The Seoul World Cup Stadium (Korean: 서울월드컵경기장), also known as Sangam Stadium, is a stadium used mostly for association football matches. The venue is located in 240, World Cup-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and opened on November 10, 2001. It is currently the second largest stadium in South Korea after Seoul Olympic Stadium, and is the 2nd largest rectangular stadium in Asia. It was designed to represent the image of a traditional Korean kite. The stadium has a capacity of 66,704 seats, including 816 seats for VIP, 754 seats for press and 75 private Sky Box rooms, each with a capacity for 12 to 29 persons. Due to table seats installation, capacity was reduced from 66,806 seats to 66,704 seats in February 2014. Since the World Cup it has been managed by the Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation (SMFMC). FC Seoul moved to the Seoul World Cup Stadium in 2004.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Jeonbuk have won the K League a record nine times, including five consecutive titles between 2017 and 2021, and the Korean FA Cup five times. Internationally, the club have won the AFC Champions League twice, first in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since it was rebranded in 2003. Jeonbuk have also made two appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup, most recently in the 2016 edition. The club's home ground is the Jeonju World Cup Stadium.
Cho Jae-jin is a former South Korean football player.
Kim Nam-il is a South Korean football manager and former player who played as defensive midfielder. He is the manager of K League 1 club Seongnam FC.
Lee Eul-yong is a South Korean football coach, manager and former player.
Kim Byung-ji is a former football goalkeeper who played for the South Korea national team as well as several clubs in the K League. He was noted for his unique hair style which looked like the tail of a bird.
Baek Ji-hoon is a South Korean former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Choi Jin-cheul is a South Korean football manager and former player.
Ha Seok-ju is a South Korean football manager and former player. Ha was one of the few left-footed South Korean players at the time.
Kim Tae-young is a South Korean football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Baek, also often spelled Paek, Baik, Paik, or Back is a Korean family name. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.
Oh Beom-Seok is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a right back.
Kim Seung-gyu is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab and the South Korea national football team.
Choi Chung-min was a former South Korean football player and manager. Nicknamed the "Golden Legs", Choi was one of Asia's greatest strikers in the 1950s.
Park Sang-in is a South Korean football manager and former player who manages Korea National League club Busan Transportation Corporation. His sons Park Hyuk-soon and Park Seung-min are also footballers.
Ryu Seung-woo is a South Korean footballer who plays as a forward for Khon Kaen United in the Thai League 1.
Jung Seung-hyun is a South Korean footballer who plays as defender for Al-Wasl and the South Korea national team. He won two AFC Champions Leagues with Kashima Antlers and Ulsan Hyundai.
Cho Yu-min is a South Korean football centre-back or defensive midfielder who plays for the UAE Pro League club Sharjah and the South Korea national team.
Paik Seung-ho is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Birmingham City and the South Korea national team. Starting playing football since May in 2005 in a football academy, Paik was awarded MVP award in juvenile team and MVP award from Korea Football Association (KFA) in youth team for the first time at the age of 11. While he played in Barcelona youth team at the age of 13, he was expected to join Barcelona A for the first time as Korean player.
Hot Stove League (Korean: 스토브리그) is a South Korean television series that aired on SBS TV from December 13, 2019, to February 14, 2020. The series stars Namkoong Min, Park Eun-bin, Oh Jung-se, and Jo Byeong-kyu. It revolves around a baseball team named Dreams, which has been the worst in the league for four consecutive years.
