Ulsan HD FC
football club in Ulsan, Korea
Ulsan HD FC (Korean: 울산 HD FC), formerly Ulsan Hyundai FC and commonly known as Ulsan (울산), is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football league system. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in 1984. Their home ground is Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium. The club is owned by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Ulsan HD have won the league title five times, most recently in 2024, and the Korean FA Cup once, in 2017. At the international level, they have won the AFC Champions League twice, in 2012 and 2020, and are the only club to have won the tournament twice without defeat.
History
Early years: before Ulsan (1983–1989)
The club was founded on 6 December 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, with tiger as its mascot (horangi means tiger in Korean). Their original franchise area was Incheon and Gyeonggi Province. They joined the professional K League from 1984 season. While they finished their debut season as 3rd place, the team's striker Baek Jong-chul became the K League Top Scorer, scoring 16 goals in 28 matches.
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