A founding member of the K-League in 1983, Bucheon SK have undergone several hardships during the years and have struggled to make a serious impact on Korean football. ... The Busan Icons football team was founded in 1983 in the city of Busan by the Daewoo corporation. ... Founded at the end of the 1994 season following the demise of Chonbuk Buffalo, Cheonbuk joined the K-League in 1995 at the same time as Jeolla province rivals Chunnam Dragons. ... Chunnam Dragons is a football club founded in 1996 in the Korean city of Gwangyang, which joined the K-League for the 1997 season at the same time as Cheonbuk Hyundai Motors, their Jeolla province rivals. ... } | pattern_b = | pattern_ra = | leftarm = 0066FF | body = 0066FF | rightarm = 0066FF | shorts = 000000 | socks = 0066FF | title = Home colours }} Daegu FC was founded as a community team at the end of 2002 in the Korean city of Daegu, and made their K-League debut in 2003. ... The first community club in Korea, Daejeon Citizen joined the K-League in 1997 without the backing of a major corporation. ... FC Seoul is one of the most controversial clubs in the K-League, due in part to the decision of owners LG to move the club from Anyang to the Korean capital Seoul and into the vacant Seoul World Cup Stadium at the end of 2003. ... Sangmu is the sports division of the Military of South Korea, and Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix is the professional football club. ... Founded at the end of the 2003 season in the Korean port city of Incheon, Incheon United made their K-League debut in 2004 under the leadership of German manager Werner Lorant. ... Originally called POSCO after the Pohang Iron and Steel Company that owned it, the club was a founding member of the K-League in 1983 and is one of Korean footballs most successful sides. ... Founded in 1989, the Ilhwa Chunma club are the most successful K-League clubs in terms of Championship victories with six league crowns. ... Founded in the Korean city of Suwon in 1996, Suwon Samsung Bluewings have become one of Asian footballs premier clubs, with a whole host of domestic and continental honours with great fan base. ... The Hyundai Horang-i club (which means Hyundai Tigers), owned by Korean corporation Hyundai, entered the K-League in 1984. ...
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. ... Founded in 1980 by a Christian missionary group, Hallelujah FC became a founder member of the K-League in 1983 and won the inaugural championship. ...
The Korea Professional Soccer League, more commonly known today as the K-League was founded in 1983 with five member clubs, and is the oldest professional football league in Asia. ... The K2 League is a semi-professional/amateur football league, below the level of the K-League in Korea, consisting of ten clubs. ...
South Korea, officially known as the Republic of Korea, is an East Asian state on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea can be divided into four general regions: an eastern region of high mountain ranges and narrow coastal plains; a western region of broad coastal plains, river basins, and rolling hills; a southwestern region of mountains and valleys and a southeastern region dominated by the broad basin of the Nakdong River.
The SouthKorean military is composed of the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA), Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF), and Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC), together with reserve forces.
Founded at the end of the 2003 season in the Korean port city of Incheon, Incheon United made their K-League debut in 2004 under the leadership of German manager Werner Lorant.
The club improved under Lorant's replacement, Chang Woe-Ryong, and finished the 2005 season with the best combined record of the two-stage K-League season, earning a spot in the championship playoffs.