Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

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

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
전북 현대 모터스
Full name	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club; 전북 현대 모터스 축구단
Nickname(s)	Warriors
Founded	1994; 27 years ago, as Chonbuk Dinos
Ground	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity	42,477
Owner	Hyundai Motor Company
Chairman	Chung Eui-sun
Manager	Kim Sang-sik
League	K League 1
2020	K League 1, 1st of 12 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (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 a record eight times, first in 2009. They have also won the Korean FA Cup four times, in 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2020.^[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.^{[citation needed]}

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 League 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 (8): 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (record)

Runners-up (2): 2012, 2016

Cups[]

Korean FA Cup

Winners (4): 2000, 2003, 2005, 2020

Runners-up (2): 1999, 2013

Korean League Cup

Runners-up (1): 2010

Korean Super Cup

Winners (1): 2004

Runners-up (2): 2001, 2006

Korean President's Cup

Runners-up (1): 1999^[a]

^ Reserve team

International competitions[]

Asian[]

AFC Champions League

Winners (2): 2006, 2016

Runners-up (1): 2011

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (1): 2002

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
2020	1	12	1	Winner	Group stage

Key

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

AFC Champions League record[]

Season	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Agg.
2004	Group E	Júbilo Iwata	1–2	4–2	1st
		Shanghai Shenhua	0–1	1–0
		BEC Tero Sasana	4–0	4–0
	Quarter-final	Al-Ain	4–1	1–0	5–1
	Semi-final	Al-Ittihad	2–2	1–2	3–4
2006	Group E	Gamba Osaka	3–2	1–1	1st
		Dalian Shide	3–1	0–1
		Da Nang	3–0	1–0
	Quarter-final	Shanghai Shenhua	4–2	0–1	4–3
	Semi-final	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2–3	4–1	6–5
	Final	Al-Karamah	2–0	1–2	3–2
2007	Quarter-final	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	1–2	1–4
2010	Group F	Persipura Jayapura	8–0	4–1	2nd
		Kashima Antlers	1–2	1–2
		Changchun Yatai	1–0	2–1
	Round of 16	Adelaide United	N/A	3–2 (a.e.t.)	N/A
	Quarter-final	Al-Shabab	0–2	1–0	1–2
2011	Group G	Shandong Luneng	1–0	2–1	1st
		Arema	6–0	4–0
		Cerezo Osaka	1–0	0–1
	Round of 16	Tianjin TEDA	3–0	N/A	N/A
	Quarter-final	Cerezo Osaka	6–1	3–4	9–5
	Semi-final	Al-Ittihad	2–1	3–2	5–3
	Final	Al-Sadd	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	N/A	N/A
2012	Group H	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–5	3–1	3rd
		Kashiwa Reysol	0–2	1–5
		Buriram United	3–2	2–0
2013	Group F	Muangthong United	2–0	2–2	2nd
		Guangzhou Evergrande	1–1	0–0
		Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	3–1
	Round of 16	Kashiwa Reysol	0–2	2–3	2–5
2014	Group G	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–0	1–2	2nd
		Melbourne Victory	0–0	2–2
		Guangzhou Evergrande	1–0	1–3
	Round of 16	Pohang Steelers	1–2	0–1	1–3
2015	Group E	Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	2–3	2nd
		Shandong Luneng	4–1	4–1
		Becamex Binh Duong	3–0	1–1
	Round of 16	Beijing Guoan	1–1	1–0	2–1
	Quarter-final	Gamba Osaka	0–0	2–3	2–3
2016	Group E	FC Tokyo	2–1	3–0	1st
		Jiangsu Suning	2–2	2–3
		Becamex Binh Duong	2–0	2–3
	Round of 16	Melbourne Victory	2–1	1–1	3–2
	Quarter-final	Shanghai SIPG	5–0	0–0	5–0
	Semi-final	FC Seoul	4–1	1–2	5–3
	Final	Al-Ain	2–1	1–1	3–2
2018	Group E	Kashiwa Reysol	3–2	2–0	1st
		Kitchee	3–0	6–0
		Tianjin Quanjian	6–3	2–4
	Round of 16	Buriram United	2–0	2–3	4–3
	Quarter-final	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–3	3–0 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (2–4 p)
2019	Group G	Beijing Guoan	3–1	1–0	1st
		Buriram United	0–0	0–1
		Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	1–0
	Round of 16	Shanghai SIPG	1–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1	2–2 (3–5 p)
2020	Group H	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	1–4^[a]	3rd
		Shanghai SIPG	1–2^[a]	2–0^[a]
		Sydney FC	1–0^[a]	2–2
2021	Group H	Chiangrai United	2–1^[a]	3–1^[a]	1st
		Gamba Osaka	2–1^[a]	2–2^[a]
		Tampines Rovers	9–0^[a]	4–0^[a]
	Round of 16	BG Pathum United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	N/A	N/A

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Played at a neutral venue.

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		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	2020/12/06	2019–2020
6	Kim Sang-sik	2020/12/22	present	2021–

Squad[]

Current squad[]

As of 20 July 2021^[11]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOR	Lee Bum-young
2	DF	KOR	Lee Yong (captain)
3	DF	KOR
4	MF	KOR	Choi Young-jun
5	MF	KOR	Paik Seung-ho
6	DF	KOR	Choi Bo-kyung
7	MF	KOR	Han Kyo-won
9	FW	BRA	Gustavo
10	FW	RUS	Stanislav Iljutcenko
11	FW	GAM	Modou Barrow
13	MF	KOR	Kim Bo-kyung
14	MF	KOR	Lee Seung-gi
15	DF	KOR	Koo Ja-ryong
16	DF	KOR	Lee You-hyeon
17	MF	JPN	Takahiro Kunimoto
18	FW	KOR	Lee Keun-ho
19	MF	KOR
21	FW	KOR	Song Min-kyu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	KOR
23	DF	KOR	Kim Jin-su (on loan from Al-Nassr)
24	FW	KOR	Kim Seung-dae
25	DF	KOR	Choi Chul-soon
26	DF	KOR	Hong Jeong-ho
27	MF	KOR	Moon Seon-min
28	DF	THA	Sasalak Haiprakhon (on loan from Buriram United)
29	MF	KOR	Ryu Jae-moon
30	DF	KOR
31	GK	KOR	Song Bum-keun
32	DF	KOR	Lee Ju-yong
33	DF	KOR	Park Jin-seong
34	MF	KOR
41	GK	KOR	Hwang Byeong-geun
42	FW	KOR
50	GK	KOR
92	DF	KOR	Kim Min-hyeok

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

Out on loan[]