Jeonbuk Hyundai
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| Full name | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club 전북 현대 모터스 축구단 |
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| Nickname(s) |
Nokseakjeonsa (Green Warriors) |
| Founded | 1994, as Chonbuk Dinos |
| Ground | Jeonju World Cup Stadium |
| Capacity | 42,477 |
| Owner | Hyundai Motor Company |
| Chairman | Chung Eui-sun |
| Manager | Choi Kang-hee |
| League | K League Classic |
| 2016 | K League Classic, 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
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| Hanja | 모터스 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeonbuk Hyeondae Moteoseu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chǒnbuk Hyŏndae Mot'ǒsǔ |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Korean: 전북 현대 모터스) is a professional football club based in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. Jeonbuk play at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, the capital city of the province. Jeonbuk has won K-League title four times, first in 2009. They also won Korean FA Cup three times, in 2000, 2003 and 2005. The club has won the AFC Champions League twice, first in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since the AFC Champions League was launched in its current format in 2003, and for a time being the only team in the world to have become continental champions without ever having won a domestic title. This title guaranteed Jeonbuk's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2006. They won the second title in 2016.
The club's color is green which is also the color of North Jeolla Province.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motor's predecessor was founded in January 1993 under the original name of Wansan Puma FC. Oh Hyung-Kun was the founder of the team, which was the first team to be named after a home location in the history of the K League.
However, they were not able to raise enough funds and Wansan Puma FC went into bankruptcy before they could take their place in the K-League. Many people were eager to keep their club and Bobae Ltd., a local alcohol manufacturer, offered financial support to the club. The club joined the K-League in 1994 after changing its name to Chonbuk Buffalo. The team ran into financial problems and was dissolved after the final match in the 1994 season. In 1994, Korea was under 2002 World Cup bid campaign, so Hyundai Motors took over Jeonbuk Buffalo's players and launched a new club called Jeonbuk Dinos on 12 December 1994.
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