Jeonnam Dragons

Jeonnam Dragons
전남 드래곤즈
Full name	Jeonnam Dragons Football Club; 전남 드래곤즈
Nickname(s)	Dragons
Short name	JDFC
Founded	1994
Ground	Gwangyang Football Stadium
Capacity	13,496
Owner	POSCO
Chairman	Park Se-yeon
Manager	Jeon Kyung-jun
League	K League 2
2020	K League 2, 6th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Jeonnam Dragons (Korean: 전남 드래곤즈) is a professional football/ soccer club based in the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, that currently plays in K League 2, the second tier of Korean football. Jeonnam play at the Gwangyang Football Stadium, nicknamed the “Dragon Dungeon”, one of the first football-specific stadiums built in South Korea. The Dragons have won the FA Cup three times in 1997, 2006, and 2007, the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup in 1999, and have finished runner up in the league once, in 1997. The club’s color is yellow, matching the dragon on the club’s crest. .

History

Jeonnam Dragons was originally founded as Chunnam Dragons on 16 December 1994, and appointed former South Korean international Jung Byung-Tak as their first manager to oversee their first ever league match which took place on 25 March 1995. Chunnam started life slowly with mid-table finishes in its first few years, but recorded their best ever season finish of runner up when Huh Jun-moo was recruited as manager between 1996 and 1998, collecting an FA Cup winners medal during that time.

In 1999, Jeonnam also came runners-up in the Asian Cup Winners Cup, beating J-League giant Kashima Antlers 4–1. They became Korean FA Cup champions for a second straight year in 2007.

On 27 December 2007, Jeonnam appointed Park Hang-Seo as its new manager after former manager Huh Jung-Moo was appointed as Korea Republic national football team manager.

Curiously the team`s classic rival Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors was established the same year.

Honours

League

K League 1

Runners-up (1): 1997

Cups

FA Cup

Winners (3): 1997, 2006, 2007

Runners-up (1): 2003

League Cup

Runners-up (3): 1997, 2000s, 2008

Asian

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (1): 1999

Season-by-season records

Season	Division	Tms.	Pos.	FA Cup	AFC CL
1995	1	8	5	–	–
1996	1	9	6	Quarter-final	–
1997	1	10	2	Winners	–
1998	1	10	4	Semi-final	–
1999	1	10	3	Quarter-final	–
2000	1	10	7	Round of 16	–
2001	1	10	8	Round of 16	–
2002	1	10	5	Quarter-final	–
2003	1	12	4	Runners-up	–
2004	1	13	3	Quarter-final	–
2005	1	13	11	Semi-final	–
2006	1	14	6	Winners	–
2007	1	14	10	Winners	Group stage
2008	1	14	9	Round of 16	Group stage
2009	1	15	4	Quarter-final	–
2010	1	15	9	Semi-final	–
2011	1	16	7	Quarter-final	–
2012	1	16	11	Round of 16	–
2013	1	14	10	Round of 16	–
2014	1	12	7	Round of 32	–
2015	1	12	9	Semi-final	–
2016	1	12	5	Quarter-final	–
2017	1	12	10	Quarter-final	–
2018	1	12	12	Semi-final	–
2019	2	10	6	3rd round	–
2020

Key

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

AFC Champions League record

Season	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Agg.
2007	Group F	Bangkok University	3–2	0–0	2nd
		Arema	2–0	1–0
		Kawasaki Frontale	1–3	0–3
2008	Group G	Melbourne Victory	1–1	0–2	3rd
		Gamba Osaka	3–4	1–1
		Chonburi	1–0	2–2

Current squad

As of 4 May 2020

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	Park Jun-hyuk
2	DF	KOR	Choi Hyo-jin
3	DF	KOR	Park Chan-yong
4	MF	KOR	Kim Jin-seong
5	DF	KOR	Ko Tae-won
6	MF	KOR	Hwang Ki-wook
7	MF	KOR	Lim Chang-gyoon
8	FW	KOR	Lee Jong-ho
9	FW	NOR	Julian Kristoffersen
10	MF	BRA	Rodolfo
11	DF	KOR	Lee You-hyeon
12	DF	KOR	Oh Hyeon-kyo
14	MF	KOR	Ahn Jae-hong
16	MF	KOR	Lee Hoo-kwon
17	MF	KOR	Ha Seung-un
18	FW	KOR	Kim Bo-yong
19	DF	KOR	Choi Ik-jin
20	MF	KOR	Jeong Ho-jin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	KOR	Oh Chan-sik
22	DF	KOR	Kim Kyung-jae
23	FW	KOR	Choo Jeong-ho
24	DF	KOR	Kim Min-hyeok
25	DF	KOR	Park Dae-han
26	DF	KOR	Nam Yoon-jae
27	MF	KOR	Jeong Jae-hee
28	FW	KOR	Cho Yoon-hyeong
29	GK	KOR	Kim Byeong-yeop
31	GK	KOR	Shin Ji-hoon
33	DF	UZB	Oleg Zoteev
44	DF	KOR	Kim Hyo-chan
45	DF	KOR	Shin Seong-jae
55	DF	KOR	Jang Seong-rok
60	DF	KOR	Kim Joo-won
77	DF	KOR	Lee Ji-nam
86	DF	KOR	Kwak Kwang-seon
88	MF	KOR	Choi Jeong-hoon

Out on loan