticket to Japan". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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    "프로팀" (in Korean). Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  12. [12]
    코칭스태프 [Coaching staff] (in Korean). Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  13. [13]
    지원스태프 [Support staff] (in Korean). Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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    "김상식 전 감독이 남긴 '작별 손편지'…"선수들과 팬들께 진심으로 죄송"". Segye Ilbo (in Korean). 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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    "K League giants Jeonbuk appoint Dan Petrescu as new head coach". Yonhap News Agency. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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    "Anunțul făcut în Coreea de Sud, după ce Dan Petrescu a plecat de la Jeonbuk". Sport.ro (in Romanian). 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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