Seongnam FC in international competitions

Seongnam FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Seongnam, South Korea, who currently play in the K-League.^[1] Seongnam FC participated under the name of Ilhwa chunma from 1993–94 Asian Club Championship and won the title in their second season in the Asia.^[2] Their first Asian game was against Kedah FA of Malaysia.^[3]

Since Asian Club Championship renamed as AFC Champions League, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma was close to win the title again in 2004 AFC Champions League, but massive 0–5 loss to Ittihad FC in 2nd leg of the final costs them the title and made the legendary coach, Cha Kyung-bok to resign.^[4]

After the shocking defeat in 2004, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma moved their home games to Tancheon Stadium and has been built a strong home record.^[5] By the end of their latest participation in the 2015 AFC Champions League, they recorded 14 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss out of 19 games.

Honours

AFC Champions League

Winners (2): 1995, 2010

Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 2004

Asian Super Cup

Winners (1): 1996

A3 Champions Cup

Winners (1): 2004

FIFA Club World Cup

Fourth place (1): 2010 as the Asian representatives

Afro-Asian Club Championship

Winners (1): 1996 as the Asian representatives

Matches

Season	Competition	Date	Round	Opponent	Result	Scorer(s)
1994–95	Asian Club Championship (played as Ilhwa Chunma)	1994-09-04	First round	Kedah FA	5–3 (H)	Ko Jeong-Woon(2), Shin Tae-Yong(2), Han Jung-Guk
		1994-09-17	First round	Kedah FA	5–1 (A)	Shin Tae-Yong, Lee Sang-Yoon, Kim Yi-Ju, Oh Dong-Cheon, Maksimović
		1994-10-01	Second round	Pelita Jaya	1–0 (A)	Oh Dong-Cheon
		1994-10-18	Second round	Pelita Jaya	4–1 (H)	Kim Yi-Ju, Oh Dong-Cheon, Lee Sang-Yoon(2)
		1994-11-20	Quarterfinals	Verdy Kawasaki	3–1	Lee Ki-Beom, Shin Tae-Yong
		1994-11-22	Quarterfinals	Liaoning FC	3–1	Lee Sang-Yoon(2), Ha Seong-Jun
		1994-11-24	Quarterfinals	Thai Farmers Bank	1–0	Park Nam-Yeol
		1995-01-27	Semifinal	Al-Arabi SC	0–2
		1995-01-29	3rd place match	Neftchy Farg'ona	0–1
1995–96	Asian Club Championship (played as Ilhwa Chunma)	1995-09-16	First round	GD Lam Pak	5–0 (H)	Hwang Yeon-Seok(2), Shin Tae-Yong, Park Nam-Yeol, Jo Woo-Seok
		—	First round	GD Lam Pak	3–0 (A)	Lam Pak withdrew after the 1st leg
		1995-10-14	Second round	Pahang FA	3–2 (A)	Shin Tae-Yong, Lee Sang-Yoon, Ko Jeong-Woon
		1995-10-28	Second round	Pahang FA	2–0 (H)	Ko Jeong-Woon(2)
		1995-11-26	Quarterfinals	Thai Farmers Bank	1–1	Shin Tae-Yong
		1995-11-28	Quarterfinals	Persib Bandung	5–2	Han Jung-Guk, Shin Tae-Yong, Ranković(2), Hwang Yeon-Seok
		1995-11-30	Quarterfinals	Verdy Kawasaki	1–0	Park Nam-Yeol
		1995-12-27	Semifinal	Saipa	1–0	Lee Kwang-Hyun
		1995-12-29	Final	Al-Nassr	1–0	Lee Tae-Hong
1996	Afro-Asian Club Championship (played as Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma)	1996-05-04	Final 1st leg	Orlando Pirates	0–0 (A)
1996		1996-05-18	Final 2nd leg	Orlando Pirates	5–0 (H)	Lee Ki-Beom(2), Ko Jeong-Woon(2), Lee Tae-Hong
1996	Asian Super Cup (played as Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma)	1996-07-31	Final 1st leg	Bellmare Hiratsuka	5–3 (H)	Lee Ki-Beom(2), Han Jung-Guk(2), Lee Sang-Yoon
1996	Asian Super Cup (played as Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma)	1996-08-07	Final 2nd leg	Bellmare Hiratsuka	1–0 (A)	Shin Tae-Yong
1996–97	Asian Club Championship (played as Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma)	1996-09-07	Second round	Shanghai Shenhua	0–0 (H)
		1996-09-14	Second round	Shanghai Shenhua	1–0 (A)	Lee Sang-Yoon
		1996-11-24	Quarterfinals	New Radiant	9–0	Lee Sang-Yoon, Kim Dong-Gun(2), Hwang Yeon-Seok, Lee Ki-Beom, Han Jung-Guk, Stepouchkine, Agbo
		1996-11-26	Quarterfinals	Yokohama Marinos	3–2	Lee Sang-Yoon(2), Hwang Yeon-Seok
		1996-11-28	Quarterfinals	Pohang Steelers	0–0
		1997-03-07	Semifinal	Al-Zawra'a	1–0	Kim Chang-Won
		1997-03-09	Semifinal	Pohang Steelers	1–2	Hong Jong-Kyung
2000–01	Asian Cup Winners' Cup (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2000	Second Round	Dalian Shide	0–2 (A)
2000–01	Asian Cup Winners' Cup (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2000	Second Round	Dalian Shide	1–0 (H)	Unknown
2003	A3 Champions Cup (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2003-02-16	Group stage	Jubilo Iwata	2–0	Shin Tae-Yong, Kim Dae-Eui
		2003-02-19	Group stage	Dalian Shide	2–3	Drakulic, Shin Tae-Yong
		2003-02-22	Group stage	Kashima Antlers	0–0
2003	AFC Champions League (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2003-03-09	Group stage	Osotsapa FC	6–0	Park Nam-Yeol, Kim Dae-Eui, Kim Do-Hoon(3), Drakulic
		2003-03-12	Group stage	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	Drakulic, Kim Dae-Eui
		2003-03-15	Group stage	Dalian Shide	1–3	Kim Dae-Eui
2004	AFC Champions League (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2004-02-11	Group stage	Persik Kediri	2–1 (A)	Kim Do-Hoon(2)
		2004-02-25	Group stage	Bình Định	2–0 (H)	Do Jae-Joon, Chun Dae-Hwan
		2004-04-07	Group stage	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1 (A)	Laktionov, Adhemar
		2004-04-21	Group stage	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–1 (H)
		2004-05-11	Group stage	Persik Kediri	15–0 (H)	Sabitović(4), Adhemar(2), Shin Tae-Yong, Laktionov(4), Kim Do-Hoon(3), Cho Sung-Rae
		2004-05-19	Group stage	Bình Định	3–1 (A)	Adhemar(2), Shin Tae-Yong
		2004-09-14	Quarterfinal	Al-Sharjah	6–0 (H)	Kim Do-Hoon, Lee Ki-Hyung, Dudu(2), Do Jae-Joon, Laktionov
		2004-09-22	Quarterfinal	Al-Sharjah	5–2 (A)	Dudu(2), Marcelo, Kim Do-Hoon, Laktionov
		2004-10-20	Semifinal	Pakhtakor Tashkent	0–0 (H)
		2004-10-27	Semifinal	Pakhtakor Tashkent	2–0 (A)	Kim Do-Hoon, Dudu
		2004-11-24	Final	Al-Ittihad	3–1 (A)	Laktionov, Kim Do-Hoon, Jang Hak-Young
		2004-12-01	Final	Al-Ittihad	0–5 (H)
2004	A3 Champions Cup (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2004-02-22	Group stage	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–0	Kim Do-Hoon, Adhemar, Shin Tae-Yong
		2004-02-25	Group stage	Shanghai International	1–0	Kim Do-Hoon
		2004-02-28	Group stage	Shanghai Shenhua	1–1	Harry Castillo
2007	AFC Champions League (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2007-03-07	Group stage	Dong Tam Long An	4–1 (H)	Mota(2), Kim Dong-hyun, Neaga
		2007-03-21	Group stage	Shandong Luneng	1–2 (A)	Cho Byung-Kuk
		2007-04-11	Group stage	Adelaide United	2–2 (A)	Kim Dong-hyun, Mota
		2007-04-25	Group stage	Adelaide United	1–0 (H)	Choi Sung-Kuk
		2007-05-09	Group stage	Dong Tam Long An	2–1 (A)	Mota, Choi Sung-Kuk
		2007-05-23	Group stage	Shandong Luneng	3–0 (H)	Kim Dong-hyun, Son Dae-Ho, Mota
		2007-09-19	Quarterfinal	Al-Karamah	2–1 (H)	Kim Min-ho, Cho Byung-Kuk
		2007-09-26	Quarterfinal	Al-Karamah	2–0 (A)	Mota, Kim Dong-hyun
		2007-10-03	Semifinal	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2 (H)	Mota, Kim Do-Heon
		2007-10-24	Semifinal	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2 (3–5p) (A)	Choi Sung-Kuk, Kim Dong-hyun
2007	A3 Champions Cup (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2007-06-07	Group stage	Shanghai Shenhua	0–3
		2007-06-10	Group stage	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1
		2007-06-13	Group stage	Shandong Luneng	2–1	Kim Sang-Sik, Choi Sung-Kuk
2010	AFC Champions League (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2010-02-23	Group stage	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0 (H)	Molina, Radončić
		2010-03-09	Group stage	Melbourne Victory	2–0 (A)	Ognenovski, Yun Young-Sun
		2010-03-23	Group stage	Beijing Guoan	3–1 (H)	Song Ho-Young, Radončić, Jo Jae-Cheol
		2010-03-31	Group stage	Beijing Guoan	1–0 (A)	Molina
		2010-04-14	Group stage	Kawasaki Frontale	0–3 (A)
		2010-04-28	Group stage	Melbourne Victory	3–2 (H)	Jeon Kwang-Jin, Namgung Do, Jo Jae-Cheol
		2010-05-11	Round of 16	Gamba Osaka	3–0 (H)	Molina(2), Song Ho-Young
		2010-09-15	Quarterfinal	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4–1 (H)	Radončić(2), Molina, Own goal
		2010-09-22	Quarterfinal	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–2 (A)
		2010-10-05	Semifinal	Al-Shabab	3–4 (A)	Molina(2), Jo Jae-Cheol
		2010-10-20	Semifinal	Al-Shabab	1–0 (H)	Cho Dong-Geon
		2010-11-13	Final	Zob Ahan	3–1	Ognenovski, Cho Byung-Kuk, Kim Cheol-Ho
2010	FIFA Club World Cup (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2010-12-11	Quarterfinal	Al-Wahda	4–1	Molina, Ognenovski, Choi Sung-Kuk, Cho Dong-Geon
		2010-12-15	Semifinal	Internazionale	0–3
		2010-12-18	3rd place match	Internacional	2–4	Molina(2)
2012	Asian Challenge Cup (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2012-01-23	Semifinal	Guangzhou R&F	5–1	Héverton, Han Sang-Woon(2), Jovančić, Yun Young-Sun
2012	Asian Challenge Cup (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2012-01-26	Final	Shimizu S-Pulse	5–1	Éverton Santos(2), Héverton, Han Sang-Woon, Lee Chang-Hoon
2012	AFC Champions League (played as Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	2012-03-07	Group stage	Nagoya Grampus	2–2 (A)	Héverton(2)
		2012-03-21	Group stage	Tianjin Teda	1–1 (H)	Han Sang-Woon
		2012-04-03	Group stage	Central Coast Mariners	1–1 (A)	Éverton
		2012-04-18	Group stage	Central Coast Mariners	5–0 (H)	Lee Chang-Hoon, Éverton(2), Kim Sung-hwan, Jovančić
		2012-05-01	Group stage	Nagoya Grampus	1–1 (H)	Han Sang-Woon
		2012-05-15	Group stage	Tianjin Teda	3–0 (A)	Yoon Bit-Garam, Jovančić(2)
		2012-05-29	Round of 16	Bunyodkor	0–1 (H)

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 2015 AFC Champions League Group F – Matchday 1	Buriram United	2–1	Seongnam FC	Buriram, Thailand
18:00 ICT	Prakit Deeprom 16' Gilberto Macena 18' Andrés Túñez 43'	Report	Jang Suk-won 39' Narubadin Weerawatnodom 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Buriram Stadium Attendance: 8,959 Referee: MOHAMMED ABDULLA HASSAN Assistant referees: MOHAMED ALHAMMADI, HASAN ALMAHRI Fourth official: KHURRAM SHAHZAD MVP: Diogo Luís Santo

3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) 2015 AFC Champions League Group F – Matchday 2	Seongnam FC	2–0	Gamba Osaka	Seongnam, Korea Republic
19:30 KST	Ricardo Bueno 8' (pen.) Yun Young-sun 33' Hwang Ui-jo 67'	Report	Oh Jae-suk 84'	Stadium: Tancheon Stadium Attendance: 7,813 Referee: RAVSHAN IRMATOV Assistant referees: ABDUKHAMIDULLO RASULOV, JAKHONGIR SAIDOV Fourth official: KASIMOV SHERZOD MVP: Hwang Ui-jo

17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 2015 AFC Champions League Group F – Matchday 3	Guangzhou R&F	0-1	Seongnam FC	Guangzhou, China
19:30 CST	Abderrazak Hamdallah 23' Chang Feiya 58' Tang Miao 71' Jang Hyun-soo 87', 87'	Report	Hwang Ui-jo 27' Lim Chai-min 32' Kim Cheol-ho 60'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium Attendance: 8,638 Referee: FAHAD JABER AL-MARRI Assistant referees: JUMA MOHAMMED K H AL-BURSHAID, SIVANESAN A/L MUNIANDY Fourth official: SIVAKORN PU-UDOM MVP: Hwang Ui-jo

7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) 2015 AFC Champions League Group F – Matchday 4	Seongnam FC	0-0	Guangzhou R&F	Seongnam, Korea Republic
19:30 KST	Kim Dong-hee 13'	Report	Lu Lin 27' Ye Chugui 65' Jiang Zhipeng 90+2'	Stadium: Tancheon Stadium Attendance: 5,777 Referee: NAWAF SHUKRALLA Assistant referees: EBRAHIM SALEH, NAWAF SHAHEEN MOOSA Fourth official: ABDULAZIZ YUSUF ABDULAZIZ AHMED ABDULLA MVP: Liu Dianzuo

22 April 2015 (2015-04-22) 2015 AFC Champions League Group F – Matchday 5	Seongnam FC	2–1	Buriram United	Seongnam, Korea Republic
19:30 KST	Kim Do-heon 27' Nam Joon-jae 38' Yun Young-sun 70' Lucas Douglas Pajeu De Sousa 76' Jung Seon-ho 86' Kwak Hae-sung 89'	Report	Narubadin Weerawatnodom 26' Chitipat Tanklang 44' Diogo Luís Santo 77'	Stadium: Tancheon Stadium Attendance: 3,762 Referee: FAHAD ALMIRDASI Assistant referees: ABDULAH ALSHALWAI, MOHAMMED MAKI A ALABAKRY Fourth official: SALEH ABDULLAH M ALHETHLOL MVP: Hwang Ui-jo

6 May 2015 (2015-05-06) 2015 AFC Champions League Group F – Matchday 6	Gamba Osaka	2–1	Seongnam FC	Osaka, Japan
19:15 JST	Takashi Usami 64' Lins Lima de Brito 82' Takashi Usami 87'	Report	Hwang Ui-jo 15'	Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 12,821 Referee: MOHAMMED ABDULLA HASSAN Assistant referees: MOHAMED ALHAMMADI, HASAN ALMAHRI Fourth official: ABDULLA ALI ABDULLA ALAAJEL ALZAABI MVP: Takashi Usami

20 May 2015 (2015-05-20) 2015 AFC Champions League Round of 16 - 1st leg	Seongnam FC	2–1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Seongnam, Korea Republic
19:30 KST	Jorginho 23' Jorginho 45+1' Hwang Ui-jo 45+1' Kim Do-heon 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Huang Bowen 42' Li Xuepeng 65	Stadium: Tancheon Stadium Attendance: 13,792 Referee: Torki Mohsen Assistant referees: Mohammad Reza Mansouri, Alinezhadian Saeid Fourth official: Hasan Akrami MVP: Kim Do-heon

27 May 2015 (2015-05-27) 2015 AFC Champions League Round of 16 - 2nd leg	Guangzhou Evergrande	2–0 (3-2 agg.)	Seongnam FC	Guangzhou, China
20:00 CST	Zheng Long 19' Ricardo Goulart 27' (pen.) Mei Fang 33' Ricardo Goulart 57' Huang Bowen 64' Ricardo Goulart 84'	Report	Ricardo Bueno 1' Kwak Hae-seong 25' Lim Chai-min 45' Park Tae-min 87'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 48,761 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov Assistant referees: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov, Jakhongir Saidov Fourth official: Kasimov Sherzod MVP: Ricardo Goulart

Record

By season

Season	Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	Round
1994–95	Asian Club Championship	9	6	1	2	22	10	4th
1995–96	Asian Club Championship	9	8	1	0	22	5	W
1996	Afro-Asian Club Championship	2	1	1	0	5	0	W
1996	Asian Super Cup	2	2	0	0	6	3	W
1996–97	Asian Club Championship	7	4	2	1	15	4	RU
2000–01	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	1	2	R2
2002–03	AFC Champions League	3	2	0	1	9	4	GS
2003	A3 Champions Cup	3	1	1	1	4	3	3rd
2004	A3 Champions Cup	3	2	1	0	5	1	W
2004	AFC Champions League	12	9	1	2	40	12	RU
2007	AFC Champions League	10	6	3	1	21	11	SF
2007	A3 Champions Cup	3	1	0	2	2	5	4th
2010	AFC Champions League	12	9	0	3	25	14	W
2010	FIFA Club World Cup	3	1	0	2	6	8	4th
2012	Asian Challenge Cup	2	2	0	0	10	2	W
2012	AFC Champions League	7	2	4	1	13	6	R16
2015	AFC Champions League	8	4	1	3	9	8	R16
Total		97	61	16	20	215	98

By Competition

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
FIFA Club World Cup	3	1	0	2	6	8
Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League	77	50	13	14	176	74
Afro-Asian Club Championship	2	1	1	0	5	0
Asian Super Cup	2	2	0	0	6	3
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	1	2
A3 Champions Cup	9	4	2	3	11	9
Asian Challenge Cup	2	2	0	0	10	2
Total	97	61	16	20	215	98

By Country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Australia	6	3	3	0	14	5	+9	050.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
China PR	22	12	4	6	32	22	+10	054.55
Indonesia	5	5	0	0	27	4	+23	100.00
Iran	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Iraq	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Japan	22	13	5	4	42	23	+19	059.09
Korea Republic	4	1	1	2	5	5	+0	025.00
Macau	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Malaysia	4	4	0	0	15	6	+9	100.00
Maldives	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Qatar	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Saudi Arabia	5	3	0	2	8	10	−2	060.00
South Africa	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	050.00
Syria	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Thailand	5	3	1	1	11	4	+7	060.00
United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	100.00
Uzbekistan	4	1	1	2	2	2	+0	025.00
Vietnam	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	100.00
Total	97	61	16	20	215	98	117	62.89

References

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