Sports in Seoul

Seoul is a major center for sports in South Korea. Its professional sports teams compete in football (soccer), baseball, basketball, volleyball.

Overview

Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, commonly known as Asiad, 1988 Olympic Games, and Paralympic Games. It also served as one of the host cities of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Seoul World Cup Stadium hosted the opening ceremony and first game of the tournament.[1]

Seoul has greatest number of professional sports teams and facilities in South Korea.

In the history of South korean major professional sports league championships which include the K League, KBO League, KBL, V-League, Seoul had multiple championships in a season 2 times, 1990 K League Classic Lucky-Goldstar FC (currently FC Seoul) and KBO League LG Twins in 1990, K League Classic FC Seoul and KBO League Doosan Bears in 2016[2]

Sports teams in Seoul

Football

Main article: Football in Seoul

Seoul's most popular football club is FC Seoul. Recently, FC Seoul finished as a runner-up in 2013 AFC Champions League.

Tier League Club Home stadium
Top K League Classic FC Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium (North Seoul)
2nd K League Challenge Seoul E-Land FC Seoul Olympic Stadium (South Seoul)
4th K3 League Seoul United Madeul Stadium
Jungnang Chorus Mustang Jungnang Public Ground
Tier League Club Home stadium
Top WK League Seoul WFC Hyochang Stadium, Seoul Olympic Auxiliary Stadium

Baseball

League Club Home stadium
KBO League Doosan Bears Jamsil Baseball Stadium
LG Twins
Nexen Heroes Gocheok Sky Dome

Basketball

Volleyball

Handball

Honours

※ Only counted FC Seoul 1990–1995 seasons, 2004–present in Seoul franchise / Ilhwa Chunma (Currently Seongnam FC) 1989–19995 seasons in Seoul franchise / Yukong Elephants (Currently Jeju United) 1991–19995 seasons in Seoul franchise.

Football

Domestic

Tier League Club Champions Runners-up
Top K League Classic FC Seoul 3 (1990, 2010, 2012) 2 (1993, 2008)
Ilhwa Chunma 3 (1993, 1994, 1995) 1 (1992)
Yukong Elephants 0 1 (1994)
2nd National Semi-Professional Football League Seoul FC 5 (1978 Spring, 1980 Spring, 1985 Autumn, 1988 Spring, 1989 Autumn) 1 (1978 Autumn)
3rd K3 League Seoul United 1 (2007) 0
Club Winners Runners-up
FC Seoul 2 (2006, 2010) 3 (1992, 1994, 2007)
Ilhwa Chunma 1 (1992) 1 (1994)
Club Winners Runners-up
FC Seoul 1 (2015) 1 (2014)
Club Winners Runners-up
Seoul FC 3 (1980, 1982, 1986) 0

International

Club Winners Runners-up
Ilhwa Chunma 1 (1995) 0
FC Seoul 0 1 (2013)

Women's Domestic

Tier League Club Champions Runners-up
Top WK League Seoul WFC 0 1 (2013)

Baseball

※ Only counted Doosan Bears 1985–prsent in Seoul franchise

Domestic

League Club Champions Runners-up
KBO League Doosan Bears 4 (1995, 2001, 2015, 2016) 5 (2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013)
LG Twins 2 (1990, 1994) 4 (1983, 1997, 1998, 2002)
Nexen Heroes 0 1 (2014)

Multiple Champions

Season Football Club Baseball Club Basketball Club
1990 Lucky-Goldstar FC K League Classic LG Twins KBO League
2006 FC Seoul League Cup Seoul Samsung Thunders Korean Basketball League
2015 FC Seoul FA Cup Doosan Bears KBO League
2016 FC Seoul K League Classic Doosan Bears KBO League

References

  1. ↑ "History of Seoul Sports - Seoul Metropolitan Government" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
  2. ↑ 2016 프로야구와 프로축구는 모두‘서울의 봄’ (in Korean). Medeaus Ilbo. 7 November 2016. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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