Goyang KB Kookmin Bank FC

Kookmin Bank FC was founded in September 1969 and competed in the various amateur football competitions at the time. The club enjoyed success in tournaments such as the Korea Semi-Professional Football League (winners in 1978) and the President's Cup (winners in 1978 and 1983) before becoming founder members of the K-League, the professional football league in South Korea, in 1983.

The club's stay in the professional ranks was a short one, as it finished 5th out of the five teams in the first year. When it came in 8th out of the eight teams in 1984 the decision was made for the club to return to the amateur ranks.

Upon returning to the amateur ranks, the club returned to winning ways and managed President's Cup triumphs in 1986, 1990 and 1995. It also won the 3rd edition of the Industrial Amateur Football championship in 1993, a tournament they would win again in 1996.

The financial crisis that struck South Korea in 1997 saw the club temporarily wound up, with the official decision to pull the plug on the team coming on December 31, 1997. After two years out of the game, Kookmin Bank reconstituted their club on February 28, 2000 and the team returned to the amateur ranks, eventually winning a sixth President's Cup crown in 2003.

Organised league football at amateur level came about in 2003 with the establishment of the National League, a competition with ten members, of which Kookmin Bank were one. Initially based in Gimpo, the club won the first stage of the 2003 championship and then moved its home base to Goyang and the team's name was changed to Goyang Kookmin Bank for the second stage where they finished runners-up on goal difference. They defeated the reserve team of military side Sangmu 5-4 on aggregate in the playoff final to win the league. They retained their championship crown in 2004 with a 4-1 aggregate win over Gangneung City FC after having again won the first stage of the league season.

Despite a lacklustre 2005 season, the club bounced back to win the 2006 championship (now rebranded the National League], triumphing 2-1 on aggregate in the final after winning the first stage of the season.

It was planned that, subject to meeting certain financial requirements, the winner of the National League in 2006 would be promoted to the K-League. However Goyang Kookmin Bank caused controversy by winning the league but declining to move up. Team owners Kookmin Bank cited a Korean law where banks in Korea were not allowed to be involved in profitable ventures outside of banking which of course a professional football team could be. However the more likely reason is the large financial losses that most K-League teams endure each year as the league struggles for sponsorship money and suffers through low crowd numbers. On top of that any National League champion seeking promotion from the second tier is required to pay an 'entry fee' of around 2 million US dollars simply to join the league. Goyang Kookmin Bank received several threats from the League ranging from being thrown out of the competition, to fines, to point deductions for the upcoming 2007 season. In the end the side received a points deduction penalty, to be split into ten point deductions in the first and second stages of the 2007 season.

As of 1 March 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KOR Kim Byung-Gon 3 DF  KOR Han Gun-Hee 4 DF  KOR Kim Hyo-Joon 5 DF  KOR Kim Gi-Joong 6 DF  KOR Lee Sang-Woo 7 FW  KOR Park Byung-Won 8 MF  KOR Park Sung-Jin 9 MF  KOR Cha Jong-Yun 10 FW  KOR Kim Young-Nam 11 FW  KOR Ha Jung-Heon 13 DF  KOR Lee Sang-Yong 14 FW  KOR Lee Jae-Won 15 MF  KOR Lee Su-Hwan 16 FW  KOR Hwang Ho-Ryoung 17 DF  KOR Lee Dong-Jun

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  KOR Chun Won-Goo 20 GK  KOR Hwang Hee-Hoon 21 GK  KOR Jung Min-Gyo 22 MF  KOR Yu Byeong-Uk 23 MF  KOR Lee Yoon-Ho 24 MF  KOR Jung Da-Seul 27 FW  KOR Jung Hee-Jin 30 DF  KOR Oh Jeong-Hwan 31 DF  KOR Sung Jong-Hyun 33 DF  KOR Don Ji-Duk 38 DF  KOR Ryu Byung-Hoon 40 GK  KOR Choi Ik-Hyung 66 MF  CHN Bai Zijian 77 MF  KOR Kim Won-Min 88 MF  KOR Park Jeong-Sik

• National League

Winners (3): 2003, 2004, 2006

Runners-up (2): 2011, 2012

• National League Championship
  • Winners (1): 2009
  • Runners-up (1): 2007
• National Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1978
• President's Cup
  • Winners (6): 1973, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2003
  • Runners-up (4): 1982, 1988, 1991, 2005

Season	K-League												FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (League goals)	Manager
	Stage	Teams	P	W	D		L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position
1983	Single Stage	5	16	3	2		11	11	30	–19	8	5th	None	None	Lim Seok-Hyun (3) Kim Su-Gil (3)
Season	Stage	Teams	P	W	D	0D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer	Manager
1984	First Stage	8	14	1	2	2	9	12	25	–13	20	8th	None	None	6 players (3)
	Second Stage	8	14	2	4	0	8	15	33	–18	14	8th
1985-95	None												None	None
1996													Round 1
1997-99	On Hiatus
2000	None												Round 1	None
2001													Round 1
2002													did not qualify
Season	Korea National League												FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer (League goals)	Manager
	Stage	Teams	P	W	D		L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position
2003	First Stage	10	9	6	2		1	14	6	+8	20	1st	Round of 16	None	Ko Min-Gi (8)
	Second Stage	10	9	5	4		0	13	5	+8	19	2nd
	Playoff	2	2	1	1		0	5	4	+1	4	Champion
2004	First Stage	10	9	7	2		0	17	5	+12	23	1st	Round of 16	Semifinal	Kim Dong-Min (6)	Lee Woo-Hyung
	Second Stage	10	9	3	3		3	9	8	+1	12	4th
	Playoff	2	2	2	0		0	4	1	+3	6	Champion
2005	First Stage	11	10	6	2		2	15	6	+9	20	3rd	Quarterfinal	Group Stage	Choi Bae-Sik (9)
	Second Stage	11	10	4	3		3	13	7	+6	15	3rd
2006	First Stage	11	10	8	2		0	26	8	+18	26	1st	Semifinal	Quarterfinal	Ko Min-Gi (7)
	Second Stage	11	10	4	2		4	12	10	+2	14	6th
	Playoff	2	2	1	1		0	2	0	+2	4	Champion
2007	First Stage	12	11	7	2		2	20	8	+12	131	6th	Round of 16	Runner-up	Lim Jin-Young (7)
	Second Stage	12	11	6	2		3	26	13	+13	101	9th
2008	First Stage	14	13	6	3		4	23	14	+9	21	6th	Semifinal	Quarterfinal	Kim Hyun-Gi (5) Kim Yo-Han (5) Cha Jong-Yoon (5)
	Second Stage	14	13	5	4		4	12	12	0	19	7th
2009	First Stage	14	13	4	4		5	18	16	+2	16	8th	Round of 16	Winner	Park Byung-Won (7)
	Second Stage	13	12	5	4		3	17	15	+2	19	5th
2010	First Stage	15	14	7	3		4	19	12	+7	24	4th	Semifinal	Quarterfinal	Lee Wan-Hee (7)
	Second Stage	15	14	7	4		3	20	15	+5	25	5th
	Playoff	4	1	0	0		1	1	2	–1		Semifinal
2011	—	14	26	13	8		5	37	25	+12	47	2nd	Round of 32	Group Stage	Park Sung-Jin (8)
	Playoff	6	3	1	1		1	4	4	0	4	Runner-up
2012	—	14	26	15	10		1	51	20	+31	55	1st	Quarterfinal	Semifinal
	Playoff	6	2	1	0		1	2	4	-2	3	Runner-up

1: Goyang KB Kookmin Bank was docked 10 points due to rejecting of promotion.

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