Seoul E-Land FC

Seoul E-Land FC
서울 이랜드 FC

Full name	Seoul E-Land Football Club
Short name	SEFC
Founded	2014 (2014)
Ground	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Ground Capacity	69,950
Owner	E-Land Group
Chairman	Park Sung-kyung
Manager	Kim Byung-soo
League	K League Challenge
2016	K League Challenge, 6th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Seoul E-Land FC (Korean: 서울 이랜드 FC) is South Korean professional football club based in Seoul which plays in the K League Challenge (second division). Seoul E-Land was announced as the league's second football club based in Seoul on April 14, 2014.^[1]

This club is owned by E-Land Group and plays at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.

History

On 14 April 2014, E-Land Group officially announced foundation of professional football club based in Seoul.

On 17 July 2014, the club appointed former Vancouver Whitecaps manager Martin Rennie as head coach.^[2] He was sacked on 15 June 2016.^[3]

On 24 June 2016, the club appointed Park Kun-ha as head coach. He resigned on 9 January 2017 and was replaced by Kim Byung-soo.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 26 July 2017^[5]

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 Kim Young-kwang 2 DF Choi Ho-jung 3 DF Gam Han-sol 4 MF Kim Joon-tae 5 MF Kim Tae-su 6 DF Choi Byung-do 7 MF Choi Oh-baek 8 MF Tomoki Wada 9 FW Daniel Lovinho 10 MF Baek Ji-hoon 11 MF Sim Gwang-wook 14 DF Geum Kyo-jin 15 DF Cho Hyang-gi 16 MF Myung Joon-jae (on loan from Jeonbuk) 17 MF Lee Do-seong 18 GK Lee Sang-ki 19 FW Kim Hyun-kyu 22 MF Jeon Min-gwang 23 MF Choi Chi-won

No. Position Player 24 DF Kim Yeon-soo 25 MF Atsuki Wada 28 DF Yoo Ji-hoon 29 FW Joo Han-seong (on loan from Daegu FC) 30 MF Lee Ye-chan 31 GK Ahn Ji-hyun 33 MF Jeong Hui-ung 34 FW Kim Hee-won 35 FW Cho Yong-tae 36 DF Kim Ji-hoon 50 DF Ahn Jae-hoon (on loan from Suwon FC) 55 DF Kim Jae-hyeon 66 MF Kim Chang-wook 70 FW Wesley Alex Maiolino 80 MF Kim Dae-kwang 87 FW Shim Young-sung 88 MF Ko Min-hyuk 93 MF Jeon Gi-seong

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — DF Kim Dong-chul (to Asan Mugunghwa) — MF Kim Seong-ju (to Sangju Sangmu) — MF Kang Sang-min (to Changwon City)

No. Position Player — MF Yoon Sung-yeul (to Cheongju City) — FW Joo Min-kyu (to Sangju Sangmu)

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Kim Byung-soo
Assistant Manager	In Chang-soo[6]
Fitness Coach	Dan Harris
Goalkeeper Coach	Hwang Hee-hoon
Youth Coach	Choi Tae-uk
Performance Analyst	Kim Se-yun
Team Doctor	Kim Jin-su
Scout	Kim Kyung-won

Source: Seoul E-Land FC.

Managerial history

#	Name	Appointed	From	To	Season	Notes
1	Martin Rennie	2014/07/17	2014/09/11	2016/06/15	2015–2016	First manager
C	In Chang-soo	2016/06/15	2016/06/15	2016/06/25	2016	He was in charge in a match against Busan IPark on 25 June 2016.
2	Park Kun-ha	2016/06/24	2016/06/25	2017/01/09	2016
3	Kim Byung-soo	2017/01/09	2017/01/09		2017–present

Kit sponsors

Start	End	Kit Manufacturer	Kit Sponsor
January 2015	August 2015	New Balance	E-Land Group
August 2015	present		New Core Mall

See also

• E-Land Group
• E-Land Puma FC

References

1. ↑ "이랜드그룹, 프로축구단 창단 발표". KLeague.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013. 
2. ↑ John Duerden (26 July 2015). "Martin Rennie's South Korean mission with second tier Seoul E-Land". espnfc.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016. 
3. ↑ "Scottish coach sacked by Seoul football club". koreaherald.com. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016. 
4. ↑ "[오피셜] 서울 이랜드, 김병수 영남대 감독 선임... 박건하 감독 사임" (in Korean). sports.news.naver.com. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017. 
5. ↑ "Players" (in Korean). Seoul E-Land FC official website. Retrieved 31 March 2016. 
6. ↑ 아르헨 국적 축구 코치 인창수 씨

External links

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