Yokohama F. Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos
横浜F・マリノス
Full name	Yokohama F·Marinos
Nickname(s)	Marinos, Tricolor
Founded	1972; 52 years ago as Nissan Motor
Stadium	Nissan Stadium
Capacity	72,327
Owner	Nissan (80%); City Football Group (20%);
Chairman	Akihiro Nakayama
Manager	Steve Holland
League	J1 League
2024	J1 League, 8th of 20
Website	www.f-marinos.com
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Yokohama F. Marinos (横浜F・マリノス, Yokohama Efu Marinosu), stylised as Yokohama F·Marinos, is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Clubs owned by CFG
Listed in order of acquisition/foundation.
Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.
2009–2012
2008	Manchester City F.C.*
2013	New York City FC^§
2014	Melbourne City FC*
2014	Yokohama F. Marinos*^§
2015–2016
2017	Montevideo City Torque*
2017	Girona FC*^§
2018
2019	Shenzhen Peng City F.C.*^§
2019	Mumbai City FC*^§
2020	Lommel S.K.*
2020	ES Troyes AC*
2021
2022	Palermo F.C.*^§
2023	Bahia*^§

Having won the J-League title five times and finishing second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team is based in Yokohama and was founded as the company team of Nissan Motor. The club was formed by the merger of Yokohama Marinos and Yokohama Flügels in 1999. The current name is intended to reflect both of the original names. Yokohama F. Marinos is the longest serving team in the top flight of Japanese football, having played at the top level since 1982, also making them, along with Kashima Antlers, one of only two teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception.

History

As Nissan Motor (1972–1991)

The team traces its origins to 1972 as the Nissan Motor Football Club, based in Yokohama. Nissan Motor won promotion to Division 2 Football League in 1976. Under coach Shu Kamo, the team won Japan Soccer League in 1988 and 1989, as well as the JSL Cup in 1988, 1989 and 1990 and the Emperor's Cup in 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1991. The 1989 team won the "Triple Crown" - all three major tournaments in Japan - with famous players such as Takashi Mizunuma, Kazushi Kimura and Masami Ihara. At the end of the 1991–92 season, the team won the 1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

As Yokohama Marinos (1992–1998)

Nissan Motors obtained registration in the newly formed J.League to acquire professional club status and changed the club's name to Yokohama Marinos, a reference to Yokohama's status as a major port city.^[4] In their first seasons as a professional team, Yokohama Marinos continued to win competitions: triumphant in the 1992 Emperor's Cup, a second consecutive 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and their first J.League title in 1995. Matches between Yokohama Marinos and Verdy Kawasaki were known as the National Derby.

As Yokohama F. Marinos (1999–present)

Park Il-gyu

Thiago

Hatanaka

Matsubara

Theerathon

Kida

Ogihara

Nakagawa

Endo

Marcos

Erik

The usual starting line-up of the 2019 J1 League winning team^[5]^[6]

In 1999, the club was renamed Yokohama F. Marinos after the technical and financial merger with Yokohama Flügels, which had declared bankruptcy. An F was added to the name to represent the Flügels half of the club. However, many Flügels fans have rejected the new team, feeling that their team was dissolved into the F. Marinos rather than merged with it. As a result, they refused to follow F. Marinos and instead created Yokohama FC, the new city rival of F. Marinos, with the help of public donations and an affiliation with IMG, a talent agency.

In 2000, Marinos were runner-up in the 2000 J1 League, where Shunsuke Nakamura was named the best player of the season.

On 27 October 2001, Marinos won the J.League Cup, defeating Júbilo Iwata in a 0–0 match where Marinos won the penalty shootout 3–1.

In the 2002 season, Marinos were league runners-up behind Júbilo Iwata.

Back-to-back league champions

In 2003 and 2004, Marinos became back-to-back league champions for the second time, in the professional era, with the stars of the team being South Koreans Ahn Jung-hwan, Yoo sang-chul and Japanese players Daisuke Oku, Tatsuhiko Kubo and Yuji Nakazawa (who was the best player of the year in 2004). Their coach was the Japanese Takeshi Okada, who was named the 'Best Coach of the Year' in 2003 and 2004.

From 2005 to 2008, with notable players Hayuma Tanaka, Hideo Ōshima, Daisuke Sakata and Koji Yamase, Marinos didn't achieve any single honours. The highest they reached during this period was the 2008 Emperor's Cup semi-final where they were knockout by Gamba Osaka in extra time.

In 2010, club legend Shunsuke Nakamura returned to Yokohama F. Marinos after 8 years and stayed until the end of the 2017 J1 League season.

On August 4, 2011, a year after leaving the club, former Marinos player Naoki Matsuda collapsed during training with Matsumoto Yamaga due to cardiac arrest and died at the age of 34. As a result, his former number 3 has been retired.

And after two semi-final defeats in 2011 and 2012, Marinos won the 2013 Emperor's Cup on 1 January 2014, the first after 21 years and in 2013, they were runner-up in the J.League for the second time in their history.

Owned by City Football Group

On 20 May 2014, it was announced that the City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, had invested in a minority stake in Yokohama F. Marinos, creating a partnership with the football club and the automaker Nissan.

And after consecutive defeats, such as a loss in the 2017 Emperor's Cup Final and in the 2018 J.League Cup Final, the team managed to get a good shape thanks to the direction of the Australian coach Ange Postecoglou, which ended 15 years of drought by winning the 2019 J1 League title, with emphasis on the participation of Teruhito Nakagawa being the 'Best Player of the Season' and top scorer with 15 goals together with Brazilian Marcos Júnior.

In 2020, Marinos made it out of the 2020 AFC Champions League group stage for the first time since the AFC Champions League switched to the current format. The club were drawn in Group H alongside Chinese Shanghai SIPG, South Korean Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Australian Sydney FC. Marinos qualified to the knockout stages as group leaders with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 losses. However the club was bowed out from the tournament in the Round of 16 losing 3–2 to South Korean Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

In 2021, Marinos finished in second place 13 points behind league champions, Kawasaki Frontale where on 18 July 2021, Head coach Ange Postecoglou was signed by Scottish club, Celtic while Hideki Matsunaga will be the caretaker for the club until 18 July 2021, Marinos signed another Australian head coach, Kevin Muscat.

In 2022, Kevin Muscat steered the club to win their fifth J1 League title. The club also finished as group leaders in the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage being placed in Group H alongside South Korean Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Vietnamese Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Australian Sydney FC. Marinos qualified to the knockout stages with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 losses where they faced another Japanese side Vissel Kobe in the Round of 16, however, the club suffered a 3–2 defeat to Vissel Kobe thus crashing out from the competition.

In 2023, Marinos than finished as league runners up with 64 points behind Vissel Kobe who got 71 points. Kevin Muscat than guided the club in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage being drawn in Group G with Chinese Shandong Taishan, South Korean Incheon United and Filipino Kaya–Iloilo. Marinos finished the group tied with 12 points along with Shandong Taishan and Incheon United but qualified to the round of 16 as group leaders.

On 6 December 2023, Kevin Muscat resigned as the head coach in which Harry Kewell were appointed as the new head coach of the club on 31 December 2023 becoming the third consecutive Australian manager in the club history. Harry Kewell than guided the club in the round of 16 fixture against Thai Bangkok United, winning the match 3–2 on aggregate with Anderson Lopes scoring an injury time penalty in the 120th minute of extra time during the second leg sending the team to the quarter-finals. Marinos then faced off against Shandong Taishan again in which Marinos won 3–1 on aggregate thus seeing them to the semi-finals against South Korean Ulsan Hyundai. Marinos suffered a 1–0 defeat away in which the club bounced back in the second leg at home winning the match 3–2 thus seeing both club tied with 3–3 on aggregate sending the match into extra time and than penalties shootout. Marinos went on to win the penalties shootout 5–4 where vice-captain Eduardo scored the winning penalty to send the team to their first-ever Champions League final against Emirati Al Ain. They would start losing 0-1 during the first leg at home, but then came back with two goals from Asahi Uenaka and Kota Watanabe to make it 2–1 at the end of the match, but, unfortunately, they'd lose 5–1 away in the second leg (6–3 on aggregate), thus ending as runners-up of the competition.

Rivalries

Kanagawa Derby

This is the derby played by the Kanagawa prefecture teams, currently the most important match is that of Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale. Other Kanagawa derby rivals include Shonan Bellmare, Yokohama FC and YSCC Yokohama.

Previously, Verdy Kawasaki and the extinct Yokohama Flügels were Kanagawa Derby rivals. With Verdy moving to Tokyo from Kawasaki, matches between the two clubs are no longer considered Kanagawa derbies.

Yokohama Derby

The classic among the most representative teams in the city of Yokohama, Yokohama F. Marinos, Yokohama FC and YSCC Yokohama. Between 1993 and 1998, the Yokohama derby corresponded only to the departure between the late Yokohama Flügels and Yokohama F. Marinos.

Kits and crests

Yokohama F. Marinos utilizes a three colour system composed of blue, white and red.

In 2012, Yokohama F. Marinos have unveiled a special edition 20th Anniversary jersey

Slogan

Ano	Slogan
2009	Enjoy・Growing・Victory
2010	ACTIVE
2011	ACTIVE 2011
2012	All for Win
2013	All for Win -Realize
2014	All For Win -Fight it out!
2015-2017	Integral Goal - All for Win
2018	Brave and Challenging
2019	URBAN ELEGANCE TRICOLORE
2020	Brave and Challenging BRAVE BLUE
2021–2024	Brave and Challenging

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor	Notes
1992–1996	Mizuno (J-League) and Adidas (Emperor's Cup)	Nissan	Kodak
1997–2007	Adidas		ANA
2008–2011	Nike		ANA
2012–	Adidas		SANEI ARCHITECTURE
			MUGEN ESTATE
			NISSHIN OILLIO

Uniforms

FP 1st
1992	1993 - 1994	1995 - 1996	1997 - 1998	1999 - 2000
2001	2002	2003	2004 - 2005	2006
2007	2008 - 2009	2010	2011	2012
2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
2023	2024

FP 2nd
1992	1993 - 1996	1997 - 1998	1999 - 2000	2001 - 2002
2003 - 2004	2005 - 2006	2007	2008 - 2009	2010
2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2021	2022	2023	2024

FP Other
1993 3rd	2001 - 2002 3rd	2004 ACL 1st	2009 Yokohama Port 150th anniversary	2012 20 year anniversary
2013 PSM Memorial	2014 ACL 1st	2014 ACL 2nd	2014 commemoration of the 2014 Emperor's Cup victory	2015 Cup 1st
2015 CUP 2nd	2016 Cup 1st	2016 CUP 2nd	2016 Yokohama Port Opening Commemorative	2017 CUP 1st
2017 Cup 2nd	2017 SP	2018 SP	2019 SP Yokohama 160th Anniversary	2020 SP
2021 SP	2022 SP

Stadiums

International Stadium Yokohama, one of the two home stadiums of the Yokohama F. Marinos

Mitsuzawa Stadium, one of the two home stadiums of the Yokohama F. Marinos

The team's home stadiums are Nissan Stadium, otherwise known as International Stadium Yokohama, and Mitsuzawa Stadium. The team trained at Marinos Town located in the area of Minato Mirai, but moved to Kozukue Field located next to the home ground in 2016.

Theme song

The club's official theme song is "We Are F. Marinos" by Japanese duo Yuzu.^[7] The song was first released in 2005, with the song being used at games up to today, sometimes having mascot Marinos-kun dance to the song on a pedestal on the running track of Nissan Stadium.

Players and staff

Current squad

As of 12 September 2024.^[8]

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	JPN	William Popp
2	DF	JPN	Katsuya Nagato
4	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
5	DF	BRA	Eduardo (vice-captain)
6	MF	JPN	Kota Watanabe
7	FW	BRA	Élber
8	MF	JPN	Takuya Kida (captain)
9	FW	JPN	Takuma Nishimura
10	FW	BRA	Anderson Lopes
11	FW	BRA	Yan Matheus
13	DF	JPN	Ryuta Koike (vice-captain)
14	FW	JPN	Asahi Uenaka
15	DF	JPN	Takumi Kamijima
16	DF	JPN	Ren Kato
17	MF	JPN	Kenta Inoue
18	MF	JPN	Kota Mizunuma (vice-captain)
20	MF	JPN	Jun Amano
21	GK	JPN	Hiroki Iikura


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	JPN	Ryo Miyaichi
24	DF	JPN	Hijiri Kato
26	DF	JPN	Yuta Koike
27	DF	JPN	Ken Matsubara (vice-captain)
28	MF	JPN	Riku Yamane
31	GK	JPN	Fuma Shirasaka
33	DF	JPN	Kosei Suwama ^DSP
35	MF	JPN	Keigo Sakakibara
37	FW	JPN	Kento Shiogai ^DSP
38	FW	JPN	Yuhi Murakami
39	DF	JPN	Taiki Watanabe
41	GK	JPN	Riku Terakado
42	MF	JPN	Kohei Mochizuki ^{Type 2}
43	DF	JPN	Reno Noguchi ^{Type 2}
45	MF	TOG	Jean Claude
46	MF	JPN	Hiroto Asada ^{Type 2}
47	DF	JPN	Kazuya Yamamura
49	DF	JPN	Justin Homma (on loan from Vissel Kobe)

The official club website lists the club mascot as player #0 and the supporters as player #12.

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
19	DF	JPN	Yuki Saneto (at Vegalta Sendai)
25	MF	JPN	Kaina Yoshio (at Jeju United)
44	DF	JPN	Manato Yoshida (at Oita Trinita)
48	MF	JPN	Keita Ueda (at SC Sagamihara)
—	GK	JPN	Tomoki Tagawa (at Kataller Toyama)
—	DF	JPN	Yusuke Nishida (at AC Nagano Parceiro)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	JPN	Eitaro Matsuda (at Albirex Niigata)
—	MF	JPN	Shunsuke Hirai (at Reilac Shiga)
—	MF	JPN	Takuto Kimura (at Ehime FC)
—	MF	JPN	Takuto Minami (at Iwate Grulla Morioka)
—	FW	JPN	Takumi Tsukui (at Azul Claro Numazu)

Retired number

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
3	DF	JPN	Naoki Matsuda

Club official

Position^[9]	Name
Manager	Steve Holland
Assistant manager	Ryo Adachi Hideo Oshima Patrick Kisnorbo
Fitness coach	Tomoo Tsukoshi
Goalkeeper coach	Shigetatsu Matsunaga
Assistant goalkeeper coach	Tetsuya Enomoto
Conditioning coach	Yusuke Tanaka
Chief analyst	Satoru Okada
Analyst	Jun Yamaguchi
Performance data analyst	Yuki Masui

Managerial history

Manager	Nationality	Tenure
Manager	Nationality	Start	Finish
Hidehiko Shimizu	Japan	1993	1994
Jorge Solari	Argentina	1995	1995
Hiroshi Hayano	Japan	1995	1996
Xabier Azkargorta	Spain	1997	August 1998
Antonio de la Cruz	Spain	August 1998	1999
Osvaldo Ardiles	Argentina	Jan 1, 2000	Dec 31, 2000
Yoshiaki Shimojo	Japan	2001	2001
Sebastião Lazaroni	Brazil	2001	2002
Yoshiaki Shimojo	Japan	2002	Dec 31, 2002
Takeshi Okada	Japan	Jan 1, 2003	Aug 24, 2006
Takashi Mizunuma	Japan	Aug 25, 2006	Dec 31, 2006
Hiroshi Hayano	Japan	Jan 1, 2007	Dec 31, 2007
Takashi Kuwahara	Japan	Jan 1, 2008	July 17, 2008
Kokichi Kimura	Japan	July 18, 2008	Dec 31, 2009
Kazushi Kimura	Japan	Feb 16, 2010	Dec 31, 2011
Yasuhiro Higuchi	Japan	Dec 30, 2011	Dec 7, 2014
Erick Mombaerts	France	Dec 16, 2014	Jan 1, 2018
Ange Postecoglou	Australia	Jan 1, 2018	June 10, 2021
Hideki Matsunaga (caretaker)	Japan	June 10, 2021	July 18, 2021
Kevin Muscat	Australia	July 18, 2021	December 13, 2023
Harry Kewell	Australia	Dec 31, 2023	July 15, 2024
John Hutchinson (interim)	Malta	July 16, 2024	9 December 2024
Steve Holland	England	January 1, 2025	Present

Honours

Yokohama F. Marinos honours
Honour	No.	Years
All Japan Senior Football Championship	1	1976
Emperor's Cup	7	1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991 1992, 2013
Japan Soccer League	2	1988–89, 1989–90
Japan Soccer League Cup	3	1988, 1989, 1990
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2	1991–92, 1992–93
J1 League	5	1995, 2003, 2004, 2019, 2022
J.League Cup	1	2001
Japanese Super Cup	1	2023

International players

This list includes players that were called up to their national teams while playing at Yokohama F. Marinos, either to participate in official or friendly competitions, friendly matches or in training camps.

Japan

AFC/OFC/CAF

CONMEBOL

UEFA

CONCACAF

Quenten Martinus

Club captains

Shigetatsu Matsunaga 1993
Masami Ihara 1994–1998
Yoshiharu Ueno 1999–2000
Norio Omura 2001
Naoki Matsuda 2002–2003
Daisuke Oku 2004
Naoki Matsuda 2005–2006
Yuji Nakazawa 2007
Ryuji Kawai 2008–2009
Yuzo Kurihara 2010
Shunsuke Nakamura 2011–2016
Manabu Saito 2017
Yuji Nakazawa 2018
Takuya Kida 2019–present

Players who played in the FIFA World Cup

The list includes players who were called up to their national teams while playing at Yokohama F. Marinos, to represent their country in the FIFA World Cup .

1994 FIFA World Cup: Ramón Medina Bello
1998 FIFA World Cup: Masami Ihara, Shoji Jo, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Norio Omura, César Sampaio
2002 FIFA World Cup: Naoki Matsuda
2006 FIFA World Cup: Yuji Nakazawa
2010 FIFA World Cup: Yuji Nakazawa, Shunsuke Nakamura
2014 FIFA World Cup: Manabu Saito
2018 FIFA World Cup: Milos Degenek
2022 FIFA World Cup: None

Record as J.League member

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Promoted	Relegated

Season	Div.	Teams	Pos.	Attendance/G	J.League Cup	Emperor's Cup	Asia
1992	–	–	–	–	Group stage	Winners	CWC	Winners
1993	J1	10	4th	16,781	Group stage	Quarter-final	CWC	Withdrew
1994		12	6th	19,801	Semi-final	Semi-final	–	–
1995		14	1st	18,326	–	2nd round	–	–
1996		16	8th	14,589	Group stage	3rd round	CC	Group stage
1997		17	3rd	9,211	Group stage	Round of 16	–	–
1998		18	4th	19,165	Group stage	3rd round	–	–
1999		16	4th	20,095	Quarter-final	Quarter-final	–	–
2000		16	2nd	16,644	Quarter-final	Quarter-final	–	–
2001		16	13th	20,595	Winners	3rd round	–	–
2002		16	2nd	24,108	Group stage	Round of 16	–	–
2003		16	1st	24,957	Quarter-final	Quarter-final	–	–
2004		16	1st	24,818	Quarter-final	Round of 16	CL	Group stage
2005		18	9th	25,713	Semi-final	Round of 16	CL	Group stage
2006		18	9th	23,663	Semi-final	Quarter-final	–	–
2007		18	7th	24,039	Semi-final	Round of 16	–	–
2008		18	9th	23,682	Quarter-final	Semi-final	–	–
2009		18	10th	22,057	Semi-final	Round of 16	–	–
2010		18	8th	25,684	Group stage	Round of 16	–	–
2011		18	5th	21,038	Quarter-final	Semi-final	–	–
2012		18	4th	22,946	Group stage	Semi-final	–	–
2013		18	2nd	27,496	Semi-final	Winners	–	–
2014		18	7th	23,088	Quarter-final	3rd round	CL	Group stage
2015		18	7th	24,221	Group stage	Round of 16	–	–
2016		18	10th	24,004	Semi-final	Semi-final	–	–
2017		18	5th	24,180	Group stage	Runners-up	–	–
2018		18	12th	21,788	Runners-up	Round of 16	–	–
2019		18	1st	27,010	Group stage	Round of 16	–	–
2020 †		18	9th	7,968	Semi-final	Did not qualify	CL	Round of 16
2021 †		20	2nd	8,991	Play-off	2nd round	–	–
2022		18	1st	19,811	Quarter-final	3rd round	CL	Round of 16
2023		18	2nd	27,716	Semi-final	3rd round	CL	Runner-up
2024		20	9th	24,843	Semi-final	Semi-final	CLE	TBD
2025		20	TBD

Key

Pos. = Position
Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
† 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
Source: J.League Data Site

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1989–90	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying round (Group 6)	Liaoning	0–1		2nd out of 4
			Hap Kuan	9–0
			Chadongcha	2–0
		Group A	Kuala Lumpur City	2–1		1st out of 3
		Group A	Fanja	1–0		1st out of 3
		Final	Liaoning	1–2	1–1	2–3
1990–91	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying round (Group 7)	April 25	0–1		3rd out of 3
1990–91	Asian Club Championship	Qualifying round (Group 7)	Liaoning	2–3		3rd out of 3
1991–92	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals	East Bengal	4–0	3–1	4–1
		Semi-finals	Pupuk Kaltim	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Final	Al-Nassr	5–0	1–1	6–1
1992–93	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Pupuk Kaltim	3–1	1–1	4–2
		Semi-finals	SHB Đà Nẵng	3–0	1–1	4–1
		Final	Persepolis	1–1	1–0	2–1
1993–94	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Philippine Air Force	5–0	1–0	6–0
		Quarter-finals	Semen Padang	11–0	1–2	12–2
		Semi-finals	South China	w/o
1996–97	Asian Club Championship	First round	GD Artilheiros	w/o
		Second round	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals (East Asia Group)	Pohang Steelers	2–2		3rd out of 4
			Seongnam FC	2–3
			New Radiant	10–0
2004	AFC Champions League	Group G	Bình Định	6–0	3–0	2nd out of 4
			Persik Kediri	4–0	4–1
			Seongnam FC	1–2	1–0
	A3 Champions Cup	Table	Seongnam FC	0–3		2nd out of 4
			Shanghai Shenhua	2–0
			Shanghai International	2–1
2005	AFC Champions League	Group F	Shandong Taishan	0–1	1–2	2nd out of 4
			PSM Makassar	3–0	2–0
			Police Tero	2–0	2–1
	A3 Champions Cup	Table	Pohang Steelers	1–1		3rd out of 4
			Shenzhen Jianlibao	2–0
			Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–3
2014	AFC Champions League	Group G	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	0–3	4th out of 4
			Guangzhou	1–1	1–2
			Melbourne Victory	3–2	0–1
2020	AFC Champions League	Group H	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4–1	2–1	1st out of 4
			Sydney FC	4–0	1–1
			Shanghai Port	1–2	1–0
		Round of 16	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–3
2022	AFC Champions League	Group H	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	1–1	1st out of 4
			Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2–0	2–1
			Sydney FC	3–0	1–0
		Round of 16	Vissel Kobe	2–3
2023–24	AFC Champions League	Group G	Incheon United	2–4	1–2	1st out of 4
			Shandong Taishan	3–0	1–0
			Kaya-Iloilo	3–0	2–1
		Round of 16	Bangkok United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	2–2	3–2
		Quarter-finals	Shandong Taishan	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Semi-finals	Ulsan Hyundai	3–2 (a.e.t.)	0–1	3–3 (5–4 p)
		Final	Al Ain	2–1	1–5	3–6
2024–25	AFC Champions League Elite	League stage (East region)	Gwangju	3–7		TBD
			Ulsan HD	4–0
			Shandong Taishan	2–2
			Buriram United	5–0
			Pohang Steelers	2–0
			Central Coast Mariners	4–0
			Shanghai Shenhua
			Shanghai Port

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League: 9 appearances
1989–90: Runners-up

1990–91: Group stage

1996–97: Quarter-finals

2004: Group stage

2005: Group stage

2014: Group stage

2020: Round of 16

2022: Round of 16

2023–24: Runners-up
Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances
1991–92: Winners

1992–93: Winners

1993–94: Semi-finals