Seongnam FC

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Seongnam FC
성남 FC
Full name Seongnam Football Club
성남시민프로축구단
Nickname(s) Magpie
Short name SFC
Founded 1989; 35 years ago (1989), as Ilhwa Chunma[1]
Ground Tancheon Sports Complex
Ground Capacity 16,250
Chairman Lee Jae-myung
Manager Kim Hak-bum
League K League Classic
2015 Season 5th
Website Club home page
Current season
Seongnam FC
Hangul 성남시민프로축구단
Hanja 城南市民Pro蹴球團
Revised Romanization Seongnam FC
McCune–Reischauer Sŏngnam FC

Seongnam FC (Korean: 성남 FC) is a South Korean professional football club, based in Seongnam, South Korea. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul, 28 km away. Seongnam currently plays in the K League Classic. Founded as Ilhwa Chunma Football Club in 1989, the club is the most successful in Korean football, having won a record 7 League titles, 3 FA Cups, 3 League Cups, and 2 AFC Champions League titles.

Seongnam placed 5th 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

Before Seongnam FC

The club was founded on 18 March 1989 as Ilhwa Chunma Football Club[1] with the club based in Seoul. The club was successful from its beginning, winning its first League Cup three years later in 1992 and winning three consecutive league titles from 1993 to 1995 under Park Jong-hwan. Seongnam also won the 1995 Asian Club Championship, which is currently the AFC Champions League, beating Al-Nasr 1-0 in the final. But the club was forced to move in 1996, as part of the K League's decentralization policy. This policy was carried out due to two reasons – the first reason was that the KFA and the K League wanted to build a soccer-specific stadium in Seoul and the second reason was that the KFA and the K League wanted to spread football fever to the provinces. The three clubs based in Seoul – Ilhwa Chunma, LG Cheetahs, Yukong Elephants didn't accept this policy, resulting in the Korean government giving eviction orders to the 3 clubs. However, they guaranteed if the clubs built a soccer-specific stadium in Seoul, they could have a Seoul franchise and then return to Seoul. As a result, three clubs were evicted from Seoul to other cities, Ilhwa Chunma moved to the city of Cheonan and changed its name to Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma.

Several seasons with mixed success followed. Seongnam managed to win the FA Cup in 1999 and reached the final of the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship but lost to Pohang Steelers 2-3. However, their performance in the league was disappointing and after they finished at the bottom of the league for the second consecutive time in 1999, the club moved to the Seoul satellite city of Seongnam and renamed themselves 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 a A3 Champions Cup in 2004.

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. This shocking 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 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 7th 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 had not lost 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 Pohang Steelers, despite finishing first place in the regular season. This brought controversy about the playoffs system.

Seongnam's former legendary player Shin Tae-yong returned first as caretaker manager from 2009 season then as manager from the following season and continued the 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 4th 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 on a process of purchasing the club from Ilhwa. Estimated number of 800 supporters (SF1080, YRU, YFboys and Ultras Giovani) protested in front of the Seongnam city hall stating the city could not lose the most successful club in the Asian football's history. Seongnam city started negotiation to purchase the club from Ilhwa. On October 2013, Seongnam's mayor Lee, Jae-Myung had a conference and stated that the Club will be sold to Seongnam City Government and will be participating under the name, Seongnam FC.[4]

Seongnam FC era

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.[5]

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 2015.

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 Quarter-final –
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
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league

Current squad

As of 10 January 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 South Korea GK Jeon Sang-wook
2 South Korea DF Kwak Hae-sung
5 South Korea DF Lim Chae-min
6 South Korea DF Kim Tae-yoon
8 South Korea MF Kim Do-heon (Captain)
13 South Korea MF Kim Dong-hee
14 South Korea MF Jung Seon-ho
16 South Korea FW Hwang Ui-jo
17 South Korea DF Park Tae-min
19 Brazil FW Lucas Pajeu (on loan from Corinthians)
20 South Korea DF Yun Young-sun
22 South Korea MF Lee Jong-won
24 South Korea DF Jang Suk-won
25 South Korea MF Lee Tae-hee
26 South Korea FW Moon Chang-hyun
No. Position Player
27 South Korea DF Kang Jin-wook
28 South Korea DF Yoo Chung-yoon
30 South Korea FW Sung Bong-jae
31 South Korea FW Park Yong-ji
32 South Korea DF Lee Won-kyu
33 South Korea DF Jang Hak-young
36 South Korea DF Yeom Yoo-shin
South Korea FW Lee Min-woo
South Korea FW Choi Myung-jin
South Korea FW Lee Beom-soo
South Korea DF Lee Sang-ha
South Korea DF Kwon Hyun-joon
South Korea MF Park Jae-woo
South Korea MF Park In-woo
South Korea DF Kim Myung-soo

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
South Korea DF Park Jin-po (to Sangju Sangmu for military duty)
South Korea MF Lee Chang-hoon (to Sangju Sangmu for military duty)
South Korea MF Kim Seong-jun (to Sangju Sangmu for military duty)
South Korea FW Nam Joon-jae (to Ansan Police for military duty)

Current Staff

As of 26 August 2014

Coaching Staff

U-18 Team (Pungsaeng High School) Coaching Staff

  • Mangager: South Korea Kim Woo-jae
  • Coach: South Korea Kim Jong-chun
  • Goalkeeper Coach: South Korea Kim Hee-ho

U-15 Team (Pungsaeng Middle School) Coaching Staff

  • Manager: South Korea Yoo Sung-woo
  • Coach: South Korea Seo Kwang-woon

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 Won Heung-jae 1990/04/27 1990/06/27 1990
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 Present 2014–

Honours

2010 AFC Champions League winner Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

Domestic

Winners (7): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
Runners-up (3): 1992, 2007, 2009
Winners (3): 1999, 2011, 2014
Runners-up (3): 1997, 2000, 2009
Winners (1): 2002
Runners-up (2): 2000, 2004
Winners (3): 1992, 2002, 2004
Runners-up (3): 1995, 2000, 2006

International

Winners (2): 1995, 2010
Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 2004
Winners (1): 1996
Winners (1): 2004
Winners (1): 1996
Winners (1): 2012
Runners-Up (1): 2012

Kit Supplier

Crest

  • 1989–1999
  • Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma old emblem.png
    2000–2005

    (Unveiled : 2000-03-02)
  • Emblem of Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.svg
    2006–2013

    (Unveiled : 2006-03-02)
    One star added after winning of 2006 season
  • Seongnam FC.png
    2014–present

    (Unveiled : 2014-01-25)

See also

References

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External links

Achievements
Preceded by Champions of Asia
1995–96		 Succeeded by
Pohang Steelers
South Korea
Preceded by Champions of Asia
2010		 Succeeded by
Al-Sadd SC
Qatar
Preceded by K League Champions
1993 · 1994 · 1995		 Succeeded by
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Preceded by K League Champions
2001 · 2002 · 2003		 Succeeded by
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Preceded by K League Champions
2006		 Succeeded by
Pohang Steelers
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