Seoul E-Land FC

Seoul E-Land FC
서울 이랜드 FC

Full name	Seoul E-Land Football Club
Short name	SEFC
Founded	2014 (2014)
Ground	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Ground Capacity	69,950
Owner	E-Land Group
Chairman	Park Sung-kyung
Manager	Park Kun-ha
League	K League Challenge
2016	K League Challenge, 6th
Website	Club home page

Seoul E-Land FC (Korean: 서울 이랜드 FC) is South Korean professional football club based in Seoul which plays in the K League Challenge (second division). Seoul E-Land was announced as the league's second football club based in Seoul on April 14, 2014.^[1]

This club is owned by E-Land Group and plays at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.

History

On 14 April 2014, E-Land Group officially announced foundation of professional football club based in Seoul.

On 17 July 2014, the club appointed former Vancouver Whitecaps manager Martin Rennie as head coach.^[2] He was sacked on 15 June 2016.^[3]

On 24 June 2016, the club appointed Park Kun-ha as head coach.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 August 2016.^[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Kim Young-kwang 3 DF Lee Jae-hun 4 MF Kim Joon-tae 5 DF Carlyle Mitchell 6 DF Kim Dong-chul 7 DF Sim Sang-min (on loan from FC Seoul) 9 MF Seo Jung-jin (on loan from Ulsan Hyundai) 10 FW Yoo Chang-hyun (on loan from Seongnam) 11 FW Tarabai (on loan from Hibernians) 14 FW Cho Woo-jin 15 DF Kim Tae-eun 16 MF Sin Il-soo 17 MF Ahn Tae-hyun 18 MF Joo Min-kyu 19 DF Cho Hyang-ki

No. Position Player 21 GK Lee Sang-ki 22 MF Jeon Min-gwang 23 MF Choi Oh-baek 24 FW Kim Hyun-kyu 25 MF Kim Hyun-sol 26 MF Kim Chang-wook 27 MF Kim Bong-rae (on loan from Jeju United) 30 DF Koo Dae-yeob 31 GK Kim Hyun-sung 36 DF Kim Ji-hoon 47 MF Kim Jae-yeon 55 DF Ko Kyung-joon 63 DF Kim Dong-jin 66 MF Choi Chi-won (on loan from Jeonbuk) 77 FW Yoo Jae-ho

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — DF Choi Yoo-sang (to Chungju Hummel) — DF Yang Ki-hoon (to Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin) — MF Yoon Sung-yeul (to Cheongju City)

No. Position Player — MF Jeon Ki-sung (to Bucheon FC 1995) — MF Kim Seong-ju (to Sangju Sangmu) — MF Kim Jae-sung (to Jeju United)

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Park Kun-ha
Assistant Manager	In Chang-soo[5]
Fitness Coach	Dan Harris
Goalkeeper Coach	Hwang Hee-hoon
Youth Coach	Choi Tae-uk
Performance Analyst	Kim Se-yun
Team Doctor	Kim Jin-su
Scout	Kim Kyung-won

Source: Seoul E-Land FC.

Managerial history

#	Name	Appointed	From	To	Season	Notes
1	Martin Rennie	2014/07/17	2014/09/11	2016/06/15	2015–2016	First manager
C	In Chang-soo	2016/06/15	2016/06/15	2016/06/25	2016	He was in charge in a match against Busan IPark (June 25)
2	Park Kun-ha	2016/06/24	2016/06/25		2016–present

Kit sponsors

Start	End	Kit Manufacturer	Kit Sponsor
January 2015	August 2015	New Balance	E-Land Group
August 2015	present		New Core Mall

See also

• E-Land Group
• E-Land Puma FC

References

1. ↑ "이랜드그룹, 프로축구단 창단 발표". KLeague.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013. 
2. ↑ John Duerden (26 July 2015). "Martin Rennie's South Korean mission with second tier Seoul E-Land". espnfc.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016. 
3. ↑ "Scottish coach sacked by Seoul football club". koreaherald.com. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016. 
4. ↑ "Players" (in Korean). Seoul E-Land FC official website. Retrieved 31 March 2016. 
5. ↑ 아르헨 국적 축구 코치 인창수 씨

External links

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