Seoul

==Sports==
{{Main|Sports in Seoul}}
[[File:View_from_COEX_Tower.jpg|thumb|[[Seoul Olympic Stadium]]]]
[[File:Fireworks at the closing ceremonies of the 1988 Summer Games.JPEG|thumb|upright|Fireworks at the closing ceremonies of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul]]
Seoul is a major center of [[Sports in South Korea|South Korean sports]], and has the largest number of professional sports teams and facilities in the country.

In the history of South Korea's major professional sports league championships, which include the [[K League]], [[KBO League]], [[Korean Basketball League|KBL]] and [[V-League (South Korea)|V-League]], Seoul had multiple championship winners during the same season twice; in 1990, when [[FC Seoul|Lucky-Goldstar FC]] (currently [[FC Seoul]]) won the [[1990 K League]] and the [[LG Twins]] won the 1990 KBO League, and in 2016, when FC Seoul won the [[2016 K League Classic]] and the [[Doosan Bears]] won the [[2016 KBO League season|2016 KBO League]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mediaus.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=70906|script-title=ko:2016 프로야구와 프로축구는 모두'서울의 봄'|language=ko|publisher=Medeaus Ilbo|date=7 November 2016|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-date=9 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109222705/http://www.mediaus.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=70906|url-status=live}}</ref>

===International competition===
Seoul hosted the [[1986 Asian Games]], also known as [[Asian Games|Asiad]], [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympic Games]], and [[1988 Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]]. It also served as one of the host cities of the [[FIFA World Cup 2002|2002 FIFA World Cup]]. [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]] hosted the opening ceremony and first game of the tournament.

[[Taekwondo]] is South Korea's national sport and Seoul is the location of the [[Kukkiwon]], the world headquarters of taekwondo, as well as the [[World Taekwondo Federation]].

===Domestic sports clubs===

====Football====
{{Main|Football in Seoul}}
Seoul's most well-known football club is [[FC Seoul]].

* '''Men's football'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Tier
! League
! Club
! Home stadium
|-
|Top
|[[K League 1]]
|[[FC Seoul]]
|[[Seoul World Cup Stadium]]
|-
|2nd
|[[K League 2]]
|[[Seoul E-Land FC|Seoul E-Land]]
|[[Mokdong Stadium]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|4th
|rowspan="2"|[[K4 League]]
|[[Seoul Jungnang FC]]
|Jungnang Public Ground
|-
|[[Seoul Nowon United FC|Seoul Nowon United]]
|[[Nowon Madeul Stadium]]
|}
* '''Women's football'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Tier
! League
! Club
! Home stadium
|-
|Top
|[[WK League]]
|[[Seoul WFC|Seoul City WFC]]
|Seoul World Cup Auxiliary Stadium
|-
|}

====Baseball====
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! League
! Club
! Home stadium
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[KBO League]]
|-
|[[LG Twins]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Jamsil Baseball Stadium]]
|-
|[[Doosan Bears]]
|-
|[[Kiwoom Heroes]]
|[[Gocheok Sky Dome]]
|-
|}

====Basketball====
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! League
! Club
! Home stadium
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Korean Basketball League|KBL]]
|-
|[[Seoul SK Knights]]
|[[Jamsil Students' Gymnasium]]
|-
|[[Seoul Samsung Thunders]]
|[[Jamsil Arena]]
|-
|}

====Volleyball====
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! League
! Division
! Club
! Home stadium
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[V-League (South Korea)|V-League]]
|-
| Men
|[[Seoul Woori Card Woori Won]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Jangchung Arena]]
|-
| Women
|[[GS Caltex Seoul Kixx]]
|-
|}

====Handball====
*[[Seoul City Handball Team|Seoul City]]