Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC

The Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Women's Football Club (Korean: 인천 현대제철 레드엔젤스 WFC) is a South Korean women's football team based in Incheon. The club was founded in 1993.

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC

Full name	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Women's Football Club
Nickname(s)	Red Angels
Founded	1993; 32 years ago (1993)[1]
Ground	Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
Capacity	4,968
Owner	Hyundai Steel
Manager	Hur Jeong-jae
League	WK League
2024	WK League, 4th of 8
Website	redangels.hyundai-steel.com
Home colours Away colours

They are South Korea's most successful club with eleven consecutive WK League titles won from 2013 to 2023.

History

In the 1990s, the Hyundai Group established and invested in various sports teams to improve the company's image following Chung Ju-yung's unsuccessful campaign in the 1992 presidential election, as well as to boost employees' morale and loyalty.^[2] Hyundai's women's football club was formally established on 3 December 1993, becoming the first women's works football team in South Korea.^[3] Byun Byung-joo was appointed as manager and the squad initially consisted of fifteen players, including five former hockey players.^[4] With no other works teams to compete with, they initially played against university and high school teams.^[5]

Current squad

As of 28 February 2025^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KOR Sung Seoul-seorabeol 5 DF  KOR Ko Yoo-jin 6 DF  KOR Moon Ha-yeon 7 MF  KOR Lee So-hee 8 MF  KOR Jang Chang 9 FW  KOR Seo Ji-yeon 10 FW  KOR Choi Ji-na 11 FW  KOR Kim So-eun 13 MF  KOR Kim Sung-mi 14 MF  KOR Oh Yeon-hee 16 MF  KOR Park Ye-eun 17 MF  KOR Jung Yoo-jin

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  KOR Kim Jung-mi 19 DF  KOR Yoon Hye-in 20 DF  KOR Lim Hee-eun 21 MF  KOR Kim Myeong-jin 22 DF  KOR Lee Deok-ju 26 DF  KOR Lim Seon-joo 27 FW  KOR Namgung Ye-ji 28 MF  KOR Kim Min-seo 29 DF  KOR Kang Ye-jin 30 FW  KOR Park Ah-yeon 33 GK  KOR Kim Min-jeong 46 MF  KOR Bae Ye-bin

Backroom staff

Coaching staff

• Manager: Hur Jeong-jae
• Head coach: Kim Dae-yeol
• Goalkeeper coach: Jo Jung-min
• Fitness coach: Moon Min-sung

Support staff

• Medical trainers: Kim Eun-myung, Lee Ji-young
• Analyst: Lee Ju-han

Source: Official website^[7]

Honours

Domestic

• Queen's National Women's Football Championship
  • Winners (8): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Runners-up (4): 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001
• President's Cup (Women's Division)
  • Winners (5): 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
  • Runners-up (1): 2000
• Korea Expressway Corporation National Women's Football Tournament
  • Winners (5): 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
  • Runners-up (1): 1997
• National Women's Football Championship
  • Winners (7): 2004, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024
  • Runners-up (4): 2002, 2011, 2017, 2022
• Peace Cup National Women's Football Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2005^[8]
• WK League
  • Winners (11): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Runners-up (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

International

• AFC Women's Club Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2023

Season-by-season records

Pre-WK League era

Season	Queen's National Women's Football Championship	President's Cup	National Football Championship (Women's division)	Korea Expressway Corporation National Women's Football Tournament	Korean Women's League		Unification Cup	National Sports Festival
					1st ed.	2nd ed.
1994	3rd	3rd						[a]
1995	2nd		3rd
1996	2nd[9]	1st	[b]	1st
1997	2nd[10]	3rd		2nd
1998	1st[11]	1st[12]		1st[12]	2nd[13]	1st[13]
1999	1st[14]	1st[12]		1st	1st[15]	1st[13]
2000	1st[16]	2nd[17]		1st[17]	2nd
2001	2nd	1st[18]		1st	2nd[19]			1st[20]
Season	Queen's National Women's Football Championship	President's Cup	National Football Championship (Women's division)	National Women's Football Championship	Korea Women's Football Championship		Unification Cup	National Sports Festival
					Spring	Autumn
2002		1st		2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st[20]
2003	1st	[c]			1st[21]		1st[22]	1st[20]
2004	1st			1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd[20]
2005	1st				1st[23]	1st	1st	Unranked[20]
2006	1st				1st	1st	1st	Quarter-finals[20]
2007	1st						2nd[24]	Semi-finals[20]
2008	[d]			1st	2nd[25]	2nd	2nd	Quarter-finals[20]

WK League era

Season	WK League									National Women's Football Championship	National Sports Festival	Ref.
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Playoffs
2009	20	9	8	3	25	7	35	2nd	Runners-up		1st	[26][20]
2010	20	13	2	5	32	21	41	1st	Runners-up		Semi-finals	[27][20]
2011	21	12	5	4	37	18	41	2nd	Runners-up	2nd	Semi-finals	[28][29][20]
2012	21	16	2	3	43	17	50	2nd	Runners-up	1st	1st	[30][31][20]
2013	24	15	5	4	44	15	50	1st	Winners	Unranked	Unranked	[32][33][20]
2014	24	16	5	3	49	14	53	1st	Winners	Unranked	1st	[32][34][20]
2015	24	19	4	1	57	16	61	1st	Winners	1st	Semi-finals	[32][35][20]
2016	24	16	7	1	55	21	55	1st	Winners	1st	Semi-finals	[32][36][20]
2017	28	22	4	2	88	18	70	1st	Winners	2nd	1st	[32][37][20]
2018	28	21	6	1	84	21	69	1st	Winners	Unranked	1st	[32][38][20]
2019	28	24	4	0	82	19	76	1st	Winners	Unranked	Semi-finals	[32][39][20]
2020	21	18	1	2	60	11	55	1st	Winners	Not held[e]	Cancelled[f]	[32]
2021	21	17	1	3	51	14	52	1st	Winners	1st	Cancelled[g]	[32][42]
2022	21	16	4	1	44	13	52	1st	Winners	2nd	Unranked	[32][43][20]
2023	21	13	3	5	36	14	42	1st	Winners	Semi-finals	2nd	[32][44][45]
2024	28	12	11	5	36	25	47	4th	Did not qualify	1st	2nd	[46][47][48]

1. Before 2001, the National Sports Festival did not feature a senior women's football tournament.
2. The tournament only featured a women's division once, in 1995.
3. The President's Cup did not have a women's division after 2002.
4. The tournament did not have a senior division after 2007.
5. The tournament was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
6. Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.^[40]
7. Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.^[41]

Record in AFC Women's Club Championship

All results list Red Angels's goal tally first.

Season	Round	Opponents	Result	Placement
2019	Group stage	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Third place
		Nippon TV Beleza	0–2
		Jiangsu Suning	0–2
2023	Group stage	FC Nasaf	2–0	First place
		Bam Khatoon	2–1
		Sydney FC	3–0
	Final	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2

Managers

No.	Manager	Period	Ref.
1	Byun Byung-joo	1993–1995	[49]
2	Kim Pyung-seok	1996–1998	[50]
3	An Jong-goan	1999–2009	[51]
4	Lee Moon-seok	2010–2011	[52]
5	Choi In-cheol	2012–2019	[53][54]
6	Jung Sung-chun	2020–2021	[55]
C	Kim Eun-sook	2021	[56]
7		2022–2024	[57]
8	Hur Jeong-jae	2025–present	[58]