Football team

Ulsan Hyundai FC

Club · South Korea · K League 1

«Ulsan Tigers»

313 Matches

157 wins

70 draws

86 losses

480–357 Goals

+123 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form W W L L L W

It belongs to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, and the ownership shows up in the fixture list: the sharpest of its rivalries is with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors , another club under the same corporate roof, in a meeting known as the Hyundai Derby. The other is closer to home in every sense — Pohang Steelers , a short way up the same coastline, in the East Coast Derby.

The ground came late.

What the club has built there arrived in bursts. In between sat the continental work. Ulsan took the AFC Champions League in 2012, beating Al-Ahli 3–0, and again in 2020 under Hong Myung-bo , edging Persepolis 2–1.

The domestic cups fill in the rest: five League Cups spread from 1986 to 2011, a Super Cup in 2006, and a Korean FA Cup in 2017 — 16 major trophies in all.

When the club was founded on 6 December 1983, only the fourth professional side in the country, it played as Hyundai Horangi. Horangi is the Korean word for tiger, and the nickname outlasted the name.

Latest results

All matches

29 Aug	K League 1	Gimcheon Sangmu FC H	3:1	W
26 Aug	K League 1	Daejeon Hana Citizen A	1:2	L
22 Aug	K League 1	Jeonbuk Motors A	0:1	L
16 Aug	K League 1	Gangwon FC H	2:3	L
8 Aug	K League 1	Pohang Steelers A	2:0	W
2 Aug	K League 1	FC Anyang H	3:1	W

Standing

K League 1

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Jeonbuk Motors	19	8	6	5	25:16	30
4	Pohang Steelers	19	8	4	7	20:19	28
5	Ulsan Hyundai FC	19	8	4	7	27:28	28
6	FC Anyang	19	6	9	4	26:22	27
7	Incheon United	19	8	3	8	24:20	27

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 313

313 Matches

157 wins

70 draws

86 losses

480–357 Goals

+123 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 313

157 70 86

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	313	160	153
Scored	480	282	198
Conceded	357	166	191
Scored per game	1.5	1.8	1.3
Conceded per game	1.1	1.0	1.2
Difference	+123	+116	+7

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Gyu-Sung Lee Midfielder 15 Matches

Hyeon-Woo Jo Goalkeeper 15 Matches

Hyun-Taek Cho Midfielder 15 Matches

Darijan Bojanić Midfielder 14 Matches

Dong-Gyeong Lee Forward 14 Matches

Lee Jin-hyun Forward 13 Matches

Hui-gyun Lee Midfielder 13 Matches

Seung-Hyun Jung Defender 13 Matches

Squad of Ulsan Hyundai FC

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
24	Gyu-Sung Lee	Midfielder	15
21	Hyeon-Woo Jo	Goalkeeper	15
26	Hyun-Taek Cho	Midfielder	15
6	Darijan Bojanić	Midfielder	14
10	Dong-Gyeong Lee	Forward	14
14	Lee Jin-hyun	Forward	13
8	Hui-gyun Lee	Midfielder	13
15	Seung-Hyun Jung	Defender	13
28	Jae-ik Lee	Defender	13
13	Ryu Sun-Min	Goalkeeper	13
99	Yago Cariello Ribeiro	Forward	12
33	Chang Si-Yeon	Midfielder	11
96	Chong Sok-Hyun	Defender	11
77	Sang-min Shim	Defender	10
19	Young-Gwon Kim	Defender	10
22	Lee Min-hyok	Midfielder	10
66	Miłosz Trojak	Defender	9
4	Seo Myung-gwan	Defender	8
17	Kang Sang-woo	Defender	8
27	Pedrinho	Forward	8
20	Chung Je-San	Forward	8
18	Yool Heo	Forward	8
9	Marcos Vinicius Amaral Alves	Forward	7
91	Benjamin Stanley Michel	Forward	7
2	Jong-Gyu Yoon	Defender	7
55	Thomas Oude Kotte	Midfielder	5
11	Erick Samuel Corrêa Farias	Forward	4
72	In-u Baek	Midfielder	4
43	Cho Min-so	Midfielder	3
16	Jin U Park	Midfielder	3
31	Byeong-Geun Hwang	Goalkeeper	1