Football was introduced to Koreans by the crew of the Royal Navy's HMS Flying Fish in the Port of Incheon in June 1882, and it was adopted as a physical education course at National Seoul Foreign Language School [ko] in 1904.
The Seoul derbies started in 1990, with competing three football clubs: Ilhwa Chunma, LG Cheetahs and Yukong Elephants also participated in 1991.
This match was also famous for both teams' great goalkeepers: Valeri Sarychev of Ilhwa Chunma and Aleksandr Podshivalov of Yukong Elephants from Lev Yashin Club.
The Seoul derbies stopped in 1995, due to the board of K League forcing the three original clubs out of the city in 1996.
This derby was put to an end in 1996, due to K League's decentralization policy which relocated the three clubs.