Daejeon Citizen

Football club infobox
clubname = Daejeon Citizen
대전 시티즌


fullname = Daejeon Citizen Football Club
대전 시티즌 프로 축구단
nickname = Purple Crew
founded = 1997
ground = Purple Arena Daejeon
capacity = 41,295
chairman = Lee Yoon-Won
manager = Kim Ho
league = K-League
season = K-League 2008
position = 14th
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Daejeon Citizen Football Club (Korean 대전 시티즌 프로 축구단) is a South Korean football team, currently playing in K-League.

They are famous for being the first community-club in Korea (generally in Korea 'community-club' means that the club issues shares). In the case of Daejeon, although they didn't actually issue shares until 2005, they were known as a 'community-club' before this as they were the first club that did not belong to a specific company such as a 'chebol' or other major company. It had very symbolic meaning - the club was based on the support of the local community and not that of a specific company. Daejeon citizen took their first step towards K-League in 1997. In spite of insufficient budget, Daejeon won the 2001 Korean FA Cup, the decisive goal coming from Kim Eun-Jung to give the team a one-nil victory in the final, and is struggling in K-League as a team that cannot be beat easily.Through the year 2005 to 2006, Daejeon issued shares so as to be tied with local community more solidly, and be a 'real' community-club.

History

The First step to K-League

After the beginning of K-League, until 1997, there were a few league matches held in Daejeon, but citizens of Daejeon couldn't have such solidarity to that matches because there was no team in local community, so they couldn't have such feeling that "That team is my own". They had to just enjoy the games as it were. However, in 1996 a plan to establish 'Daejeon Citizen' - their own local community club - unveiled, and then finally they could get their 'own' team. With a lot of expectations, Daejeon took their first step to K-League in 1997, having opening match against Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i.Manager Kim Ki-Bok, now vice-president of N-League ("National League", the second division), became the first manager of Daejeon. Daejeon was filled with confidence as a freshman of league, but result was not fairly good.

IMF Crisis

To Korean people, the year 1998 could be memorised as "hard year". IMF Crisis crashed the whole Korean economic, a lot of companies went into bankrupt, and a lot of people fired. There was no exceptions to Daejeon Citizen. The main board of Daejeon consisted of 4 groups - Kyeryong Construction Industrial, Dong-A Construction, DongYang Department Store, Chung-cheong Bank. But the storm of IMF made three group went into bankrupt and Kyeryong only surived and contiuned financial support to this club. But it didn't suffice to manage and participate in league game, so Daejeon had to suffer many difficulties.

On the verge of disappearing

From the season 2001, Lee Tae-Ho took the lead of the team, and took Daejeon's first champion title as led Citizen to the top position in 2001 FA Cup. Daejeon also got ticket to the 2002-03 AFC Champions League. However, season 2002 was too cold for Daejeon and their fans to bear. We can remember the World Cup 2002 Korea/Japan, made whole Korean Peninsula be filled with 'Red' colour and chanting "Dae-Han-Min-Guk". Daejeon was one of host city for that grand world-event. After that events, Daejeon changed their home stadium (Daejeon Hanbat Stadium) to Daejeon World Cup Stadium, and got the chance to get more attendance. But Citizen pluenged to the bottom position and got only one win of 27 games. Boss Lee Tae-Ho resigned taking responsibility for poor result. Also, financial supporter - Kyeryong - Decleared that they would pull them out of citizen's main board. Winter was too chilly. But Daejeon fans stood for Daejeon Citizen, then Daejeon City Hall decided to give financial support to Citizen. Daejeon took chances to revive.

Miracle 2003

Daejeon fans can't forget the memories of season 2003 easily. That means, for Daejeon fans, the year 2003 was too fantastic and happy. Current Boss Choi Yun-Gyeom succeeded ex-boss Lee, showed miraclous ability to attandance of Purple Arena (Nickname for Daejeon World Cup Stadium). Daejeon took 6th position in the K-League, which is the best position after its first step, also gathered average 19,092 attandance (the best record in 2003) although they didn't have 'big star'. Citizen became 'the pride of Daejeon citizen', proving the possibility of the "community-club".

The Daejeon fans often wear yellow shirts as a tribute to chickens that used to run around outside the ground before games. This was abandoned due to Asian Bird Flu in 2005, a decision which caused great shame to the loyal and dispearing fans of super Daejeon Citizens FC Football Club. Now they refuse to wear shirts as a sign of protest, but this too was abandoned due to fattening.

Then the Seouljers came to town and kicked well and braved it out, as they always do.

Playoff Qualification 2007

Citizen achieved what appeared to be a highly unlikely qualification for the end of season championship playoffs with a 1-0 win over Suwon. This was Daejeon's 5th consecutive victory and ultimately enabled them to qualify for the first time in their history. When Kim Ho took over mid-season, Citizen were langushing in 11th position, but under the guidance of their legendary coach, they will be looking to go all the way, starting with an away match against Ulsan on Sunday 21st October.

Current squad

quad for Season 2008

"As of October 2 2008"

* Also has French citizenship

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*Manager flagicon|KOR Kim Ho
*Assistant Coach flagicon|KOR Wang Sun-Jae
*Coach flagicon|KOR Lim Ki-Han
*GK Coach flagicon|BRA Zeze
*Doctor flagicon|KOR Choo Hong-Sik
*Doctor flagicon|KOR Lee Jae-Gyu
*Scouter flagicon|KOR Ahn Seung-In

2008 Season transfers

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2007 season transfers

Updated on 2007.06.05

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* - Drafted (Soong-sil University)
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* - Drafted (Kyung-hee University)
* - Drafted (Dong-eui University)
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Notable Players

* (1997 ~ Present)
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* (1998 ~ Present)
* (1997 ~ 2005, Retired)
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* (2000 ~ 2003)

Club honours

*sport honours|Korean FA Cup|1|2001
*sport honours|Korean Super Cup runners-up|1|2002
*sport honours|Hauzen Cup runners-up|1|2004

Results

* Founded: 1997;1997- Manager : Kim Ki-Bok
- Adidias Cup 1997 : 9th
- Rapido Cup Korea League 1997 : 7th
- Pro-Specs Cup 1997 : 5th in Group B
- The FA-CUP 1997 : Round of 16;1998- Addias Cup 1998 : 4th in Group A
- Phillip-Morris Cup 1998 : 6th
- Hyundai Cup Korea League 1998 : 9th
- The FA-CUP 1998 : Round of 16;1999- Addias Cup 1999 : 4th in Group A
- Buy-Korea Cup Korea League 1999 : 8th
- The FA-CUP 1999 : Round of 16;2000- Korea Insurance Cup 2000 : 5th in Group B
- Samsung Digital Cup Korea League 2000 : 8th
- The FA-CUP 2000 : Qualifying Round;2001- Manager Changed to Lee Tae-Ho
- Addias Cup 2001 : 3rd in Group A
- Korea League 2001 : 10th
- The FA-CUP 2001 : Winners;2002- Super Cup 2002 : Runner-Up
- Addias Cup 2002 : 4th in Group B
- PAVV Korea League 2002 : 10th
- The FA-CUP 2002 : Semi-Final
- AFC Champions League 02-03 : Qualified for Group Stage;2003- Manager Changed to Choi Yun-Gyeom
- AFC Champions Legaue 02-03 : 2nd in Group A
- Korea League 2003 : 6nd
- The FA-CUP 2003 : Quarter-Final
;2004- Hauzen Cup : 2nd
- Korea League 2004 : 11th
- The FA-CUP 2004 : Semi-Final;2005- Hauzen Cup : 10th
- Korea League 2005 : 7th
- The FA-CUP 2005 : Round of 16;2006- Hauzen Cup : 4th
- Korea League 2006 : 10th
- The FA-CUP 2006 : Round of 16

Managers

Coach	Year	Games	W	D	L
Kim Ki-bok	1997 - 2000	142	35	26	81
Lee Tae-ho	2000 - 2002	72	13	22	35
Choi Yun-Gyeom	2003 - 2007	178	54	68	56
Kim Ho	2007 ~	-	-	-	-

"NB: Only counted Korean League official matches. FA-Cup, AFC Champions league results are not lncluded in this table."

Last updated: 2007. 07. 30

ponsors

Kit Supplier
*1997 : Adidas
*1998-1999 : Lotto
*2000-2001 : Adidas
*2002 : Kappa
*2003-2004 : Lotto
*2005 : Umbro
*2006 : Fuerza
*2007-2008 : Lotto

External links

* [http://www.fcdaejeon.com Daejeon Citizen]
* [http://www.rokfootball.com/daejeon_citizen Daejeon Citizen at ROKfootball.com]
* [http://www.purplecrew.co.kr Daejeon Citizen Supporters 'Purple Crew']