Seoul_E-Land_FC Knowpia

Seoul E-Land FC
Full name	Seoul E-Land Football Club
Short name	SEFC
Founded	2014; 10 years ago
Ground	Mokdong Stadium
Capacity	15,511
Owner	E-Land Group
Chairman	Park Sung-kyung
Manager	Kim Do-kyun
League	K League 2
2023	K League 2, 11th of 13
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Seoul E-Land FC (Korean: 서울 이랜드 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul that competes in K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The club was founded in 2014 and is owned by the E-Land Group.

Seoul E-Land play their home games at Mokdong Stadium, as their original home, the Seoul Olympic Stadium, is under reconstruction until 2025.

History edit

Seoul E-Land FC was established on 14 April 2014, when the E-Land Group officially announced the foundation of a professional football club based in Seoul.^[1]

In January 2022, the club announced that they would be moving to Mokdong Stadium, as their main stadium, the Seoul Olympic Stadium, underwent reconstruction.^[2]

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 1 March 2024^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOR	Ueom Ye-hoon
2	DF	KOR	Hwang Tae-hyeon
3	DF	KOR	Kim Min-kyu
4	DF	KOR	Lee In-jae
5	DF	ESP	Osmar
6	MF	KOR	Lee Sang-min
7	MF	AUS	Peter Makrillos
8	MF	KOR	Jung Jae-yong
9	FW	USA	Eduvie Ikoba (on loan from Académico de Viseu)
11	FW	KOR	Park Jeong-in
13	GK	KOR	Lee Ki-hyun
14	MF	KOR	Kim Young-uk
15	MF	KOR	Seo Jae-min
16	FW	KOR	Byeon Gyung-jun
17	FW	KOR	Lee Dong-ryul


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	KOR	Lim Dong-hyuk
19	MF	KOR	Cho Young-kwang (on loan from Ulsan HD)
20	DF	KOR	Kim Oh-gyu
21	DF	KOR	Park Min-seo
22	DF	KOR	Cha Seung-hyeon
23	GK	KOR	Moon Jung-in
27	DF	KOR	Cho Dong-jae
29	FW	BRA	Bruno Silva
30	MF	KOR	Park Chang-hwan
50	DF	KOR	Park Jun-young
70	FW	KOR	Chang Seok-hoon
77	GK	KOR	Yoon Bo-sang
95	FW	KOR	Ko Moo-yeol
97	DF	KOR	Oh In-pyo
99	FW	KOR	Kim Gyeol

Out on loan and military service edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	KOR	Chae Gwang-hoon (to Dangjin Citizen for military service)

Management team edit

Position	Name
Manager	Kim Do-kyun
Assistant coach	Lee Ho
Coach	Jeong Hyuk
Goalkeeper coach	Kwon Soon-hyung
Fitness coach	Hwang Ji-hwan
Performance analyst	Kim Yong-shin

Source: Seoul E-Land FC.

Managerial history edit

No.	Name	Appointed	To	Season(s)
1	Martin Rennie	2014/07/17^[4]	2016/06/15^[5]	2015–2016
C	In Chang-soo	2016/06/15	2016/06/24	2016
2	Park Kun-ha	2016/06/24^[6]	2017/01/09^[7]	2016
3	Kim Byung-soo	2017/01/09^[7]	2017/11/17	2017
4	In Chang-soo	2017/12/05^[8]	2018/12/31	2018
5	Kim Hyun-soo	2018/12/15^[9]	2019/05/22	2019
C	Woo Sung-yong	2019/05/22	2019/11/10	2019
6	Chung Jung-yong	2019/11/28^[10]	2022/10/25^[11]	2020–2022
7	Park Choong-kyun	2022/11/10^[12]	2023/11/30^[13]	2023
8	Kim Do-kyun	2023/12/14^[14]		2024–

Season-by-season records edit

Season	Division	Tms.	Pos.	FA Cup
2015	2	11	4th	Round of 32
2016	2	11	6th	Round of 32
2017	2	10	8th	Third round
2018	2	10	10th	Third round
2019	2	10	10th	Round of 16
2020	2	10	5th	Third round
2021	2	10	9th	Round of 16
2022	2	11	7th	Second round
2023	2	13	11th	Round of 16

Key

Tms. = Number of teams
Pos. = Position in league

References edit

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^ "Players". seoulelandfc.com (in Korean). Seoul E-Land FC. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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^ "정정용 감독, 서울 이랜드에서 새로운 도전 시작" [Manager Chung Jung-yong begins a new challenge at Seoul E-Land]. isplus.com (in Korean). 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
^ "[공식발표] 서울이랜드, 정정용 감독과 3년 동행 마침표". goal.com (in Korean). 25 October 2022. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ "[오피셜] 서울이랜드, 박충균 감독 새 사령탑으로 선임" [[Official] Seoul E-Land appoints Park Choong-kyun as the new top leader]. goal.com (in Korean). 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ "서울 이랜드 FC, 박충균 감독과 동행 마침표" [Seoul E-Land FC parts ways with Park Choong-kyun]. sportsworldi.com (in Korean). 30 November 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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