I have been a reading the story side of this forum for a few years now and I’ve decided to take the plunge and start writing one myself! This is my first time writing something like this so any advice would be appreciated! Hope you enjoy!
FC Seoul were founded on the 22nd of December 1983 and started out in 1984 as the Lucky-Goldstar Football Club. Their first season in the K-League (then known as the Korea Professional Football League) wasn’t kind to them as they finished 7th in an 8 team league. The next season was much improved as they went on to win the league.
At first they were based in the Chungcheong Province but the owners of the club, LG Group always wanted to be based in the nation’s capital, Seoul. At the end of the 1989 season, there was a worry about the financial stability of some of the clubs in the league which lead to multiple clubs being invited to play in Seoul. The Lucky-Goldstar Football Club relocated to the Seoul Stadium and this seemed to help as they finished the 1990 season by winning the league. In 1991, the club changed its name to the LG Cheetahs to mirror the baseball team owned by the same group. In 1996, the club was forced to move out of Seoul due to the leagues decentralization policy which was invented to increase the growth of football in the provinces. Also, in 1995, Korea was bidding for the opportunity to host the 2002 World Cup. This meant that there had to be a football specific stadium in Seoul which led the Korean government to hand out an eviction order to the clubs affected by the decentralization policy.
Once the World Cup had ended, there was a set of expensive stadiums without a club to regularly play in it. This would have been a financial disaster as the stadiums were hard to maintain without any other financial backing. This led to the KFA actively supporting regional clubs to move into the stadium to avoid financial loss. However due to the K-League excluding any current club from playing in Seoul, the hope was a new club would take over the Seoul World Cup Stadium, but the construction costs were to be too much for any new club to take on. This led to Fc Seoul, then known as The Anyang LG Cheetahs paying 15 billion wons (£10,097,720.07) for a share in the construction fees. This was controversial as the KFA and the K-League had ultimately failed to create a new club in Seoul due to the high franchise fee. From then on, the club have gone back to being FC Seoul.
Sorry for the big wall of text but this was an introduction to the club, in the next update I will tell you about the on the pitch history of the club. Constructive criticism is appreciated and I hope you enjoyed reading!
FC SEOUL- Not really sure what I’m doing here
I have been playing FM for around 7 years now, and surely in this time, I’d have ventured outside of my safe haven of Europe. But no, I haven’t, so follow me as I take over one of the best teams in South Korea and try to dominate Asia and win the Club World Cup! With zero knowledge of Asian football and a distinct lack of ability when it comes to the game itself, this should be fun…
FC Seoul were founded on the 22nd of December 1983 and started out in 1984 as the Lucky-Goldstar Football Club. Their first season in the K-League (then known as the Korea Professional Football League) wasn’t kind to them as they finished 7th in an 8 team league. The next season was much improved as they went on to win the league.
At first they were based in the Chungcheong Province but the owners of the club, LG Group always wanted to be based in the nation’s capital, Seoul. At the end of the 1989 season, there was a worry about the financial stability of some of the clubs in the league which lead to multiple clubs being invited to play in Seoul. The Lucky-Goldstar Football Club relocated to the Seoul Stadium and this seemed to help as they finished the 1990 season by winning the league. In 1991, the club changed its name to the LG Cheetahs to mirror the baseball team owned by the same group. In 1996, the club was forced to move out of Seoul due to the leagues decentralization policy which was invented to increase the growth of football in the provinces. Also, in 1995, Korea was bidding for the opportunity to host the 2002 World Cup. This meant that there had to be a football specific stadium in Seoul which led the Korean government to hand out an eviction order to the clubs affected by the decentralization policy.
Once the World Cup had ended, there was a set of expensive stadiums without a club to regularly play in it. This would have been a financial disaster as the stadiums were hard to maintain without any other financial backing. This led to the KFA actively supporting regional clubs to move into the stadium to avoid financial loss. However due to the K-League excluding any current club from playing in Seoul, the hope was a new club would take over the Seoul World Cup Stadium, but the construction costs were to be too much for any new club to take on. This led to Fc Seoul, then known as The Anyang LG Cheetahs paying 15 billion wons (£10,097,720.07) for a share in the construction fees. This was controversial as the KFA and the K-League had ultimately failed to create a new club in Seoul due to the high franchise fee. From then on, the club have gone back to being FC Seoul.
Sorry for the big wall of text but this was an introduction to the club, in the next update I will tell you about the on the pitch history of the club. Constructive criticism is appreciated and I hope you enjoyed reading!
