Jeju United FC

Jeju United
제주 유나이티드

Full name	Jeju United Football Club 제주 유나이티드 축구단
Founded	1982, as Yukong FC
Ground	Jeju World Cup Stadium (Capacity: 35,657)
Owner	SK Energy
Chairman	Koo Ja-Young
Manager	Park Kyung-Hoon
League	K-League
2011 Season	9th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Jeju United Football Club (Korean:제주 유나이티드 FC) is a South Korean professional football club. The club is based in Jeju of South Korea.

History

Jeju United FC was founded on 17 December 1983, as Yukong Football Club, owned and financially supported by the Sunkyoung Group's subsidiary Yukong (now SK Group's SK Energy), with Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi as its franchise and Kokkiri (Kokkiri means elephant) as its mascot. The club has lifted the Championship on only one occasion in 1989.

A founding member of the K-League in 1983, Jeju United have undergone several hardships over the years and have struggled to make a serious impact in the Korean Professional Football League.

At the end of 1995 the side moved from the Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul to the Mokdong Stadium on the western edge of Seoul, as part of K-League's decentralization policy. This policy was carried out due to two reasons. In 1995, Korea was under bidding for 2002 FIFA World Cup. So first reason is that KFA and K-League want to build a soccer-specific stadium in Seoul and second reason is that KFA and K-League want to spread football fever to the provinces. Three clubs based in Seoul – Yukong Kokkiri, LG Cheetahs, and Ilhwa Chunma – didn't accept this policy, so the Seoul government gave an eviction order to the three clubs. However they guaranteed that if clubs built a soccer-specific stadium in Seoul, they could have a Seoul franchise and return to Seoul. As a result, the three clubs were evicted from Seoul to other cities; Yukong Kokkiri moved to the city of Bucheon, a satellite city of Seoul, 25 km away and became as the "Bucheon Yukong." However, Bucheon din't have a stadium, so they used Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000.

Mid-way through the 1997 season the club rebranded itself as "Bucheon SK" and, at the start of the 2001 season, moved to the Bucheon Stadium.

In 2006, Bucheon SK announced their move to Jeju without any fore notice, renamed themselves "Jeju United FC," and adopted the vacant Jeju World Cup Stadium as their new home ground.

• Franchise Relocation History

Club Name	City / Area	Period
Yukong Kokkiri	Seoul+Incheon+Gyeonggi	1983[1]
Yukong Kokkiri	Seoul	1984-86[1]
Yukong Kokkiri	Incheon+Gyeonggi	1987-90
Yukong Kokkiri	Seoul - Dongdaemun Stadium	1991-95
Bucheon Yukong Bucheon SK	Seoul - Mokdong Stadium[2]	1996-00
Bucheon SK	Bucheon - Bucheon Stadium	2001-05
Jeju United FC	Jeju - Jeju World Cup Stadium	2006-

^[1] During 1983-1986, K-League didn't have home and away system, so franchise relocations were meaningless at that time. ^[2] Bucheon SK held all home matches at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000, because Bucheon Stadium was under construction

On January 3, 2008, Jeju appointed Arthur Bernardes for new manager.

On October 14, 2009, Arthur Bernardes announced his resignation due to Jeju's bad form in the K-League.

Players

Current Squad

As of 25 January 2012

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Lee Jin-Hyung 2 DF Park Jin-Ok 3 DF Yoon Won-Il 4 DF Adrian Madaschi 5 DF Park Byeong-Ju 6 DF Choi Won-Kwon (captain) 7 MF Kwon Soon-Hyung 8 MF Oh Seung-Bum 9 FW Robert 10 FW Shim Young-Sung 11 FW Jair 13 MF Jung Kyung-Ho 14 FW Song Ho-Young 15 DF Hong Jung-Ho 16 DF Ma Chul-Jun 17 DF Heo Jae-Won 18 FW Kang Su-Il 19 GK Jeon Tae-Hyun

No. Position Player 20 FW Seo Dong-Hyun 21 GK Han Dong-Jin 22 MF Yang Joon-A 23 MF An Jong-Hun 24 FW Nam Joon-Jae 25 FW Kim Jun-Yub 26 DF Oh Ban-Suk 27 MF Jeong Seok-Min 28 MF Noh Sung-Chan 29 FW Jin Dae-Sung 30 FW Bae Il-Hwan 31 GK Kim Sun-Jin 33 DF Han Yong-Soo 35 DF Kwon Yong-Nam 39 FW Santos TBA DF Jang Jung-Hyun TBA DF Lee Sung-Hyun TBA FW Lee Sang-Hyup

Injured player

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

No. Position Player FW Shin Young-Rok

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player GK Kim Ho-Jun (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) MF Oh Bong-Jin (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) MF Kim Young-Sin (to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix) FW Bae Ki-Jong (to National Police Agency)

2012 season transfers

In

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

No. Position Player GK Kim Sung-Jin (Drafted from Jeonju University) DF Han Yong-Soo (Drafted from Hanyang University) DF Jang Jung-Hyun (Drafted from Kyunghee University) DF Lee Sung-Hyun (Drafted from Yonsei University) DF Heo Jae-Won (Transferred from Gwangju FC) DF Park Byeong-Ju (Transferred from Gwangju FC) MF Kwon Soon-Hyung (Transferred from Gangwon FC) MF Noh Sung-Chan (Drafted from Jeonju University)

No. Position Player MF Jung Kyung-Ho (Transferred from Chunnam Dragons) MF Jeong Seok-Min (Transferred from Pohang Steelers) FW Lee Sang-Hyup (Loan return from Daejeon Citizen) FW Seo Dong-Hyun (Transferred from Gangwon FC) FW Jin Dae-Sung (Drafted from Jeonju University) FW Song Ho-Young (Transferred from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) FW Jair (Free agent) TBA FW Robert (Transferred from Avaí)

Out

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Kang Min-Hyuk (Transferred to Gyeongnam FC) 23 FW Han Jae-Man (Released) 24 MF Jung Da-Seul (Released) 25 DF Kang Joon-Woo (Released) 38 DF Lee Yoon-Ho (Released) 43 MF Moon Min-Kwi (Released)

No. Position Player DF Kim Ho-Jun (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service) DF Kim Young-Sin (Loaned to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military service) FW Bae Ki-Jong (to National Police Agency for military service) FW Kim Eun-Jung (Transferred to Gangwon FC) FW Kim Tae-Min (Transferred to Gangwon FC) FW Lee Hyun-Ho (Transferred to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)

Former Notable players

• József Somogyi (1994-1995, 1996-1997)
• Dabo (2002-2004)
• Aleksandr Podshivalov (1994-1997)
• Sergey Burdin (1996-1997)
• Lee Kang-Jo (1983-1985)
• Shin Mun-Seon (1983-1985)
• Lee Jang-Soo (1983-1986)
• Park Yoon-Gi (1983-1986)
• Choi Ki-Bong (1983-1987)
• Kim Yong-Se (1983-1988)
• Choi Yun-Gyeom (1986-1992)
• Noh Soo-Jin (1986-1993)
• Shin Dong-Chul (1986-1993)
• Park Chang-Sun (1987)

• Cho Yoon-Hwan (1987-1990)
• Ha Jae-Hoon (1987-1994)
• Lee Kwang-Jong (1988-1995)
• Kim Pyung-Seok (1989-1990)
• Yoo Dae-Soon (1989-1994)
• Kim Bong-Kil (1989-1994)
• Hwangbo Kwan (1989-1995)
• Huh Ki-Tae (1990-1997)
• Cho Jung-Hyun (1992-1998)
• Kang Chul (1993-2000)
• Kim Gi-Dong (1993-2002)
• Lee Yong-Bal (1994-2001)
• Lee Lim-Saeng (1994-2002)
• Yoon Jung-Chun (1994-2004)

• Yoon Jung-Hwan (1995-1999)
• Lee Won-Shik (1996-2003)
• Kim Han-Yoon (1997-2009, 2001-2005)
• Lee Eul-Yong (1998-2002)
• Lee Sung-Jae (1999-2003)
• Cho Jin-Ho (2000)
• Lee Sang-Yoon (2001)
• Choi Moon-Sik (2002)
• Kim Jae-Sung (2005-2007)
• Cho Yong-Hyung (2005-2006, 2008-2010)
• Koo Ja-Cheol (2007-10)
• Kang Min-Soo (2009)
• Park Hyun-Beom (2010-11)
• Kim Eun-Jung (2010-11)

Managers

Managerial History

- K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's

#	Name	Start	End	Season	Notes
1	Lee Jong-Hwan	1982/04/20	1985/07/21	1983-1985	Resigned in the middle of season
2	Kim Jung-Nam	1985/07/21	1992/05/12	1985-1992	Resigned in the middle of season
C	Park Yeong-Hwan (Caretaker manager)	1986/??/??	1986/??/??	1986	Kim Jung-Nam was called up as a natioal team manager for 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1986 Asian Games
C	Choi Jong-Deok (Caretaker manager)	1988/07/13	1988/09/14	1988	Kim Jung-Nam was called up as a natioal team manager for 1988 Summer Olympics
C	Ham Heung-Chul Park Seong-Hwa (Caretaker manager)	1992/05/12	1992/12/19	1992
3	Park Sung-Hwa	1992/12/20	1994/10/29	1993-1994
C	Cho Yoon-Hwan (Caretaker manager)	1994/10/30	1994/12/31	1994
4	Valeri Nepomniachi	1995/01/01	1998/10/31	1995-1998
C	Cho Yoon-Hwan (Caretaker manager)	1998/11/01	1998/12/31	1998
5	Cho Yoon-Hwan	1999/01/01	2001/08/14	1999-2001	Resigned in the middle of season
C	Choi Yun-Kyum (Caretaker manager)	2001/08/14	2001/08/31	2001
6	Choi Yun-Kyum	2001/09/01	2002/09/01	2001-2002	Resigned in the middle of season
7	Tınaz Tırpan	2002/09/02	2003/05/14	2002-2003	Resigned in the middle of season
C	Ha Jae-Hoon (Caretaker manager)	2003/05/14	2003/07/18	2003
8	Ha Jae-Hoon	2003/07/19	2003/12/31	2003
9	Jung Hae-Seong	2004/01/01	2007/11/03	2004-2007
10	Arthur Bernardes	2008/01/04	2009/10/14	2008-2009	Resigned in the middle of season
C	Cho Jin-Ho (Caretaker manager)	2009/10/14	2009/10/29	2009
11	Park Kyung-Hoon	2009/10/30		2010-present

Honours

- K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's

Domestic Competitions

• K-League
  • Winners (1) : 1989
  • Runners-up (4) : 1984, 1994, 2000, 2010
• K-League Cup
  • Winners (3) : 1994, 1996 (Adidas Cup), 2000 (Daehan Fire Insurance Cup)
  • Runners-up (2) : 1998 (Adidas Korea Cup), 1998 (Philip Morris Korea Cup)
• FA Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2004

International competitions

• King's Cup
  • 3rd (1) : 1990

Statistics

Jeju United FC records

- Yukong Kokkiri (1983–1995), Bucheon Yukong / Bucehon SK (1996–2005)

Season	Teams	K-League	Played	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS	K-League Cup	FA Cup	Manager
1983	5	3rd	16	5	7	4	26	22	+4	17			Lee Jong-Hwan
1984	8	Runners-up	28	13	9	6	38	22	+16	53			Lee Jong-Hwan
1985	8	5th	21	7	5	9	28	26	+2	19			Lee Jong-Hwan Kim Jung-Nam
1986	6	4th	20	7	5	8	29	26	+3	19	3rd(Pro)		Kim Jung-Nam Park Yeong-Hwan (C)
1987	5	3rd	32	9	9	14	34	43	-9	27			Kim Jung-Nam
1988	5	3rd	24	8	8	8	25	24	+1	24			Kim Jung-Nam Choi Jong-Deok (C)
1989	6	Champions	40	17	15	8	51	40	+11	49			Kim Jung-Nam
1990	6	4th	30	8	12	10	27	30	-3	28			Kim Jung-Nam
1991	6	4th	40	10	17	13	38	40	-2	37			Kim Jung-Nam
1992	6	6th	30	7	8	15	33	38	-5	22	4th		Kim Jung-Nam Ham Heung-Cheol (C) Park Seong-Hwa (C)
1993	6	5th	30	7	13	10	25	31	-6	48	6th		Park Seong-Hwa
1994	7	Runners-up	30	14	9	7	47	31	+16	51	Winners		Park Seong-Hwa Cho Yoon-Hwan (C)
1995	8	4th	28	9	9	10	28	30	-2	36	5th		Valeri Nepomniachi
1996	9	4th	32	13	9	10	55	51	+4	48	Winners	Semi-finals	Valeri Nepomniachi
1997	10	10th	18	2	5	11	19	36	-17	11	5th(A) Group B 3rd(P)	Quarter-finals	Valeri Nepomniachi
1998	10	7th	18	9	0	9	28	32	-4	24	Runners-up(A) Group B 3rd(PM)	Round of 16	Valeri Nepomniachi Cho Yoon-Hwan (C)
1999	10	3rd	29	18	0	11	48	41	+7	47	8th(A) Group A 3rd(D)	Quarter-finals	Cho Yoon-Hwan
2000	10	Runners-up	32	18	0	14	54	45	+9	41	9th(A) Winners(D)	Semi-finals	Cho Yoon-Hwan
2001	10	7th	27	7	14	6	29	29	0	35	Group B 5th	Round of 16	Cho Yoon-Hwan Choi Yun-Gyeom
2002	10	8th	27	8	8	11	32	40	-8	32	Group A 3rd	Round of 16	Choi Yun-Gyeom Tınaz Tırpan
2003	12	12th	44	3	12	29	39	73	-34	21	No competition	Semi-finals	Tınaz Tırpan Ha Jae-Hoon
2004	13	13th	24	4	13	7	19	27	-8	25	11th	Runners-up	Jung Hae-Seong
2005	13	5th	24	12	6	6	26	18	+8	42	4th	Round of 16	Jung Hae-Seong
2006	14	13th	26	5	10	11	23	30	-7	25	8th	Round of 32	Jung Hae-Seong
2007	14	11th	26	8	6	12	27	35	-8	30	Group A 6th	Semi-finals	Jung Hae-Seong
2008	14	10th	26	7	7	12	23	31	-8	28	Group A 5th	Round of 32	Arthur Bernardes
2009	15	14th	28	7	7	14	22	44	-22	28	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	Arthur Bernardes Cho Jin-Ho (C)
2010	15	Runners-up	28	17	8	3	54	25	+29	29	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Park Kyung-Hoon

Crest

• 

  1982-1997.09
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  1997.10-2000
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  2001-2005
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  2006-2008
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  2009-present
  (Unveiled : 2009.02)

Kit Supplier

• 2006-08: Diadora
• 2009-: Astore

External links

• (Korean) Jeju United FC Official Website
• (Korean) Jeju United FC Twitter

Achievements
Preceded by POSCO Atoms	K-League Champions 1989	Succeeded by Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso