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They are famous for being the first community-club in Korea (generally in Korea 'community-club' means that the club issues shares). In the case of Daejeon, although they didn't actually issue shares until 2005, they were known as a 'community-club' before this as they were the first club that did not belong to a specific company such as a 'chebol' or other major company. It had very symbolic meaning - the club was based on the support of the local community and not that of a specific company. Daejeon citizen took their first step towards K-League in 1997. In spite of insufficient budget, Daejeon won the 2001 Korean FA Cup, the decisive goal coming from Kim Eun-Jung to give the team a one-nil victory in the final, and is struggling in K-League as a team that cannot be beat easily. Through the year 2005 to 2006, Daejeon issued shares so as to be tied with local community more solidly, and be a 'real' community-club. |