Daejeon Korail FC

Daejeon Korail FC
Full nameDaejeon Korail Football Club
Nickname(s)Iron horse
Founded1943; 81 years ago (1943) (original)
1961 or 1962 (refounded)
GroundDaejeon Hanbat Sports Complex
Capacity17,371
OwnerKorail
ChairmanJung Chang-young
Head coachKim Seung-hee
LeagueK3 League
2023K3 League, 5th of 15
Websitehttps://info.korail.com/info/contents.do?key=906

Daejeon Korail FC (Korean: 대전 코레일 FC) is a South Korean football club based in Daejeon that competes in the K3 League, the third tier of South Korean football league system. It is owned and operated by Korea Railroad Corporation, South Korea's national railroad operator. Their home venue is Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex.

History

After being founded in 1943[1] by the Chosen Government Railway as Chosen Government Railway FC (조선총독부 철도국 축구단), the team competed in various semi-professional football competitions throughout decades until they joined the Korea National League in 2003.

In 1948, the club changed its name to Ministry of Transportation FC after Joseon Railways was absorbed into Ministry of Transportation by the South Korean government.

The club was inactive during the Korean War and was re-established in 1961[2] or 1962.[3] It was renamed National Railroad FC (철도청 축구단) in 1963 and Korea Railroad FC (한국철도 축구단) in 1995. In 2004, to comply with Korea National League's club naming policy, the club added the team's location to its name, changing the name to Incheon Korea Railroad FC (인천 한국철도 축구단). After Korea National Railroad was renamed to Korail, the club's name was also changed again to Incheon Korail FC (인천 코레일 축구단) during the 2007 season. At the end of the 2013 season, the club has been renamed to Daejeon Korail FC after the team's relocation from Incheon to Daejeon.[4]

The team played in the Korea National League between 2003 and 2019, when the league merged with the K3 League. They won the 2005 season with a 4–2 aggregate victory over Suwon City in the final. In the Korean FA Cup, the team reached the quarter-finals in 2001 and the semi-finals in 2005. In the 2019 edition, the team reached the final, where they lost 4–0 on aggregate to the top division side Suwon Samsung Bluewings.[5]

Honours

League

Winners (2): 2005, 2012
Runners-up (1): 2014

Cups

Runners-up (1): 2019
Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2018
Runners-up (1): 2016
Gold Medal (3): 2000, 2001, 2011
Runners-up (1): 2000
Runners-up (1): 2004

Season-by-season records

Season Korea National League / K3 League Korean FA Cup National Championship Top scorer
(league goals) 		Manager
Stage Teams P W D L GF GA GD Pts Position
1996 No league Did not qualify Not held No league
1997 Did not qualify
1998 Did not qualify
1999 Quarterfinals
2000 Preliminary round
2001 Quarterfinals
2002 Round of 16
2003 First stage 10 9 3 4 2 14 10 +4 13 5th Round of 32 Lee Soon-haeng (5)
Second stage 10 9 1 2 6 5 14 −9 5 9th
2004 First stage 10 9 2 3 4 6 9 −3 9 7th Round of 16 Group stage Sung Nak-seon (3)
Second stage 10 9 1 7 1 10 10 0 10 5th
2005 First stage 11 10 4 1 5 10 11 −1 13 7th Semifinals Group stage Kim Eun-chul (6)
Second stage 11 10 6 3 1 14 7 +7 21 1st
Playoff 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 — Champions
2006 First stage 11 10 4 3 3 14 13 +1 15 6th Round of 16 Quarterfinals Kim Heung-seop (9)
Second stage 11 10 5 3 2 16 8 +8 18 4th
2007 First stage 12 11 7 1 3 16 10 +6 22 3rd Round of 26 Semifinals Kim Min-soo (8) Kim Seung-hee
Second stage 12 11 6 2 3 20 18 +2 20 3rd
2008 First stage 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 −9 8 12th Round of 32 Semifinals Park Chun-sin (5)
Second stage 14 13 3 3 7 13 24 −11 12 12th
2009 First stage 14 13 6 5 2 20 13 +7 23 3rd Round of 32 Group stage Heo Sin-young (8)
Second stage 13 12 5 1 6 11 15 −4 16 7th
2010 First stage 15 14 7 5 2 23 17 +6 26 3rd Round of 32 Group stage Kim Hyung-woon (9)
Second stage 15 14 2 5 7 17 21 −4 11 13th
2011 Regular season 14 26 11 6 9 29 23 +6 39 6th Second round Semifinals Park Ju-ho (6)
Playoff 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 — Round of 6
2012 Regular season 14 26 12 6 8 39 30 +9 42 5th Round of 32 Group stage Kim Tae-wook (7)
Playoff 6 5 5 0 0 11 4 +7 — Champions
2013 Regular season 10 27 12 9 6 42 32 +10 45 2nd Second round Winners Shin Myung-jae (9)
Playoff 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 — Semifinal
2014 Regular season 10 27 14 7 6 41 28 +13 49 1st Round of 16 Group stage Kim Byung-oh
Moon Byung-woo (both 9)
Playoff 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 — Runners-up
2015 Regular season 10 27 8 9 10 36 27 +9 33 5th Round of 16 Winners Kim Jun (6)
2016 Regular season 10 27 8 10 9 33 41 –8 34 7th Round of 32 Runners-up Kwak Chul-ho (16)
2017 Regular season 8 28 10 9 9 31 34 –3 39 4th Round of 32 Semifinals Park Jin-seop (11)
2018 Regular season 8 28 7 6 15 31 40 –9 27 7th Round of 32 Winners Kwak Chul-ho (6)
2019 Regular season 8 28 10 9 9 38 36 +2 39 4th Runners-up Semifinals Lee Gwan-pyo (7)
2020 Regular season 16 15 7 4 4 25 12 +13 25 6th Second round Not held
Championship round 8 22 8 8 6 30 18 +12 32 7th
2021 Regular season 15 28 8 12 8 32 30 +2 36 9th Second round
2022 Regular season 16 30 12 5 13 28 36 –8 41 9th Round of 16
2023 Regular season 15 28 11 6 11 34 32 +2 39 5th Second round

References

  1. ^ "Korea Republic – Daejeon Korail FC". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. ^ 한국철도 38년만에 첫 우승할까
  3. ^ 월간축구. Best Eleven. October 1982. pp. 36–38.
  4. ^ "인천남동구민축구단 창단, K4리그 참가 노린다" (in Korean). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Suwon Bluewings vs. Daejeon Korail – 10 November 2019 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 December 2019.