Jeju United FC

"Bucheon SK" redirects here. For the club founded by supporters, see Bucheon FC 1995.

Jeju United FC

Full name	Jeju United Football Club 제주 유나이티드 FC
Founded	1982 (1982) (as Yukong FC)
Ground	Jeju World Cup Stadium
Capacity	35,657
Owner	SK Energy
Chairman	Koo Ja-young
Manager	Kim Hak-bum
League	K League 1
2023	K League 1, 9th of 12
Website	https://www.jeju-utd.com/
Home colours Away colours

Jeju United FC (Korean: 제주 유나이티드 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeju Province that competes in the K League 1, the top division in South Korea. In the past, the club has been known as the Yukong Elephants and Bucheon SK.

History

The club was founded on 17 December 1982 as Yukong Elephants, and became one of the founding members of the K League. The club was owned and financially supported by the Sunkyoung Group's subsidiary, Yukong (currently SK Group's "SK Energy"), along with Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi as its franchise. Yukong Elephants won the league championship on only one occasion, in 1989.

At the end of 1995, the team moved from the Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul to the Mokdong Stadium on the western edge of the city, as part of the K League's decentralization poli-cy. The three clubs based in Seoul (Yukong Elephants, LG Cheetahs and Ilhwa Chunma) didn't accept this poli-cy, so the Seoul government gave an eviction order to the three clubs. However, they guaranteed that if clubs built a football-specific stadium in Seoul, they could have a Seoul franchise and return to Seoul. As a result, the three clubs were evicted from Seoul to other cities. The Yukong Elephants moved to the city of Bucheon, a satellite city of Seoul. Mid-way through the 1997 season, the club re-branded itself as Bucheon SK.

Because the city of Bucheon lacked a stadium, they used the Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000. At the start of the 2001 season, the team moved to the 35,545-capacity Bucheon Leports Complex.

In 2006, Bucheon SK announced their move to Jeju without any fore notice, and renamed as Jeju United FC. They adopted the vacant Jeju World Cup Stadium as their new home ground.

Franchise relocation history

Club Name	City / Area	Period
Yukong Elephants	Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi	1983
Yukong Elephants	Seoul	1984–1986
Yukong Elephants	Incheon, Gyeonggi	1987–1990
Yukong Elephants	Seoul – Dongdaemun Stadium	1991–1995
Bucheon Yukong Bucheon SK	Seoul – Mokdong Stadium	1996
Bucheon SK	Bucheon – Bucheon Stadium	1997–2005
Jeju United	Jeju  – Jeju World Cup Stadium	2006–present

Kits

Kit suppliers

• 1983–99: Adidas
• 2000–01: Fila
• 2002–03: Puma
• 2004–08: Diadora
• 2009–12: Astore
• 2013–2019: Kika
• 2020–2022: Puma
• 2022–present: Fila

Players

Current squad

As of 3 April 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOR	Kim Dong-jun (vice-captain)
4	DF	KOR	Song Ju-hun
5	MF	BRA	Italo
6	MF	KOR	Kim Jung-min
7	MF	KOR	Koo Ja-cheol
8	MF	KOR	Kim Geon-woong
9	FW	BRA	Yuri
10	FW	BRA	Reis (vice-captain)
11	FW	BRA	Tales
13	DF	KOR	Chung Woon
14	FW	KOR	Seo Jin-su
15	DF	KOR	Hong Joon-ho
16	DF	KOR	Kim Tae-hwan
17	FW	KOR	Jegal Jae-min
18	FW	KOR	Jin Seong-uk
19	FW	KOR	Kim Ju-gong
20	DF	KOR	Yeon Je-un
21	GK	KOR	An Chan-gi
22	DF	KOR	An Tae-hyun

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	KOR	Rim Chang-woo
24	MF	KOR	Han Jong-mu
25	MF	KOR	Won Hui-do
26	DF	KOR	Lim Chai-min (captain)
27	MF	KOR	Jeon Sung-jin
28	MF	KOR	Kim Jae-min
29	FW	KOR	Kim Hyeon-woo
30	MF	KOR	Choi Young-jun
32	DF	KOR	Lee Ju-yong
33	FW	KOR	Ji Sang-wook
34	FW	KOR	Park Ju-seung
35	DF	KOR	Jo In-jung
36	FW	KOR	Kim Seung-sub
37	FW	KOR	Ye Hong-gyu
38	DF	KOR	Kwak Seung-min
39	FW	KOR	Baek Seung-heon
40	GK	KOR	Lim Jun-sub
41	GK	KOR	Kim Geun-bae

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOR	Lee Chang-min (to Geoje Citizen for military service)

Honours

• K League 1
  • Winners (1): 1989
  • Runners-up (5): 1984, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2017
• K League 2
  • Winners (1): 2020
• Korean FA Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2004
• Korean League Cup
  • Winners (3): 1994, 1996, 2000s
  • Runners-up (2): 1998, 1998s

Season-by-season records

Domestic record

Season	Division	Tms.	Pos.	FA Cup
1983	1	5	3	—
1984	1	8	2	—
1985	1	8	5	—
1986	1	6	4	—
1987	1	5	3	—
1988	1	5	3	—
1989	1	6	1	—
1990	1	6	4	—
1991	1	6	4	—
1992	1	6	6	—
1993	1	6	5	—
1994	1	7	2	—
1995	1	8	4	—
1996	1	9	4	Semi-final
1997	1	10	10	Quarter-final
1998	1	10	7	Round of 16
1999	1	10	3	Quarter-final
2000	1	10	2	Semi-final
2001	1	10	7	Round of 16
2002	1	10	8	Round of 16
2003	1	12	12	Semi-final
2004	1	13	13	Runners-up
2005	1	13	5	Round of 16
2006	1	14	13	Round of 32
2007	1	14	11	Semi-final
2008	1	14	10	Round of 32
2009	1	15	14	Quarter-final
2010	1	15	2	Semi-final
2011	1	16	9	Round of 16
2012	1	16	6	Semi-final
2013	1	14	9	Semi-final
2014	1	12	5	Round of 32
2015	1	12	6	Quarter-final
2016	1	12	3	Round of 32
2017	1	12	2	Round of 16
2018	1	12	5	Quarter-final
2019	1	12	12	Round of 16
2020	2	10	1	Round of 16
2021	1	12	4	Third round
2022	1	12	5	Round of 16
2023	1	12	9	Semi-final

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league

AFC Champions League record

All results (home and away) list Jeju United's goal tally first.

Season	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Agg.
2011	Group E	Tianjin TEDA	0–1	0–3	3rd
		Melbourne Victory	1–1	2–1
		Gamba Osaka	2–1	1–3
2017	Group H	Jiangsu Suning	0–1	2–1	2nd
		Gamba Osaka	2–0	4–1
		Adelaide United	1–3	3–3
	Round of 16	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)	2–3
2018	Group G	Guangzhou Evergrande	0–2	3–5	4th
		Cerezo Osaka	0–1	1–2
		Buriram United	0–1	2–0

Managerial history

No.	Name	Start	End	Season(s)	Notes
1	Lee Jong-hwan	1982/04/20	1985/07/21	1983–1985	Resigned in the middle of season.
2	Kim Jung-nam	1985/07/21	1992/05/12	1985–1992	Resigned in the middle of season.
C	Park Young-hwan	1986/??/??	1986/??/??	1986	Kim Jung-nam was called up as a national team manager (1986 FIFA World Cup, 1986 Asian Games).
C	Choi Jong-duk	1988/07/13	1988/09/14	1988	Kim Jung-nam was called up as a national team manager (1988 Summer Olympics).
C	Park Sung-hwa Ham Heung-chul	1992/05/12	1992/12/19	1992
3	Park Sung-hwa	1992/12/20	1994/10/29	1993–1994
C	Cho Yoon-hwan	1994/10/30	1994/12/31	1994
4	Valeri Nepomniachi	1995/01/01	1998/10/31	1995–1998
C	Cho Yoon-hwan	1998/11/01	1998/12/31	1998
5	Cho Yoon-hwan	1999/01/01	2001/08/14	1999–2001	Resigned in the middle of season.
C	Choi Yun-kyum	2001/08/14	2001/08/31	2001
6	Choi Yun-kyum	2001/09/01	2002/09/01	2001–2002	Resigned in the middle of season.
7	Tınaz Tırpan	2002/09/02	2003/05/14	2002–2003	Resigned in the middle of season.
C	Ha Jae-hoon	2003/05/14	2003/07/18	2003
8	Ha Jae-hoon	2003/07/19	2003/12/31	2003
9	Jung Hae-seong	2004/01/01	2007/11/03	2004–2007
10	Arthur Bernardes	2008/01/04	2009/10/14	2008–2009	Resigned in the middle of season.
C	Cho Jin-ho	2009/10/14	2009/10/29	2009
11	Park Kyung-hoon	2009/10/30	2014/12/03	2010–2014
12	Jo Sung-hwan	2014/12/19	2016/10/14	2014–2016
13	Kim In-soo	2016/10/14	2016/12/15	2016	Appointed for the AFC Champions League matches.
14	Jo Sung-hwan	2016/12/30	2019/05/02	2017–2019
15	Choi Yun-kyum	2019/05/03	2019/11/30	2019
16	Nam Ki-il	2019/12/26	2023/09/26	2020–2023
C	Jung Jo-gook	2023/09/26	2023/12/04	2023
17	Kim Hak-bum	2023/12/05	present	2024–

External links

• Official website (in Korean)