Seoul is a major center for sports in South Korea. Its professional sports teams compete in football (soccer), baseball, basketball, volleyball.
Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, commonly known as Asiad, 1988 Olympic Games, and Paralympic Games. It also served as one of the host cities of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Seoul World Cup Stadium hosted the opening ceremony and first game of the tournament.[1]
Seoul has greatest number of professional sports teams and facilities in South Korea.
In the history of South Korean major professional sports league championships which include the K League, KBO League, KBL, V-League, Seoul had multiple championships in a season 2 times, 1990 K League 1 Lucky-Goldstar FC (currently FC Seoul) and KBO League LG Twins in 1990, K League 1 FC Seoul and KBO League Doosan Bears in 2016[2]
See main article: article and Football in Seoul. Seoul's most popular football club is FC Seoul. Recently, FC Seoul finished as a runner-up in 2013 AFC Champions League.
| Tier | League | Club | Home stadium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top | K League 1 | FC Seoul | Seoul World Cup Stadium |
| 2nd | K League 2 | Seoul E-Land FC | Mokdong Stadium |
| 5th | K3 League Basic | Seoul United | Madeul Stadium |
| Jungnang Chorus Mustang | Jungnang Public Ground |
| League | Club | Home stadium |
|---|---|---|
| KBO League | Doosan Bears | Jamsil Baseball Stadium |
| LG Twins | ||
| Kiwoom Heroes | Gocheok Sky Dome | |
| Club | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| FC Seoul | 4 (1990, 2010, 2012, 2016) | 2 (1993, 2008) |
| Ilhwa Chunma | 3 (1993, 1994, 1995) | 1 (1992) |
| Yukong Elephants | 0 | 1 (1994) |
| Club | Champions | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doosan Bears | 5 (1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2019) | 6 (2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2020) | |
| LG Twins | 2 (1990, 1994) | 4 (1983, 1997, 1998, 2002) | |
| Kiwoom Heroes | 0 | 2 (2014, 2019) |
| Club | Champions | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul Samsung Thunders | 1 (2006) | 3 (2008, 2009, 2017) | |
| Seoul SK Knights | 1 (2018) | 2 (2002, 2013) |
| Season | Football Club | Baseball Club | Basketball Club | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Lucky-Goldstar FC | K League 1 | LG Twins | KBO League | |||
| 2006 | FC Seoul | League Cup | Seoul Samsung Thunders | Korean Basketball League | |||
| 2015 | FC Seoul | FA Cup | Doosan Bears | KBO League | |||
| 2016 | FC Seoul | K League 1 | Doosan Bears | KBO League | |||