Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
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| Jeonbuk FC 전북 축구클럽 |
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| Full name | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Greens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1993 ,as Wansan FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Jeonju World Cup Stadium(Jeonju Castle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 43,348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Chung Mong-koo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Choi Gang-hee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | K-League 1st div. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club (also Jeonbuk FC,[1] 전북축구클럽) are a professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea. They are current holders of the AFC Champions League title (won in 3-2 aggregate win against Al-Karama on November 8, 2006), the first club from East Asia to achieve it since the AFC Champions League was launched in its current format in 2003. This title guarantees Jeonbuk participation in the FIFA Club World Cup on December 2006.
Jeonbuk's best domestic performance have often been reserved for the Korean FA Cup and they remain the only club to have won the competition on more than one occasion (2000, 2003, 2005). The club's color is green which is also the color of Jeonbuk Province. Jeonbuk have been playing at the Jeonju Worldcup Stadium (nickname-Jeonju castle) since 2002, capacity 42,477, in the city of Jeonju.
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[edit] History
Jeonbuk FC were founded in January 1993; the original name was Wansan FC. O Hyung-Kun is the founder and it was the first club that used the home's name for the club's in KPFL (The Korean Professional Football League) and Wansan FC tried to introduce the new football club system. (The other clubs started out as company-sponsored football teams for public relations and used their sponsored company's name until 1996)
However, O Hyung-Kun was not able to raise enough funds and Wansan FC went into bankruptcy before joining the Korean League. Many people were eager to keep their club and Bobae Ltd., a local alcohol manufacturer, fortunately gave financial support. The club joined the Korean League in 1994 after changing the name to 'Jeonbuk Buffalo FC'. The team began losing losing money and did not play up to expectations, even though there was heavy fan support. Jeonbuk Buffalo was entrusted to the KPFL, and Hyundai Motors took over Jeonbuk FC on December 12, 1994.
Since 1993, 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 2005. In 2006, Jeonbuk finished a disappointing eleventh in the Korean League. The season had a surprising ending, as Jeonbuk won their first AFC Champions Cup final in Homs, Syria. They defeated the champions of Japan and China, Gamba Osaka and Dalian Shide . And they also beat Ulsan Horangi, the champion of Korea, in the semi-final and 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 America in the semi-final(Dec 10, 2006). However, they defeated Auckland City FC (3-0, Dec 14), and finished fifth in the FIFA Club World Cup.
[edit] Club honors
- FA Cup: 2000, 2003, 2005
- Korean Super Cup: 2004
- AFC Champions League - Winner : 2006
[edit] Managers
As of December 19, 2006. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Name | Nat | From | To | Record | |||
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| Kim Ki-Bok |  |
December 1993 | October 1994 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| Cha Gyoung-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 Gang-Hee | |
July 2005 | Present | 76 | 26 | 19 | 31 |
[edit] Current squad
- As of August 23
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[edit] Backroom staff
[edit] Coaching staff
- Manager: Choi Gang-Hee
- First team coach: Lee Heung-Sil
- Goalkeeping coach: Choi In-Young
- Fitness coach: Shin Hong-Ki
- Director of Youth Academy: Ahn Jae-Suk
[edit] Medical staff
- Club doctor: Jeon Myung-Gu
- Assistant club doctor: Jeong Kyoung-Chi
- Assistant club doctor: Park Sung-Pil
[edit] Notable former players
Edmilson Dias de Lucena- Kim Do-Hoon
Raphael Jose Botti- Lee Kyung Choon
- Seo Dong-Myung
- Yoon Jung-Hwan
- Seo Hyuk-Su
Paulo Roberto Rink- Magno Alves
Milton Rodriguez
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ People living in Jeonbuk do not like the Motors name because it emphasises the name of the sponsor instead of the football team. Most of supporters prefer to just call them Jeonbuk FC. They do not use "Motors" when singing team songs.[1]
- ^ Nam Dae-Sik served as caretaker manager.
- ^ Kim Hyung-Yul served as caretaker manager.
[edit] External links
- (Korean) (English) Jeonbuk F.C. Official site
- Mad Green Boys, in Korean
- Green Union Supporters Group
- 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
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