Busan Daewoo Royals
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Pusan Daewoo Royals was the former name of South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n football club
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 Busan I'Park, which was based in Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

 from 1983 to 1999.

History

The Pusan Daewoo Royals football club was found in 1983 in the city of Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

 by the Daewoo
Daewoo
Daewoo or the Daewoo Group was a major South Korean chaebol . It was founded on 22 March 1967 as Daewoo Industrial and was dismantled by the Korean government in 1999...

 corporation.
Originally called Daewoo Royals Football Club, the side finished second in the 1983 K-League
K-League
The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...

 Championship behind winners Hallelujah
Hallelujah Football Club
Ansan Hallelujah FC are a South Korean soccer team based in Ansan. They currently compete in the Korea National League. They play their games at Ansan Wa~ Stadium....

. The club turned professional at the end of 1983 and for the 1984 season changed their name to Daewoo Royals .

The newly-named team lifted the Championship in 1984, and again in 1987 & 1991.

Their greatest triumph was winning the Asian Club Championship in 1986, when they defeated Al-Ahly 3-1 in the final.

At the end of 1995 when K-League sides were 'localizing', they adopted the name Pusan Daewoo Royals and in 1997 lifted their fourth Korean championship.

After the Daewoo corporation suffered major financial difficulties in the late 90s, the team was acquired by I'Park construction, the domestic construction division of Hyundai
Hyundai
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. The team's name was changed to Pusan I'cons (the "con's" referring to construction; ). At the start of the 2005 season, the team's name was again changed, directly to Busan I'Park.

Professional

  • K-League
    K-League
    The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...

     Champions: 4
1984
K-League 1984
Korean Super League 1984 was second season of top football league in South Korea. Total 8 teams are participated in the league. Six of them are professional teams , two of them are amateur teams .League began 31 March 1984 and ended 11 November 1984...

, 1987
K-League 1987
The Korea Professional Football League 1987 was fifth season of K-League in South Korea. This season was total 5 teams are participated in the league. All of them are professional teams. Hanil Bank withdrew the league from this season....

, 1991
K-League 1991
-League table:...

, 1997
K-League 1997
-League table:-See also:* 1997 K-League Cup* 1997 K-League Cup * 1997 Korean FA Cup...

  • K-League
    K-League
    The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...

     Runners-up: 3
1983
K-League 1983
Korean Super League 1983 was first ever season of top football league in South Korea. Total 5 teams are participated in the league. Two of them are professional teams , three of them are amateur teams .League began 8 May 1983 and ended 25 September 1983...

, 1990
K-League 1990
-League table:...

, 1999
K-League 1999
-League table:Point system : W - 3 points, WG - 2 points, WP - 1 point-See also:* 1999 K-League Cup* 1999 K-League Cup * 1999 Korean FA Cup...

  • K-League Cup
    K-League Cup
    The K-League Cup or Korean League Cup is a Korean professional football competition.The origin competition is the Professional Football Championship.This tournament played in 1986 can be seen as a forerunner of this competition....

Adidas Cup
Adidas Cup
Created in 1992 as regular cup competition to run alongside the K-League, the Adidas Cup became a popular early season tournament with the fans and players alike....

 Champions: 1 (1997
Adidas Cup 1997
In 1997 season, There were two K-League Cup competitions. One is Adidas Cup 1997 and the other is Prospecs Cup 1997 This article is regarding Adidas Cup 1997.-Final table:Point System : Win gets 3, Draw gets 1 point.-Matches:Round 1--------...

)
Prospecs Cup Champions: 1 (1998)
Philip Morris Cup Runners-up: 1 (1999)
  • Korea Professional Championship
    Korea Professional Championship 1986
    The Professional Football Championship tournament played in 1986 for five clubs. This tournamne was the origin of K-League Cup. This tournament held only in 1986....

     Runners-up: 1
1986
Korea Professional Championship 1986
The Professional Football Championship tournament played in 1986 for five clubs. This tournamne was the origin of K-League Cup. This tournament held only in 1986....


Amateur

  • Korean President's Cup Champions: 1
1981
  • Korean Football Championship
    Korean Football Championship
    The Korean National Football Championship was a South Korean football competition for semi-professional and amateur senior football clubs. The competition was held in the second half of the year.In 2001, this competition was merged to FA Cup....

     Champions: 2
1989, 1990
  • Korean Football Championship
    Korean Football Championship
    The Korean National Football Championship was a South Korean football competition for semi-professional and amateur senior football clubs. The competition was held in the second half of the year.In 2001, this competition was merged to FA Cup....

     Runners-up: 1
1988

International

  • AFC Champions League
    AFC Champions League
    The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...

     Champions: 1
1986
  • Afro-Asian Club Championship
    Afro-Asian Club Championship
    The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup, was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football and Asian Football Confederation , contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the Asian Club Championship, the two...

     Champions: 1
1986

Notable players

Kim Joo-Sung (1987–92, 1994–99) Ha Seok-Ju (1990–97) Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan is a South Korean football player. He made world headlines by scoring the winning golden goal for South Korea against Italy in the 2002 World Cup second round, sending South Korea into the quarterfinals.-Football career:After starting his professional career with K-League's Busan...

 (1998–99) Rubén Bernuncio
Rubén Bernuncio
Rubén Bernuncio was an Argentine football striker who played for several clubs in Argentina, including San Lorenzo and Textil Mandiyú...

 (1994) Saša Drakulić
Saša Drakulic
Saša Drakulić is a retired Serbian footballer. The striker went to South Korea in 1995 and during his eight seasons in the K-League made a name for himself as one of the most successful imports ever in the league.-In Asia:In 1995 he joined the Korean side Busan Daewoo Royals, scoring eight goals...

 (1995–98) Dževad Turković
Dževad Turković
Dževad Turković is a former Croatian football player. He capped 6 times for Croatia. He was champion of the Prva HNL in 1993, 1996 and 1997.- Club career :*1989-1996 Dinamo Zagreb*1996-2001 Busan I'cons...

 (1996–99) Radivoje Manic (1996–99) Zoran Urumov
Zoran Urumov
Zoran Urumov is a Serbian footballer. The left-footed defender began his career on the books of Red Star Belgrade and earned international honours with the Serbian and Montenegrin U-21 side.In 1999 he joined K-League side Busan I'cons, and immediately made a name for himself as one of the best...

 (1999)

Managers

As of end of 2009 season
Name Start End Win Draw Lose
  Jang Woon-Soo 1983 January 1 1983 December 31 6 7 3
  Jo Yoon-Ohk 1984 January 1 1984 December 31 17 6 5
  Jang Woon-Soo 1985 January 1 1986 December 31 26 11 20
  Lee Cha-Man
Lee Cha-Man
Lee Cha-Man is a former South Korean footballer and football manager who managed for Busan Daewoo Royals and South Korea national team.He was the member of South Korea U-20 team of 1969 AFC Youth Championship...

1987 January 1 1989 December 31 38 33 25
  Frank Engel
Frank Engel
Frank Engel Frank Engel Frank Engel (born 15 February 1951 in Leipzig, then East Germany is a German football manager. Since 1 January 2006 he has been managing Germany's Under 18 national team.- Playing career :...

1990 January 1 1990 November 14 12 11 7
  Bertalan Bicskei
Bertalan Bicskei
Bertalan Bicskei was a football goalkeeper and coach- Active career :As a youth player, he played for the most famous Hungarian club side, Ferencvaros, and he also honed his skills in Honved and MTK Budapest, both Premier Division Hungarian sides...

1990 November 15 1991 December 31 17 18 5
  Lee Cha-Man 1992 January 1 1992 June 30 3 8 5
  Cho Kwang-Rae
Cho Kwang-Rae
Cho Kwang-Rae is a South Korean football manager, who managed Anyang LG Cheetahs formerly. Now, he is managing South Korea after succeeding Huh Jung Moo, who led Korea to the round of 16 for the first time in foreign soil in 2010 World Cup in South Africa.- Club career :*1978–1979 POSCO -...

(Temporary)
1992 July 1 1994 June 21 7 6 11
  Cho Kwang-Rae 1992 July 1 1994 June 21 12 26 9
  Jung Hae-Won (Temporary) 1994 June 22 1994 September 7 1 1 7
  Kim Hee-Tae 1994 September 8 1995 July 31 11 6 13
  Shin Woo-Sung (Temporary) 1995 August 1 1995 December 31 4 2 8
  Dragoslav Sekularac
Dragoslav Šekularac
Dragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) (born November 30, 1937 in Štip, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia is a Serbian former football player and coach....

1996 January 1 1996 July 21 7 6 10
  Kim Tae-Soo (Temporary) 1996 July 22 1996 December 26 5 6 6
  Lee Cha-Man 1996 December 27 1999 June 9 45 21 31
  Shin Yoon-Ki (Temporary) 1999 June 10 1999 September 8 6 3 8
  Chang Woe-Ryong
Chang Woe-Ryong
Chang Woe-Ryong is a South Korean football manager, who is at present the official manager of Chinese Super League club Qingdao Jonoon.He was confirmed as permanent manager of Incheon United in January 2005, after taking over as caretaker manager in September 2004 following the resignation of...

(Temporary)
1999 September 9 1999 December 31 8 0 5

External links

Official Supporters : P.O.P(Pride Of Pusan)
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