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Jeonbuk FC 전북 축구클럽
Full name	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club
Nickname(s)	Greens
Founded	1993 ,as Wansan FC
Ground	Jeonju World Cup Stadium(Jeonju Castle) (Capacity 43,348)
Chairman	Chung Mong-koo
Manager	Choi Kang-hee
League	K-League
K-League 2007	5th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club (Korean: 전북 현대 모터스 축구클럽; also Jeonbuk FC,^[1] 전북축구클럽) are a professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea. They are current holders of the AFC Champions League title (won in 3-2 aggregate win against the Syrian club Al-Karama on November 8, 2006), the first club from East Asia to achieve it since the AFC Champions League was launched in its current format in 2003. This title guaranteed Jeonbuk participation in the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2006.

Jeonbuk's best domestic performance have often been reserved for the Korean FA Cup and they remain the only club to have won the competition on more than one occasion (2000, 2003, 2005). The club's color is green which is also the color of Jeonbuk Province. Jeonbuk have been playing at the Jeonju Worldcup Stadium (nickname-Jeonju castle) since 2002, capacity 42,477, in the city of Jeonju.

Contents 1 History 2 Club honors 2.1 Domestic 2.1.1 Professional 2.1.2 Amateur 2.2 International 3 Sponsors 4 Managers 5 Current squad 5.1 2008 Season transfers 6 Backroom staff 6.1 Coaching staff 6.2 Medical staff 7 Notable former players 8 See also 9 Notes 10 External links

Jeonbuk FC were founded in January 1993; the original name was Wansan FC. O Hyung-Kun is the founder and it was the first club that used the home's name for the club's in KPFL (The Korean Professional Football League) and Wansan FC tried to introduce the new football club system. (The other clubs started out as company-sponsored football teams for public relations and used their sponsored company's name until 1996)

However, O Hyung-Kun was not able to raise enough funds and Wansan FC went into bankruptcy before joining the Korean League. Many people were eager to keep their club and Bobae Ltd., a local alcohol manufacturer, fortunately gave financial support. The club joined the Korean League in 1994 after changing the name to 'Jeonbuk Buffalo FC'. The team began losing money and did not play up to expectations, even though there was heavy fan support. Jeonbuk Buffalo was entrusted to the KPFL, and Hyundai Motors took over Jeonbuk FC on December 12, 1994.

Since 1993, Jeonbuk have not seriously challenged for the Korean League title, often languishing in mid-table. After Choi Gang-hee was appointed manager in July 2005, Jeonbuk won the Korean FA Cup 2005. In 2006, Jeonbuk finished a disappointing eleventh in the Korean League. The season had a surprising ending, as Jeonbuk won their first AFC Champions Cup final in Homs, Syria. They defeated the champions of Japan and China, Gamba Osaka and Dalian Shide . And they also beat Ulsan Horang-i, the champion of Korea, in the semi-final and Al-Karama, the champion of Syria, in the final.

They had an opportunity to join the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2006 as AFC Champions. They lost their first game 0-1 to Club America in the semi-final(December 10, 2006). However, they defeated Auckland City FC (3-0, December 14), and finished fifth in the FIFA Club World Cup.

• FA Cup Champions: 3
  

2000, 2003, 2005

• FA Cup Runner-up: 1
  

1999

• Korean Super Cup Runner-up: 1
  

2004

• Korean President's Cup Champion: 1
  

1999

• AFC Champions League Champions: 1
  

2006

• Asian Cup Winners Cup Runner-up: 1
  

2002

Kit Supplier

• 1994 : Puma
• 1995 : Ludis
• 1996 : Fuerza Sports
• 1997-2003 : Adidas
• 2004 : Umbro
• 2005-2006: Reebok
• 2007- : Hummel

As of December 19, 2006. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L
Kim Ki-Bok		December 1993	October 1994	36	5	5	26
Cha Gyoung-Bok		November 1994	December 1996	75	23	16	36
Choi Man-Hee		December 1996	July 2001	160	53	32	75
Nam Dae-Sik[2]		August 2001	September 2001	14	2	6	6
Cho Yoon-Hwan		October 2001	June 2005	137	47	49	41
Kim Hyung-Yul[3]		June 2005	July 2005	6	2	0	4
Choi Kang-Hee		July 2005	Present	76	26	19	31

As of December 6, 2007

No. Position Player 1 GK Kwon Sun-Tae 2 DF Choi Chul-Soon 4 DF Choi Jin-Cheul 5 DF Kim Young-Sun 6 DF Kim Hyun-Su (C) 7 MF Kim Jae-Young 8 MF Chung Jong-Kwan 10 MF Antonio Franja 11 DF Lim You-Hwan 13 MF Kim Jung-Kyum 14 MF Kwon Jip 15 FW Ze Carlo 16 FW Chung Kyung-Ho 17 DF Lee Jung-Ho 18 FW Stevica Ristić 19 MF Byun Jae-Sub 20 DF Kim In-Ho 22 MF Kim Hyeung-Bum 23 FW Kim Han-Won 24 MF Lee Hyun-Seung

No. Position Player 25 FW Jung Soo-Jong 26 MF Jang Ji-Hyun 27 DF Lee Eung Je 28 MF Kim Dong-Hyun 29 MF Kim Jong-Kyung 30 MF Kim Young-Sin 31 GK Hong Jeong-Nam 32 MF Jeon Kwang-Hwan 33 MF Moon Dae-Sung 34 DF Heo Hoon-Goo 37 MF Jo Seong-Joon 38 MF Jang Jo-Yoon 40 FW Park Jung-Hwan 42 MF Kim Man-Hee - DF Kim Yong-Hee - DF Sung Jong-Hyun - DF Kang Min-Soo - DF Kim Seung-Geun - FW Choi Tae-Uk - GK Joo Jae-Duk

In

No. Position Player DF Kim Yong-Hee (Transferred from Busan I'Park) DF Sung Jong-Hyun (Transferred from Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix) DF Kang Min-Soo (Transferred from Chunnam Dragons) DF Kim Seung-Geun (Transferred from Pohang Steelers) FW Choi Tae-Uk (Transferred from Pohang Steelers) GK Joo Jae-Duk (Transferred from Gyeongnam FC)

Out

No. Position Player 9 FW Choi Chul-Woo (Transferred to Busan I'Park) 36 MF Choi Kwang-Hee (Transferred to Busan I'Park) 3 DF Jung In-Hwan (Transferred to Chunnam Dragons) 13 MF Kim Jung-Kyum (Transferred to Pohang Steelers) 14 MF Kwon Jip (Transferred to Pohang Steelers) 21 GK Sung Kyung-Il (Transferred to Gyeongnam FC)

• Manager: Choi Kang-Hee
• First team coach: Lee Heung-Sil
• Goalkeeping coach: Choi In-Young
• Fitness coach: Shin Hong-Ki
• Director of Youth Academy: Ahn Jae-Suk

• Club doctor: Jeon Myung-Gu
• Assistant club doctor: Jeong Kyoung-Chi
• Assistant club doctor: Park Sung-Pil

• Edmilson Dias de Lucena
• Kim Do-Hoon
• Raphael Jose Botti
• Lee Kyung Choon
• Seo Dong-Myung
• Yoon Jung-Hwan
• Seo Hyuk-Su
• Paulo Roberto Rink
• Magno Alves
• Milton Rodriguez

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of football clubs in South Korea

• (Korean) (English) Jeonbuk F.C. Official site
• Supporters' community - Mad Green Boys, in Korean
• The 1st leg of the AFC Champions League final VOD, 2006.11.01
• The 2nd leg of the AFC Champions League final VOD, 2006.11.08
• OleOle's Coverage of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at the FIFA Club World Cup 2006

Preceded by Al-Ittihad

Champions of Asia 2006

Succeeded by Incumbent

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors – current squad
1 Kwon Sun-Tae • 2 Choi Chul-Soon • 3 Jung In-Hwan • 4 Choi Jin-Cheul • 5 Kim Young-Sun • 6 Kim Hyun-Su • 7 Kim Jae-Young • 8 Chung Jong-Kwan • 9 Choi Chul-Woo • 10 Toni • 11 Lim You-Hwan • 13 Kim Jung-Kyum • 14 Kwon Jip • 15 Ze Carlo • 16 Chung Kyung-Ho • 17 Lee Jung-Ho • 18 Ristić • 19 Byun Jae-Sub • 20 Kim In-Ho • 21 Sung Kyung-Il • 22 Kim Hyeung-Bum • 23 Kim Han-Won • 24 Lee Hyun-Seung • 25 Jung Soo-Jong • 26 Jang Ji-Hyun • 27 Lee Eung Je • 27 Kim Dong-Hyun • 29 Kim Jong-Kyung • 30 Kim Young-Sin • 31 Hong Jeong-Nam • 32 Jeon Kwang-Hwan • 33 Moon Dae-Sung • 34 Heo Hoon-Goo • 36 Choi Kwang-Hee • 37 Jo Seong-Joon • 38 Jang Jo-Yoon • 40 Park Jung-Hwan • 42 Kim Man-Hee • Manager: Choi Kang-Hee

K-League 2007 clubs v • d • e
Busan I'Park | Chunnam Dragons | Daegu FC | Daejeon Citizen | FC Seoul | Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | Gyeongnam FC | Incheon United | Jeju United | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Pohang Steelers | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i