Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' predecessors were founded in January 1993 as the Wansan Pumas. Oh Hyung-keun was the founder of the team, the first to be named after their 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, South Korea was under a bid campaign to host the 2002 FIFA World Cup, so Hyundai Motors took over the Buffaloes' players and launched a new club called Jeonbuk Dinos on 12 December 1994.

K-League officially stated that Chonbuk Buffalo and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are different clubs. Therefore, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' history and statistics and records are from 12 December 1994.[1]

Since 1994, Jeonbuk had not seriously challenged for the Korean League title, often languishing in mid-table.[1] After Choi Gang-hee was appointed manager in July 2005, Jeonbuk won the Korean FA Cup in December of that year.[1] In 2006, Jeonbuk finished a disappointing eleventh in the Korean League, however the season had a surprising ending, as Jeonbuk won their first AFC Champions League final in Homs, Syria.[1] En route to the final they defeated the champions of Japan, Gamba Osaka, and Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua,[2] and they also beat Ulsan Horang-i, the champion of Korea, in the semi-finals.[3] They triumphed 3–2 on aggregate over Al-Karamah, the champion of Syria, in the final.[4]

They had an opportunity to join the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2006 as AFC Champions League winners.[5] They lost their first game 1–0 to América in the quarter-finals on 10 December, however, they defeated Auckland City 3–0 on 14 December and finished fifth in the tournament.[5] In 2009, Jeonbuk became the champion of K-League by beating Seongnam Ilhwa 3–1 on aggregate in the K-League Championship on 6 December 2009.[1][6]

On 22 October 2011, Jeonbuk claimed their first-place spot in the K-League for the second time in their history.[7] Furthermore, they reached the final of the AFC Champions League, where they lost to Al-Sadd after a penalty-shootout.[8] On 4 December 2011, Jeonbuk confirmed the K-League title with a 4–2 aggregate victory in the play-off final against Ulsan Hyundai.[1][9]

On 26 November 2016, Jeonbuk won their second AFC Champions League title after defeating Al Ain FC 3–2 on aggregate.[10]

Key

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

All results list Jeonbuk's goal tally first.

Season	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Agg.
2004	Group E	Júbilo Iwata	1–2	4–2	1st
		Shanghai Shenhua	0–1	1–0
		BEC Tero Sasana	4–0	4–0
	Quarter-final	Al-Ain	4–1	1–0	5–1
	Semi-final	Al-Ittihad	2–2	1–2	3–4
2006	Group E	Gamba Osaka	3–2	1–1	1st
		Dalian Shide	3–1	0–1
		Da Nang	3–0	1–0
	Quarter-final	Shanghai Shenhua	4–2	0–1	4–3
	Semi-final	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2–3	4–1	6–5
	Final	Al-Karamah	2–0	1–2	3–2
2007	Quarter-final	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	1–2	1–4
2010	Group F	Persipura Jayapura	8–0	4–1	2nd
		Kashima Antlers	1–2	1–2
		Changchun Yatai	1–0	2–1
	Round of 16	Adelaide United	—	3–2 (a.e.t.)	—
	Quarter-final	Al-Shabab	0–2	1–0	1–2
2011	Group G	Shandong Luneng	1–0	2–1	1st
		Arema	6–0	4–0
		Cerezo Osaka	1–0	0–1
	Round of 16	Tianjin TEDA	3–0	—	—
	Quarter-final	Cerezo Osaka	6–1	3–4	9–5
	Semi-final	Al-Ittihad	2–1	3–2	5–3
	Final	Al-Sadd	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	—	—
2012	Group H	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–5	3–1	3rd
		Kashiwa Reysol	0–2	1–5
		Buriram United	3–2	2–0
2013	Group F	Muangthong United	2–0	2–2	2nd
		Guangzhou Evergrande	1–1	0–0
		Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	3–1
	Round of 16	Kashiwa Reysol	0–2	2–3	2–5
2014	Group G	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–0	1–2	2nd
		Melbourne Victory	0–0	2–2
		Guangzhou Evergrande	1–0	1–3
	Round of 16	Pohang Steelers	1–2	0–1	1–3
2015	Group E	Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	2–3	2nd
		Shandong Luneng	4–1	4–1
		Becamex Binh Duong	3–0	1–1
	Round of 16	Beijing Guoan	1–1	1–0	2–1
	Quarter-final	Gamba Osaka	0–0	2–3	2–3
2016	Group E	FC Tokyo	2–1	3–0	1st
		Jiangsu Suning	2–2	2–3
		Becamex Binh Duong	2–0	2–3
	Round of 16	Melbourne Victory	2–1	1–1	3–2
	Quarter-final	Shanghai SIPG	5–0	0–0	5–0
	Semi-final	FC Seoul	4–1	1–2	5–3
	Final	Al-Ain	2–1	1–1	3–2
2018	Group E	Kashiwa Reysol	3–2	2–0	1st
		Kitchee	3–0	6–0
		Tianjin Quanjian	6–3	2–4
	Round of 16	Buriram United	2–0	2–3	4–3
	Quarter-final	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–3	3–0 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (2–4 p)
2019	Group G	Beijing Guoan	3–1	1–0	1st
		Buriram United	0–0	0–1
		Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	1–0
	Round of 16	Shanghai SIPG	1–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1	2–2 (3–5 p)
2020	Group H	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	1–4[lower-alpha 1]	3rd
		Shanghai SIPG	1–2[lower-alpha 1]	2–0[lower-alpha 1]
		Sydney FC	1–0[lower-alpha 1]	2–2
2021	Group H	Chiangrai United	2–1[lower-alpha 1]	3–1[lower-alpha 1]	1st
		Gamba Osaka	2–1[lower-alpha 1]	2–2[lower-alpha 1]
		Tampines Rovers	9–0[lower-alpha 1]	4–0[lower-alpha 1]
	Round of 16	BG Pathum United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	—	—
	Quarter-final	Ulsan Hyundai	2–3 (a.e.t.)	—	—
2022	Group H	Sydney FC	0–0[lower-alpha 1]	3–2[lower-alpha 1]	2nd
		Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1[lower-alpha 1]	1–0[lower-alpha 1]
		Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	1–0[lower-alpha 1]	1–1[lower-alpha 1]
	Round of 16	Daegu FC	2–1 (a.e.t.)[lower-alpha 1]		—
	Quarter-final	Vissel Kobe	3–1 (a.e.t.)[lower-alpha 1]		—
	Semi-final	Urawa Red Diamonds	—	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	—

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