Jeju United FC

Jeju United
제주 유나이티드
Full name Jeju United Football Club
제주 유나이티드 축구단
Founded 1982, as Yukong FC [1]
Ground Jeju World Cup Stadium
(Capacity: 35,657)
Owner SK Energy
Chairman Koo Ja-Young
Manager Park Kyung-Hoon
League K-League
2011 Season 9th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Jeju United Football Club (Korean:제주 유나이티드 FC) is a South Korean professional football club. The club is based in Jeju of South Korea.

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History

Jeju United FC was founded on 17 December 1983, as Yukong Football Club, owned and financially supported by the Sunkyoung Group's subsidiary Yukong (now SK Group's SK Energy), with Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi as its franchise and Kokkiri (Kokkiri means elephant) as its mascot. The club has lifted the Championship on only one occasion in 1989.

A founding member of the K-League in 1983, Jeju United have undergone several hardships over the years and have struggled to make a serious impact in the Korean Professional Football League.

At the end of 1995 the side moved from the Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul to the Mokdong Stadium on the western edge of Seoul, as part of K-League's decentralization policy. This policy was carried out due to two reasons. In 1995, Korea was under bidding for 2002 FIFA World Cup. So first reason is that KFA and K-League want to build a soccer-specific stadium in Seoul and second reason is that KFA and K-League want to spread football fever to the provinces. Three clubs based in Seoul – Yukong Kokkiri, LG Cheetahs, and Ilhwa Chunma – didn't accept this policy, so the Seoul government gave an eviction order to the three clubs. However they guaranteed that if clubs built a soccer-specific stadium in Seoul, they could have a Seoul franchise and return to Seoul. As a result, the three clubs were evicted from Seoul to other cities; Yukong Kokkiri moved to the city of Bucheon, a satellite city of Seoul, and became as the "Bucheon Yukong." However, Bucheon din't have a stadium, so they used Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000.

Mid-way through the 1997 season the club rebranded itself as "Bucheon SK" and, at the start of the 2001 season, moved to the Bucheon Stadium.

In 2006, Bucheon SK announced their move to Jeju without any fore notice, renamed themselves "Jeju United FC," and adopted the vacant Jeju World Cup Stadium as their new home ground.

Club Name City / Area Period
Yukong Kokkiri Seoul+Incheon+Gyeonggi 1983[1]
Yukong Kokkiri Seoul 1984-86[1]
Yukong Kokkiri Incheon+Gyeonggi 1987-90
Yukong Kokkiri Seoul - Dongdaemun Stadium 1991-95
Bucheon Yukong
Bucheon SK
Seoul - Mokdong Stadium[2] 1996-00
Bucheon SK Bucheon - Bucheon Stadium 2001-05
Jeju United FC Jeju - Jeju World Cup Stadium 2006-

[1] During 1983-1986, K-League didn't have home and away system, so franchise relocations were meaningless at that time. [2] Bucheon SK held all home matches at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000, because Bucheon Stadium was under construction

On January 3, 2008, Jeju appointed Arthur Bernardes for new manager.

On October 14, 2009, Arthur Bernardes announced his resignation due to Jeju's bad form in the K-League.

Players

Current Squad

As of 14 December 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
2 DF Park Jin-Ok
3 DF Kang Min-Hyuk
5 MF Yang Joon-A
6 DF Choi Won-Kwon
8 MF Oh Seung-Bum
9 FW Kang Su-Il
10 FW Shin Young-Rok
13 DF Ma Chul-Jun
14 MF Kim Tae-Min
15 DF Hong Jung-Ho
16 FW Bae Ki-Jong
17 FW Kim Jun-Yub
19 GK Jeon Tae-Hyun
20 DF Oh Ban-Suk
21 GK Han Dong-Jin
22 FW Lee Hyun-Ho
23 FW Han Jae-Man
24 MF Jung Da-Seul
25 DF Kang Joon-Woo
26 DF Yoon Won-Il
No. Position Player
27 FW Nam Joon-Jae
28 FW Felipinho
30 FW Bae Il-Hwan
31 GK Lee Jin-Hyung
33 MF An Jong-Hun
35 FW Kwon Yong-Nam
36 DF Kang Min-Seong
37 FW Shim Young-Sung
38 DF Lee Yoon-Ho
39 FW Santos
43 MF Moon Min-Kwi
TBA FW Lee Sang-Hyup
TBA FW Seo Dong-Hyun
TBA DF Han Yong-Soo
TBA FW Jin Dae-Sung
TBA DF Jang Jung-Hyun
TBA GK Kim Sung-Jin
TBA MF Noh Sung-Chan
TBA DF Lee Sung-Hyun
TBA MF Kwon Soon-Hyung

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
MF Oh Bong-Jin (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)
GK Kim Ho-Jun (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)
MF Kim Young-Sin (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix)
 

2012 season transfers

In

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
FW Lee Sang-Hyup (Loan return from Daejeon Citizen)
FW Seo Dong-Hyun (Transferred from Gangwon FC)
MF Kwon Soon-Hyung (Transferred from Gangwon FC)
DF Han Yong-Soo (Drafted from Hanyang University)
FW Jin Dae-Sung (Drafted from Jeonju University)
DF Jang Jung-Hyun (Drafted from Kyunghee University)
GK Kim Sung-Jin (Drafted from Jeonju University)
MF Noh Sung-Chan (Drafted from Jeonju University)
DF Lee Sung-Hyun (Drafted from Yonsei University)

Out

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
DF Kim Ho-Jun (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)
DF Kim Young-Sin (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service)
FW Kim Eun-Jung (Trasnferred to Gangwon FC)

Former Notable players

Managers

Managerial History

- K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's

# Name Start End Season Notes
1
Lee Jong-Hwan 1982/04/20 1985/07/21 1983-1985 Resigned in the middle of season
2
Kim Jung-Nam 1985/07/21 1992/05/12 1985-1992 Resigned in the middle of season
C
Park Yeong-Hwan
(Caretaker manager)
1986/??/?? 1986/??/?? 1986 Kim Jung-Nam was called up
as a natioal team manager for
1986 FIFA World Cup,
1986 Asian Games
C
Choi Jong-Deok
(Caretaker manager)
1988/07/13 1988/09/14 1988 Kim Jung-Nam was called up
as a natioal team manager for
1988 Summer Olympics
C Ham Heung-Chul
Park Seong-Hwa
(Caretaker manager)
1992/05/12 1992/12/19 1992
3
Park Sung-Hwa 1992/12/20 1994/10/29 1993-1994
C
Cho Yoon-Hwan
(Caretaker manager)
1994/10/30 1994/12/31 1994
4
Valeri Nepomniachi 1995/01/01 1998/10/31 1995-1998
C
Cho Yoon-Hwan
(Caretaker manager)
1998/11/01 1998/12/31 1998
5
Cho Yoon-Hwan 1999/01/01 2001/08/14 1999-2001 Resigned in the middle of season
C
Choi Yun-Kyum
(Caretaker manager)
2001/08/14 2001/08/31 2001
6
Choi Yun-Kyum 2001/09/01 2002/09/01 2001-2002 Resigned in the middle of season
7
Tınaz Tırpan 2002/09/02 2003/05/14 2002-2003 Resigned in the middle of season
C
Ha Jae-Hoon
(Caretaker manager)
2003/05/14 2003/07/18 2003
8
Ha Jae-Hoon 2003/07/19 2003/12/31 2003
9
Jung Hae-Seong 2004/01/01 2007/11/03 2004-2007
10
Arthur Bernardes 2008/01/04 2009/10/14 2008-2009 Resigned in the middle of season
C
Cho Jin-Ho
(Caretaker manager)
2009/10/14 2009/10/29 2009
11
Park Kyung-Hoon 2009/10/30 2010-present

Honours

- K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's

Domestic Competitions

International competitions

Statistics

Jeju United FC records

- Yukong Kokkiri (1983–1995), Bucheon Yukong / Bucehon SK (1996–2005)

Season Teams K-League Played W D L F A GD PTS K-League Cup FA Cup Manager
1983 5 3rd 16 5 7 4 26 22 +4 17 Lee Jong-Hwan
1984 8 Runners-up 28 13 9 6 38 22 +16 53 Lee Jong-Hwan
1985 8 5th 21 7 5 9 28 26 +2 19 Lee Jong-Hwan
Kim Jung-Nam
1986 6 4th 20 7 5 8 29 26 +3 19 3rd(Pro) Kim Jung-Nam
Park Yeong-Hwan (C)
1987 5 3rd 32 9 9 14 34 43 -9 27 Kim Jung-Nam
1988 5 3rd 24 8 8 8 25 24 +1 24 Kim Jung-Nam
Choi Jong-Deok (C)
1989 6 Champions 40 17 15 8 51 40 +11 49 Kim Jung-Nam
1990 6 4th 30 8 12 10 27 30 -3 28 Kim Jung-Nam
1991 6 4th 40 10 17 13 38 40 -2 37 Kim Jung-Nam
1992 6 6th 30 7 8 15 33 38 -5 22 4th Kim Jung-Nam
Ham Heung-Cheol (C)
Park Seong-Hwa (C)
1993 6 5th 30 7 13 10 25 31 -6 48 6th Park Seong-Hwa
1994 7 Runners-up 30 14 9 7 47 31 +16 51 Winners Park Seong-Hwa
Cho Yoon-Hwan (C)
1995 8 4th 28 9 9 10 28 30 -2 36 5th Valeri Nepomniachi
1996 9 4th 32 13 9 10 55 51 +4 48 Winners Semi-finals Valeri Nepomniachi
1997 10 10th 18 2 5 11 19 36 -17 11 5th(A)
Group B 3rd(P)
Quarter-finals Valeri Nepomniachi
1998 10 7th 18 9 0 9 28 32 -4 24 Runners-up(A)
Group B 3rd(PM)
Round of 16 Valeri Nepomniachi
Cho Yoon-Hwan (C)
1999 10 3rd 29 18 0 11 48 41 +7 47 8th(A)
Group A 3rd(D)
Quarter-finals Cho Yoon-Hwan
2000 10 Runners-up 32 18 0 14 54 45 +9 41 9th(A)
Winners(D)
Semi-finals Cho Yoon-Hwan
2001 10 7th 27 7 14 6 29 29 0 35 Group B 5th Round of 16 Cho Yoon-Hwan
Choi Yun-Gyeom
2002 10 8th 27 8 8 11 32 40 -8 32 Group A 3rd Round of 16 Choi Yun-Gyeom
Tınaz Tırpan
2003 12 12th 44 3 12 29 39 73 -34 21 No competition Semi-finals Tınaz Tırpan
Ha Jae-Hoon
2004 13 13th 24 4 13 7 19 27 -8 25 11th Runners-up Jung Hae-Seong
2005 13 5th 24 12 6 6 26 18 +8 42 4th Round of 16 Jung Hae-Seong
2006 14 13th 26 5 10 11 23 30 -7 25 8th Round of 32 Jung Hae-Seong
2007 14 11th 26 8 6 12 27 35 -8 30 Group A 6th Semi-finals Jung Hae-Seong
2008 14 10th 26 7 7 12 23 31 -8 28 Group A 5th Round of 32 Arthur Bernardes
2009 15 14th 28 7 7 14 22 44 -22 28 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Arthur Bernardes
Cho Jin-Ho (C)
2010 15 Runners-up 28 17 8 3 54 25 +29 29 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Park Kyung-Hoon

Crest

Kit Supplier

References

  1. ^ K-League Official Club Profile at K-League Website

External links