2009 K League

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K League
Season2009
DatesRegular season:
7 March – 1 November 2009
Championship:
21 November – 6 December 2009
ChampionsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(1st title)
Champions LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Pohang Steelers
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Matches played210
Goals scored554 (2.64 per match)
Best PlayerLee Dong-gook
Top goalscorerLee Dong-gook
(20 goals)
Biggest home winSeoul 5–1 Incheon
(12 July 2009)
Biggest away winJeju 1–8 Pohang
(13 September 2009)
Highest scoringJeju 1–8 Pohang
(13 September 2009)
Longest winning run6 matches
Pohang Steelers
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Pohang Steelers
Longest losing run8 matches
Gwangju Sangmu
Highest attendance36,764
Seoul 2–1 Jeonbuk
(12 September 2009)
Lowest attendance1,367
Seongnam 3–1 Gyeongnam
(12 July 2009)
Average attendance11,226
← 2008
2010 →

The 2009 K League was the 27th season of the K League. It was held from 7 March to 6 December 2009, and a total of 15 teams contested, including newly formed Gangwon FC.

Teams[]

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Locations of the 2009 K League clubs

General information[]

Club Manager City Stadium 2008 season
Busan IPark South Korea Hwang Sun-hong Busan Busan Asiad Stadium 12th place
Jeonnam Dragons South Korea Park Hang-seo Gwangyang Gwang-Yang Stadium 9th place
Daegu FC South Korea Byun Byung-joo Daegu Daegu Stadium 11th place
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Wang Sun-jae Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium 13th place
FC Seoul Turkey Şenol Güneş Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium Runners-up
Gangwon FC South Korea Choi Soon-ho Gangneung
Chuncheon 		Gangneung Stadium
Chuncheon Stadium 		—
Gwangju Sangmu South Korea Lee Kang-jo Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium 14th place
Gyeongnam FC South Korea Cho Kwang-rae Changwon Changwon Civil Stadium 8th place
Incheon United Serbia Ilija Petković Incheon Incheon Munhak Stadium 7th place
Jeju United South Korea Park Kyung-hoon Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium 10th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea Choi Kang-hee Jeonju Jeonju World Cup Stadium 4th place
Pohang Steelers Brazil Sérgio Farias Pohang Steelyard Stadium 6th place
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea Shin Tae-yong Seongnam Seongnam 2 Stadium 5th place
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea Cha Bum-kun Suwon Suwon World Cup Stadium Champions
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea Kim Ho-kon Ulsan Munsu Cup Stadium 3rd place

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing Manner Date Incoming Date Table
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea Kim Hak-bum Resigned 27 November 2008 South Korea Shin Tae-yong 1 December 2008 Pre-season
Incheon United South Korea Chang Woe-ryong Signed for Omiya Ardija 10 December 2008 Serbia Ilija Petković 7 January 2009
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea Kim Jung-nam Resigned 26 December 2008 South Korea Kim Ho-kon 26 December 2008
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Kim Ho Sacked 25 June 2009[1] South Korea Wang Sun-jae 25 June 2009[2] 13th
Jeju United Brazil Arthur Bernardes Resigned 14 October 2009[3] South Korea Cho Jin-ho 14 October 2009 13th
Jeju United South Korea Cho Jin-ho Caretaker 29 October 2009 South Korea Park Kyung-hoon 30 October 2009[4] 13th

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 28 17 6 5 59 33 +26 57 Qualification for the playoffs final
2 Pohang Steelers 28 14 11 3 55 33 +22 53 Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3 FC Seoul 28 16 5 7 47 27 +20 53 Qualification for the playoffs first round
4 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 28 13 6 9 40 34 +6 45
5 Incheon United 28 11 10 7 31 29 +2 43
6 Jeonnam Dragons 28 11 9 8 41 39 +2 42
7 Gyeongnam FC 28 10 10 8 38 32 +6 40
8 Ulsan Hyundai 28 9 9 10 32 29 +3 36
9 Daejeon Citizen 28 8 9 11 29 38 −9 33
10 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 28 8 8 12 29 32 −3 32 Qualification for the Champions League[a]
11 Gwangju Sangmu 28 9 3 16 33 40 −7 30
12 Busan IPark 28 7 8 13 36 42 −6 29
13 Gangwon FC 28 7 7 14 42 57 −15 28
14 Jeju United 28 7 7 14 22 44 −22 28
15 Daegu FC 28 5 8 15 20 45 −25 23
Source: K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Positions by matchday[]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors621122211123323222232222221111
Pohang Steelers33577789710108665443323333333332
FC Seoul147643334442231111111111112223
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma69912105556767887898888744544444
Incheon United466354443334444555546455666675
Jeonnam Dragons151513141415965556778779665677455556
Gyeongnam FC68899141515111211121111141414141414131086787767
Ulsan Hyundai101014101391178111214121391010121313119109878888
Daejeon Citizen141412881012111313141313121112131312101012131011111212119
Suwon Samsung Bluewings111115151212141315151311141413111211111214141112101099910
Gwangju Sangmu2532111222111123344545689910101011
Busan IPark1211101115136109679101012131110101112131414141311111212
Gangwon FC4125357810985556686999111213131414141413
Jeju United1274468101212891099109677778911121213131314
Daegu FC61311131111131414141515151515151515151515151515151515151515
Source: K League

Results[]

Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWN GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH
Busan IPark — 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2
Jeonnam Dragons 3–2 — 0–1 2–0 1–6 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Daegu FC 1–1 1–2 — 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1
Daejeon Citizen 3–2 1–0 2–0 — 0–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1��0
FC Seoul 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 — 1–2 2–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
Gangwon FC 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–3 — 2–2 0–4 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–2
Gwangju Sangmu 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 — 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–3 2–3 0–3 2–1
Gyeongnam FC 3–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–1
Incheon United 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 — 3–3 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–0
Jeju United 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 — 0–5 1–8 1–2 1–0 0–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–5 2–0 4–2 0–0 4–2 — 1–3 4–1 1–1 1–1
Pohang Steelers 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 1–1
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 — 3–2 0–0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 — 1–0
Ulsan Hyundai 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–4 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs[]

Main article: 2009 K League Championship

Bracket[]

  First round     Second round     Semi-final     Final
                                         
  3 FC Seoul 1 (2)       1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 3 3
  6 Jeonnam Dragons (p) 1 (3)         2 Pohang Steelers 0     SF Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0 1 1
        1R Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1     2R Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1  
        1R Jeonnam Dragons 0  
  4 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (p) 1 (3)    
  5 Incheon United 1 (2)  

Final table[]

Pos Team 0 Qualification
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)    Qualification for the Champions League
2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma   
3 Pohang Steelers   
4 Jeonnam Dragons   
5 FC Seoul   
6 Incheon United   
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

Top scorers[]

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Lee Dong-gook won the award with 20 goals.[5]

Rank Scorer Club Goals Apps
1 South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 21 29
2 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 14 23
3 Brazil Adriano Chuva Jeonnam Dragons 13 25
South Korea Kim Young-hoo Gangwon FC 27
5 South Korea Yoo Byung-soo Incheon United 12 26
South Korea Kim Dong-chan Gyeongnam FC 27
7 South Korea Ko Chang-hyun Daejeon Citizen 10 19
8 South Korea Choi Tae-uk Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 9 26
South Korea Choi Sung-kuk Gwangju Sangmu 26
Brazil Índio Gyeongnam FC 27
South Korea Kim Myung-joong Gwangju Sangmu
Pohang Steelers 		27

Awards[]

Main awards[]

The K League Players' Player of the Year was published by Korean edition of FourFourTwo in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 143 players participated in the selection process.[6]

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player[7] South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Top goalscorer[8] South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Top assist provider[8] Brazil Luiz Henrique Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Rookie of the Year[7] South Korea Kim Young-hoo Gangwon FC
FANtastic Player[7] South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Manager of the Year[7] South Korea Choi Kang-hee Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Special Award[7][8] South Korea Kim Young-kwang Ulsan Hyundai
South Korea Kim Byung-ji Gyeongnam FC
Goal of the Year[7] South Korea Kim Dong-chan Gyeongnam FC
Best Referee[8] South Korea Choi Gwang-bo —
Best Assistant Referee[8] South Korea Won Chang-ho —
Team of the Year[8] Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Fair Play Award[8] Gangwon FC
Youth Team of the Year[8] Gwangyang Jecheol High School
(Jeonnam Dragons)
Merit Award[8] Pohang Steelers
Players' Player of the Year[6] South Korea Ki Sung-yueng FC Seoul

Best XI[]

Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper South Korea Shin Hwa-yong Pohang Steelers
Defenders South Korea Kim Sang-sik Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
South Korea Hwang Jae-won Pohang Steelers
South Korea Kim Hyung-il Pohang Steelers
South Korea Choi Hyo-jin Pohang Steelers
Midfielders South Korea Ki Sung-yueng FC Seoul
South Korea Kim Jung-woo Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Brazil Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
South Korea Choi Tae-uk Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forwards South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Brazil Denilson Pohang Steelers

Source:[7]

Attendance[]

Team Stadium Matches Highest Lowest Average
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Big Bird Stadium 14 35,058 10,206 18,583
FC Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 14 36,764 7,685 16,779
Gangwon FC Gangneung Stadium 10 21,316 5,129 14,787
Chuncheon Stadium 4
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonju World Cup Stadium 14 21,516 10,756 14,227
Jeonnam Dragons Gwang-Yang Stadium 13 19,800 10,420 13,263
1
Gyeongnam FC Changwon Civil Stadium 10 21,947 5,764 12,269
Masan Stadium 1
1
1
Yangsan Stadium 1
Pohang Steelers Pohang Steelyard 14 16,382 7,348 11,041
Incheon United Incheon World Cup Stadium 14 34,275 2,315 10,499
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Munsu Stadium 14 13,761 3,864 9,188
Daejeon Citizen Daejeon World Cup Stadium 14 16,561 3,535 8,596
Daegu FC Daegu Stadium 12 32,250 3,201 8,541
Daegu Civil Stadium 2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam Sports Complex 14 17,049 1,367 7,917
Jeju United Jeju World Cup Stadium 14 32,765 1,753 7,757
Gwangju Sangmu Gwangju World Cup Stadium 13 25,762 2,873 7,719
1
Busan IPark Asiad Main Stadium 14 17,577 3,998 7,221
Total 210 36,764 1,367 11,226

Source: K League (in Korean)

See also[]

References[]

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