2020 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2020 season
Chairman	Chung Eui-sun
Manager	José Morais
K League	1st
Korean FA Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Han Kyo-won (11 goals); All: ; Han Kyo-won (13 goals)
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020 season was Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' 28th season in the K-League in South Korea. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors is competing K League, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League. Jeonbuk is a defending champions of 2019 K-Keague. K League was supposed to kick off on February 29, however, due to the coronavirus, it is not yet clear when to kick off, on May 6, the Korean Football Association announced on May 8, match will be played behind the closed doors.^[1]

Current squad

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Lee Bum-young	GK	(1989-04-02) 2 April 1989 (age 35)
2	Lee Yong	DF	(1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 (age 37)
3	Choi Hee-won	DF	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25)
4	Oh Ban-suk	DF	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36)
6	Choi Bo-kyung(c)	DF	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36)
7	Han Kyo-won	MF	(1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 34)
8	Jeong Hyuk	MF	(1986-05-21) 21 May 1986 (age 38)
9	Gustavo	FW	(1994-03-29) 29 March 1994 (age 30)
10	Murilo Henrique	MF	(1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 27)
11	Cho Gue-sung	FW	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 26)
13	Kim Bo-kyung	MF	(1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 35)
14	Lee Seung-gi	MF	(1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 36)
15	Koo Ja-ryong	DF	(1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 32)
17	Takahiro Kunimoto	MF	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27)
18	Na Seong-eun	DF	(1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 28)
19	Park Won-jae	DF	(1984-05-28) 28 May 1984 (age 40)
20	Lee Dong-gook	FW	(1979-04-29) 29 April 1979 (age 45)
21	Hong Jeong-nam	GK	(1988-05-21) 21 May 1988 (age 36)
23	Yun Ji-hyeok	DF	(1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26)
24	Kim Jae-seok	MF	(2001-02-01) 1 February 2001 (age 23)
25	Choi Chul-soon	DF	(1987-02-08) 8 February 1987 (age 37)
26	Hong Jeong-ho	DF	(1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35)
27	Myung Se-jin	FW	(2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23)
28	Son Jun-ho	MF	(1992-05-12) 12 May 1992 (age 32)
29	Lee Seong-yoon	FW	(2000-10-31) 31 October 2000 (age 24)
31	Song Bum-keun	GK	(1997-10-15) 15 October 1997 (age 27)
32	Lee Ju-yong	DF	(1992-09-26) 26 September 1992 (age 32)
34	Jang Yun-ho	MF	(1992-09-26) 26 September 1992 (age 32)
37	Barrow	MF	(1992-10-13) 13 October 1992 (age 32)
44	Shin Hyung-min	MF	(1986-07-18) 18 July 1986 (age 38)
51	Kim Jung-hun	GK	(2001-04-20) 20 April 2001 (age 23)
57	Lee Soo-bin	MF	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 24)
77	Lee Si-heon	MF	(1998-05-04) 4 May 1998 (age 26)
92	Kim Min-hyeok	DF	(1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32)

Transfer

In

Loan in

Out

Loan out

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	José Morais
GK Coach	Lee Kwang-suk
Fitness Coach	Joao Cunha
Coach	Kim Sang-sik
Coach	Pedro Saraiva Ferreira
Coach	Ahn Jae-suk
Scouter	Kim Sang-rok

Last updated: 1 July 2020
Source: Hyundai Motors

Competition

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
K League	8 May 2020	1 November 2020	Matchday 1	Winner	27	19	3	5	46	21	+25	070.37
FA Cup	15 July 2020	8 November 2020	Round of 16	Winner	5	4	1	0	12	5	+7	080.00
Champions League	12 February 2020	4 December 2020	Group Stage	Group Stage	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	033.33
Total					38	25	5	8	66	36	+30	065.79

Last updated: 4 December 2020
Source: Soccerway

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	19	3	5	22	13	+9	60	11	1	2	12	3	+9	8	2	3	10	10	0

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)	27	19	3	5	46	21	+25	60	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Ulsan Hyundai	27	17	6	4	54	23	+31	57
3	Pohang Steelers	27	15	5	7	56	35	+21	50
4	Sangju Sangmu^[b] (R)	27	13	5	9	34	36	−2	44	Relegation to K League 2
5	Daegu FC	27	10	8	9	43	39	+4	38	Qualification for Champions League group stage

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.
^ Sangju Sangmu were a military team and were not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they were relegated to K League 2 regardless of their final position by moving their stronghold the next season.

Matches

K League 1

8 May 2020 1	Jeonbuk	1–0	Suwon	Jeonju, Jeonbuk
19:00 KST	Dong-Gook 84' Lee Yong 12'	Report	Taggart 10'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-sung

16 May 2020 2	Busan I'Park	1–2	Jeonbuk	Busan
19:00 KST	Lee 34' Rômulo 66' (pen.)	Report	Hong 16' Son 21' Lee 69' Veldwijk 90+3'	Stadium: Busan Gudeok Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Hee-Gon

24 May 2020 3	Jeonbuk	2–0	Daegu	Jeonju, Jeonbuk
16:30 KST	Murillo 47' Lee 64' Cho 70' Cho 90+1' 90+2'	Report	Kim 25' Hong 65'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Dae-yong

30 May 2020 4	Gangwon	1–0	Jeonbuk	Gangneung, Gangwon-do
16:30 KST	Moo 37' Kim 38' Shin 45+1' Lee 90'	Report	Hong 15'	Stadium: Gangneung Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

6 June 2020 5	Seoul	1–4	Jeonbuk	Mapo-gu, Seoul
16:30 KST	Park 45+2' Kim 65'	Report	Han 44' Seung-gi 52' Dong-gook 59', 77'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Hee-Gon

13 June 2020 6	Jeonbuk	1–0	Incheon	Jeonju, Jeonbuk
19:00 KST	Lee Dong-gook 56' (pen.) Murilo 80'	Summary	Lee Jae-sung 39' Kim Tae-ho 68' Jung Dong-yoon 73' Kim Jeong-Ho 90+3'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-Sung

16 June 2020 7	Pohang Steelers	1–2	Jeonbuk	Pohang
19:30 KST	Kim Sang-won 6' Lee Seung-mo 41' 58' Paločević 51' O'Neill 56' Iljutcenko 70'	Summary	Han Kyo-won 60' Son Jun-ho 86' Kim Min-hyeok 90+1'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 0 Referee: Park Byung-Jin

21 June 2020 8	Jeonbuk	1–0	Gwangju	Jeonju, Jeonbuk
18:00 KST	Kim Jin-su 81' Han Kyo-won 86'	Summary	Felipe 21' Willyan 48' Lee Min-ki 62'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Chae Sang-Hyeop

28 June 2020 9	Ulsan	0–2	Jeonbuk	Ulsan
18:00 KST	Lee 17' Kim Kee-hee 27' Won Du-jae 73' Lee Chung-yong 83' Johnsen 83'	Report	Son 14' Han Kyo-won 45' Kunimoto 90+6'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Hee-Gon

5 July 2020 10	Sangju	1–0	Jeonbuk	Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do
19:00 KST	Kang 77' (pen.) Han 85' An 90+1' Lee 90+1'	Report	Lee Yong 17' Lee 54' Hong 90+6' Kim 90+7'	Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin

11 July 2020 11	Jeonbuk	2–2	Seongnam	Jeonju, Jeonbuk
19:00 KST	Han 55' Lee 64' Choi 76' Lee 86'	Report	Lee 3' Kim 45+2' Park 45+3' Ma 59' Yu 71' Na 74'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-sung

19 July 2020 12	Incheon	1–1	Jeonbuk	Incheon
19:00 KST	Ji Eon-hak 6' Kim Jun-Bum 20' Kang Yun-Koo 24' Aguilar 38' Jung Dong-yoon 54' Kim Ho-nam 72' Mun Ji-Hwan 75'	Summary	Son Jun-ho 45+2' Lee Ju-yong 74' Lee Seung-gi 78'	Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Hee-Gon

26 July 2020 13	Jeonbuk	3–0	Seoul	Jeonju
19:00 KST	Han Kyo-won 13' Lee Seung-gi 45' Gustavo 62' Gustavo 63'	Summary		Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Hee-Gon

1 August 2020 14	Jeonbuk	2–1	Pohang	Jeonju
19:00 KST	Son Jun-ho 61' Kim Bo-kyung 70'	Summary	Palacios 31' Song Min-kyu 55' Kang Hyeon-mu 70' Iljutcenko 90'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,959 Referee: Kim Woo-Sung

8 August 2020 15	Daegu	0–2	Jeonbuk	Daegu
20:00 KST	Sin Chang-moo 90+1'	Summary	Han Kyo-Won 6' Kim Bo-kyung 31', 44'	Stadium: DGB Daegu Bank Park Attendance: 1,236 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

15 August 2020 16	Suwon	1 - 3	Jeonbuk	Suwon
19:00 KST	Taggart 83'	Summary	Han Kyo-won 22' Kim Bo-kyung 32' Gustavo 69'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Referee:

23 August 2020 17	Jeonbuk	2 - 1	Sangju Sangmu	Jeonju
19:00 KST	Lee Seong-yun 3' Gustavo 88'		Oh Hyeon-gyu 14'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:

30 August 2020 18	Jeonbuk	1 - 2	Gangwon	Jeonju
19:00 KST				Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:

5 September 2020 19	Seongnam	2 - 0	Jeonbuk	Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do
17:30 KST				Stadium: Tancheon Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:

12 September 2020 20	Gwangju	3 - 3	Jeonbuk	Gwangju
16:30 KST				Stadium: Gwangju Football Stadium (Gwangju World Cup Auxiliary Stadium) Attendance: 0 Referee:

15 September 2020 21	Jeonbuk	2 - 1	Ulsan Hyundai	Jeonju
19:00 KST				Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:

20 September 2020 22	Jeonbuk	2 - 0	Busan IPark	Jeonju
15:00 KST				Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:

27 September 2020 23 (Final A)	Sangju	0 - 1	Jeonbuk	Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do
15:00 KST				Stadium: Sangju Civic Stadium Attendance: 0

3 October 2020 24 (Final A)	Jeonbuk	0 - 1	Pohang	Jeonju
19:00 KST				Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:

18 October 2020 25 (Final A)	Jeonbuk	4 - 1	Gwangju	Jeonju
16:30 KST				Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Referee:

25 October 2020 26 (Final A)	Ulsan Hyundai	0 - 1	Jeonbuk	Ulsan
16:30 KST			Modou Barrow 63'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Referee:

1 November 2020 27 (Final A)	Jeonbuk	2 - 0	Daegu	Jeonju
15:00 KST	Cho Gue-sung 26', 39'			Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Referee:

Korean FA Cup

15 July 2020 Round of 16	Jeonbuk	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Jeonnam Dragons	Jeonju, Jeonbuk
19:00 KST	Lee Seung-gi 17' Son Jun-ho 96' Kunimoto 100'		Lee Jong-ho 89' Ha Seung-un 102'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0

29 July 2020 Quarter-finals	Busan IPark	1–5	Jeonbuk	Busan
19:00 KST	Gustavo Vintecinco 4' Kim Myoung-jun 69'	Summary	Cho Gue-sung 28' Han Kyo-won 47' Gustavo 71' 77' 81'	Stadium: Gudeok Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Dae-Yong

28 October 2020 Semi-finals	Jeonbuk	1 - 0	Seongnam FC	Jeonju
19:00 KST	Gustavo ?'			Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0

4 November 2020 Final - 1st leg	Ulsan Hyundai	1–1	Jeonbuk	Ulsan
19:00 KST				Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Referee:

8 November 2020 Final - 2nd leg	Jeonbuk	2 - 1	Ulsan Hyundai	Jeonju
14:00 KST				Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won by 3-2 aggregate.

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	YOK	SSI	JEO	SYD
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–2	4–1	4–0
2	Shanghai SIPG	6	3	0	3	6	10	−4	9	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	0–2	0–4
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7		1–2	1–2	—	1–0
4	Sydney FC	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5		1–1	1–2	2–2	—

Source: AFC

12 February 2020 Group Stage - Group H - Matchday 1	Jeonbuk Hyundai	1 - 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Jeonju, Jeonbuk
19:00 UTC+9	Cho Gue-sung 80'		Endo 32' Kim Jin-su 37' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,546 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Mohammed (United Arab Emirates)

4 March 2020 Group Stage - Group H - Matchday 3	Sydney FC	2 - 2	Jeonbuk Hyundai	Sydney, NSW
19:30 UTC+11	Buhagiar 56' Le Fondre 77' (pen.)		Brattan 50' (o.g.) Han Kyo-won 89'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 3,255 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

22 November 2020 Group Stage - Group H - Matchday 2	Jeonbuk Hyundai	1 – 2	Shanghai SIPG	Doha, (Qatar)
16:00 UTC+3	Gustavo 24'		Lü Wenjun 11' Ricardo Lopes 38' Yu Rui 50' Hulk 82' (pen.) He Guan 87' Fu Huan 90+4'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

25 November 2020 Group Stage - Group H - Matchday 4	Jeonbuk Hyundai	1 - 0	Sydney FC	Al Wakrah, (Qatar)
13:00 UTC+3	Na Seong-eun 44'			Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera

1 December 2020 Group Stage - Group H - Matchday 5	Yokohama F. Marinos	4 - 1	Jeonbuk Hyundai	Al Wakrah, (Qatar)
13:00 UTC+3	Theerathon 17' Júnior 51' Nakagawa 71' Song Bum-keun 83' (o.g.)		Gustavo 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla

4 December 2020 Group Stage - Group H - Matchday 6	Shanghai SIPG	0 - 2	Jeonbuk Hyundai	Doha, (Qatar)
13:00 UTC+3			Cho Gue-sung 16', 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah

Statistics

Appearances

Statistics accurate as of match played 8 May 2020

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Champions League		Appearances		Goals
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	App (sub)	Total	Goals

Top scorers

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	K League 1	FA Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	7	Han Kyo-won	6	1	0	7
2	FW	9	Gustavo	1	3	0	4
2	MF	14	Lee Seung-gi	2	1	0	3
4	MF	13	Kim Bo-kyung	3	0	0	3
4	FW	20	Lee Dong-Gook	3	0	0	3
6
	FW	11	Cho Gue-sung	1	1	0	2
	FW	17	Takahiro Kunimoto	1	1	0	2
	MF	28	Son Jun-ho	1	1	0	2
9	MF	10	Murillo	1	0	0	1
	DF	26	Hong Jeong-ho	1	0	0	1
	DF	92	Kim Min-hyeok	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				21	7	0	28

Rnk	Pos	No.	Players who left on Transfer windows	K League 1	FA Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	9	Lars Veldwijk	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				1	0	0	1

Assists

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	K League 1	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Han Kyo-won	2	1	3
1	MF	14	Lee Seung-gi	2	1	3
3	DF	92	Kim Min-hyeok	1	0	1
	FW	11	Cho Gue-sung	1	0	1
	FW	7	Modou Barrow	1	0	1
	FW	9	Gustavo	1	0	1
	DF	26	Hong Jeong-ho	1	0	1
	DF	28	Son Jung-ho	0	1	1
TOTALS				9	3	12

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	K League 1	FA Cup	Champions League	Total
1	1	Lee Bum-young	4	0	0	4
TOTALS			4	0	0	4

Last updated: 12 August 2020.
Source: kleague.com

References

^ "K League 1 will kick off on 8 May". K League. K League. Retrieved 7 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.

[table_note_SJS0.21399686355796-3] Sangju Sangmu were a military team and were not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they were relegated to K League 2 regardless of their final position by moving their stronghold the next season.

[1] "K League 1 will kick off on 8 May". K League. K League. Retrieved 7 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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