Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
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| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 성남 일화 천마 |
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| Full name | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 성남 일화 천마 |
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| Nickname(s) | Chunma (Pegasus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Tancheon Sports Complex Seongnam, Gyeonggi (Capacity 16,000) |
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| Chairman | Park Kyu-Nam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Kim Hak-Beom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | K-League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K-League 2008 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma club, founded in 1989, is a professional football team in South Korea. With seven league crowns, it is the most successful K-League club in terms of Championship victories.
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[edit] History
The club began life playing at Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul, but after winning their third consecutive title in 1995 the league officials declared that all of the three teams based in the capital had to leave, so the club moved down to Cheonan.
Several unsuccessful seasons followed, and when they finished at the bottom of the league for the second time in 1999, the club moved up to the Seoul satellite city of Seongnam and renamed themselves Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. The move worked out very well, as the rejuvenated club went on to win the 2001, 2002 and 2003 K-League championships.
A disappointing 2004 campaign saw them meekly relinquish their title, but they reached the final of the Asian Champions League, where despite winning the away leg 3-1, they lost the home leg 5-0 to the Saudi Arabian team Al-Ittihad and lost the tie 6-3 on aggregate.
The club bounced back to the forefront of Korean football in style as they claimed their seventh K-League championship in 2006, defeating Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3-1 on aggregate in the championship playoff final.
Before they were defeated by Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-1 on 15th July, 2007, they had not lost for 22 consecutive league matches. It was the third longest streak in the history of the K-league.
In the championship playoff final, they were defeated by Pohang Steelers 4-1 agg. Despite finishing first place in the K-League, they were not the champion in the playoffs.
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[edit] Current squad
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[edit] 2008 Season transfers
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[edit] External links
- (Korean)(English)Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Official Site
- (English) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma at ROKfootball.com
- Fan Site : 천마불사chunma-bulsa (Korean)
- Fan Site : YRU (Korean)
| Preceded by POSCO Atoms |
K-League Champions 1993-1995 |
Succeeded by Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i |
| Preceded by Thai Farmers Bank FC  |
Champions of Asia 1995/96 |
Succeeded by Pohang Steelers  |
| Preceded by Anyang LG Cheetahs |
K-League Champions 2001-2003 |
Succeeded by Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| Preceded by Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i |
K-League Champions 2006 |
Succeeded by Pohang Steelers |
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