Hallelujah FC

Hallelujah
할렐루야

Full name	Hallelujah Football Club 할렐루야 축구단
Nickname(s)	Eagles
Founded	20 December 1980 (1980-12-20)
Dissolved	1998; 26 years ago (1998)

Hallelujah FC is a defunct South Korean football club. The club was officially founded on 20 December 1980 as the first professional football club in South Korea.^[1]

History

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]

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• K League Classic
  • Winners (1): 1983

Cups

• National Football Championship
  • Runners-up (5): 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
• President's Cup
  • Winners (1): 1988
  • Runners-up (1): 1994

International/Invitational

• Queen's Cup
  • Winners (1): 2009

Notable players

• Park Sang-In
• Lee Young-Moo
• Choi Jong-Duk

See also

• Goyang Hi FC

References

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