Seongnam FC

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Seongnam FC
Seongnam FC logo.svg
Full nameSeongnam Football Club
성남시민프로축구단
Nickname(s)Seongnam Magpies
Short nameSFC
Founded18 March 1989; 32 years ago (18 March 1989)
(as Ilhwa Chunma)[1]
GroundTancheon Stadium
Capacity16,146
OwnerSeongnam City Council
ChairmanEun Su-mi (Democratic, Mayor of Seongnam)
ManagerKim Nam-il
LeagueK League 1
2021K League 1, 10th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Away colours
Seongnam FC
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeongnam FC
McCune–ReischauerSŏngnam FC

Seongnam FC (Hangul: 성남 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Seongnam, South Korea. Seongnam plays in the K League 1, the top division in South Korea. Founded as Ilhwa Chunma Football Club in 1989, the club has won seven national league titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups, and two AFC Champions League titles. Seongnam also placed fifth in the IFFHS Asian Clubs of the 20th century.[2]

In 2014, the club was bought by the Seongnam City Government and was officially renamed Seongnam FC.[3]

History[]

Ilhwa Chunma era 1989–2013[]

Foundation[]

In 1975, Sun Myung Moon, the owner of Tongil Group, wanted to found a professional football club in South Korea. Since the Korean Super League was founded in 1983, he tried to find a club to participate in the league but , the head of Korea Football Association, ignored Moon's interest due to a religious reasons.[4]

Nevertheless, Tongil Group prepared the foundation of a new football club since 1986 and finally obtained a license from Korea Football Association as a club based in Seoul. Tongil Group firstly considered to find the club in Honam provinces but there was objection from the local community.[5]

Ilhwa Chunma FC's crest, used between 1989–2000

Officially, the club was founded on 18 March 1989 as Ilhwa Chunma Football Club[1] (Chunma is known in Korean culture as the winged horse that the Jade Emperor riding in heaven) and the club based in Seoul became the sixth member of the Korean Super League.[6] The foundation ceremony was held in Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul.[5] Korea Football Association helped the club to form a team quickly by giving the permission to have six priority picks out of players from Honam regions in the 1989 K League draft. The club has chosen six players, including Ko Jeong-woon and signed Park Jong-hwan as the head coach. The contract with Park was a lucrative deal back then, deposit 100 million KRW with 48 million KRW as annual salary.[5]

Early successes[]

The club was successful from its beginning, winning its first League Cup three years after its foundation in 1992 and winning three consecutive league titles from 1993 to 1995. In 1995, K League clubs wanted to stop the club's third consecutive title and agreed to change the league format back to two stages and the championship playoffs system; however, Ilhwa Chunma still won the title.[7] Seongnam also won the 1995 Asian Club Championship, defeating Al-Nasr 1–0 after extra time in the final.[8]

Cheonan Bound[]

The club was forced to move out from Seoul in 1996, as a part of the decentralization policy of the league, Ilhwa Chunma moved to the city of Cheonan due to the city council proposition of refurbishing the Cheonan Oryong Stadium into the football-specific stadium and building another sports complex in Baekseok-dong. The club also changed its name to Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma as a part of the policy.[9]

By the end of 1997, Ilhwa was still a successful team. The club reached the final of the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship and the 1997 Korean FA Cup.[10] However, from 1998, Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma went into a slump due to the core players moved out for various reasons,[11] including Valeri Sarychev, Chunma's goalkeeper, due to K League's year-by-year gradual restriction on foreign goalkeepers' appearances.[12]

As a result, they had recorded the bottom of the league for two consecutive seasons, in 1998 and 1999.[10] In mid-1999, Cha Kyung-bok considered to resign voluntarily due to the poor results.[13]

Not only the results on the field, but also the facilities of Cheonan Oryong Stadium were below the standard. On 22 August 1998, Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma had to finish the game against Jeonnam Dragons during the penalty shoot-out, after 1–1 draw in extra time.[14] According to K League regulations back then, teams were required to decide the winner with the golden goal or the penalty shoot-out after the extra time, if the match score is level at the end of normal time.[15] Since the field was not equipped with a floodlight system, they had to finish their games before sunset. Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma won the game by a draw.[16]

On 21 November 1999, Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma was crowned as the winners of the 1999 Korean FA Cup by winning the final 3–0 against Jeonbuk Hyundai Dinos at Jeju Stadium.[17]

Resettled in Seongnam[]

In 2000, the club moved to the Seoul satellite city of Seongnam and renamed themselves to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. The move worked out very well, as the rejuvenated club went on to win three consecutive K League titles from 2001 to 2003, as well as a league cup title in 2002 and an A3 Champions Cup in 2004.

The inaugural crest of Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in 2000. The name of Seongnam followed McCune–Reischauer romanization.

A disappointing 2004 campaign saw them meekly relinquish their title. However, they reached the final of the 2004 AFC Champions League, where despite winning the away leg 3–1, they lost the home leg 5–0 to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad and lost the tie 6–3 on aggregate. The defeat led to the resignation of their manager, Cha Kyung-bok.

With Kim Hak-bum's management, the club bounced back to the forefront of South Korean football in style as they claimed their seventh league title in 2006, defeating Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–1 on aggregate in the championship playoff final. This was their seventh K League title which is a record out of all the K League clubs.

Before they were defeated by Suwon Bluewings 2–1 on 15 July 2007 in the 2007 season, they went undefeated for 22 consecutive league matches – the third longest streak in the history of the K League.

Seongnam reached the final of the 2007 K League Championship but were beaten 4–1 on aggregate by the Pohang Steelers, despite finishing in first place during the regular season.

Seongnam's former player Shin Tae-yong returned as caretaker manager in the 2009 season, then as manager from the following season and continued the club's success. On 13 November 2010, Seongnam beat Iranian club Zob Ahan FC 3–1 in the final of the 2010 AFC Champions League. This was their second AFC Champions League title and qualified them directly into the quarter-finals stage of the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup. Seongnam finished the tournament in fourth place. Seongnam added another FA Cup trophy in 2011, beating Suwon Bluewings 1–0 in the final on 15 October 2011.

During the 2013 season, there were rumors that the club was going to be sold to Ansan city government after the death of Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church. Moon was extremely devoted to football so the Unification Church had been running the club, but after his death, the Unification Church's board of directors saw no reason to continue running the club and stated their thoughts on selling the club to another organization. After the rumor was reported by the press, Ansan's mayor officially mentioned that the city is in a process of purchasing the club from Ilhwa. Estimated number of 800 supporters protested in front of the Seongnam city hall stating the city could not lose one of the most successful clubs in the Asian football's history. Seongnam city started negotiation to purchase the club from Ilhwa. In October 2013, Lee Jae-myung, the mayor of Seongnam, had a conference and announced that Seongnam City Council agreed to take over the club from Ilhwa Sports and will be participating under the name Seongnam FC.[18]

Seongnam FC era (2014–present)[]

In December 2013, Seongnam City officially took over the club from Ilhwa Co., Ltd. They changed their symbol to magpie, the symbol of the Seongnam city, from chunma, which was the symbol of the Unification Church. The yellow color of their uniform was also replaced with black. Their first manager Park Jong-hwan, who had managed the club from 1988 to 1996 returned to the club as manager once again.

The club played the first home game as Seongnam FC on March 15, 2014 against FC Seoul resulting in a draw of 0:0. Seongnam FC's first victory was on March 26, 2014, beating their bitter rivals Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–0. On April 22, 2014, manager Park Jong-hwan resigned after it was revealed that he had been assaulting players.[19]

After months of confusion, the club appointed Kim Hak-bum, who previously led their golden age, as their manager. The return turned out to be extremely successful, as Seongnam not only escaped relegation but also won their third FA Cup trophy, beating FC Seoul in a penalty shoot-out on 23 November 2014.

In the 2016 season, after Incheon's win over Suwon FC on the final day of the season, Seongnam were placed at 11th and were relegated to the second division for the first time in their history after being defeated by northernmost side Gangwon FC on away goals in the promotion-relegation playoffs.[20]

Nam Ki-il was announced as the club's new manager on 06/12/2017, replacing Park Kyung-hoon.[21] He contributed a lot to the promotion of Seongnam Fc to the first division just one season after it was demoted to the second division. [22] Nam resigned his position as the manager of the club on December 16, 2019[23]

Kim Nam-il was appointed as the club's new manager on December 23, 2019 to lead the club in the upcoming 2020 K League 1 season.[24]

Crests and mascots[]

Kits[]

Kit suppliers[]

  • 1989: Rapido
  • 1990: Activ
  • 1991–1999: Adidas
  • 2000–2009: Prospecs
  • 2010–2011: Lotto Sport Italia
  • 2012–2013: Uhlsport
  • 2014:
  • 2014–2015:
  • 2016–present: Umbro

Honours[]

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won the AFC Champions League in 2010

Domestic competitions[]

League[]

Winners (7): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
Runners-up (3): 1992, 2007, 2009
Runners-up (1): 2018

Cups[]

Winners (3): 1999, 2011, 2014
Runners-up (3): 1997, 2000, 2009
Winners (3): 1992, 2002, 2004
Runners-up (3): 1995, 2000, 2006
Winners (1): 2002
Runners-up (2): 2000, 2004
Winners (1): 19991

Note 1: Reserve Team

International competitions[]

Asian[]

Further information: Seongnam FC in Asian football
Winners (2): 1995, 2010
Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 2004
Winners (1): 1996
Winners (1): 2004

Worldwide[]

Fourth place (1): 2010
Winners (1): 1996

Season-by-season records[]

Season Division Tms. Pos. FA Cup AFC CL
1989 1 6 5 — —
1990 1 6 6 — —
1991 1 6 5 — —
1992 1 6 2 — —
1993 1 6 1 — —
1994 1 7 1 — —
1995 1 8 1 — Semi-final
1996 1 9 8 Quarter-final Winners
1997 1 10 8 Runners-up Runners-up
1998 1 10 10 Quarter-final —
1999 1 10 10 Winners —
2000 1 10 3 Runners-up —
2001 1 10 1 Quarter-final —
2002 1 10 1 Semi-final —
2003 1 12 1 Round of 16 Group Stage
2004 1 13 9 Round of 32 Runners-up
2005 1 13 3 Round of 16 —
2006 1 14 1 Round of 32 —
2007 1 14 2 Round of 16 Semi-final
2008 1 14 5 Quarter-final —
2009 1 15 2 Runners-up[25] —
2010 1 15 4 Quarter-final Winners
2011 1 16 10 Winners —
2012 1 16 12 Round of 16 Round of 16
2013 1 14 8 Round of 16 —
2014 1 12 9 Winners —
2015 1 12 5 Quarter-final Round of 16
2016 1 12 11 Quarter-final —
2017 2 10 4 Quarter-final —
2018 2 10 2 Round of 32 —
2019 1 12 9 Round of 32 —
2020 1 12 10 Semi-final —
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league

AFC Champions League record[]

Season Round Opposition Home Away Agg.
2003 Group B Thailand Osotsapa 6–0[a] 2nd
Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1[a]
China Dalian Shide 1–3[a]
2004 Group G Indonesia Persik Kediri 15–0 2–1 1st
Vietnam Bình Định 2–0 3–1
Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 2–1
Quarter-final United Arab Emirates Sharjah 6–0 5–2 11–2
Semi-final Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 0–0 2–0 2–0
Final Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 0–5 3–1 3–6
2007 Group G Vietnam Dong Tam Long An 4–1 2–1 1st
China Shandong Luneng Taishan 3–0 1–2
Australia Adelaide United 1–0 2–2
Quarter-final Syria Al-Karamah 2–1 2–0 4–1
Semi-final Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–4
(3–5 p)
2010 Group E Japan Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 0–3 1st
Australia Melbourne Victory 3–2 2–0
China Beijing Guoan 3–1 1–0
Round of 16 Japan Gamba Osaka 3–0 N/A N/A
Quarter-final South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4–1 0–2 4–3
Semi-final Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1–0 3–4 4–4 (a)
Final Iran Zob Ahan 3–1[a] N/A
2012 Group G Japan Nagoya Grampus 1–1 2–2 1st
China Tianjin TEDA 1–1 3–0
Australia Central Coast Mariners 5–0 1–1
Round of 16 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 0–1 N/A N/A
2015 Group F Thailand Buriram United 2–1 1–2 2nd
Japan Gamba Osaka 2–0 1–2
China Guangzhou R&F 0–0 1–0
Round of 16 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 0��2 2–3
  1. ^ a b c d Played at a neutral venue.

Current squad[]

As of 21 July 2021

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 South Korea KOR
2 DF South Korea KOR Lee Si-young
3 DF South Korea KOR Kwon Kyung-won
4 MF South Korea KOR Lee Chang-yong
5 DF South Korea KOR Ma Sang-hoon
6 DF South Korea KOR Ahn Young-kyu
7 MF South Korea KOR Kwon Soon-hyung
8 FW Serbia SRB Fejsal Mulić (on loan from Velež Mostar)
9 FW Romania ROU Sergiu Buș
10 MF Uzbekistan UZB Jamshid Iskanderov
11 MF South Korea KOR Seo Bo-min (captain)
13 MF South Korea KOR Kim Min-hyeok
14 MF South Korea KOR Lee Kyu-seong (on loan from Ulsan Hyundai)
15 FW South Korea KOR Jeon Seung-min
16 MF South Korea KOR Lee Jong-sung (on loan from Suwon Bluewings)
17 FW South Korea KOR Lee Jae-won
19 FW South Korea KOR Park Yong-ji
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF South Korea KOR Park Jeong-su
21 GK South Korea KOR Kim Keun-bae
22 MF South Korea KOR An Jin-Beom
23 MF South Korea KOR
24 DF South Korea KOR Yeo Sung-hae
25 MF South Korea KOR
26 DF South Korea KOR
27 FW South Korea KOR
29 FW South Korea KOR Jung Seok-hwa
31 GK South Korea KOR
32 DF South Korea KOR Lee Tae-hee
34 DF South Korea KOR
37 MF South Korea KOR Hong Si-hoo
40 DF Austria AUT Richard Windbichler
41 GK South Korea KOR Kim Young-kwang
66 DF South Korea KOR Park Soo-il

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK South Korea KOR Jeon Jong-hyuk (to Bucheon FC 1995)
— DF South Korea KOR (to Jinju Citizen for military duty)
— MF South Korea KOR Lim Sun-young (to FC Anyang)
— MF South Korea KOR Park Tae-jun (to FC Anyang)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF South Korea KOR Yeon Je-woon (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty)
— MF South Korea KOR Yu In-soo (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty)
— FW South Korea KOR (to Chungnam Asan)
— FW South Korea KOR (to Gangneung City)

Current staff[]

As of 31 December 2019

Coaching staff[]

U-18 Team (Pungsaeng High School) coaching staff[]

  • Manager: South Korea Gu Sang-bum
  • Coach: South Korea Lee Sang-yong
  • Goalkeeper Coach: South Korea Park Ji-hoon

U-15 Team (Pungsaeng Middle School) coaching staff[]

  • Manager: South Korea Namkung Do
  • Coach: South Korea Kwon Soon-hak
  • Goalkeeper Coach: South Korea Kim Kyo-bin

Managers[]

List of Seongnam FC managers
# Name From To Season Notes
1
 South Korea Park Jong-hwan 1988/09/16 1996/04/02 1989–1995
C
 South Korea 1990/04/27 1990/06/27 1990 Unofficial Caretaker
C
 South Korea Lee Jang-soo 1996/04/03 1996/08/17 1996
2
 1996/08/18 1996/12/05 1996
3
 Belgium René Desaeyere 1996/12/18 1998/09/08 1997–1998
4
 South Korea Cha Kyung-bok 1998/09/09 2004/12/01 1998–2004
C
 South Korea Kim Hak-bum 2004/12/07 2004/12/29 2004 In charge since FA Cup.
5
 2004/12/30 2008/11/27 2005–2008
C
 South Korea Shin Tae-yong 2008/12/06 2010/02/17 2009
6
 2010/02/18 2012/12/08 2010–2012
7
 South Korea An Ik-soo 2012/12/14 2013/12/22 2013
8
 South Korea Park Jong-hwan 2013/12/23 2014/04/22 2014
C
 South Korea Lee Sang-yoon 2014/04/22 2014/08/26 2014
C
 South Korea Lee Young-jin 2014/08/26 2014/09/05 2014
9
 South Korea Kim Hak-bum 2014/09/05 2016/09/12 2014–2016
C
 South Korea Gu Sang-bum 2016/09/12 2016/11/20 2016
C
 South Korea Byun Sung-hwan 2016/11/06 2016/11/20 2016 Unofficial Caretaker
10
 South Korea Park Kyung-hoon 2016/12/01 2017/11/27 2017
11
 South Korea Nam Ki-il 2017/12/06 2019/12/16 2018–2019
12
 South Korea Kim Nam-il 2019/12/26 2020-

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