FC Seoul ( ko, FC 서울) is a South Korean professional
football club based in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...
that competes in the
K League 1
The K League 1 ( Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs.
History
The South Korean professional football league was founded in ...
, the top flight of
South Korean football. The club is owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of
GS Group
GS Group is a South Korean conglomerate. GS comprises GS Holdings, subsidiaries & affiliates including GS Caltex, GS Retail, GS Shop, GS EPS, GS Global, GS Sports and GS E&C among others. The asset size is 65.4 trillion KRW at the end of 201 ...
. They play their home games at the
Seoul World Cup Stadium.
The club was officially founded as Lucky-Goldstar Football Club in 1983, by the
Lucky-Goldstar Group, and was later renamed as LG Cheetahs in 1990. Due to the
K League decentralization policy in 1996, the club was relocated to the Seoul's satellite city of
Anyang
Anyang (; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively.
It ...
for eight years, before returning to Seoul in 2004. FC Seoul have won six
K League titles, two
FA Cups, two
League Cups and one
Super Cup. Internationally, the club reached the
AFC Champions League
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final on two occasions, in 2001–02 and 2013.
FC Seoul is one of the most successful and popular clubs in the K League 1, with financial backing from the GS Group.
In 2012, the club was evaluated as the most valuable football brand in the K League. Their main rivals are
Suwon Samsung Bluewings, with whom they contest the
Super Match.
History
Founding and early years (1983–1989)
FC Seoul was officially announced on 18 August as the new club and founded on 22 December 1983, and started out in 1984 as Lucky-Goldstar Football Club, owned and financially supported by the Lucky-Goldstar Group (later renamed the
LG Group
LG Corporation (or LG Group) (), formerly Lucky-Goldstar from 1983 to 1995 (Korean: ''Leokki Geumseong''; ), is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family. It is ...
), with the
Chungcheong Province
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its
franchise and Hwangso (meaning
bull) as its
mascot
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.
In order to launch the professional football club, Lucky-Goldstar Group had a preparation period from 1982 and demanded that the original franchise should be Seoul. In the
1984 season, the club finished seventh out of the eight clubs. The club fared better in the
1985 season when they won the championship with the help of
Thailand national football team player
Piyapong Pue-on
Piyapong Pue-on ( th, ปิยะพงษ์ ผิวอ่อน; ) born: Padej Khankruea ( th, เผด็จ ขันเครือ; ; November 14, 1959) is a Thai retired football player who played as a striker. He was a member of the ...
, who was the
top scorer, as well as the
top assistor.
Moving to Seoul and then to Anyang (1990–2003)
From the beginning of 1988, Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso pushed forward a relocation to
Seoul
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At the end of the
1989 season, the Korea Professional Football League (renamed as the K League in 1998), worried about the financial stability of the clubs, invited a number of clubs to play in Seoul. Thus, the Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso, which had always wanted to be based in the capital, moved to
Seoul Stadium (Currently
Dongdaemun Stadium) in Seoul at the end of 1989.
The club finished first season in Seoul as champions. The club changed its name to LG Cheetahs in 1991 to mirror the
LG Twins, a professional baseball team also owned by LG Group. After several seasons in Seoul, the club was forced to move in 1996, as part of the
K League's decentralization policy. This policy was carried out to stimulate the growth of football in the provinces. In addition, in 1995, Korea was bidding to host the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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. This warranted the construction of a
soccer-specific stadium
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in Seoul. The three clubs based in Seoul – LG Cheetahs,
Ilhwa Chunma, and
Yukong Elephants did not want to recognize the decentralization policy. Ultimately, it proved necessary for the Korean government to issue an eviction order to the disaffected clubs. However, the government did guarantee if the clubs built a soccer-specific stadium in Seoul, the clubs could have a Seoul franchise and return to Seoul.
As a result, 3 clubs were evicted from Seoul to other cities. This entailed the move of the LG Cheetahs to the
Anyang Sports Complex
Anyang Sports Complex ( ko, 안양종합운동장) is a group of sports facilities in Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea. The complex consists of the Anyang Stadium (which sometimes has temporary purple seats for football matches), Anyang Indoor Arena, ...
in the city of
Anyang
Anyang (; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively.
It ...
, a
satellite city of Seoul, 21 km away. The club was now 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. This rivalry was partly fueled by the fact that
LG Group
LG Corporation (or LG Group) (), formerly Lucky-Goldstar from 1983 to 1995 (Korean: ''Leokki Geumseong''; ), is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family. It is ...
and
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
Choi Yong-soo (born 10 September 1973) is a South Korean professional football manager and former player.
Playing career
Choi played as a striker for Anyang LG Cheetahs (currently FC Seoul) in South Korea's K League. In 2000, he led Anyang ...
.
Return to Seoul and renaming to FC Seoul (2004–2006)
For the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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in South Korea and Japan, ten brand new stadiums of World Cup standards were built in South Korea. After the World Cup, the Korean World Cup Organizing Committee and the
KFA actively supported the move of regional K League clubs into the new stadia. This was designed to avoid or at least minimize any financial losses through having to maintain a stadium in playing condition without regular income. However, due to the previous decision by the K 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 take on the cost of maintaining the stadium. Initially, it was intended to create a new club, but when it later transpired that any club playing in Seoul World Cup Stadium would have to pay partially for the construction fees of the stadium, this would have placed an unreasonable burden on a fledgling club. Thus, the KFA tried to lure one of the current clubs to Seoul. The Anyang LG Cheetahs, with the financial backing of the LG Group, who not only viewed the move back to Seoul as a way to increase its advertising presence, but had the right to come back to Seoul because it had its franchise moved by force in 1996, as part of the K League's decentralization policy. Anyang LG announced in February 2004 that it would pay the share of the construction fees (which turned out to be 15 billion won, or at that time 15 million USD). This proposed move provoked a significant amount of controversy from the Korean football fans as KFA and K League failed to launch a new football club based in Seoul due to a high Seoul franchise fee. Regardless, KFA and K League ultimately permitted relocation of Anyang LG Cheetahs.lies
Şenol Güneş years (2007–2009)
Şenol Güneş
Şenol Güneş, T.C., (, born 1 June 1952) is a Turkish football manager and former player. His most notable managerial achievements to date include coaching the Turkey national team to third place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and winning two ...
managed FC Seoul for a three-year period starting on December 8, 2006. The club started the
2007 season with three consecutive wins and a draw, including a 4–1 win over arch rivals Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the
Super Match. However, FC Seoul failed to qualify for the play-off phase of the season, but the club succeeded in getting into the final of the
2007 Korean League Cup
The 2007 Korean League Cup, also known as the 2007 Samsung Hauzen Cup, was the 20th competition of the Korean League Cup.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Top scorers
Awards
Source:
See also
*2007 in South Korean football
*20 ...
. Before the next season,
Park Chu-Young, the ace of FC Seoul at that time, was transferred to
Ligue 1
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club
Monaco
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. FC Seoul finished in a second-place in the K League
regular season
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, and progressed to the play-offs. FC Seoul defeated
Ulsan Hyundai
Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) 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 ...
in the play-off semi-final but was defeated by Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the final. Despite the loss, the club still qualified for the
2009 AFC Champions League. During the season,
Dejan Damjanović
Dejan Damjanović ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Дамјановић, ; born 27 July 1981), also known mononymously as Dejan, is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. He is regarded a ...
scored 15 goals.
FC Seoul's 2009 AFC Champions League campaign began with a 2–1 win over Indonesian side
Sriwijaya FC
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. In the next three games, FC Seoul obtained only one point in the matches against
Gamba Osaka and
Shandong Luneng
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. However, Seoul then defeated the title holders Gamba Osaka and qualified to the round of 16 after Sriwijaya's unexpected victory over Shandong Luneng. On June 24, 2009, FC Seoul beat
Kashima Antlers 5–4 after
penalties
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* Penalty (golf)
* Penalty (gridiron football)
* Penalty (ice hockey)
* Penalty (rugby)
* Penalty (rugby union)
* Penalty kick (association football)
* Penalty shoot-out (association football)
* Penalty ...
after a 0–0 draw in the
round of 16 clash and advanced to the
quarter-finals, but were beaten 4–3 on aggregate by Qatari club
Umm Salal
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It contains several historic places, such as Barzan Tower. The municipal headquarters Umm Salal is located in Umm Salal Ali, about 10 km from the coast and 15&nbs ...
. FC Seoul's appearance in the AFC Champions League was its first since the Asian Club Championship era.
The Şenol Güneş era ended on November 25, 2009, with the manager returning to
Trabzonspor.
K League and League Cup "double" (2010)
FC Seoul appointed
Nelo Vingada
Eduardo Manuel "Nelo" Martinho Bragança de Vingada (born 30 March 1953) is a Portuguese football manager.
Managerial career
Early years
Vingada was born in Serpa. His first steps as a professional football manager were in Belenenses, and then ...
as manager on December 14, 2009. Vingada won the
K League and
League Cup with FC Seoul. FC Seoul had 20 wins, 2 draws, and 6 defeats in the domestic league under Vingada's management.
FC Seoul recorded an attendance of 60,747 against
Seongnam Ilhwa
Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential cit ...
on May 5, 2010 at Seoul World Cup Stadium, which is the highest single-game attendance record in South Korean professional sports history. FC Seoul also recorded the single season (League, K League Championship, and League Cup) highest total attendance record – 546,397, and the single regular & post season (League and K League Championship) highest average attendance record of 32,576.
On August 25, 2010, FC Seoul beat
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ( ko, 전북 현대 모터스) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Playing at the Jeonju World Cup ...
3–0 to become the 2010 League Cup winners. FC Seoul were also crowned K League champions by defeating Jeju United 4–3 on aggregate in the
K League Championship final, thus achieving their first "
double
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Double, The Double or Dubble may also refer to:
Film and television
* Double (filmmaking), someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character
* ...
" in the club's history. The crowd of 56,769 in the second leg also set the record of the highest attendance in K League Championship history.
On December 13, 2010, FC Seoul wanted to extend Vingada's one-year contract but FC Seoul and Vingada could not come to an agreement over the salary conditions, resulting in Vingada returning to Portugal.
AFC Champions League final and the sixth K League title (2011–2016)
FC Seoul's former player
Choi Yong-soo
Choi Yong-soo (born 10 September 1973) is a South Korean professional football manager and former player.
Playing career
Choi played as a striker for Anyang LG Cheetahs (currently FC Seoul) in South Korea's K League. In 2000, he led Anyang ...
was hired to manage the club in 2012, after previously serving as the assistant manager and caretaker for the club in 2011. In 2013, FC Seoul lost the
AFC Champions League Final on
away goals rule against Chinese side
Guangzhou Evergrande. The AFC Champions League campaign has earned Choi Yong-soo the 2013 AFC Coach of the Year award, becoming the second South Korean in succession to win the individual accolade following the previous year's winner
Kim Ho-kon
Kim Ho-kon (; born 26 March 1951) is a South Korean football manager and former football player who played as a sweeper or right back. He was the captain of the South Korea national football team in the 1978 Asian Games where they won the gol ...
. Choi left the club in June 2016.
On June 21, 2016, FC Seoul appointed
Hwang Sun-hong as their eleventh manager in the club's history. On November 6, 2016, FC Seoul won their sixth K League title after defeating Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 in the final round of the season.
A period of oscillation (2017– )
Hwang Sun-hong resigned on April 30, 2018. In the
2018 season, FC Seoul finished in eleventh place and had to play the
K League promotion-relegation playoffs for the first time in their history. In the playoffs, they defeated
Busan IPark 4–2 on aggregate, thus staying in the top flight.
On October 11, 2018, Choi Yong-soo was appointed as the twelfth manager in the club's history, having previously managed the club between 2011 and 2016.
However, Seoul, which had been under fire since the beginning of the
2020 season, was mired in five consecutive losses for the first time in 22 years, disappointing fans. This just represented the start of a pretty complicated year for the team, as they went through a long-lasting crisis both on and off the pitch: they suffered several debacles throughout the season, such as a 0-6 away defeat against
Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea.
It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...
in the sixth round of
K League 1
The K League 1 ( Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs.
History
The South Korean professional football league was founded in ...
and a 1-5 home defeat against
Pohang
Pohang () is a city in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River. The city is divided into t ...
in the quarter-finals of the
FA Cup
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; some of the squad's key players, such as returning Brazilian
striker Adriano
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* Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theo ...
(a record-breaking and prolific goalscorer in his previous spell at the club between 2015 and 2016) and Spanish
defensive midfield
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...
er
Osmar Barba, didn't manage to show their full potential, due to inconstant performances or injuries; following a new departure by Choi Yong-soo, three different caretakers took turns managing Seoul, with
Park Hyuk-soon replacing
Kim Ho-young after just a month and guiding the team to the end of the K League season (which they finished in 8th position, after participating in the relegation group), before being substituted by
Lee Won-jun; under the management of this last coach, the team made a promising start in the group stage of
AFC Champions League
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, even obtaining a thrashing 5-0 victory against Thai outfit
Chiangrai United, but then proceeded to lose all of their last three matches, thus being eliminated from the tournament.
A very difficult season was made even more devastating by the tragic and unexpected passing of
defender Kim Nam-chun on October 30, 2020, just a day before their last fixture of K League 1 against
Incheon
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, which eventually featured a brief ceremony in order to pay a tribute to the late player. In that occasion, Seoul suffered a 1-0 defeat, with Costa Rican midfielder
Elías Aguilar netting the only goal of the match.
Despite of all the difficulties, several players, such as club's icon
Park Chu-young (top-scorer of the club with 7 goals overall), midfielder
Han Seung-gyu and the aforementioned
Osmar (once he had come back from injury), still managed to shine.
Club culture
Supporters
FC Seoul has a diverse fanbase, including former Lucky-Goldstar fans, LG Cheetahs fans, Anyang LG Cheetahs fans. FC Seoul's
number-12 shirt is reserved for supporters of the club. The main supporter group of FC Seoul is Suhoshin (meaning "guardian deity"), formed in April 2004. There are also some minor supporter of groups
V-Girls and V-Man
V-Girls & V-Man are FC Seoul's
cheerleaders.
The V stands for victory. They cheerlead at the East Stand.
Stadiums
Since 2004, FC Seoul's home is the
Seoul World Cup Stadium, which is the largest football-specific stadium in Asia. FC Seoul's players train at the
GS Champions Park training centre, a purpose-built facility opened in 1989, located east of Seoul in the city of
Guri.
In the past, FC Seoul played at
Daejeon Stadium,
Cheongju Civic Stadium,
Cheonan Oryong Stadium
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Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualifie ...
(1987–1989),
Dongdaemun Stadium (1990–1995), and
Anyang Stadium
Anyang Sports Complex ( ko, 안양종합운동장) is a group of sports facilities in Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea. The complex consists of the Anyang Stadium (which sometimes has temporary purple seats for football matches), Anyang Indoor Arena, ...
(1996–2003).
Crests and mascots
FC Seoul has had different names, and consequently different
crests for different periods of the club: Lucky-Goldstar FC (1983–1990), LG Cheetahs (1991–1995), Anyang LG Cheetahs (1996–2003).
There has also been different club
mascot
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s representing different periods. Former mascots were a
bull and a
cheetah. The club's current mascot, introduced in 2004, is named "SSID".
The "SSID" stands for Seoul & Sun In Dream. In the
2018 season, FC Seoul added another mascot, "Seoul-i".
A special crest for the club's 20th anniversary was used in 2003. The current crest has been used since 2004.
Kits
FC Seoul's home kits have red-and-black
stripes, as in their crest.
FC Seoul wore both red kits and yellow kits in home matches from 1984 to 1985.
From 1988 to 1994, the club's home shirt's main colour was yellow, same as the Lucky-Goldstar Group's company colour at the time.
In 1995, Lucky-Goldstar Group pushed ahead with
corporate identity unification and the company colour was changed to red. As a result, FC Seoul's jersey colour was changed from yellow to red as part of the unification project.
From 1999 to 2001, FC Seoul wore red and blue stripes but returned to all red in the 2002 season and In 2005, FC Seoul changed to red and black stripes and this colour has been in use since.
In June 2016, FC Seoul released the 1984–1985 retro jersey to commemorate foundation of the club and the first
K League title.
First kit summary
;Notes
(1) During 1984 season and 1985 season, FC Seoul worn red shirts and yellows shirts by turns as first kit,
At that time FC Seoul did't have the concept of first kit and second kit.
(2) In the 1987 season, all K League clubs wore white shirts in home matches and coloured jerseys in away matches, like in
Major League Baseball
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.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Kit deals
Players
Current squad
Out on loan and military service
Former players
Player records
Retired number(s)
12 –
Supporters (the 12th Man)
Captains
Staff
* ''For details on all-time managers, see
List of FC Seoul managers.''
Coaching staff
Medical staff
Support staff
Honours
Domestic
League
*
K League 1
The K League 1 ( Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs.
History
The South Korean professional football league was founded in ...
::Winners (6):
1985,
1990
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2000,
2010
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,
2012,
2016
::Runners-up (5):
1986
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,
1989
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1993,
2001
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,
2008
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Cups
*
FA Cup
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::Winners (2):
1998,
2015
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::Runners-up (3):
2014
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2016,
2022
*
League Cup
::Winners (2):
2006
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2010
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1992,
1994
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1999
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2007
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*
Super Cup
::Winners (1): 2001
::Runners-up (1): 1999
*
National Football Championship
::Winners (1): 1988
International
*
AFC Champions League
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::Runners-up (2):
2001–02,
2013
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Records and statistics
Season-by-season records
* The
1993,
1998,
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
and
2000 seasons had
penalty shoot-outs instead of draws.
K League Championship records
K League promotion-relegation playoffs
Managerial history
* ''For details on all-time manager statistics, see
List of FC Seoul managers.''
Management
Board of Directors
Chairman history
Ownership
Popular culture
FC Seoul and FC Seoul supporters have been portrayed in a number of Korean
dramas and
movies
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmospher ...
:
* Dramas: ''
Which Star Are You From
''Which Star Are You From'' () is a South Korean television drama that aired on MBC in 2006.
Plot
Kim Rae-won plays Choi Seung-hee, a young director who just made a successful international film debut. Following his success in Australia, he ...
'', ''
Heading to the Ground
''Heading to the Ground'' (), also known as ''No Limit'' is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Yunho, Go Ara, Lee Yoon-ji, and Lee Sang-yoon. It aired on MBC on Wednesdays to Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes beginning September 9 ...
'', ''
A Thousand Kisses''
* Movies:
Secret Romance', ''
Dancing Queen'', ''
Running Man'', ''
Big Match'', ''
Salut d'Amour
''Salut d'Amour'' (''Liebesgruß''), Op. 12, is a musical work composed by Edward Elgar in 1888, originally written for violin and piano.
History
Elgar finished the piece in July 1888, when he was romantically involved with Caroline Alice Ro ...
''
See also
*
Football in Seoul
*
Super Match
References
External links
* Official club created
*
Official website
* Unofficial fan created
*
FC Seoul Main Supporters Group 'Suhoshin' Official website
*
FC Seoul Fan's website
*
FC Seoul Online Museum
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K League 1 clubs
Football clubs in Seoul
Sport in Seoul
Association football clubs established in 1983
GS Group
1983 establishments in South Korea
Unrelegated association football clubs