Jeju United Football Club (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The ...

: 제주 유나이티드) is a South Korean professional football club based in

Jeju Province Jeju Province, officially Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, is one of the nine provinces of South Korea. The province comprises Jeju Island (; ), formerly transliterated as Cheju or Cheju Do, the country's largest island. It was previously kn ...

that competes in the

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, the top division in South Korea. In the past, the club has been known as the ''Yukong Elephants'' and ''Bucheon SK''.

History

An original member of the

K League K League (Hangul: K리그) is South Korea's professional football league. It includes first division K League 1 and second division K League 2. History Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the National ...

founded on 17 December 1982, the team was then called the Yukong Elephants. Yukong was owned and financially supported by the Sunkyoung Group's subsidiary, Yukong (currently SK Group's "SK Energy"), along with

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

, Incheon,

Gyeonggi Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...

as its franchise. The '' Kokkiri'' (elephant) was its mascot. The club won the league championship on only one occasion (in 1989). At the end of 1995 the side moved from the

Dongdaemun Stadium Dongdaemun Stadium was a sports complex in Seoul, South Korea and included a multi-purpose stadium, a baseball park and other sports facilities. It was located near Dongdaemun or Great East Gate. The surrounding Dongdaemun market had many vendo ...

to the

Mokdong Stadium The Mokdong Stadium () is a South Korean sports complex located in Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul. It consists of a multi-purpose stadium, a baseball stadium, and an artificial ice rink. It was opened on 14 November 1989. The main stadium host ...

on the western edge of Seoul, as part of

K-League's decentralization policy The K League decentralization policy in 1995 was a policy of moving K League clubs located in Seoul to other regions. It was an effort by the Government of South Korea and the K League Federation to increase popularity of football nationwide before ...

.Note:This policy was carried out due to two reasons. In 1995, Korea was under bidding for

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. The reasons were the KFA and K League want to build a

soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-p ...

and both wanted to spread football to the provinces. Three clubs based in

–the Yukong Elephants, LG Cheetahs, and Ilhwa Chunma–didn't accept this policy, so the Seoul government gave an eviction order to the three clubs. However they guaranteed that if clubs built a

in Seoul, they could have a Seoul franchise and return to Seoul. As a result, the three clubs were evicted from

to other cities. The Yukong Elephants moved to the city of

Bucheon Bucheon () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Bucheon is located away from Seoul, of which it is a satellite city. It is located between Incheon and Seoul. Bucheon is the second most densely populated city in South Korea after Seoul, a ...

, a

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of Seoul. Mid-way through the 1997 season, the club re-branded itself as Bucheon SK. Because the city of Bucheon lacked a stadium, they used

in Seoul until 2000. At the start of the 2001 season, the team moved to the 35,545-capacity

Bucheon Leports Complex Bucheon Stadium ( ko, 부천종합운동장) is a multi-purpose stadium in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". T ...

. In 2006, Bucheon SK announced their move to Jeju without any fore notice, renamed themselves
Jeju
United FC," and adopted the vacant Jeju World Cup Stadium as their new home ground.

had never been represented in top flight South Korean football until then. On January 3, 2008, Jeju appointed

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for new manager. On October 14, 2009,

announced his resignation due to Jeju's bad form in the K-League. On November 24, 2019, Jeju lost their penultimate match of the season to the

Suwon Samsung Bluewings The Suwon Samsung Bluewings ( ko, 수원 삼성 블루윙즈) are a South Korean Association football, football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won t ...

, which meant the club could no longer avoid relegation to the

K League 2 The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1. H ...

Franchise relocation history

^{/sup> During 1983–86, K-League didn't have home and away system, so franchise relocations were meaningless at that time.

^{/sup> Bucheon SK held all home matches at Mokdong Stadium

The Mokdong Stadium () is a South Korean sports complex located in Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul. It consists of a multi-purpose stadium, a baseball stadium, and an artificial ice rink. It was opened on 14 November 1989. The main stadium host ...
in Seoul until 2000, Because Bucheon Stadium

Bucheon Stadium ( ko, 부천종합운동장) is a multi-purpose stadium in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do

Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". T ...
was under construction.

Kits

Kit suppliers

* 1983–99: Adidas
* 2000–01: Fila
* 2002–03: Puma
* 2004–08: Diadora

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* 2009–12: Astore
* 2013–2019 : Kika

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* 2020–2022: Puma
* 2022–present: Fila

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

League

* K League 1

The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs.
History

The South Korean professional football league was founded in ...

**Winners (1): 1989 K League, 1989
**Runners-up (5): 1984

Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...
, 1994

File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...
, 2000

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, 2010

File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
, 2017

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* K League 2

The K League 2 (Hangul: K리그2) is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the K League 1.
H ...

**Winners (1): 2020

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Cups

* FA Cup

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**Runners-up (1): 2004

2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).

Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

* League Cup

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**Winners (3): 1994

File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...
, 1996
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...
, 2000s

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**Runners-up (2): 1998

1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.

Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
, 1998s

Records

;Key
*Tms. = Number of teams
*Pos. = Position in league

AFC Champions League record

All results (home and away) list Jeju United's goal tally first.

Managers

Coaching staff

Managerial history

References

External links

Official website

{{SK Group

SK Sports
Sport in Jeju Province
K League 1 clubs
K League 2 clubs
Association football clubs established in 1982
1982 establishments in South Korea}}