Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (Korean: 전북 현대 모터스 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Jeonbuk have won the K League a record nine times, including five consecutive titles between 2017 and 2021, and the Korean FA Cup five times.^[1] Internationally, the club have won the AFC Champions League twice, first in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since it was rebranded in 2003. Jeonbuk have also made two appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup, most recently in the 2016 edition. The club's home ground is the Jeonju World Cup Stadium.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Full name	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club 전북 현대 모터스 축구단
Founded	1994; 30 years ago (1994) (as Chonbuk Dinos)
Ground	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity	42,477
Owner	Hyundai Motor Company
Chairman	Chung Eui-sun
Manager	Gustavo Poyet
League	K League 1
2024	K League 1, 10th of 12
Website	hyundai-motorsfc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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

History

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' predecessor was founded in January 1993 under the name Wansan Pumas. Oh Hyung-keun was the founder of the team, the first to be named after its home location in K League history. However, they failed to raise enough funds and the club went bankrupt before they could take their place in the K League. Many people wanted to keep the club and Bobae Ltd., a local alcohol producer, offered financial support to the club. In 1994, they joined the K League after renaming as Chonbuk Buffalo, but ran into financial problems and were dissolved after the final match of the 1994 season. In 1994, South Korea was in the campaign to host the 2002 FIFA World Cup, so Hyundai Motors took over the Buffaloes' players and formed a new club called Chonbuk Dinos on 12 December 1994. The K League's official policy is that Chonbuk Buffalo and Chonbuk Dinos (later renaming as Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) are two different clubs.^[1]

Since 1994, Jeonbuk had not seriously challenged for the K League title, often languishing in mid-table.^[1] After Choi Kang-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 K League, however, they won their first AFC Champions League title.^[1] En route to the final, they defeated the Japanese champions, Gamba Osaka, and China's Shanghai Shenhua,^[2] as well as Ulsan Horang-i, the South Korean champions, in the semi-finals.^[3] They then triumphed 3–2 on aggregate over Al-Karamah, the champions of Syria, in the final.^[4]

As AFC Champions League winners, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors qualified for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.^[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 Korean champions for the first time after beating Seongnam Ilhwa 3–1 on aggregate in the K League Championship.^[1][6] They repeated the feat in 2011 and won their second domestic title after defeating Ulsan Hyundai 4–2 in the final.^[7][8] The same year, they also reached the AFC Champions League final, where they lost to Al-Sadd after a penalty shoot-out.^[9]

On 26 November 2016, Jeonbuk won their second AFC Champions League title after defeating Al-Ain 3–2 on aggregate.^[10]

Players

Current squad

As of 29 February 2024^[11]

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 Kim Jeong-hoon 2 DF  CZE Tomáš Petrášek 3 DF  KOR Jeong Tae-wook 4 MF  KOR Park Jin-seop (captain) 5 DF  KOR Jang Min-jun 6 MF  KOR Lee Soo-bin 7 MF  KOR Han Kyo-won 8 MF  KOR Lee Yeong-jae 9 FW  BRA Tiago Orobó 10 FW  KOR Song Min-kyu 11 MF  KOR Lee Dong-jun 13 GK  KOR Jeong Min-ki 14 DF  KOR Lee Jae-ik 15 DF  KOR Ku Ja-ryong 16 FW  KOR Park Jae-yong 17 DF  KOR Ahn Hyeon-beom 18 FW  KOR Lee Jun-ho 19 MF  GHA Nana Boateng 21 DF  KOR Park Chang-woo 22 DF  KOR Jeong Woo-jae 23 DF  KOR Kim Jin-su 24 DF  KOR Ma Ji-kang 25 DF  KOR Choi Chul-soon 26 DF  KOR Hong Jeong-ho 27 MF  KOR Moon Seon-min

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  KOR Maeng Seong-ung 29 MF  KOR Lee Ji-hoon 30 MF  KOR Lee Kyu-dong 31 GK  KOR Gong Si-hyeon 32 MF  KOR Kim Rae-woo 33 MF  KOR Jeon Byung-kwan 34 MF  KOR Um Seung-min 35 MF  KOR Kang Yeong-seok 36 MF  KOR Jang Nam-ung 37 MF  KOR Park Jun-beom 38 GK  KOR Kim Tae-yang 39 DF  KOR Kim Tae-hwan 40 DF  KOR Lee Woo-yeon 47 MF  KOR Park Chae-joon 49 FW  KOR Sung Jin-young 50 DF  KOR Jin Si-woo 55 GK  KOR Hwang Jae-yun 70 DF  KOR Park Si-hwa 77 MF  KOR Kwon Chang-hoon 80 FW  BRA Marcus Vinicius 88 MF  KOR Park Kyu-min 96 MF  KOR Park Ju-yeong 98 FW  BRA Hernandes Rodrigues 99 MF  KOR Kim Chang-hoon

Out on loan

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 — GK  KOR Jeon Ji-wan (to FC Ryukyu) — GK  KOR Kim Jun-hong (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty) — DF  KOR Lee You-hyeon (to Gangwon FC) — MF  KOR Kang Sang-yoon (to Suwon FC)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  KOR Kim Jin-gyu (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty) — MF  KOR Lee Min-hyuk (to Gyeongnam FC) — MF  KOR Oh Jae-hyeok (to Seongnam FC)

Honours

Domestic

• K League 1
  • Winners (9): 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Runners-up (3): 2012, 2016, 2022
• Korean FA Cup
  • Winners (5): 2000, 2003, 2005, 2020, 2022
  • Runners-up (3): 1999, 2013, 2023
• 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 (reserve team)

International

• AFC Champions League
  • Winners (2): 2006, 2016
  • Runners-up (1): 2011
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2002

Backroom staff

Coaching staff

• Manager: Gus Poyet
• Assistant manager: Mauricio Taricco
• First-team coach: Jung Jo-gook
• Goalkeeper coach: Hwang Hee-hoon
• Analysis coach: Diego Poyet
• Fitness coach: Panagiotis Voulgaris

Source: Official website^[12]

Support staff

• Physiotherapist: Gilvan Oliveira
• Medical department: Kim Jae-oh, Kim Byeong-seon, Lee Gyu-yeol
• Interpreters: Kim Min-su, Mun Keon-ho, Choe Dong-eun
• Kit manager: Lee Min-ho
• Analysts: Lee Sun-gu, Kim Ki-hyun

Source: Official website^[13]

Managers

No.	Name	From	To	Season(s)
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	Nam Dae-sik	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	2023/05/04[14]	2021–2023
C	Kim Do-heon	2023/05/04	2023/06/08	2023
7	Dan Petrescu	2023/06/09[15]	2024/04/06[16]	2023–2024
C	Park Won-jae	2024/04/07	2024/05/26	2024
8	Kim Do-heon	2024/05/27	2024/12/16	2024
9	Gus Poyet	2024/12/24	present	2025–

Season-by-season records

Domestic record

Season	Division	Tms.	Pos.	FA Cup
1995	1	8	7	—
1996		9	5	Quarter-final
1997		10	6	Round of 16
1998			6	Round of 16
1999			7	Runners-up
2000			4	Winners
2001			9	Semi-final
2002			7	Quarter-final
2003		12	5	Winners
2004		13	6	Quarter-final
2005			12	Winners
2006		14	11	Round of 16
2007			8	Round of 16
2008			4	Quarter-final
2009		15	1	Semi-final
2010			3	Quarter-final
2011		16	1	Round of 16
2012			2	Quarter-final
2013		14	3	Runners-up
2014		12	1	Semi-final
2015			1	Round of 16
2016			2	Quarter-final
2017			1	Fourth round
2018			1	Round of 16
2019			1	Round of 32
2020			1	Winners
2021			1	Round of 16
2022			2	Winners
2023			4	Runners-up
2024			10	Round of 16

AFC Champions League record

All results list Jeonbuk's goal tally first.

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	—	3–2 (a.e.t.)	—
	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	—	—
	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)	—	—
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[a]	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	1–4	3rd
		Shanghai SIPG	1–2	2–0
		Sydney FC	1–0	2–2
2021	Group H[a]	Chiangrai United	2–1	3–1	1st
		Gamba Osaka	2–1	2–2
		Tampines Rovers	9–0	4–0
	Round of 16	BG Pathum United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)
	Quarter-final	Ulsan Hyundai	2–3 (a.e.t.)
2022	Group H[a]	Sydney FC	0–0	3–2	2nd
		Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	1–0
		Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	1–0	1–1
	Round of 16	Daegu FC	2–1 (a.e.t.)
	Quarter-final	Vissel Kobe	3–1 (a.e.t.)
	Semi-final	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)
2023–24	Group F	Kitchee	2–1	2–1	2nd
		Bangkok United	3–2	2–3
		Lion City Sailors	3–0	0–2
	Round of 16	Pohang Steelers	2–0	1–1	3–1
	Quarter-final	Ulsan HD	1–1	0–1	1–2

1. Matches were played at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with "home" and "away" used for administrative purposes.

See also

• List of football clubs in South Korea

References

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12. 코칭스태프 [Coaching staff] (in Korean). Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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14. "김상식 전 감독이 남긴 '작별 손편지'…"선수들과 팬들께 진심으로 죄송"". Segye Ilbo (in Korean). 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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External links

• Official website (in Korean)