South Korean professional football club
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The Jeonnam Dragons (Korean : 전남 드래곤즈 ) are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang , South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2 , the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play their home matches at the Gwangyang Football Stadium , one of the first football-specific stadiums in South Korea. They have won the Korean FA Cup four times (1997, 2006, 2007 and 2021) and were the runners-up of K League in 1997. They also reached the final of the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup , where they lost to Al Ittihad .
The club was founded on 16 December 1994 as Chunnam Dragons,[ 1] 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 during its first few years, but recorded their best ever finish in 1997 when they finished as K League runners-up. In the same year, however, they won their first trophy after winning the 1997 Korean FA Cup , beating Chunan Ilhwa Chunma 1–0 in the final. In 1999, they finished as runners-up of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup after beating J-League giants Kashima Antlers 4–1 in the semi-finals, and losing 3–2 against Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia in the final.[ 3]
In 2006 and 2007 , Jeonnam won two consecutive Korean FA Cup titles, defeating Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Pohang Steelers respectively in the finals.[ 4]
On 27 December 2007, Jeonnam appointed Park Hang-seo as its new manager after former manager Huh Jung-moo was appointed to the South Korean national team .[citation needed ]
As of 13 May 2024 [ 5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Position Name[ 6] Manager Lee Jang-kwan Head coach Han Dong-hoon Coach Kim Young-wook Goalkeeping coach Cho Min-hyuk Physical coach Hwang Ji-hwan
Runners-up (1): 1997 Winners (4) : 1997 , 2006 , 2007 , 2021 Runners-up (1): 2003 Runners-up (3): 1997 , 2000s , 2008 Runners-up (1): 1999 Season-by-season records [ edit ] 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 2 10 6 Round of 16 — 2021 2 10 4 Winners — 2022 2 11 11 Round of 16 Group stage 2023 2 13 7 Round of 16 —
Key Tms. = Number of teams Pos. = Position in league AFC Champions League record [ edit ] ^ a b c d e f Played at a neutral venue. Kit supplier
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