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FC Seoul
FC 서울
Emblem of FC Seoul.svg
Full name Football Club Seoul
FC 서울
Founded 1983 (Original)
2004 (FC Seoul)
Ground Seoul World Cup Stadium
Seongsan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
(Capacity: 68,476 seats)
Owner South Korea GS Group
Chairman South Korea Huh, Chang Soo
Manager Turkey Şenol Güneş
League South Korea K-League
K-League 2008 Runners-up
Home colours
Away colours

FC Seoul is a professional football club based in Seoul, South Korea. It is currently owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS Group. The club is usually considered a powerhouse in the K-League, with the well-known financial backing of the GS Group. The club disclosed its three-year contract with Şenol Güneş, a former Turkish national manager who led the side to the semi-final at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, on 8 December 2006.

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Founding

The club was founded on 22th December 1983, and started out in 1984 as Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso[1] Football Club, owned and financially supported by the Lucky-Goldstar Group (now LG Group), with Chungcheong region as its franchise. In order to launch the professional football club, Lucky-Goldstar Group had a preparation period from 1982 [1] and demanded that original franchise should be Seoul.[2] In the 1984 season, the club finished seventh out of the eight clubs. The club fared better in 1985 when they won the Championship with the help of Thai international Piyapong Pue-On, who was the top goalscorer, as well as the league leader in assists.
[1] Hwangso means bull

[edit] Move to Seoul and then to Anyang

At the start of the 1990 season, the K-League, worried about the financial stability of the clubs, invited a number of clubs to play in Seoul, the capital and most populous city in South Korea. Thus, the Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso moved to Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul at the beginning of 1990. The move proved to be a very good one, as the club finished the year as champions of K-League. The club changed its name to LG Cheetahs in 1991 after the LG Twins, a professional baseball team owned by LG Group. After several seasons in Seoul, the club was forced to move in 1996, as part of K-League's decision to create a strong regional identity for each club. For clubs located in Seoul, this meant a forced move, as the K-League banned clubs from claiming Seoul as their home, asserting that clubs based in the capital had the unfair advantage in drawing crowds compared to others and, thus, would harm any type of competition. As a result, the club moved to the city of Anyang, a satellite city of Seoul, and was now known as the Anyang LG Cheetahs. In the upcoming years, a solid base of supporters was formed, and it established a strong league rivalry with the Suwon Samsung Bluewings, partly fueled also by the fact that LG Group and Samsung Group, which owned the Suwon club, were also considered rivals in the business world, especially in electronics. The club continued to grow and in 2000, they won their third Championship, behind the firepower of striker Choi Yong-Soo.

[edit] Franchising to Seoul

For the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in Korea and Japan, 10 brand new stadiums of World Cup standards were built in Korea. After the World Cup, the Korean World Cup Organizing Committee and the Korea Football Association (KFA) actively supported the move of regional K-League clubs into the new stadia, to avoid any financial losses by having to maintain a stadium in playing conditions without any income. However, due to the previous decision by the league to exclude any member club from being based in Seoul, Seoul World Cup Stadium remained vacant, except as a host of some international friendlies. Thus, the city government of Seoul and the KFA both actively sought for a K-League club to play at the stadium to avoid substantial financial losses. Initially, the idea was to create a new club, but when it was later learned that any club playing in Seoul World Cup Stadium would have to pay partially for the construction fees of the stadium, this proved very unlikely. Thus, the KFA tried to lure one of the current clubs to Seoul. The Anyang LG Cheetahs, behind the financial backing of the LG Group, who not only viewed the move to Seoul as a way to increase its advertising presence, but had the right to come back to Seoul because it had its franchise moved by force in the 90's, announced in February 2004 that it would pay the share of the construction fees (which turned out to be 15 billion wons, or at that time 15 million USD).[3]

This proposed move provoked a significant amount of anger from the local supporters of the club, 'Anyang RED', resulting in a series of demonstrations by the supporters, also the supporters of other clubs and 'Red Devil'. Further fueling the resistance was the general consensus of the South Korean public that football clubs need to have strong regional ties, not a simple marketing branch of a corporation that could be moved without agreement of the fans. However, the lure of the Seoul market was too great for the LG Group to avoid. Furthermore, the LG Group considered the move to Seoul as a "return" to Seoul, asserting that it is simply reclaiming what was taken away from them. Despite a strong supporter protest against the move from fans of many other clubs, the move was finalised but the club had to compromise somewhat, as the official name of the club was changed to FC Seoul, along with the promise that the LG Group would invest money into youth football in Seoul. The lack of the corporate identity in the club name was seen by the media as a huge compromise, since it is bound to lose certain marketability.

[edit] Şenol Güneş period (2007–current)

Şenol Güneş has led FC Seoul since 8 December, 2006.[4] The opening part was fantastic. FC Seoul won every match and the biggest result was the victory in the Seoul–Suwon Derby. FC Seoul defeated Suwon Samsung with the result of 4–1.[5] But the nightmare of injury was started. After the draw with Gwangju Sangmu, Seoul couldn't score and was defeated by Suwon Samsung. 80% of the regulars were injured. FC Seoul failed to enter into the play-off after all, but they succeeded in getting into the final of the League Cup. The second season was different. There were no big injuries and although Park Joo-Young, the ace of FC Seoul, transferred to AS Monaco, the double dragons of FC Seoul (Ki Sung-Yong, Lee Chung-Yong) made big progress and Dejan Damjanović scored 14 goals so they could end the league as second. FC Seoul defeated Ulsan Hyundai in the play-off semi-final but was defeated by Suwon in the final. But they advanced into the AFC Champions League.[6] FC Seoul was just defeated two times and it's the least defeat record of K-League.

[edit] Seoul–Suwon derby

The SeoulSuwon derby's origin is the AnyangSuwon derby (Jijidae Derby). Anyang was a part of LG Electronics and Suwon was a part of Samsung Electronics. They were the biggest rivals in their market. On the day of the Jijidae derby, the chairmen of both sides came to watch this game. So spontaneously people considered it to be a rivalry. In 2004, Anyang moved to Seoul. Fans thought the derby between LG and Samsung was gone. But it was still considered the biggest event of the K-League by the news media. Also the fans of FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung have a very bad relationship. So the new derby between Seoul and Suwon started. Now it is the biggest derby of the K-League. The Seoul–Suwon derby recorded an attendance of 55,397 on 8 April 2007, the biggest record of South Korean professional sports history.[7] FC Seoul also has a derby with Incheon United.

[edit] AFC Champions League

FC Seoul had its first appearance in the AFC Champions League in 2009. They won their first match in the league against Sriwijaya FC. After showing poor form in several matches after that, it looked impossible for Seoul to qualify for the second round, but a dramatic come-from-behind victory over reigning champion Gamba Osaka and Sriwijaya's unexpected victory over Shandong Luneng enabled them to advance to the second round with taking second place in Group F. On 24 June 2009, they beat the Kashima Antlers in the Round of 16 and went on to the quarterfinal.[8]

[edit] Supporters

FC Seoul's no. 12 is blanked for the supporters. The main supporter group of FC Seoul is Suhoshin. It means the Guardian Deity and was organized in March, 2004. There are also some minor supporter groups such as RedPower and THANATOS.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current team squad

As of 22 October 2009.
No. Position Player
1 South Korea GK Kim Ho-Jun
2 South Korea DF Yoon Hong-Chang
3 South Korea DF Ahn Tae-Eun
4 South Korea DF Park Yong-Ho
6 South Korea DF Kim Jin-Kyu
7 South Korea MF Kim Chi-Woo
8 Brazil DF Adilson dos Santos
9 South Korea FW Jung Jo-Gook
10 Montenegro FW Dejan Damjanović
11 South Korea FW Kim Seung-Yong
13 South Korea MF Ou Kyoung-Jun
14 South Korea MF Kim Han-Yoon
15 South Korea MF Ko Yo-Han
16 South Korea MF Ko Myong-Jin
17 South Korea DF Lee Jong-Min
18 Brazil FW Anderson
19 South Korea FW Lee Sang-Hyup
20 South Korea MF Han Tae-You
21 South Korea MF Ki Sung-Yong
22 South Korea DF Kim Chi-Gon (captain)
No. Position Player
23 South Korea GK Jo Soo-Hyuk
24 South Korea DF Jeong Hyung-Joon
25 South Korea FW Sim Woo-Yeon
26 South Korea MF Moon Ki-Han
28 South Korea FW Lee Seung-Ryul
29 South Korea MF Lee Hwa-Seob
30 South Korea FW Jeong Da-Hooeon
31 South Korea GK Kang Jae-Wook
32 South Korea MF Kim Ui-Beom
33 South Korea MF Park Young-Joon
34 South Korea DF Jung Sung-Ho
35 South Korea DF Yeo Hyo-Jin
36 South Korea MF Ahn Jeong-Koo
37 South Korea FW Seo Seung-Hoon
38 South Korea MF Choi Jae-Woong
39 South Korea FW Kim Hyun-Sung
40 South Korea MF Cho Beom-Seok
41 South Korea GK Park Dong-Suk
43 South Korea FW Bae Hae-Min
South Korea DF Choi Jae-Soo

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player
South Korea FW Ahn Sang-Hyun (to Gyeongnam FC)
 

[edit] U-18 Team (Dongbuk High School) Squad

as of 2009

No. Position Player
* South Korea GK Kang Jin-Koo
* South Korea GK Ahn Dong-Hyun
* South Korea GK Yoo Jae-Geun
* South Korea DF Cho Min-Woo
* South Korea DF Lee Dong-Nyeok
* South Korea DF Choi Ji-Hoon
* South Korea DF Kim Hyo-Soo
* South Korea DF Park Jung-In
* South Korea DF Song Seung-Joo
* South Korea DF Lee Joo-Hyun
* South Korea DF Im Ki-Sub
* South Korea MF Kim Hwan-Hee
* South Korea MF Lee Gwang-Jin
* South Korea MF Jang Doo-Young
* South Korea MF Hong Jin-Hyuk
No. Position Player
* South Korea MF Lee Han-Wool
* South Korea MF Jeon Byung-Soo
* South Korea MF Joo Hyung-Joon
* South Korea MF Jang Hyun-Woo
* South Korea MF Lee Geun-Ho
* South Korea MF Shin Ho-Rim
* South Korea FW Jeon Ho-Yeon
* South Korea FW Yoo Dong-Won
* South Korea FW Jeong Dong-Chul
* South Korea FW Kim Hak-Seung
* South Korea FW Park Joon-Kyung
* South Korea FW Bae Do-Hyuk
* South Korea FW Baek Chul-Seung
* South Korea FW Choi Myong-Hoon
* South Korea FW Jeong Seung-Yong

[edit] Retired number(s)

12South Korea Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

[edit] Notable players

The players in bold have senior international caps.

 South Korea
 Netherlands
 Montenegro
 Turkey
 Portugal
 Brazil

Year* = Retired Player

[edit] Players with a World Cup career

World Cup Germany 2006

[edit] Captains

Dates Captains Vice-Captains
2004 South Korea Kim Sung-Jae
2005 South Korea Kim Sung-Jae South Korea Lee Min-Sung
2006 South Korea Lee Min-Sung South Korea Lee Eul-Yong
2007–2008 South Korea Lee Eul-Yong South Korea Kim Chi-Gon
2009–present South Korea Kim Chi-Gon South Korea Kim Jin-Kyu

[edit] 2004 organizing members

Name
Manager Cho Kwang-Rae
FW 22. Kim Eun-Jung, 9. Renaldo, 18. Jung Jo-Gook 11. Lee Won-Shik, 29. Kim Seung-Yong, 33. Ahn Sang-Hyun
MF 7. Lee Eul-Yong, Valenzing, 8. Kim Sung-Jae 13. Choi Won-Kwon 15. Han Tae-You 25. Jung Jae-Yoon
27. Lee Chung-Yong 30. Ku Kyung-Hyen 31. Kim Tae-Soo 34. Jung Sung-Ho 35. Song Jin-Hyung
36. Ko Myong-Jin 37. Kim Dong-Suk 38. Lee Kwang-Hee 39. Lee Ik-Sung 40. Bae Hae-Min 42. Lee Ji-Nam
43. Yoon Hong-Chang 45. Jung Chang-Geun 47. Ko Yo-Han 48. Ricardo 49. Cho Sung-Yong
DF 17. Kim Chi-Gon 6. Park Jung-Suk, 4. Kim Dong-Jin 5. Souza 19. Lee Jung-Youl
20. Lee Jung-Soo 21. Park Yo-Seb 14. Park Yong-Ho, 28. Wang Jung-Hyun
GK 1. Won Jong-Duk 44 Valeri Sarychev, 41. Park Dong-Suk

[edit] Managers

[edit] Coaching staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager Şenol Güneş  Turkish
First team coach Lee Young-Jin  Korean
First team coach Choi Yong-Soo  Korean
First team coach Seref Çiçek  Turkish
Goalkeeping coach Yasin Özdenak  Turkish
Reserve team manager Kim Sung-Nam  Korean
U-18 team manager Choi Jin-Han  Korean
U-18 team coach Lee Young-Ik  Korean
U-18 team coach Lee Won-Joon  Korean

[edit] Managerial history

Start End Name Notes
02/02/2004
12/15/2004
South Korea Cho Kwang-Rae The first Manager of FC Seoul. He collected lots of young players
such as Lee Chung-Yong, Ko Myong-Jin, Song Jin-Hyung.
01/10/2005
12/02/2006
South Korea Lee Jang-Soo FC Seoul got their first K-League Cup title.
01/08/2007
present
Turkey Şenol Güneş First foreign manager of FC Seoul.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Predecessor club statistics included (1984–present)

[edit] Domestic competitions

[edit] International competitions

[edit] Predessor club statistics not included (2004–present)

[edit] Domestic competitions

[edit] International competitions

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Predecessor club records

Lucky Goldstar Hwangso (1984–1990), LG Cheetahs (1991–1995), Anyang LG Cheetahs (1996–2003)

Season K-League Played W D L F A GD PTS K-League Cup FA Cup Super Cup Asian Club Championship Manager
1984
7th
28
8
6
14
27
58
-31
33
Park Se-Hak
1985
Winner
21
10
7
4
35
19
+16
33
Park Se-Hak
1986
Runners-up
20
10
7
3
28
17
+11
33
Park Se-Hak
1987
5th
32
7
7
18
26
55
-29
21
Park Se-Hak
1988
4th
24
6
11
7
22
29
-7
23
Park Se-Hak
1989
Runners-up
40
15
17
8
53
40
+13
47
Park Se-Hak
1990
Winner
30
14
11
5
40
25
+15
39
Park Se-Hak
1991
6th
40
9
15
16
44
53
-9
39
Park Se-Hak
1992
4th
30
8
13
9
30
35
-5
29
Runners-up
Park Se-Hak
1993
Runners-up
30
18
0
12
28
29
-1
59
4th
Park Se-Hak
1994
5th
30
12
7
11
53
50
+3
43
Runners-up

Cho Young-Jeung

1995
8th
28
5
10
13
29
43
-14
25
6th

Cho Young-Jeung

1996
9th
32
8
8
16
44
56
-12
32
8th
2nd Round

Cho Young-Jeung

1997
9th
18
1
8
9
15
27
-8
11
10th
Quarter Final
Park Byoung-Ju
1998
8th
18
9
0
9
28
28
0
23
3rd
Winner
Park Byoung-Ju
1999
9th
27
10
0
17
38
52
-14
24
Runners-up
Semi Final
Runners-up Cho Kwang-Rae
2000
Winner
29
21
0
8
51
27
+24
57
9th
2nd Round
Cho Kwang-Rae
2001
Runners-up
27
11
10
6
30
23
+7
43
8th
Quarter Final
Winner
Cho Kwang-Rae
2002
4th
27
11
7
9
37
30
+7
43
4th
1st Round
Runner-up
Cho Kwang-Rae
2003
8th
44
14
14
16
69
68
+1
56
No competition
Round of 32
Cho Kwang-Rae

[edit] FC Seoul records

[edit] K-League records

Season POS Played W D L F A GD PTS Manager
2004
5th
24
7
12
5
20
17
+3
33
Cho Kwang-Rae
2005
7th
24
8
8
8
37
32
+5
32
Lee Jang-Soo
2006
3rd
26
9
12
5
31
22
+9
39
Lee Jang-Soo
2007
7th
26
8
13
5
23
16
+7
37
Şenol Güneş
2008
Runners-up
26
15
9
2
44
25
+19
54
Şenol Güneş

[edit] K-League Championship records

Season POS Played W D L F A GD Manager
2004
Semi Final
1
0
0
1
0
1
-1
Lee Jang-Soo
2008
Runners-up
3
1
1
1
6
5
+1
Şenol Güneş

[edit] K-League Cup records

Season POS Manager
2004
12th
Cho Kwang-Rae
2005
5th
Lee Jang-Soo
2006
Winner
Lee Jang-Soo
2007
Runners-up
Şenol Güneş
2008
9th
Şenol Güneş

[edit] FA Cup records

Season POS Manager
2004
Round of 16
Cho Kwang-Rae
2005
Round of 16
Lee Jang-Soo
2006
Quarter Final
Lee Jang-Soo
2007
Quarter Final
Şenol Güneş
2008
Round of 32
Şenol Güneş

[edit] Season by season records

Year Regular Season Playoffs K-League Cup FA Cup AFC Champions League Manager
2004
5th
Did not qualify
12th
Round of 16
Did not qualify
Cho Kwang-Rae
2005
7th
Did not qualify
5th
Round of 16
Did not qualify
Lee Jang-Soo
2006
3rd
Quarter Final
'Winner
Quarter Final
Did not qualify
Lee Jang-Soo
2007
7th
Did not qualify
Runners-up
Quarter Final
Did not qualify
Şenol Güneş
2008
Runner-up
Runners-up
9th
Round of 32
Did not qualify
Şenol Güneş

[edit] Average attendance records

Season K-League K-League Cup
2004
15,363
6,529
2005
22,010
32,415
2006
19,276
11,921
2007
21,515
14,315
2008
22,417
12,499

[edit] Ownership

[edit] Sponsors

[edit] Main sponsors

[edit] Kit sponsors

[edit] Sister Clubs

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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