Football team

Ulsan Hyundai FC

Club · South Korea · K League 1

«Ulsan Tigers»

317 Matches

159 wins

71 draws

87 losses

484–360 Goals

+124 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form L W D W W L

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

Fixtures and results

19 Sep	K League 1	FC Anyang A	1:2	L
12 Sep	K League 1	Incheon United H	2:1	W
8 Sep	K League 1	FC Seoul H	1:0	W
5 Sep	K League 1	Jeju United FC A	0:0	D
29 Aug	K League 1	Gimcheon Sangmu FC H	3:1	W
26 Aug	K League 1	Daejeon Hana Citizen A	1:2	L

Standing

K League 1

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	FC Seoul	30	19	5	6	56:25	62
2	Ulsan Hyundai FC	30	14	5	11	45:40	47
3	Jeju United FC	30	12	10	8	35:29	46
4	Jeonbuk Motors	30	11	11	8	38:28	44
5	Gangwon FC	30	10	13	7	36:28	43

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 317

317 Matches

159 wins

71 draws

87 losses

484–360 Goals

+124 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 317

159 71 87

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	317	162	155
Scored	484	285	199
Conceded	360	167	193
Scored per game	1.5	1.8	1.3
Conceded per game	1.1	1.0	1.2
Difference	+124	+118	+6

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Hyeon-Woo Jo Goalkeeper 19 Matches

Gyu-Sung Lee Midfielder 19 Matches

Hyun-Taek Cho Defender 19 Matches

Darijan Bojanić Midfielder 18 Matches

Dong-Gyeong Lee Midfielder 18 Matches

Lee Jin-hyun Midfielder 17 Matches

Seung-Hyun Jung Defender 17 Matches

Chang Si-Yeon Forward 15 Matches

Squad of Ulsan Hyundai FC

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
21	Hyeon-Woo Jo	Goalkeeper	35	19
24	Gyu-Sung Lee	Midfielder	32	19
26	Hyun-Taek Cho	Defender	25	19
6	Darijan Bojanić	Midfielder	31	18
10	Dong-Gyeong Lee	Midfielder	29	18
14	Lee Jin-hyun	Midfielder	29	17
15	Seung-Hyun Jung	Defender	32	17
33	Chang Si-Yeon	Forward	24	15
13	Ryu Sun-Min	Goalkeeper	22	15
8	Hui-gyun Lee	Midfielder	28	15
19	Young-Gwon Kim	Defender	36	14
99	Yago Cariello Ribeiro	Forward	27	14
28	Jae-ik Lee	Defender	27	13
17	Kang Sang-woo	Defender	33	12
4	Seo Myung-gwan	Defender	23	12
66	Miłosz Trojak	Defender		12
77	Sang-min Shim	Defender	33	12
96	Chong Sok-Hyun	Defender		12
27	Pedrinho	Forward	24	11
22	Lee Min-hyok	Midfielder		10
55	Thomas Oude Kotte	Defender	30	9
20	Chung Je-San	Forward		9
11	Erick Samuel Corrêa Farias	Forward	29	8
18	Yool Heo	Forward		8
72	In-u Baek	Midfielder	19	7
16	Jin U Park	Midfielder		7
9	Marcos Vinicius Amaral Alves	Forward		7
91	Benjamin Stanley Michel	Forward		7
2	Jong-Gyu Yoon	Defender		7
43	Cho Min-so	Midfielder		4
31	Byeong-Geun Hwang	Goalkeeper		3
38	Park Yong-Woo	Midfielder		2