Yangzee Football Club ( ko, 양지 축구단) was a South Korean football club. Yangzee was a special football club to aim

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, and was founded by the

Korean Central Intelligence Agency Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

(KCIA) on 29 March 1967, after the

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reached the quarter-finals in the

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. Under the then-head of the KCIA Kim Hyong-uk, the club was charged with improving the level of football in South Korea, recruiting the best talent of the time. Participation in the squad took the place of the mandatory military service requirement for Korean nationals, and the players lived and trained at the headquarters of the Intelligence Agency during their time with the team. They also received high salaries and long-term overseas training in return for intensive training. The team dominated the domestic football scene at the time, and in 1969 reached the final of the

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, losing 1–0 to

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in the final. As Kim's grip on power at the Intelligence Agency slipped away, and interest in the football club waned as relations towards North Korea improved, the team was wound up on 17 March 1970.

Managers

Choi Chung-min Choi Chung-min (; 30 August 1930 – 8 August 1983) was a former South Korean football player and manager. Nicknamed the "Golden Legs", Choi was one of Asia's greatest strikers in the 1950s. Playing career Choi was born in Taedong and grew ...

Kim Yong-sik Kim Yong-sik (; Hanja: 金容植; 25 July 1910 – 8 March 1985) was a South Korean Association football, football player and manager. He is esteemed as the godfather of the South Korean football. International career Kim played internationa ...

Honours

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**Runners-up:

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* Korean National Championship **Winners: 1968 *

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**Winners: 1968 *Minor competitions ::

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: 1967

References

External links

''Secret Soccer'' – The Story of Yangzee FC
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Managers

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