Ulsan HD team guide: History, trophies won and notable former players of 2025 FIFA Club World Cup club

K League 1 heavyweights Ulsan HD Football Club have been in here before, as they are preparing for their third FIFA Club World Cup.

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Ulsan HD team guide

Location

The seventh-largest city in South Korea, Ulsan is located in the south-east portion of the country, between Busan and Gyeongju.

The Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, built in 2001 ahead of the following year’s FIFA World Cup, is the home ground of Ulsan HD and holds 37,897 fans.

Origin

Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, the club played six seasons in Incheon, which is on the opposite end of the country to where it is based now.

For the 1990 season, the club moved to Ulsan to be closer to the headquarters of owner HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.

Ulsan HD won silverware rather quickly, with a 1986 Korean League Cup the first of many trophies for the club.

Nicknames

• 호랑이 (Tigers)

Trophies won

• K League 1 (5)
• Korean FA Cup (1)
• Korean League Cup (5)
• Korean Super Cup (1)
• AFC Champions League (2)

Ulsan HD won their two AFC Champions League titles within the past decade.

Notable former players

• Kim Hyun-seok (1990-1999 and 2001-2003)
• Yoo Sang-chul (1994-1998, 2002-2003 and 2005-2006)
• Lee Chun-soo (2002-2003 and 2005-2007)
• Junior Negrão (2018-2020)
• Martin Ádám (2022-2024)

Ulsan HD can boast many former and current South Korean national team members, but the club has also been a destination for players from around the world.

Top scorer (K League 1 2025) - Erick Farias (5 goals)

The striker leads the way for the club in the early stages of the 2025 campaign. 

Manager - Kim Pan-gon (KOR) 

Former Ulsan HD winger Kim Pan-gon became manager of the club midway through the 2024 season. 

How Ulsan HD qualified for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

Ulsan HD are one of four AFC teams competing in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and qualify as the best-ranked eligible team in the four-year ranking.

This marks their third time at the tournament after 2012 and 2020, but on both occasions, they failed to impress, and fell short of reaching the last four.

Ulsan HD group, schedule at 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

Ulsan HD have been drawn into Group F, alongside Fluminense, Mamelodi Sundowns and Borussia Dortmund.

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