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36-452: The Daejeon stadium (main stadium) has a capacity of 20,618 and opened in 1964. It was used by Daejeon Citizens before Daejeon World Cup Stadium opened and the team relocated in 2001. It hosted several football preliminaries during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul . Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium was opened in 1965, and undergone a significant renovation and expansion in 2012. It now has

72-628: A major economic crisis necessitated IMF intervention in the South Korean economy – this period of time is commonly referred to as the "IMF crisis" in South Korea. As a consequence a number of companies, including some considered to be "Chaebol" went bankrupt, and there was widespread unemployment. Daejeon Citizen did not escape this crisis unscathed. The main board of Daejeon consisted of 4 groups – Kyeryong Construction Industrial, Dong-A Construction, DongYang Department Store and Chung-cheong Bank. But as

108-452: A capacity of 13,500, and serves as home for Hanwha Eagles of Korea Professional Baseball League. Chungmu Gymnasium is an indoor sports facility that can be used as basketball, or volleyball stadium. It currently serves as home for Samsung Fire Bluefangs and Daejeon KGC of V-League . Hanbat is the original Korean name of the City of Daejeon . Han means Big and Bat means Field, hence

144-591: A consequence of the IMF crisis, three of the four groups went bankrupt, leaving Kyeryong as the only survivor of the original board. There was a subsequent impact on the level of financial and management support provided to the club. This made for a particularly difficult season in the 1998 season of the K League. Again, only three games were won, but this time Daejeon finished ninth in the league, ahead of only Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma. The following year, 1999 , Daejeon improved their winning record to six victories. However, changes in

180-513: A few weeks of the conclusion of the 2002 FIFA Football World Cup, Daejeon Citizen FC have played their home games at Daejeon World Cup Stadium . The stadium was specifically constructed for the world cup, and was completed in September 2001. Daejeon World Cup Stadium hosted two group games of the world cup, as well as the South Korea/Italy quarter-final. The fans of Daejeon Citizen have nicknamed

216-457: A plan to establish 'Daejeon Citizen' – their own local community club – was unveiled, which meant Daejeon citizens would have their own team to support in the league. Generally in Korea, 'community-club' means that the club issues shares. In the case of Daejeon, although shares weren't issued until 2005 (and the issuing of shares continued into 2006), they were already known as a "community club". Daejeon

252-422: A strong force. In 2005, with the return of two key players, Yoo Sang-chul and Lee Chun-soo , they qualified for the championship playoffs . In the play-off semi-final, they beat Seongnam Ilhwa 2–1, and in the final, they beat Incheon United 6–3 on aggregate, with a hat-trick from Lee Chun-Soo in the first leg. They became the league champions for the second time in their history. The club also went on to win

288-464: A superior goal difference to FC Seoul , with whom Daejeon finished equal on points. The win over Suwon was Daejeon's fifth consecutive victory and ultimately enabled them to qualify for the championship playoffs for the first time in their history. By midseason, it had seemed like another disappointing season was in store for Daejeon fans, with precious few wins recorded, and a number of losses. When Kim Ho took over from previous manager Choi Yun-kyum in

324-479: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Hana Citizen FC ( Korean : 대전 하나 시티즌 FC ) is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon that competes in the K League 1 , the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 1997, Daejeon Citizen was the first community club in South Korea, not belonging to any company. The club first entered

360-570: Is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1 , the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in 1984. Their home ground is Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium . The club is owned by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries . Ulsan HD have won the league title five times, most recently in 2024 , and the Korean FA Cup once, in 2017 . At international level, they have won

396-424: The 1990 season, the club moved their franchise to Ulsan , where the headquarters of several branches of owner company Hyundai are located at, from Gangwon Province . Former South Korea 's striker Cha Bum-kun took the managerial position in the 1991 season, leading the club to the runners-up position in the league in his debut season. However, he failed to win any trophy and was replaced by Ko Jae-wook after

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432-450: The 1994 season. Under Ko Jae-wook, Ulsan won their second Korean League Cup trophy in 1995 , which was his debut season as Ulsan manager. Ulsan won their first ever league title in 1996 , beating Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–2 on aggregate in the championship playoffs . The club then entered a long dry-spell in terms of league trophies, although they won their third Korean League Cup trophy in 1998 , beating Bucheon SK 2–1 on aggregate in

468-565: The A3 Champions Cup in 2006 , in which they participated as K League champions. Although they lost their first match in the competition against JEF United Ichihara Chiba 3–2, they beat Dalian Shide 4–0 and Gamba Osaka 6–0 to clinch the trophy. Lee Chun-soo became the competition's top scorer, scoring six goals in three matches. They repeated the merciless attacks in the AFC Champions League that season, beating Al-Shabab 6–0 in

504-451: The AFC Champions League twice, in 2012 and 2020 . The club was founded on 6 December 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, with tiger as its mascot (horangi means tiger in Korean). Their original franchise area was Incheon and Gyeonggi Province . They joined the professional K League from 1984 season. While they finished their debut season as 3rd place, the team's striker Baek Jong-chul became

540-476: The K League for the 1997 season , finishing in seventh place. In spite of a limited budget, Daejeon won the 2001 Korean FA Cup . It has not achieved sustained success in the K League, historically occupying the middle and lower reaches of the standings each season. At the end of the 2013 season , Daejeon was relegated to the K League Challenge , the second-tier league. On 24 December 2019, Hana Financial Group Football Club Foundation bought operating rights of

576-490: The K League Top Scorer , scoring 16 goals in 28 matches. They won their first professional trophy in 1986, winning the Professional Football Championship , which is the origin of Korean League Cup . From the 1987 season, the club moved their franchise from Incheon and Gyeonggi Province to Gangwon Province . In the 1988 season, they finished the season as the runners-up in the league. Beginning in

612-419: The 4–3–3 formation. The outcome was a near miraculous recovery from 2002, and he, together with Daejeon Citizen, coined the catchphrase "Miracle 2003". Daejeon Citizen finished the 2003 season in sixth place, its best finish ever in the league, having won 18 out of 44 games. Its sixth place was even more meritorious as the K League had expanded to twelve teams, with Daegu FC and Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix entering

648-548: The FA Cup. The decisive goal of the FA Cup final came from Kim Eun-jung , which gave the team a one-nil victory over the Pohang Steelers. Due to this win, Daejeon also qualified to the 2002–03 AFC Champions League for the first time. This helped compensate for their poor performance in the K League, in which they finished 10th and last, even on points with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors but with an inferior goal differential. South Korea

684-512: The K League in 1997 (at the time, the K League was known as the Rapido Super League), opening their season with a match against Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i . However, the results achieved in their first season did not live up to their high expectations for their first season. Although the club placed seventh in the league, ahead of Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma , Anyang LG Cheetahs and Bucheon SK , they won only three matches out of 18 games. In 1998,

720-475: The K League structure since the previous year meant that an extra 9 games were played, 27 in total, from the previous season. There were a total of 18 losses, the worst in the league. Despite this, Daejeon improved to eighth out of ten clubs. For the 2000 season , Daejeon maintained its eighth position in the league. For the 2001 season, Lee Tae-ho was appointed manager, and promptly took Daejeon Citizen's first piece of silverware, leading Daejeon to victory in

756-411: The South Korea under-23 team that reached the quarter-finals in the 2004 Summer Olympics was appointed as Ulsan's next manager. Kim Ho-kon did not enjoy Ulsan fans' full support for his first few seasons at the club, mainly because of his defensive tactical style and unsatisfying outcomes. The 2011 season was a dramatic changeover; Ulsan won their fifth Korean League Cup, beating Busan IPark 3–2 in

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792-445: The club's board. Daejeon City Hall decided to give financial support to the club. This ensured the club would survive to participate in the 2003 season. The 2003 season proved to be memorable for Daejeon fans. Choi Yun-kyum , previously coach at Bucheon SK, was appointed manager to replace Lee Tae-ho who had resigned in the wake of the club's 2002 season. Choi promptly inspired the team and completely changed its dynamics by implementing

828-504: The club, renaming the club to its current name. Following the foundation of the professional football league (the Korean Super League, reorganised as the K League in 1998) in Korea, there were few league matches held in Daejeon , and such matches that were held were played by visiting clubs. The absence of a local team in the league made it difficult for the citizens of Daejeon to identify with any particular team. However, in 1996

864-435: The competition for the first time. Daejeon also improved its average home game attendance to about 19,000. It proved difficult for the club to maintain its performance into 2004. A lack of strike power at the attacking end of the field left the club with the worst offensive record of all the clubs in the K League, scoring 18 goals in 24 games. Daejeon slipped to eleventh place out of thirteen teams. However, they did make it to

900-402: The final. Ulsan also finished the season as runners-up in the K League that season. Their unique style of having many players pushing forward in counterattacks earned them the nickname "Iron mace football". In 2012, the club won the AFC Champions League , defeating Al-Ahli 3–0 in the final on 10 November. In the run up to the final, Ulsan went on an unbeaten run throughout the twelve games of

936-401: The finals. Failure to add a major title for years did affect the team negatively. After the exodus of key players like Kim Hyun-seok and a terrible start in the 2000 , manager Ko Jae-wook resigned in the middle of the season. Ulsan appointed Kim Jung-nam , who had formerly managed South Korea, as their next manager. They finished as runners-up in 2002 and 2003 , and started to emerge as

972-415: The first leg of the quarter-finals. These overwhelming attacks they showed in the season gave Ulsan the nickname "Gangsters of Asia". Ulsan won the 2007 Korean League Cup , beating FC Seoul 2–1 in the final on 27 June 2007. In 2008, the team changed their official name from Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i to Ulsan Hyundai FC. Manager Kim Jung-nam stepped down after the 2008 season. Kim Ho-kon , who had managed

1008-414: The group phase, they did finish second in the group, beating both Shanghai Shenhua and Kashima Antlers . Their only loss was to the eventual group winner and overall runner-up, Thai club BEC Tero Sasana . In other changes for 2002, the key financial supporter of the club – Kyeryong, which with their support ensured that Daejeon Citizen would survive the IMF crisis – declared that they would withdraw from

1044-479: The league) ensuring that Daejeon finished seventh in the regular season, having lost only six games. In the 2005 cup competitions, the FA Cup and the League Cup, Daejeon failed to progress to the quarter-final stage. Daejeon achieved what originally appeared by midseason at least, to be a highly unlikely qualification for the playoff phase of the K League following a 1–0 win over Suwon Samsung Bluewings which ensured

1080-408: The mid-season, Daejeon were sitting in eleventh place. However, under the guidance of their coach, and with good performances from Denilson , who scored 14 goals, and one of Korea's best technical players, Ko Jong-soo , they eventually qualified for the play-offs. They were ultimately beaten by Ulsan Hyundai in the first phase of the play-offs. Since the 2002 K League season, which kicked off within

1116-454: The name of the city where the stadium rests today is a transliteration of the hanja Dae (big) and Jeon (field). 36°18′58″N 127°25′54″E  /  36.316145°N 127.431632°E  / 36.316145; 127.431632 This article about a sports venue in South Korea is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Summer Olympics venue

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1152-497: The semi-finals of the FA Cup, going down to eventual runners-up, Bucheon SK. Daejeon also finished as runners-up in the Hauzen Cup , behind only Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma . The lack of penetration continued to be problematic into the 2005 season, with the club maintaining its record as the worst offensive side in the league, with only 19 goals scored in 24 games. However, superb defence saw only 20 goals conceded (best defensive record in

1188-922: The stadium "Purple Arena". The stadium has a seating capacity of 40,535. The last four home games of the 2014 season were played at the Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon's old ground to allow time for maintenance work to be carried out at World Cup Stadium. Daejeon will return to the World Cup Stadium for the 2015 season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. 18 – Kim Eun-jung 21 – Choi Eun-sung All results (home and away) list Daejeon's goal tally first. Ulsan Hyundai FC Ulsan HD FC ( Korean : 울산 HD FC ), formerly Ulsan Hyundai FC,

1224-407: The stadium. Daejeon's poor league performance from the previous year was carried into the 2002 season, and the club finished last again, and by some margin, having won but a single game throughout the season. Lee Tae-ho eventually resigned taking responsibility for the poor results. However, more creditable results were achieved in the AFC Champions League . Although they did not make proceed beyond

1260-470: Was a co-host of the 2002 FIFA Football World Cup, with Daejeon as one of the host cities. The city constructed a brand new stadium for the World Cup, and following the conclusion of the tournament, Daejeon Citizen changed stadiums. The shift from their former stadium, Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, to Daejeon World Cup Stadium meant the club not only benefited from the new facilities, but also the greater capacity of

1296-406: Was the first club that did not belong to a specific company such as one of the 'chaebols' (Samsung, LG or the like) or another major company. This has a very symbolic meaning as essentially the club is founded upon the support of the local community rather than a specific company. Kim Ki-bok was appointed the first manager of Daejeon Citizen. With high expectations, Daejeon took their first step to

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