# 2023 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season

The 2023 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season was their 30th season in existence, and the 29rd consecutive season in the K League 1. In addition to the league, the club competed in the 2023 Korean FA Cup and in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League.
The season's manager is Kim Sang-sik, who brought a more defensive approach in Jeonbuk matches ever since signing for them. Despite notable departures, the club have plenty of experienced players in this season's squad, from national team players to veterans with valuable experience after years playing either on South Korea or overseas.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 24 July 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KOR | Kim Jeong-hoon |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Petrášek |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Jeong Tae-wook |
| 4 | MF | KOR | Park Jin-seop (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Yun Young-sun |
| 7 | FW | KOR | Han Kyo-won |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Paik Seung-ho (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Gustavo |
| 10 | FW | KOR | Park Jae-yong |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Lee Dong-jun |
| 13 | GK | KOR | Jung Min-ki |
| 15 | DF | KOR | Ku Ja-ryong |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Lee Soo-bin |
| 17 | FW | KOR | Song Min-kyu |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Rafael Silva |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Jun Amano (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 23 | DF | KOR | Kim Jin-su |
| 24 | FW | KOR | Lee Sung-yoon |
| 25 | DF | KOR | Choi Chul-soon |
| 26 | DF | KOR | Hong Jeong-ho (captain) |
| 27 | MF | KOR | Moon Seon-min |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Maeng Seong-ung |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Ryu Jae-moon |
| 30 | MF | KOR | Oh Jae-hyeok |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | KOR | Hong Jang-woo |
| 32 | DF | KOR | Jeong Woo-jae |
| 34 | DF | KOR | Yu Ye-chan |
| 35 | MF | KOR | Kang Yeong-seok |
| 37 | FW | KOR | Park Jun-beom |
| 40 | DF | KOR | Lee Woo-yeon |
| 41 | GK | KOR | Park Beom-soo |
| 44 | FW | KOR | Lee Jun-ho |
| 47 | FW | KOR | Park Chae-joon |
| 50 | FW | KOR | Yoon Do-won |
| 51 | GK | KOR | Gong Si-hyeon |
| 55 | DF | KOR | Noh Yun-sang |
| 57 | MF | GHA | Nana Boateng |
| 63 | MF | KOR | Kim Rae-woo |
| 66 | DF | KOR | Do Jae-gyeong |
| 70 | DF | KOR | Park Chang-woo |
| 71 | GK | KOR | Kim Tae-yang |
| 77 | DF | KOR | Yoo Soo-hwan |
| 79 | FW | KOR | Lee Kyu-dong |
| 88 | FW | KOR | Park Kyu-min |
| 94 | DF | KOR | Ahn Hyeon-beom |
| 97 | FW | BRA | André Luis |
| 99 | FW | KOR | Kim Chang-hoon |
Squad number 12 is reserved for the team's supporters, the Mad Green Boys.

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | KOR | Jeon Ji-wan (to FC Ryukyu) |
| — | GK | KOR | Kim Jun-hong (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty) |
| — | DF | KOR | Lee You-hyeon (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty) |
| — | DF | KOR | Park Jin-seong (to Chungbuk Cheongju) |
| — | MF | KOR | Kang Sang-yoon (to Busan IPark) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KOR | Kim Jin-gyu (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty) |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Ji-hoon (to Gimcheon Sangmu for military duty) |
| — | MF | KOR | Lee Min-hyuk (to Gyeongnam FC) |
| — | FW | KOR | Eom Seung-min (to FC Mokpo) |

## Transfers
### Pre-season

Transfer In
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| GK | Jeong Min-ki | FC Anyang | Free |
| GK | Park Beom-su | Dongguk University | Free |
| GK | Kim Jeong-hoon | Gimcheon Sangmu | Military duty expiration |
| DF | Jeong Tae-wook | Daegu FC | Free |
| DF | Jeong Woo-jae | Jeju United | US$1.8m |
| DF | Do Jae-gyeong | Korea University | Free |
| DF | Yu Ye-chan | Jeonju University | Free |
| DF | Yoo Soo-hwan | Dongguk University | Free |
| MF | Lee Min-hyuk | Yonsei University | Free |
| MF | Lee Soo-bin | Pohang Steelers | Free |
| MF | Kim Geon-ung | Suwon FC | Free |
| MF | Oh Jae-hyeok | Bucheon FC | Free |
| FW | Lee Dong-jun | Hertha BSC | Free |
| FW | André Luis | Cuiabá | Free |
| FW | Rafael Silva | Cruzeiro | Free |
Loan Return
| Position | Player | Returned From | Ref |
| DF | Lee Ju-yong | Incheon United | Loan Return |
| FW | Lee Sung-yoon | Seoul E-Land | Loan Return |
Loan In
| Position | Player | Returned From | Ref |
| DF | Kim Jin-su | Al-Nassr | Season loan |
| MF | Jun Amano | Yokohama F. Marinos | Season loan |
* ↑ Kim Geon-ung left the club on a swap deal during mid-season to Jeju United
* ↑ Kim Jin-su's move to Jeju United after contract ends
* ↑ Kim Jin-su's loan was made permanent in the mid-season transfer window
Promoted
| Position | Player | Returned From | Ref |
| DF | Lee Kyu-dong | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors U18 | Promoted |
| MF | Kim Rae-woo | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors U18s | Promoted |
| FW | Kim Chang-hoon | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors U18s | Promoted |
Transfer Out
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Hwang Byeong-keun | Busan IPark | Free |
| GK | Lee Bum-soo | Bucheon FC | Free |
| GK | Song Bum-keun | Shonan Bellmare | Free |
| GK | Kim Jun-hong | Gimcheon Sangmu | Military duty |
| DF | Lee Ju-yong | Jeju United | Free |
| DF | Choi Hyeon-woong | Pohang Steelers | Free |
| DF | Choi Bo-kyung | Suwon FC | Free |
| DF | Park Seong-hyeon | Yangju Citizen | Free |
| DF | Lee Seong-min | | Free |
| MF | Jang Yun-ho | Gimpo FC | Free |
| MF | Kim Jin-kyu | Gimcheon Sangmu | Military duty |
| MF | Myeong Se-jin | FK Sloboda Užice | Free |
| MF | Kim Tae-hyeon | | Free |
| MF | Takahiro Kunimoto | Casa Pia | Free |
| MF | Modou Barrow | Al-Ahli | Free |
| FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | FC Seoul | Free |
| FW | Lee Keun-ho | Ansan Greeners | Free |
| FW | Bae Jae-ik | Goyang KH | Free |
| FW | Um Seung-min | FC Mokpo | Free |
| FW | Lee Yoon-gwon | Dangjin Citizen | Free |
Loan Out
| Position | Player | Loan Out | Ref |
| GK | Jeon Ji-wan | FC Ryukyu | Season loan |

### Mid-season

Transfer In
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| DF | Tomáš Petrášek | Raków Częstochowa | Free |
| DF | Kim Jin-su | Al Nassr FC | Free |
| DF | Ahn Hyeon-beom | Jeju United | Player Swap |
| MF | Nana Boateng | CFR Cluj | £0.85 m |
| FW | Bak Jae-yong | FC Anyang | £0.67 m |
| FW | Yoon Do-won | Gwangdong High School | Free |
Transfer Out
| Position | Player | Transferred Out | Ref |
| DF | Kim Geon-ung | Jeju United | Player Swap |
| DF | Kim Moon-hwan | Al-Duhail SC | £1.4 m |
| FW | Cho Gue-sung | FC Midtjylland | £2.6 m |
Loan Out
| Position | Player | Loan Out | Ref |
| DF | Lee Min-hyuk | Gyeongnam FC | Season loan |
| MF | Kang Sang-yoon | Busan IPark | Season loan |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| K League 1 | 25 February | 3 December | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 042.11 |
| FA Cup | 24 May | 4 November | Round of 16 | runner-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 075.00 |
| AFC CL | 20 September 2023 | -- | Group stage | TBD | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 49 | +19 | 046.81 |
Source: Soccerway

### K League 1

The club finished as runners-up in the 2022 K League 1 season in a close race with eventual champions Ulsan Hyundai, which saw an end to a five-year streak of consecutive league titles. The club have never finished below the league's top 3 since 2009, and aims to repeat it for another year.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 64 | Qualification for Champions League Elite league stage |
| 3 | Gwangju FC | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 59 | Qualification for Champions League Elite league stage |
| 4 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 57 | Qualification for Champions League Two group stage |
| 5 | Incheon United | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 56 | |
| 6 | Daegu FC | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 53 | |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups, the top six and the bottom six.
* ↑ Since second-placed team Pohang Steelers qualified for the Champions League Elite as the Korean FA Cup champions, the spot given to the second-placed team was passed to the third-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 December 2023. Source: Soccerway

#### Matches

As usual, the league season will be played with 38 matches split in two stages. After 33 league matches between the 12 participating teams, the teams are split into the Final Round (Top 6 teams, which aims to won an AFC Champions spot) and Relegation Round (Bottom 6 teams, that aims to survive relegation).

### Korean FA Cup

The club will start the competition at the Round of 16, winning an bye to the round as a 2023–24 AFC Champions League team.

### AFC Champions League

The AFC plans to start the new Champions League season on September. Jeonbuk will start the competition at the group stage, having granted the spot through a 2nd-place finish at the 2022 K League 1 and the 2022 Korean FA Cup title.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UTD | JBH | LCS | KIT |
| 1 | Bangkok United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | 3–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Lion City Sailors | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 |
| 4 | Kitchee | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals (LCS)

    As of 13 Dec 2023
| No. | Pos. | Player | K-League | K-League | FA Cup | FA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Kim Jeong-hoon | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tomáš Petrášek | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jeong Tae-wook | 29+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Park Jin-seop | 30+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Yun Young-sun | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Kim Geon-ung | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Han Kyo-won | 17+11 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 28 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | Paik Seung-ho | 23+4 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Gustavo | 14+16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
| 10 | FW | Bak Jae-yong | 4+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Lee Dong-jun | 13+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Jeong Min-Ki | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ku Ja-ryong | 19+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Lee Soo-bin | 11+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Song Min-kyu | 19+11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 28 | 6 |
| 19 | FW | Rafael Silva | 15+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | Jun Amano | 14+11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | Kim Jin-su | 18+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Choi Chul-soon | 9+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Hong Jeong-ho | 18+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Moon Seon-min | 13+21 | 5 | 2+2 | 1 | 5+1 | 4 | 34 | 6 |
| 28 | MF | Maeng Seong-ung | 11+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Ryu Jae-moon | 10+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Oh Jae-hyeok | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Jeong Woo-jae | 22+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Lee Jun-ho | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | Nana Boateng | 13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 70 | DF | Park Chang-woo | 3+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | Ahn Hyeon-beom | 8+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | André Luis | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Players featured on a match but left the club mid-season either permanently |||||||||||
| 10 | FW | Cho Gue-sung | 8+4 | 5 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| 18 | MF | Lee Min-hyuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Kim Moon-hwan | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Players featured on a match but left the club mid-season on loan transfer |||||||||||
| 36 | MF | Kang Sang-yoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |