# Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard FC

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Dolphin Football Club (Korean: 울산 현대미포조선 돌고래 축구단) was a South Korean football club based in Ulsan. The club competed in the Korea National League between 2003 and 2016 and was owned and operated by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. They played their home games at the 19,471-capacity Ulsan Stadium.

## History

The club was founded in 1998 as the works team of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a global shipbuilding company, and joined the Korea National League in 2003. They have won the National League seven times (2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016). After the 2016 season, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard announced that they would no longer fund the team, and the club was subsequently dissolved.

## Honours

* Korea National League
** Winners (7): 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
* Korean FA Cup
** Runners-up (1): 2005
* Korea National League Championship
** Winners (3): 2004, 2011, 2016
** Runners-up (4): 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015
* Korean National Football Championship
** Winners (1): 2000
* Korean President's Cup
** Winners (2): 2005, 2008

## Season-by-season records

| Season | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korea National League | Korean FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer (league goals) | Manager |
| Season | Stage | Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Korean FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer (league goals) | Manager |
| 1999 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | Round of 16 | N/A | No competition | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2000 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | Round of 16 | N/A | No competition | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2001 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | Second round | N/A | No competition | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2002 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | Round of 16 | N/A | No competition | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2003 | First stage | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 17 | 2nd | Round of 16 | N/A | Kim Joon-hyup (6) | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2003 | Second stage | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | 4th | Round of 16 | N/A | Kim Joon-hyup (6) | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2004 | First stage | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 21 | 2nd | First round | Winners | Yang Ji-hoon (7) | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2004 | Second stage | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 19 | 2nd | First round | Winners | Yang Ji-hoon (7) | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2005 | First stage | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 21 | 2nd | Runners-up | Semi-final | Kim Young-ki (10) | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2005 | Second stage | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 12 | 8th | Runners-up | Semi-final | Kim Young-ki (10) | Cho Dong-hyun |
| 2006 | First stage | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 19 | 4th | Round of 16 | Runners-up | Kim Young-hoo (19) | Choi Soon-ho |
| 2006 | Second stage | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 22 | 2nd | Round of 16 | Runners-up | Kim Young-hoo (19) | Choi Soon-ho |
| 2007 | First stage | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 25 | 1st | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Kim Young-hoo (9) | Choi Soon-ho |
| 2007 | Second stage | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 22 | 2nd | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Kim Young-hoo (9) | Choi Soon-ho |
| 2007 | Playoff | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Champions | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Kim Young-hoo (9) | Choi Soon-ho |
| 2008 | First stage | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 35 | 1st | Round of 16 | Group round | Kim Young-hoo (31) | Choi Soon-ho |
| 2008 | Second stage | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 24 | 4th | Round of 16 | Group round | Kim Young-hoo (31) | Choi Soon-ho |
| 2008 | Playoff | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Champions | Round of 16 | Group round | Kim Young-hoo (31) | Choi Soon-ho |
| 2009 | First stage | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 15 | 9th | Round of 32 | Quarter-final | Choi Chul-woo (7) | Cho Min-kuk |
| 2009 | Second stage | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 21 | 4th | Round of 32 | Quarter-final | Choi Chul-woo (7) | Cho Min-kuk |
| 2010 | First stage | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 20 | 9th | Round of 32 | Runners-up | Alex (9) | Cho Min-kuk |
| 2010 | Second stage | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 24 | 6th | Round of 32 | Runners-up | Alex (9) | Cho Min-kuk |
| 2011 | — | 14 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 53 | 1st | Round of 32 | Winners | Danilo (10) | Cho Min-kuk |
| 2011 | Playoff | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Champions | Round of 32 | Winners | Danilo (10) | Cho Min-kuk |
| 2012 | — | 14 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 49 | 2nd | Round of 32 | Runners-up | Lee Jae-min (12) | Cho Min-kuk |
| 2012 | Playoff | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 3rd | Round of 32 | Runners-up | Lee Jae-min (12) | Cho Min-kuk |