1996–2005 Jeju United FC (Puchon Yukong / Bucheon SK) seasons

At the end of 1995 the side moved from the Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul to the Mokdong Stadium on the western edge of Seoul, as part of K-League's decentralization policy.[1]

Three clubs based in Seoul – the Yukong Elephants, LG Cheetahs, and Ilhwa Chunma – did not accept this policy, so the Seoul government gave an eviction order to the three clubs. However they guaranteed that if clubs built a soccer-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, (25 km away). Mid-way through the 1997 season, the club re-branded itself as Bucheon SK. Because the city of Bucheon did not have a stadium, they used Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000. At the start of the 2001 season, the team moved to the 35,545 seat Bucheon Leports Complex.

A Forever Bucheon banner, displayed by fans of the movement to create the new Bucheon Club at a 2006 FIFA World Cup match between South Korea and France, June 18, 2006

Jeju United FC (Bucheon Yukong / Bucheon SK) seasons 1996-2005 statistics
Season K-League Played W D L F A PTS League Cup FA Cup Manager
1996 4th 32 13 9 10 55 51 48 Winner Semi Final Valeri Nepomniachi
1997 10th 18 2 5 11 19 36 11 5th Quarter Final Valeri Nepomniachi
1998 7th 18 9 0 9 28 28 24 Runners-up First Round Valeri Nepomniachi
1999 3rd 29 18 0 11 48 41 47 5th Quarter Final Cho Yoon-Hwan
2000 Runners-up 32 18 0 14 54 45 41 Winner Semi Final Cho Yoon-Hwan
2001 7th 27 7 14 6 29 29 35 10th Second Round Cho Yoon-Hwan / Choi Yun-Gyeom
2002 8th 27 8 8 11 32 40 32 5th Round of 16 Choi Yun-Gyeom / Tınaz Tırpan
2003 12th 44 3 12 29 39 73 21 Semi Final Tınaz Tırpan / Ha Jae-Hoon
2004 13th 24 4 13 7 19 27 25 11th Runners-up Jung Hae-Seong
2005 5th 24 12 6 6 26 18 42 4th Round of 16 Jung Hae-Seong

References
  1. Note:This policy was carried out due to two reasons. In 1995, Korea was under bidding for 2002 FIFA World Cup. So the first reason is that KFA and K-League wanted to build a soccer-specific stadium in Seoul and second reason is that KFA and K-League wanted to spread football to the provinces.


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