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The Jeonnam Dragons (Korean : 전남 드래곤즈 FC ) are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang , South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2 , the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play their home matches at the Gwangyang Football Stadium , one of the first football-specific stadiums in South Korea. They have won the Korean FA Cup four times (1997, 2006, 2007 and 2021) and were the runners-up of K League in 1997. They also reached the final of the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup , where they lost to Al Ittihad .
The club was founded on 16 December 1994 as Chunnam Dragons,[ 1] and appointed former South Korean international Jung Byung-tak as their first manager to oversee their first ever league match which took place on 25 March 1995. Chunnam started life slowly with mid-table finishes during its first few years, but recorded their best ever finish in 1997 when they finished as K League runners-up. In the same year, however, they won their first trophy after winning the 1997 Korean FA Cup , beating Chunan Ilhwa Chunma 1–0 in the final. In 1999, they finished as runners-up of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup after beating J-League giants Kashima Antlers 4–1 in the semi-finals, and losing 3–2 against Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia in the final.[ 3]
In 2006 and 2007 , Jeonnam won two consecutive Korean FA Cup titles, defeating Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Pohang Steelers , respectively, in the finals.[ 4]
On 27 December 2007, Jeonnam appointed Park Hang-seo as its new manager after former manager Huh Jung-moo was appointed to the South Korean national team .[citation needed ]
As of 13 May 2024 [ 5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Position
Name[ 6]
Manager
Lee Jang-kwan
Head coach
Han Dong-hoon
Coach
Kim Young-wook
Goalkeeping coach
Cho Min-hyuk
Physical coach
Hwang Ji-hwan
Runners-up (1): 1997
Winners (4) : 1997 , 2006 , 2007 , 2021
Runners-up (1): 2003
Runners-up (3): 1997 , 2000s , 2008
Runners-up (1): 1999
Season-by-season records [ edit ]
Season
Division
Tms.
Pos.
FA Cup
AFC CL
1995
1
8
5
—
—
1996
1
9
6
Quarter-final
—
1997
1
10
2
Winners
—
1998
1
10
4
Semi-final
—
1999
1
10
3
Quarter-final
—
2000
1
10
7
Round of 16
—
2001
1
10
8
Round of 16
—
2002
1
10
5
Quarter-final
—
2003
1
12
4
Runners-up
—
2004
1
13
3
Quarter-final
—
2005
1
13
11
Semi-final
—
2006
1
14
6
Winners
—
2007
1
14
10
Winners
Group stage
2008
1
14
9
Round of 16
Group stage
2009
1
15
4
Quarter-final
—
2010
1
15
9
Semi-final
—
2011
1
16
7
Quarter-final
—
2012
1
16
11
Round of 16
—
2013
1
14
10
Round of 16
—
2014
1
12
7
Round of 32
—
2015
1
12
9
Semi-final
—
2016
1
12
5
Quarter-final
—
2017
1
12
10
Quarter-final
—
2018
1
12
12
Semi-final
—
2019
2
10
6
Third round
—
2020
2
10
6
Round of 16
—
2021
2
10
4
Winners
—
2022
2
11
11
Round of 16
Group stage
2023
2
13
7
Round of 16
—
2024
2
13
4
Third round
—
Key
Tms. = Number of teams
Pos. = Position in league
AFC Champions League record [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f Played at a neutral venue.
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