FC Seoul 1056336 224565381 2008-07-09T13:05:54Z 221.153.245.32 {{Unreferenced|date=July 2007}} {{Football club infobox | fullname = Football Club Seoul | clubname = FC Seoul | image = [[Image:Img amb03.jpg]] | founded = [[1983]] (originally)<br>[[2004]] (FC Seoul) | Nickname: | ground = {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]] <br /> Stadium Nickname:Sang-am<br />(Seong-san,Ma-po,Seoul,South Korea) | capacity = 66,806 | chairman = {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Huh Chang-Su]] | manager = {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Şenol Güneş]] | league = {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[K-League]] | season = [[K-League 2008]] | position = 3rd | pattern_la1=_redshoulders|pattern_b1=_blackstripes|pattern_ra1=_redshoulders| leftarm1=000000|body1=FF0000|rightarm1=000000|shorts1=000000|socks1=FF0000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_lightbluestripes|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF }} '''FC Seoul''' is a [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. It is currently owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of [[GS Group]]. The club is usually considered a powerhouse in the [[K-League]], with the notorious financial backing of the GS Group. The club disclosed its three-year contract with [[Şenol Güneş]], a former Turkish national manager who lead the side to the semi-final at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] and [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup]], on 8th December 2006. ==History== ===Founding=== The club was formed in December 1983, and started out in [[1984]] as ''Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso'', owned and financially supported by the [[LG Group]] (then Lucky-Goldstar Group), with [[Chungcheong]] region as its franchise. In the inaugural season, the club finished seventh out of the eight sides. The club fared better in [[1985]] when they won the Championship with the help of Thai international [[Piyapong Pue-On]], who was the top goalscorer, as well as the league leader in assists. ===Move to Seoul and then to Anyang=== At the start of [[1990]] season, the K-League, worried about financial stability of clubs, invited number of clubs to play in Seoul, the capital and the most populous city in South Korea. Thus, the Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso moved to [[Dongdaemun Stadium]] in [[Seoul]] at the beginning of 1990. The move proved to be a very good one, as the club finished the year as champions of K-League. The club changed its name to LG Cheetahs in 1991 after [[LG Twins]], a professional baseball team owned by LG Group. After several seasons in Seoul, the club was forced to move in 1996, as part of K-League's decision to create strong regional basis for each club. For clubs located in Seoul, this meant a forced move, as the K-League banned clubs from claiming Seoul as their home, asserting that clubs based in the capital had the unfair advantage in drawing crowds compared to others and, thus, would harm any type of competition. As a result, the club moved to the city of [[Anyang, Gyeonggi|Anyang]], a satellite city of Seoul, and now was known as the ''Anyang LG Cheetahs''. In the upcoming years, a solid base of supporters was formed, and it established a strong league rivalry with the [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]], partly fueled also by the fact that LG Group and [[Samsung|Samsung Group]], which owned the Suwon club, were also considered rivals in the business world, especially in electronics. The club continued to grow and in [[2000]], they won their third Championship, behind the firepower of striker [[Choi Yong-Soo]]. ===Third relocation to Seoul=== For [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], in Korea and Japan, 10 brand new stadiums of World Cup standards were built in Korea. After the World Cup, the Korean World Cup Organizing Committee and the [[Korea Football Association|Korea Football Association (KFA)]] actively supported the move of regional K-League clubs into the new stadia, to avoid any financial losses by having to maintain a stadium in playing conditions without any income. However, due to the previous decision by the league to exclude any member club from being based in Seoul, [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]] remained vacant, except as a host of some international friendlies. Thus, the city government of Seoul and the KFA both actively sought for a K-League club to play at the stadium to avoid substantial financial losses. Initially, the idea was to create a new club, but when it was later learned that any club playing in Seoul World Cup Stadium would have to pay partially for the construction fees of the stadium, this proved very unlikely. Thus, the KFA tried to lure one of the current clubs to Seoul. Anyang LG Cheetahs, behind the financial backing of the LG Group, who not only viewed the move to Seoul as a way to increase its advertising presence, but has the right to come back to Seoul 'cause it was forcefully changed its franchise in 90's, announced in February 2004 that it would pay the share of the construction fees (which turned out to be 15 billion wons, or at that time 15 million USD). This proposed move provoked a significant amount of anger from the local supporters of the club, 'Anyang RED', resulting in series of demonstrations by the supporters, also the supporters of other clubs and '[[Red Devil (supporters club)|Red Devil]]'. Further fueling the resistance was the general consensus of the South Korean public that football clubs need to have strong regional ties, not a simple marketing branch of a corporation that could be moved without agreement of the fans. However, the lure of the Seoul market was too great for the LG Group to avoid. Furthermore, the LG Group considered the move to Seoul as a "return" to Seoul, asserting that it is simply reclaiming what was taken away from them. Despite a strong supporter protest against move from fans of many other clubs, the move was finalised but the club had to relent somewhat, as the official name of the club was changed to FC Seoul, along with the promise that the [[LG Group]] would invest money into youth football in Seoul. The lack of the corporate identity in the club name was seen by the media as a huge compromise, since it is bound to lose certain marketability. ==Current team squad== ''as of [[July 9]], [[2008]]'' {{Football squad start}} {{Football squad player|no=1|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kim Byung-Ji]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=2|nat=South Korea|name=[[Yoon Hong-Chang]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=3|nat=South Korea|name=[[Ahn Tae-Eun]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=4|nat=South Korea|name=[[Park Yong-Ho]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=5|nat=South Korea|name=[[Park Yo-Seb]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=6|nat=South Korea|name=[[Lee Min-Sung]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=7|nat=South Korea|name=[[Lee Eul-Yong]](C)|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=8|nat=Brazil|name=[[Adilson dos Santos]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=9|nat=South Korea|name=[[Jung Jo-Gook]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=10|nat=South Korea|name=[[Park Chu-Young|Park Chu-Young]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Serbia|name=[[Dejan Damjanović]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=12|nat=|name=Supporters|pos=}} {{Football squad player|no=13|nat=South Korea|name=[[Ahn Sang-Hyun]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=14|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kim Han-Yoon]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=15|nat=South Korea|name=[[Lee Jong-Min]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=16|nat=South Korea|name=[[Koh Myong-Jin]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=17|nat=South Korea|name=[[Ki Sung-Yong|Ki Sung-Yueng]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=18|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kim Eun-Jung]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=19|nat=South Korea|name=[[Lee Sang-Hyup]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad mid}} {{Football squad player|no=20|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kim Jin-Kyu]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=21|nat=South Korea|name=[[Choi Won-Kwon]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=22|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kim Chi-Gon]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=23|nat=South Korea|name=[[Ku Kyung-Hyen]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=24|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kim Ho-Jun]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=25|nat=South Korea|name=[[Sim Woo-Yeon]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=27|nat=South Korea|name=[[Lee Chung-Yong]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=29|nat=South Korea|name=[[Chun Je-Hun]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=30|nat=South Korea|name=[[Jo Soo-Hyuk]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=31|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kang Jae-Wook]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=32|nat=South Korea|name=[[Ko Yo-Han]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=33|nat=South Korea|name=[[Lee Sang-Woo]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=34|nat=South Korea|name=[[Jung Sung-Ho]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=35|nat=South Korea|name=[[Moon Ki-Han]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=36|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kim Hyun-Kwan]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=37|nat=South Korea|name=[[Lee Seung-Ryul]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=51|nat=South Korea|name=[[Kwon Jung-Hyuk]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=77|nat=Turkey|name=[[Ceyhun Eris]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad end}} === Out on loan === {{Football squad start}} {{Football squad player|no=28|nat=South Korea|name=[[Bae Hae-Min]]|pos=FW|other=at {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Viktoria Zizkov]]}} {{Football squad end}} ===2008 Season transfers=== ;In {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Serbia|name=[[Dejan Damjanović]]|pos=FW|other=Transferred from {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Incheon United]]}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=South Korea|name=Lee Jong-Min|pos=MF|other=Transferred from {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=South Korea|name=Ku Kyung-Hyen|pos=DF|other=Transferred from {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix]]}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Netherlands|name=[[Kiki Musampa|Kizito "Kiki" Musampa]]|pos=MF|other=From Free Agency}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=South Korea|name=Jo Soo-Hyuk|pos=GK|other=Drafted from {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Konkuk University]]}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=South Korea|name=Kang Jae-Wook|pos=GK|other=From Free Agency}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=South Korea|name=Lee Sang-Woo|pos=DF|other=Drafted from {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Hongik University]]}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=South Korea|name=Moon Ki-Han|pos=MF|other=Drafted from {{flagicon|South Korea}}FC Seoul U-19(Dongbuk High school)}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=South Korea|name=Kim Hyun-Kwan|pos=MF|other=Drafted from {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Dongguk University]]}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=South Korea|name=Lee Seung-Ryul|pos=FW|other=Drafted from {{flagicon|South Korea}}Shingal High school}} {{Fs player|no=51|nat=South Korea|name=Kwon Jung-Hyuk|pos=GK|other=Transferred from {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Pohang Steelers]]}} {{Football squad player|no=77|nat=Turkey|name=[[Ceyhun Eris]]|pos=MF|other=Transferred from {{flagicon|Turkey}}[[Konyaspor]]}} {{Fs end}} ;Out {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=South Korea|name=Park Jung-Suk|pos=DF|other=Retired}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Brazil|name=Eduardo Francisco de Silva Neto|pos=FW|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=South Korea|name=Kim Tae-Jin|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Incheon United]]}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=South Korea|name=Kim Dong-Suk|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=South Korea|name=[[Lee Jung-Youl]]|pos=DF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Incheon United]]}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=South Korea|name=Choi Jae-Soo|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix]]}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Netherlands|name=[[Kiki Musampa|Kizito "Kiki" Musampa]]|pos=MF|other=Released}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=South Korea|name=[[Song Jin-Hyung]]|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|Australia}}[[Newcastle United Jets FC|Newcastle Jets]]}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=South Korea|name=Kang Myung-Chul|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}Police team}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=South Korea|name=Lee Kwang-Hee|pos=DF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Hallelujah Football Club|Ansan Hallelujah]]}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=South Korea|name=Choi Young-Il|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}Police team}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=South Korea|name=Lee Yoo-Seong|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Gangneung City|Gangneung City FC]]}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=South Korea|name=Kim Ba-Woo|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|South Korea}}[[Daejeon Citizen]]}} {{Fs player|no=42|nat=South Korea|name=Lee Hyun-Kyu|pos=GK|other=Released}} {{Fs player|no=50|nat=Portugal|name=[[Ricardo Nascimento]]|pos=MF|other=Transferred to {{flagicon|Portugal}}[[C.D. Trofense]]}} {{Football squad player|no=77|nat=South Korea|name=Won Jong-Duk|pos=GK|other=Retired}} {{Fs end}} ==Staff== Coaching Staff *Manager: {{flagicon|Turkey}} '''[[Şenol Güneş]]''' *Coach: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Lee Young-Jin''' , {{flagicon|Turkey}} '''Seref Cicek''' , {{flagicon|KOR}} '''[[Choi Yong-Soo]]''' *GK Coach: {{flagicon|Turkey}} '''Yasin Ozdenak''' *Reserve Team Manager: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Kim Sung-Nam''' *Reserve Team Coach: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Kim Yong-Kab''' Executive Office, Front Staff *Chairman: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Huh Chang-Soo''' *President: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Lee Wan-Kyong''' *General Manager: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Han Woong-Soo''' *Marketing Team: {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Lee Jae-Ha''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Jeon Jae-Hong''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Lee Jae-Ho''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Kim Min-Soo''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Kim Seon-Wook''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Ryu Seung-Reuol''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Seong Min''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Yang Jeong-A''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Jeong Song-Yi''' *Operation Team,Information Team: {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Kang Myung-Won''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Kim Tae-Joo''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Seong Dong-Hoon''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Cho Seong-Dae''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Yoo Seong-Han''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Lee Hyang-Mi''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Moon In-Seong''' *Forcelogic Team: {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Choi Ki-Bong''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Kim Hyuek-Joong''' *PlanSupport Team: {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Han Byueng-Seok''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Son Hyueng-Kwon''', {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Lee Mi-Ae''' Medical Staff *Club Doctor: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Lee Kyung-Tae''' *Trainer: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Park Kyu-Pho''', {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Kwon Ki-Yong''', {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Lee Jong-Kyu''' Support Staff *Equipment Supervisor: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Lee Chun-Kil''', {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Kim Seon-Ki''' *Vehicles: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Oh Kwui-Do''', {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Won Bong-Hui''' *Dietitian: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Nam Yeon-Ak''' *Interpreter: {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Park Man-Choon''';by and large, {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Kim Eun-Young''';Exception Turkey *Mental Consultationer: {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Kim Byung-Joon''' *Players Supervisor: {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Yoo Seong-Han''' in Front Staff Operation Team *Player Scouter: {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Choi Ki-Bong''' in Front Staff Forcelogic Team *Video logic: {{flagicon|KOR}}'''Kim Hyuek-Joong''' in Front Staff Forcelogic Team ==Notable players== *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Choi Yong-Soo]] 2006 *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Park Chu-Young]] 2005-present *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Eun-Jung]] 2004-present *{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Ricardo Nascimento]] 2005-2007 *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Byung-Ji]] 2006-present *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Jung Jo-Gook]] 2004-present *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Adilson dos Santos]] 2006-present *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Eul-Yong]] 2004 , 2006-present *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Min-Sung]] 2005-present *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Jin-Kyu]] 2007-present *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Chi-Gon]] 2004-present *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Choi Won-Kwon]] 2004-present *{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Lee Chung-Yong]] 2004-present *{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kiki Musampa|Kizito "Kiki" Musampa]] 2008 ==Club records== ===K-League records=== {| width=60% |- !bgcolor=#ffe5b4|Year !bgcolor=#ffe5b4|Position !bgcolor=#ffe5b4|Games !bgcolor=#ffe5b4|Wins !bgcolor=#ffe5b4|Draws !bgcolor=#ffe5b4|Losses !bgcolor=#ffe5b4|Goals Scored !bgcolor=#ffe5b4|Goals Against |---- bgcolor=#f5f5dc |<center>2004||<center>5||<center>24||<center>7||<center>12||<center>5||<center>32||<center>27 |---- bgcolor=#f5f5dc |<center>2005||<center>8||<center>24||<center>8||<center>8||<center>8||<center>37||<center>32 |---- bgcolor=#f5f5dc |<center>2006||<center>3||<center>26||<center>9||<center>12||<center>5||<center>31||<center>22 |---- bgcolor=#f5f5dc |<center>2007||<center>7||<center>26||<center>8||<center>13||<center>5||<center>23||<center>16 |---- bgcolor=#f5f5dc |<center>total||<center>6||<center>322||<center>115||<center>99||<center>111||<center>435||<center>408 |---- bgcolor=#f5f5dc |} ==Kit Suppliers== *2004-present : [[Adidas]] ==External links== * {{en icon}} [http://www.fcseoul.com/eng/index_eng.jsp Official FC Seoul English website] * {{ko icon}} [http://www.fcseoul.com/ Official FC Seoul Korean website] * {{en icon}} [http://www.rokfootball.com/fc_seoul FC Seoul at ROKfootball.com] * {{ko icon}} [http://www.fcseoul12.com/ FC Seoul Main Supporters 'Suhoshin' Official website] * {{ko icon}} [http://club.cyworld.com/bravofcseoul 'We are the FC Seoul Supporters' cyworld webclub] ==See also== *[[List of Korea-related topics]] {{fb start}} {{FC Seoul Squad}} {{fb end}} {{fb start}} {{K-League}} {{fb end}} [[Category:South Korean football clubs]] [[Category:Seoul]] [[Category:Sport in Seoul]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1983]] [[Category:FC Seoul]] [[Category:K-League clubs]] [[de:FC Seoul]] [[es:FC Seoul]] [[fr:FC Seoul]] [[ko:FC 서울]] [[ja:FCソウル]] [[pl:FC Seul]] [[pt:FC Seoul]] [[th:สโมสรฟุตบอลโซล]] [[tr:FC Seoul]] [[zh:FC首爾]]