Kookmin Bank FC were a founder member of the K-League, but spent only two seasons in the league before dropping back down to the amateur ranks.
The club finished 5th out of the five teams in 1983, and when they came in 8th out of the eight sides the following year the decision was made to return to the amateur ranks.
Kookmin Bank had previously been successful in the Korean Amateur Football Conference (1978) and the President's Cup (1973, 1983) prior to joining the K-League, and still managed President's Cup success (1986, 1990, 1995, 2003) after dropping out of the league.
The side moved to Goyang and rebranded themselves Goyang Kookmin Bank entering the newly founded K2 League of which they won the inaugural competition in 2003 and then retained in 2004.
The Korea Professional Football League (K-League) is South Korea's professional club football league and is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football competitions.The K-League was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League, with five member clubs including amateur clubs.
Hallelujah won the inaugural title, finishing one point ahead of Daewoo to lift the crown.In 1994, after the long doldrums on the league, the Korea's soccer league was reformed and renamed as the K-League, since then, the league has expanded to fourteen teams for the 2006 season.
Of the five initial clubs of the former professional league, only Daewoo, POSCO and Yukong Elephants remain in the K-League; KookminBankFC dropped out of the league at the end of 1984, and Hallelujah followed the season after.
KookminBankFCKookminBankFC was a founding member of the K-League, but spent only two seasons in the league before dropping back down to the amateur ranks.
KookminBank had previously been successful in the Korean Amateur Football Conference (1978) and the President's Cup (1973, 1983) prior to joining the K-League, and still managed President's Cup successfully in (1986, 1990, 1995, 2003) after dropping out of the league.
The club moved to Goyang and rebranded itself as GoyangKookminBank entering the newly founded K2 League of which it won the inaugural competition in 2003 and then retained the title in 2004.