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| Full name | Hallelujah Football Club 할렐루야 축구단 |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Eagles |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Dissolved | 1998 |
Hallelujah FC is a defunct South Korean football club. The club was officially founded on December 20, 1980 as the first professional football club in South Korea. [1]
Hallelujah FC was founded by Choi Soon-young, president of the KFA at the time, in 1980. It consisted of Christian (Catholic or Protestant) footballers and coaches. Hallelujah FC won the inaugural Korea Super League title in 1983. After 1985, Hallelujah FC became an amateur club dedicated towards missionary work. [1]
Hallelujah FC was dissolved in August 1998 due to the Asian financial crisis. [1]
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