Ulsan Hyundai FC






























































Ulsan Hyundai
울산 현대
Ulsan Hyundai FC.svg
Full name Ulsan Hyundai Football Club
울산 현대 축구단
蔚山 現代 蹴球團
Nickname(s)
Horang-i (Tiger)
Gangs of Asia
Iron Maces
Short name UHFC
Founded 1983; 36 years ago (1983), as Hyundai Horang-i
Ground Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity 44,102
Owner Hyundai Heavy Industries
Chairman Chung Mong-joon
Manager Kim Do-hoon
League K League 1
2018 3rd
Website Club website

















Home colours














Away colours




The Ulsan Hyundai Football Club is a South Korean professional football club, owned by the South Korean corporation Hyundai Heavy Industries. Established on 6 December 1983, they joined the K League in 1984 as Hyundai Horang-i. The home ground of the team is Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Early years: before Ulsan (1983–1989)


    • 1.2 Move to Ulsan and Rise to Power (1990–1999)


    • 1.3 Two Kims Era (2000–2013)


      • 1.3.1 Kim Jung-nam era: Gangsters of Asia (2000–2008)


      • 1.3.2 Kim Ho-kon era: Iron Mace Football (2009–2013)




    • 1.4 Cho Min-kook and Yoon Jong-hwan Era (2014–2016)


    • 1.5 Kim Do-hoon Era (2017–present)




  • 2 Player


    • 2.1 Current squad


    • 2.2 Out on loan




  • 3 Club officials


  • 4 Managers


  • 5 Crests and mascots


  • 6 Kits


    • 6.1 Kit suppliers




  • 7 Honours


    • 7.1 Domestic competitions


      • 7.1.1 League


      • 7.1.2 Cups




    • 7.2 International competitions


      • 7.2.1 Asian


      • 7.2.2 Friendly






  • 8 Records


  • 9 Asian clubs ranking


  • 10 See also


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





History




2012 AFC Champions League Final in Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium.



Early years: before Ulsan (1983–1989)


Ulsan Hyundai was established in on 6 December 1983, as Hyundai Horang-i, with Horangi (Horangi means tiger in Korean) as its mascot. Their original franchise area was Incheon and Gyeonggi Province.[1] 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 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 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.



Move to Ulsan and Rise to Power (1990–1999)


Beginning in 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 legendary striker Cha Bum-kun took the managerial position from 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 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 aggregate in the championship playoffs.
Ulsan 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 aggregate in the finals.



Two Kims Era (2000–2013)


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.



Kim Jung-nam era: Gangsters of Asia (2000–2008)


Ulsan appointed Kim Jung-nam, who had formerly managed South Korean national football team, as their next manager. They finished runners-up in 2002 and 2003, and started to emerge as 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 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 the A3 Champions Cup in 2006, which they participated as K-League champions. Although they lost their first match in the competition against JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2–3, 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 6 goals in 3 matches. They repeated the merciless attacks in the AFC Champions League that season, beating Al-Shabab 6–0 in the first leg of the quarter-finals. These overwhelming attacks they showed in the season gave Ulsan the nickname "Gangsters of Asia".[2]


Ulsan won the 2007 Korean League Cup, beating FC Seoul 2–1 in the final on 27 June 2007.



Kim Ho-kon era: Iron Mace Football (2009–2013)


Manager Kim Jung-nam stepped down after the 2008 season. Kim Ho-kon, who had managed the South Korea national under-23 football 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. 2011 season was a dramatic changeover; Ulsan won their fifth Korean League Cup, beating Busan IPark 3–2 in the final. Ulsan also finished the season as runners-up in the K League that season. Ulsan's unique style of having many players pushing forward in counterattacks earned them the nickname "Iron mace football".[3]


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 12 games of the competition, winning nine consecutive games and scoring 27 goals in the process.[4]



Cho Min-kook and Yoon Jong-hwan Era (2014–2016)



Kim Do-hoon Era (2017–present)



Player



Current squad


As of 25 January 2019

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

Jo Su-huk
2

South Korea

DF

Lee Ji-hoon
3

South Korea

DF

Kim Min-deok
4

South Korea

DF

Kang Min-soo
5

South Korea

DF

Lim Jong-eun
6

South Korea

MF

Jung Jae-yong
7

South Korea

MF

Kim In-sung
8

South Korea

FW

Hwang Il-su
9

Brazil

FW

Júnior Negrão
10

South Korea

MF

Shin Jin-ho
11

South Korea

FW

Lee Keun-ho
13

South Korea

DF

Lee Myung-jae
14

South Korea

MF

Kim Bo-kyung (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
15

South Korea

MF

Lee Dong-kyeong
16

South Korea

MF

Lee Hyeon-seung
17

South Korea

MF

Kim Sung-joon
18

South Korea

FW

Joo Min-kyu
19

South Korea

MF

Park Yong-woo
20

South Korea

DF

Yun Young-sun




























































































































No.

Position
Player
21

South Korea

GK

Oh Seung-hoon
22

South Korea

DF

Jeong Dong-ho
23

South Korea

MF

Kim Tae-hwan
24

South Korea

MF

Park Ha-bin
27

South Korea

DF

Kim Chang-soo
28

South Korea

MF

Lee Ji-seung
29

South Korea

FW

Kim Soo-an
31

South Korea

GK

Moon Jeong-in
32

South Korea

FW

Bae Jae-woo
33

South Korea

MF

Park Joo-ho
35

South Korea

DF

Kim Tae-hyeon
38

Netherlands

DF

Dave Bulthuis
39

South Korea

DF

Park Jae-min
41

South Korea

GK

Park Suk-min
42

United States

MF

Mix Diskerud (on loan from Manchester City)
45

South Korea

FW

Lee Dong-won
88

South Korea

FW

Son Ho-jun
98

South Korea

FW

Lee Sang-heon
99

South Korea

FW

Park Jung-in



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

Lee Sang-min (to V-Varen Nagasaki)


South Korea

FW

Lee Jong-ho (to V-Varen Nagasaki)




























No.

Position
Player


South Korea

MF

Kim Geon-ung (to Jeonnam Dragons)


South Korea

MF

Kim Leo (to Asan Mugunghwa for military duty)


South Korea

MF

Oh Se-hun (to Asan Mugunghwa for military duty)



Club officials



  • Head Coach: Kim Do-hoon

  • Coach: Lee Min-sung, Kim Do-kyun

  • Physio: Keisuke Nakamura

  • Goalkeeping Coach: Kwon Chan-soo

  • Scout: Shin Hyun-ho

  • U-18 Team Head Coach: Kim Tae-wan

  • U-15 Team Head Coach:

  • Video Analyst: Satoshi Shimizu



Managers










































































































#
Name
From
To
Season
Notes
1

South Korea Moon Jung-Sik
1983/07/12
1986/04/22
1984–86


C


South Korea Cho Chung-Yun
1986/04/22
1986/12/??
1986

2
1986/12/??
1987/12/30
1987

3

South Korea Kim Ho
1987/12/30
1990/11/19
1988–90

4

South Korea Cha Bum-Kun
1990/11/23
1994/11/27
1991–94

5

South Korea Ko Jae-Wook
1994/11/30
2000/06/12
1995–00


C

South Korea Chung Jong-Soo
2000/06/12
2000/08/21
2000

6

South Korea Kim Jung-Nam
2000/08/22
2008/12/25
2000–08

7

South Korea Kim Ho-Gon
2008/12/26
2013/12/04
2009–13

8

South Korea Cho Min-Kook
2013/12/04
2014/11/30
2014

9

South Korea Yoon Jung-hwan
2014/12/03
2016/11/13
2015–16

10

South Korea Kim Do-hoon
2016/11/21
present
2017–



Crests and mascots



Kits



Kit suppliers



  • 1984–93: Adidas

  • 1994–96: Prospecs

  • 1997: Reebok

  • 1998: Adidas

  • 1999–00: ASICS

  • 2001–03: Hummel

  • 2004–05: Kika

  • 2006–09: Adidas

  • 2010–11: Le Coq Sportif

  • 2012–13: Diadora

  • 2014–18: Adidas

  • 2018-: Hummel



Honours



Domestic competitions



League


  • K League 1



Winners (2): 1996, 2005

Runners-up (7): 1986, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013



Cups


  • FA Cup



Winners (1): 2017

Runners-up (2): 1998, 2018


  • League Cup



Winners (5): 1986, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2011

Runners-up (3): 1993, 2002, 2005


  • Super Cup


Winners (1): 2006

  • National Football Championship

Runners-up (2): 1989, 1999


International competitions



Asian


  • AFC Champions League


Winners (1): 2012

  • A3 Champions Cup


Winners (1): 2006


Friendly


  • Lunar New Year Cup

Third place (1): 2011


Records



































































































































































































































































































Season
Division
Tms.
Pos.

FA Cup

AFC CL

1984

1
8

3



1985
1
8

4



1986
1
6

6



1987
1
5

4



1988
1
5

2



1989
1
6

6



1990
1
6

5



1991
1
6

2



1992
1
6

3



1993
1
6

3



1994
1
7

4



1995
1
8

2



1996
1
9

1
Semi-final


1997
1
10

3
Quarter-final


1998
1
10

2
Runners-up
Round of 16

1999
1
10

6
Semi-final


2000
1
10

10
Quarter-final


2001
1
10

6
Semi-final


2002
1
10

2
Quarter-final


2003
1
12

2
Semi-final


2004
1
13

4
Semi-final


2005
1
13

1
Round of 16


2006
1
14

5
Round of 32
Semi-final

2007
1
14

4
Quarter-final


2008
1
14

3
Quarter-final


2009
1
15

8
Round of 32
Group stage

2010
1
15

5
Round of 16


2011
1
16

2
Semi-final


2012
1
16

5
Semi-final
Winners

2013
1
14

2
Round of 16


2014
1
12

6
Round of 16
Group stage

2015
1
12

7
Semi-final


2016
1
12

4
Semi-final


2017
1
12

4
Winners
Group stage

2018
1
12

3
Runners-up
Round of 16

Key


  • Tms. = Number of teams

  • Pos. = Position in league



Asian clubs ranking



As of 26 November 2017.[5]
































Current Rank Country Team
27 Japan
Cerezo Osaka
28 Uzbekistan
Nasaf
29 South Korea
Ulsan Hyundai
30 Indonesia
Persipura Jayapura
31 Japan
Sanfrecce Hiroshima


See also



  • List of football clubs in South Korea

  • Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin



References





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  3. ^ "김호곤, 편견과 싸워 이긴 울산 사령탑 5년" (in Korean). Best Eleven. December 5, 2013.


  4. ^ "Ulsan's ultimate victory". ESPNFC. 10 November 2012.


  5. ^ "Asia Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.



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External links







  • (in Korean) Ulsan Hyundai Official Site


















Achievements
Preceded by
Ilhwa Chunma

K-League Champions
1996
Succeeded by
Pusan Daewoo Royals
Preceded by
Suwon Samsung Bluewings

K-League Champions
2005
Succeeded by
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Preceded by
Al-Sadd
Qatar


Champions of Asia
2012
Succeeded by
Guangzhou Evergrande
China













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