2011 in South Korean football

The 2011 season began on 5 March 2011 for the K-League and Challengers League, with the Korea National League starting 7 days later on 12 March 2011.

Honors[]

League
Competition	Start	End	Champions
K-League	5 March	4 December	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Korea National League	12 March	20 November	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins
Challengers League	5 March	13 November	Gyeongju Citizen
WK-League	21 March	29 September	Goyang Daekyo Kangaroos
Cup
Competition	Start	End	Winners
Korean FA Cup	12 March	15 October	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
K-League Cup	16 March	13 July	Ulsan Hyundai
National League Cup	19 June	30 June	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins
Challengers Cup	5 August	13 August	Icheon Citizen

League tables[]

K-League[]

Regular season[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	30	18	9	3	67	32	+35	63	Qualification for the K League playoffs final
2	Pohang Steelers	30	17	8	5	59	33	+26	59	Qualification for the K League playoffs semi-final
3	FC Seoul	30	16	7	7	56	38	+18	55	Qualification for the K League playoffs first round
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	30	17	4	9	51	33	+18	55
5	Busan IPark	30	13	7	10	49	43	+6	46
6	Ulsan Hyundai	30	13	7	10	33	29	+4	46
7	Jeonnam Dragons	30	11	10	9	33	29	+4	43
8	Gyeongnam FC	30	12	6	12	41	40	+1	42
9	Jeju United	30	10	10	10	44	45	−1	40
10	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	30	9	8	13	43	47	−4	35	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
11	Gwangju FC	30	9	8	13	32	43	−11	35
12	Daegu FC	30	8	9	13	35	46	−11	33
13	Incheon United	30	6	14	10	31	40	−9	32
14	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	30	7	8	15	36	53	−17	29
15	Daejeon Citizen	30	6	9	15	31	59	−28	27
16	Gangwon FC	30	3	6	21	14	45	−31	15

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Pos	Team v t	Qualification
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Ulsan Hyundai	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Pohang Steelers	Qualification for the Champions League playoff round
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
5	FC Seoul
6	Busan IPark

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

Championship[]

First round			Second round			Semi-final			Final

4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1							6	Ulsan Hyundai	1	1	2
5	Busan I'Park	0				2	Pohang Steelers	0	1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	2	4
			0	(bye)	0	6	Ulsan Hyundai	1
			2	Pohang Steelers	0
3	FC Seoul	1
6	Ulsan Hyundai	3

Korea National League[]

Regular season[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin (C)	26	17	2	7	53	34	+19	53	Championship playoff
2	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	26	13	8	5	37	25	+12	47
3	Gangneung City	26	12	10	4	40	25	+15	46
4	Busan Transportation Corporation	26	11	8	7	29	27	+2	41
5	Changwon City	26	11	7	8	37	36	+1	40
6	Incheon Korail	26	11	6	9	29	23	+6	39
7	Suwon City	26	8	11	7	28	23	+5	35
8	Daejeon KHNP	26	9	8	9	40	38	+2	35
9	Cheonan City	26	9	8	9	31	31	0	35
10	Gimhae City	26	10	3	13	39	44	−5	33
11	Yongin City	26	5	11	10	22	32	−10	26
12	Ansan Hallelujah	26	5	8	13	25	42	−17	23
13	Mokpo City	26	5	6	15	25	36	−11	21
14	Chungju Hummel	26	5	6	15	25	44	−19	21

Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2011. Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Championship playoff[]

First round			Second round			Semi-final			Final

3	Gangneung City	3							2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	1	0	1
6	Incheon Korail	2				2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	3	1	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	1	1	2
			0	(bye)	0	5	Changwon City	2
			2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	0
4	Busan Transportation Co.	0
5	Changwon City	1

Challengers League[]

Group A

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yangju Citizen	22	15	5	2	52	28	+24	50	Championship playoff
2	Gyeongju Citizen	22	13	6	3	57	24	+33	45	Championship playoff
3	Bucheon FC 1995	22	8	5	9	37	31	+6	29
4	Jeonju FC	22	7	8	7	29	34	−5	29
5	Seoul United	22	7	5	10	44	46	−2	26
6	Namyangju United	22	5	5	12	40	56	−16	20
7	Yeonggwang FC	22	4	3	15	26	51	−25	15
8	Asan United	22	3	6	13	37	73	−36	15

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2011. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Icheon Citizen	22	15	4	3	72	25	+47	49	Championship playoff
2	FC Pocheon	22	14	6	2	49	22	+27	48	Championship playoff
3	Chuncheon FC	22	13	4	5	38	23	+15	43
4	Cheongju FC	22	11	7	4	43	25	+18	40
5	Seoul FC Martyrs	22	9	3	10	43	56	−13	30
6	Cheonan FC	22	6	2	14	37	55	−18	20
7	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	22	4	5	13	29	55	−26	17
8	Goyang Citizen	22	3	4	15	24	56	−32	13

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2011. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

A1	Yangju Citizen (p)	1 (4)

B2	FC Pocheon	1 (3)
			A1	Yangju Citizen	1	2	3

			A2	Gyeongju Citizen	1	3	4
B1	Icheon Citizen	0 (2)

A2	Gyeongju Citizen (p)	0 (4)

WK-League[]

Regular season[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi (C)	21	19	1	1	64	16	+48	58	WK-League Championship
2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	21	12	5	4	37	18	+19	41	WK-League Playoff
3	Suwon FMC	21	12	4	5	39	21	+18	40	WK-League Playoff
4	Busan Sangmu	21	11	2	8	30	32	−2	35
5	Chungnam Ilhwa Chunma	21	8	3	10	24	35	−11	27
6	Seoul Amazones	21	5	9	7	19	26	−7	24
7	Jeonbuk KSPO	21	1	3	17	17	46	−29	6
8	Chungbuk Sportstoto	21	1	3	17	13	49	−36	6

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Playoffs[]

The playoff is played one leg and championship final is played over two legs.

Play-off			Championship final

			1	Goyang Daekyo Kangaroos	2	3	5

			2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	2	1	3
2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (a.e.t.)	2

3	Suwon FMC	1

Cups[]

Korean FA Cup[]

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Incheon United	2
Yonsei University	1	Incheon United	0
Seongnam Ilhwa	3	Seongnam Ilhwa	2
Mokpo City	0			Seongnam Ilhwa	2
Jeonbuk Hyundai	2			Busan I'Park	1
Kyunghee University	1	Jeonbuk Hyundai	1
Cheonan City	1	Busan I'Park	2
Busan I'Park	2					Seongnam Ilhwa	3
Pohang Steelers	2					Pohang Steelers	1
Daejeon KHNP	0	Pohang Steelers	1
Daegu FC	2	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	0
Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	3			Pohang Steelers	4
Busan Kyotong	2			FC Seoul	2
Gyeongnam FC	1	Busan Kyotong	0
FC Seoul	4	FC Seoul	1
Yongin City	0							Seongnam Ilhwa	1
Gwangju FC	1							Suwon Bluewings	0
Suwon City	2	Suwon City	0
Suwon Bluewings	3	Suwon Bluewings	1
FC Pocheon	1			Suwon Bluewings	1
Chunnam Dragons	1			Chunnam Dragons	0
Konkuk University	0	Chunnam Dragons	1
Goyang Kookmin Bank	2	Jeju United	0
Jeju United	4					Suwon Bluewings	3
Ansan Hallelujah	0					Ulsan Hyundai	2
Ulsan Hyundai	1	Ulsan Hyundai	2
Gangneung City	1	Sangju Sangmu	1
Sangju Sangmu	2			Ulsan Hyundai	3
Chungju Hummel	0 (3)			Gangwon FC	0
Gangwon FC (pen)	0 (4)	Gangwon FC (pen)	1 (4)
Gimhae City	0	Daejeon Citizen	1 (3)
Daejeon Citizen	3

K-League Cup[]

Group Round[]

Group A
Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PHS	GNM	SIC	ICU	DGU	DJC
1	Pohang Steelers	5	4	0	1	11	3	+8	12	—	—	2–0	4–1	0–1	—
2	Gyeongnam FC	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	10	1–2	—	—	1–0	—	3–0
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8	—	0–0	—	1–1	—	1–0
4	Incheon United	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1	5	—	—	—	—	0–0	3–0
5	Daegu FC	5	1	2	2	2	5	−3	5	—	0–2	0–2	—	—	—
6	Daejeon Citizen	5	0	1	4	1	11	−10	1	0–3	—	—	—	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group B
Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BIP	USH	JND	GWN	SSP	GWJ
1	Busan IPark	5	4	0	1	7	3	+4	12	—	—	1–0	—	2–1	1–0
2	Ulsan Hyundai	5	4	0	1	8	5	+3	12	2–1	—	—	2–1	2–1	—
3	Jeonnam Dragons	5	3	1	1	4	1	+3	10	—	1–0	—	—	1–0	—
4	Gangwon FC	5	1	1	3	7	6	+1	4	0–2	—	0–0	—	—	5–0
5	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	5	1	0	4	6	9	−3	3	—	—	—	2–1	—	2–3
6	Gwangju FC	5	1	0	4	4	12	−8	3	—	1–2	0–2	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF

Knockout Round[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Ulsan Hyundai	4

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1
		Ulsan Hyundai	4

		Gyeongnam FC	2
Gyeongnam FC	1

FC Seoul	0
				Ulsan Hyundai	3

				Busan I'Park	2
Pohang Steelers	1

Busan I'Park	2
		Busan I'Park	2

		Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1
Jeju United FC	0 (2)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)	0 (4)

National League Cup[]

Group Round[]

Group A
Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mokpo City	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
2	Cheonan City	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
3	Busan Transportation Corp	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Incheon Korail	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
2	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Suwon City	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Chungju Hummel	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C
Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	National Police Agency	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
2	Changwon City	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Gimhae City	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D
Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gangneung City	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
2	Yongin City	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Goyang Kookmin Bank	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Daejeon KHNP	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Knockout Round[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A1

Mokpo City

1

C2

Changwon City

2

C2

Changwon City (a.e.t.)

3

B1

Incheon Korail

2

B1

Incheon Korail (p)

0 (4)

D2

Yongin City

0 (3)

C2

Changwon City

0

B2

Ulsan Mipo Dolphins

3

C1

National Police Agency

1

A2

Cheonan City

0

C1

National Police Agency

0

B2

Ulsan Mipo Dolphins

1

D1

Gangneung City

2 (3)

B2

Ulsan Mipo Dolphins (p)

2 (4)

Challengers Cup[]

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Bucheon FC 1995 (pen.)

0 (7)

Cheongju Jikji

0 (6)

Bucheon FC 1995

1

Asan Citizen

2

Jeonju EM

1 (2)

Asan Citizen (pen.)

1 (4)

Asan Citizen

0

Icheon Citizen

5

Yangju FC

1

FC Pocheon

3

FC Pocheon

2 (5)

Icheon Citizen (pen.)

2 (6)

Icheon Citizen

(bye)

Icheon Citizen (pen.)

1 (4)

Gyeongju Citizen

1 (3)

Cheonan FC

1

Chuncheon FC

0

Cheonan FC

2

Seoul United

1

Yeonggwang FC

1

Seoul United

4

Cheonan FC

0

Gyeongju Citizen

5

Namyangju United

1

Gyeongju Citizen

4

Gyeongju Citizen (pen.)

1 (4)

Goyang FC

1 (3)

Seoul FC Martyrs

1

Goyang FC

5

South Korean clubs' performance in Asia[]

Champions League[]

South Korean clubs' score displayed first

Team	Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Jeju United	Group Stage	Tianjin Teda	0–1	0–3	None
		Melbourne Victory	2��1	1–1
		Gamba Osaka	2–1	1–3
FC Seoul	Group Stage	Al-Ain	1–0	3–0	None
		Hangzhou Greentown	3–0	1–1
		Nagoya Grampus	1–1	0–2
	Round of 16	Kashima Antlers			3–0
	Quarter-finals	Al-Ittihad	1–3	1–0	2–3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Group Stage	Sydney	0–0	3–1	None
		Shanghai Shenhua	4–0	3–0
		Kashima Antlers	1–1	1–1
	Round of 16	Nagoya Grampus			2–0
	Quarter-finals	Zob Ahan	1–1	2–1	3–2
	Semi-finals	Al-Sadd	0–2	1–0	1–2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Group Stage	Shandong Luneng	1–0	2–1	None
		Arema	4–0	6–0
		Cerezo Osaka	0–1	1–0
	Round of 16	Tianjin Teda			3–0
	Quarter-finals	Cerezo Osaka	3–4	6–1	9–5
	Semi-finals	Al-Ittihad	3–2	2–1	5–3
	Final	Al-Sadd			2–2 (2–4p)

Asian Challenge Cup[]

Team	Round	Opponent	Score
Ulsan Hyundai	Semifinal	Tianjin Teda	0–4
Ulsan Hyundai	Third place match	South China	4–2

National team[]

2011 AFC Asian Cup[]

10 January 2011 Group Round	South Korea	2 – 1	Bahrain	show Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
19:15 UTC+3	Koo Ja-Cheol 40', 52'	Report	Aaish 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,669 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

14 January 2011 Group Round	Australia	1 – 1	South Korea	show Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:15 UTC+3	Jedinak 62'	Report	Koo Ja-Cheol 24'	Attendance: 15,526 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

18 January 2011 Group Round	South Korea	4 – 1	India	show Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:15 UTC+3	Ji Dong-Won 6', 23' Koo Ja-Cheol 9' Son Heung-Min 81'	Report	Chhetri 12' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,366 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

22 January 2011 Quarterfinal	Iran	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	show Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
19:25 UTC+3		Report	Yoon Bit-Garam 105+2'	Attendance: 7,111 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

25 January 2011 Semifinal	Japan	2 - 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 0 p)	South Korea	show Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:25 UTC+3	Maeda 36' Hosogai 97' (pen.)		Ki Sung-Yueng 23' (pen.) Hwang Jae-Won 120'	Attendance: 16,171 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Penalties
	Kashiwagi Okazaki Nagatomo Konno		Koo Ja-Cheol Lee Yong-Rae Hong Jeong-Ho

28 January 2011 3rd place match	Uzbekistan	2 – 3	South Korea	show Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
18:00 UTC+3	Geynrikh 45' (pen.), 53'	Report	Koo Ja-Cheol 18' Ji Dong-Won 28', 39'	Attendance: 8,199 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[]

2 September Third Round	South Korea	6 – 0	Lebanon	show Goyang Stadium, Goyang
20:00 KST	Park Chu-Young 8', 45', 67' Ji Dong-Won 66', 85' Kim Jung-Woo 82'	Report		Attendance: 37,655 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

6 September Third Round	Kuwait	1 – 1	South Korea	show Peace & Friendship Stadium, Kuwait
20:00 UTC+03	Fadel 53'	Report	Park Chu-Young 8'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

11 October Third Round	South Korea	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates	show Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
KST	Park Chu-Young 50' Al Kamali 63' (o.g.)	Report	Matar 90+1'	Attendance: 28,689 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

11 November Third Round	United Arab Emirates	0 – 2	South Korea	show Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
16:45 UTC+04		Report	Lee Keun-Ho 88' Park Chu-Young 90+3'	Attendance: 8,272 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

15 November Third Round	Lebanon	2 – 1	South Korea	show Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut
14:30 UTC+02	Al Saadi 5' Ali Atwi 31' (pen.)	Report	Koo Ja-Cheol 20' (pen.)	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Friendlies[]

9 February 2011	Turkey	0 – 0	South Korea	show Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
20:00 UTC+2				Referee: (Ukraine)

25 March 2011	South Korea	4 – 0	Honduras	show Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
20:00 UTC+9	Lee Jung-Soo 28' Kim Jung-Woo 43' Park Chu-Young 82' Lee Keun-Ho 90+2'			Attendance: 31,224 Referee: Sato Ryuji (Japan)

3 June 2011	South Korea	2 – 1	Serbia	show Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
20:00 UTC+9	Park Chu-Young 10' Kim Young-Kwon 53'		Petrović 87'	Attendance: 40,876 Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi (United Arab Emirates)

7 June 2011	South Korea	2 – 1	Ghana	show Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
20:00 UTC+9	Ji Dong-Won 10' Koo Ja-Cheol 90'		Gyan 62'	Attendance: 41,271 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

10 August 2011	Japan	3 – 0	South Korea	show Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
19:30 JST	Kagawa 35', 55' Honda 53'			Attendance: 38,263 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

7 October 2011	South Korea	2 – 2	Poland	show Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
KST	Park Chu-Young 65', 76'		Lewandowski 29' Błaszczykowski 82'	Attendance: 33,225 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

References[]

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