Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers

Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
천안 현대캐피탈 스카이워커스

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Full name	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers Volleyball Club 천안 현대캐피탈 스카이워커스 배구단
Short name	Hyundai Capital
Nickname	Sky Walkers
Founded	1983
Ground	Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea (Capacity: 5,482)
Owner	Hyundai Capital
Chairman	Jung Tae-young
Manager	Choi Tae-woong
League	V-League
2015-16	2nd
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Hyundai Motor Group sports
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Baseball
Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Basketball
Archery (Men's)	Archery (Women's)	Rugby
Motorsport

Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers is a Korean professional volleyball team. It was founded in 1983 and changed to a professional team in 2005. They are based in Cheonan and are members of the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO). Their home stadium is Yu Gwan-Sun Gymnasium in Cheonan. Sean Rooney of the United States men's national volleyball team, who had won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, was a member of this team for two years. They have won the championship twice, in the 2006 and 2007 season.

History

In 1983, the team were established as Hyundai Motor Service Men's Volleyball Team. They had won the winter league five times, and tens of other amateur leagues, before the professional series started in 2005.

In 2002, they were refounded as Hyundai Capital Men's Volleyball team, but they had to stay the second place because Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Volleyball team row over so that had won the winter league for straight nine years. After the foundation of the professional league, they won the series in 2005. Finally, Sean Rooney joined them, and contributed to their championships in 2006 and 2007.

In 2008, they signed former Penn State player Matt Anderson and made him one of the first players to forgo his senior year in the NCAA to go pro.

Honours

V-League

• Champions (2) : 2005–06, 2006–07
• Runners-up (6) : 2005, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16

KOVO Cup

• Winners (4) : 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013
• Runners-up (1) : 2009

Season-by-season records

Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
League	Season	Rank	Postseason	Games	Wins	Loss	Points
V-League	2005	1	Runner-up	20	18	2	38
	2005–06	1	Winner	35	31	4	31
	2006–07	2	Winner	30	24	6	24
	2007–08	3	Runner-up	35	24	11	24
	2008–09	1	Runner-up	35	28	7	28
	2009–10	2	Runner-up	36	26	10	-
	2010–11	2	Playoff	30	22	8	-
	2011–12	3	Playoff	36	22	14	70
	2012–13	2	Playoff	30	18	12	52
	2013–14	2	Runner-up	30	21	9	61
	2014–15	5	Did not qualify	36	15	21	52
	2015–16	1	Runner-up	36	28	8	81

Players

Current squad

As of 21 January 2016

Current Squad

Nat	Number	Position	Name
	16	Left	Ki Dong Kyun
	14	Left	Kim Jae Hoon
	9	Left	Park Joo Hyung
	8	Left/Right	Song Jun Ho
	7	Left	Oreol Camejo
	1	Left	Lim Dong Kyu
	13	Left	Han Jung Hoon
	12	Right	Kim Joon Young
	15	Right	Moon Sung Min
	19	Centre	Kim Jae Hwi
	18	Centre	Shin Young Suk
	10	Centre	Yoon Bong Woo
	4	Centre	Jin Sung Tae
	11	Centre	Choi Min Ho
	3	Setter	Noh Jae Wook
	6	Setter	Lee Seung Won
	17	Libero	Shin Dong Kwang
	5	Libero	Yeo Oh Hyun

Previous squads

As of 15 December 2014

Current Squad

Nat	Number	Position	Name
	12	Left	Kang Seon-gu
	14	Left	Kim Jae-hun
	15	Left	Mun Seong-min
	9	Left	Park Ju-hyeong
	1	Left	Lim Dong-kyu
	7	Right	Kevin Le Roux
	20	Centre	So In-seom
	10	Centre	Yun Bong-woo
	17	Centre	Cho Keun-ho
	13	Centre	Jin Seong-tae
	11	Centre	Choi Min-ho
	3	Setter	Kwon Yeong-min
	2	Setter	Lee Keon-ho
	4	Setter	Lee Seung-won
	6	Setter	Choi Tae-woong
	16	Libero	Park Jeong-yeong
	19	Libero	Sin Dong-gwon
	5	Libero	Yeo Woo-hyeon
	18	Libero	Jeong-seong-min

Notable players

• Sean Rooney (2005–07)
• Matthew Anderson (2008–10)
• Hector Soto (2010–11)
• Dallas Soonias (2011–12)
• Mitja Gasparini (2012–13)
• Liberman Agámez (2013–14)
• Kevin Le Roux (2014–15)
• Oreol Camejo (2015–16)

See also

• Hyundai Capital

External links

• (Korean) Official Website
• (Korean) Official Facebook