Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

is a major center for sports in South Korea. Its professional sports teams compete in football (soccer), baseball, basketball, volleyball.

Overview

Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, commonly known as Asiad, 1988 Olympic Games, and

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disability, disabilities. There are Winter Paralympic Games, Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 ...

. It also served as one of the host cities of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Seoul World Cup Stadium hosted the opening ceremony and first game of the tournament. Seoul has greatest number of

professional sports In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger a ...

teams and facilities in South Korea. In the history of South Korean major professional sports league championships which include the

K League K League () is South Korea's professional football league. It includes the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2. Clubs competing in the K League have won a record total of twelve AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions ...

KBO League The KBO League () is a professional baseball league in South Korea. The league comprises ten teams. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most success ...

, KBL, V-League, Seoul had multiple championships in a season 2 times, 1990

K League 1 The K League 1 () is a professional association football league in South Korea and the highest level of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. It is one of the most successful leagues in the Asian Foo ...

Lucky-Goldstar FC (currently

FC Seoul FC Seoul () is a South Korean professional Association football, football club based in Seoul that competes in the K League 1, the top flight of Football in South Korea, South Korean football. The club is owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS G ...

) and

LG Twins in 1990,

and

Doosan Bears in 2016

Sports teams in Seoul

Football

Seoul's most popular football club is

. Recently, FC Seoul finished as a runner-up in

2013 AFC Champions League The 2013 AFC Champions League was the 32nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 11th under the current AFC Champions League title. The defending champions, Ulsan ...

. * Men's football * Women's football

Baseball

Basketball

* Seoul SK Knights and

Seoul Samsung Thunders Seoul Samsung Thunders () is a professional basketball team, competing in the Korean Basketball League. Ever since the club was founded in 1978, they have been associated with Samsung Electronics. Initially based in Suwon, they relocated to Seoul ...

Volleyball

* Seoul Woori Card Wibee and GS Caltex Seoul KIXX

Honours

Football

Domestic

* League Title *

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

International

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

Women's Domestic

Baseball

Domestic

* League Title

Basketball

Domestic

* League Title

Volleyball

Domestic

* League Title

Women's Domestic

* League Title

Multiple Champions

References

External links

Seoul Sports Council

Seoul Sports Facilities Management Office
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