2017 K League Classic

KEB Hana Bank
K League Classic
Season	2017
Dates	4 March – 19 November 2017
Champions	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ; (5th title)
Relegated	Gwangju FC
Champions League	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ; Ulsan Hyundai ; Jeju United ; Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Matches played	228
Goals scored	626 (2.75 per match)
Best Player	Lee Jae-sung
Top goalscorer	Johnathan ; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Jeonnam 5–0 Ulsan ; (22 April 2017) ; Jeonnam 5–0 Gwangju ; (7 May 2017) ; Pohang 5–0 Incheon ; (14 October 2017)
Biggest away win	Jeonbuk 0–4 Jeju ; (3 May 2017) ; Incheon 1–5 Seoul ; (19 July 2017) ; Pohang 0–4 Jeonbuk ; (17 September 2017) ; Gwangju 0–4 Pohang ; (18 November 2017)
Highest attendance	34,376 ; Seoul 1–1 Suwon ; (4 March 2017)
Lowest attendance	736 ; Sangju 0–0 Jeonnam ; (28 October 2017)
Average attendance	6,505
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 K League Classic was the 35th season of the top division of South Korean professional football since its establishment in 1983, and the fifth season of the K League Classic.

Teams[]

General information[]

Club	City/Province	Manager	Owner(s)	Other sponsor(s)
Daegu FC	Daegu	Son Hyun-jun	Daegu Government
Gangwon FC	Gangwon	Choi Yun-kyum	Gangwon Provincial Government
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	Nam Ki-il	Gwangju Government
Incheon United	Incheon	Lee Ki-hyung	Incheon Government	Shinhan Bank Incheon International Airport
Jeju United	Jeju	Jo Sung-hwan	SK Energy
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Jeonbuk	Choi Kang-hee	Hyundai Motor Company
Jeonnam Dragons	Jeonnam	Roh Sang-rae	POSCO
Pohang Steelers	Pohang, Gyeongbuk	Choi Soon-ho	POSCO
Sangju Sangmu	Sangju, Gyeongbuk	Kim Tae-wan	Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
FC Seoul	Seoul	Hwang Sun-hong	GS Group
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon, Gyeonggi	Seo Jung-won	Cheil Worldwide	Samsung Electronics Maeil Dairies Industry
Ulsan Hyundai	Ulsan	Kim Do-hoon	Hyundai Heavy Industries

Locations[]

Locations of the 2017 K League Classic clubs

Stadiums[]

Daegu FC	Gangwon FC	Gwangju FC	Incheon United	Jeju United	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Daegu Stadium	Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Incheon Football Stadium	Jeju World Cup Stadium	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 66,422	Capacity: 13,500	Capacity: 40,245	Capacity: 20,891	Capacity: 35,657	Capacity: 42,477

Jeonnam Dragons	Pohang Steelers	Sangju Sangmu	FC Seoul	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Ulsan Hyundai
Gwangyang Football Stadium	Pohang Steel Yard	Sangju Civic Stadium	Seoul World Cup Stadium	Suwon World Cup Stadium	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 13,496	Capacity: 17,443	Capacity: 15,042	Capacity: 66,704	Capacity: 44,031	Capacity: 44,102

Foreign players[]

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC confederation.

As of 13 July 2017

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian player
Daegu FC	Cesinha	Evandro Paulista	Júnior Negrão
Gangwon FC	Diego Maurício	Gerson	Jonathan Nanizayamo	Lương Xuân Trường
Gwangju FC	Wanderson Macedo	Olivier Bonnes	Niall McGinn
Incheon United	Enzo Maidana	Weslley	Gordan Bunoza	Connor Chapman
Jeju United	Magno Cruz	Mailson	Frédéric Mendy	Aleksandar Jovanović
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Edu	Ricardo Lopes		Éder^[a]
Jeonnam Dragons	Jair	Vedran Jugović	Róbert Feczesin	Tomislav Mrčela
Pohang Steelers	Lulinha	Muralha	Wanderson Carvalho
FC Seoul	Dejan Damjanović	Osmar	Ivan Kovačec	Khaled Shafiei
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Johnathan	Júnior Santos	Damir Šovšić	Matt Jurman
Ulsan Hyundai	Richard Windbichler	Mislav Oršić	Danijel Subotić	Takuma Abe

^ Could be deemed as an Asian player by owning Palestinian passport.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)	38	22	9	7	73	35	+38	75	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Jeju United	38	19	9	10	60	37	+23	66	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	38	17	13	8	63	41	+22	64	Qualification for the Champions League playoff round
4	Ulsan Hyundai	38	17	11	10	42	45	−3	62	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
5	FC Seoul	38	16	13	9	56	42	+14	61
6	Gangwon FC	38	13	10	15	59	65	−6	49

7	Pohang Steelers	38	15	7	16	63	60	+3	52
8	Daegu FC	38	11	14	13	50	52	−2	47
9	Incheon United	38	7	18	13	32	53	−21	39
10	Jeonnam Dragons	38	8	11	19	53	69	−16	35
11	Sangju Sangmu (O)	38	8	11	19	41	66	−25	35	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
12	Gwangju FC (R)	38	6	12	20	33	60	−27	30	Relegation to the K League 2

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Positions by matchday[]

  Leaders
  Qualification for the Champions League
  Qualification for the Relegation playoffs
  Relegation to the K League 2

Round 1–33[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Team ╲ Round
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Jeju United	4	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	4	5	3	3	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Ulsan Hyundai	1	7	8	6	6	7	8	7	6	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6	11	11	10	10	10	7	6	4	6	5	5	6	7	6	6	4	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
FC Seoul	6	3	3	5	5	4	4	5	3	5	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Gangwon FC	1	6	6	7	8	5	6	11	10	9	7	6	5	3	4	4	5	3	2	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Pohang Steelers	8	5	5	3	3	2	3	4	7	4	3	2	3	5	3	5	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Daegu FC	11	9	9	11	7	8	10	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Jeonnam Dragons	8	12	12	12	12	11	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Sangju Sangmu	8	4	4	4	4	6	5	3	5	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Incheon United	11	9	10	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Gwangju FC	4	8	7	8	9	9	11	10	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: K League

Round 34–38[]

Team ╲ Round	34	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	1	1	1	1
Jeju United	2	2	2	2	2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4	4	3	3	3
Ulsan Hyundai	3	3	4	4	4
FC Seoul	5	5	5	5	5
Gangwon FC	6	6	6	6	6

Pohang Steelers	7	7	7	7	7
Daegu FC	8	8	8	8	8
Incheon United	11	10	10	9	9
Jeonnam Dragons	9	11	11	10	10
Sangju Sangmu	10	9	9	11	11
Gwangju FC	12	12	12	12	12

Source: K League

Results[]

Matches 1–22[]

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away	DGU	GWN	GWJ	ICU	JJU	JHM	JND	PHS	SJS	SEO	SSB	USH
Daegu FC	—	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–3
Gangwon FC	2–1	—	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1
Gwangju FC	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–1
Incheon United	0–0	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–5	3–3	1–2
Jeju United	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–2	1–2	3–0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–2	4–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	—	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	4–0
Jeonnam Dragons	4–3	2–1	5–0	3–2	2–2	0–3	—	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	5–0
Pohang Steelers	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	—	1–2	3–2	2–3	1–2
Sangju Sangmu	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–1	—	2–2	1–3	0–0
FC Seoul	0–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	—	1–1	0–0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–1	3–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–2
Ulsan Hyundai	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	—

Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33[]

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away	DGU	GWN	GWJ	ICU	JJU	JHM	JND	PHS	SJS	SEO	SSB	USH
Daegu FC	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	—
Gangwon FC	0–1	—	—	2–0	0–2	—	3–3	—	—	—	—	1–1
Gwangju FC	0–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	1–4	0–1	1–1
Incheon United	—	—	0–0	—	0–0	1–3	—	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	—
Jeju United	2–0	—	1–1	—	—	0–1	3–1	3–2	—	—	—	2–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–1	4–3	3–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	0–1
Jeonnam Dragons	1–4	—	—	0–0	—	1–1	—	—	2–0	0–1	—	—
Pohang Steelers	—	5–2	3–2	—	—	0–4	1–1	—	2–2	—	1–1	—
Sangju Sangmu	—	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–2	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	—
FC Seoul	—	3–1	—	—	0–0	1–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	—	2–3	—	—	2–3	1–1	3–0	—	3–0	0–1	—	—
Ulsan Hyundai	3–2	—	—	1–1	—	—	1–0	1–1	4–2	—	1–1	—

Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38[]

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Group A[]

Home \ Away	GWN	JJU	JHM	SEO	SSB	USH
Gangwon FC	—	—	0–4	4–0	—	1–2
Jeju United	1–0	—	—	—	0–0	—
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	—	3–0	—	0–0	2–3	—
FC Seoul	—	3–2	—	—	2–2	3–0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–1	—	—	—	—	2–0
Ulsan Hyundai	—	0–1	1–2	—	—	—

Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B[]

Home \ Away	DGU	GWJ	ICU	JND	PHS	SJS
Daegu FC	—	2–0	0–0	1–0	—	—
Gwangju FC	—	—	—	—	0–4	1–0
Incheon United	—	0–0	—	—	—	2–0
Jeonnam Dragons	—	2–4	2–2	—	1–3	—
Pohang Steelers	1–2	—	5–0	—	—	—
Sangju Sangmu	2–2	—	—	0–0	3–4	—

Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs[]

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2017 K League Challenge playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2017 K League Classic. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2018 K League 1.

22 November 2017

19:00 KST

Busan IPark	0–1	Sangju Sangmu
	Report	Yeo Reum 7'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 1,322

Referee: Lee Dong-jun

26 November 2017

15:00 KST

Sangju Sangmu	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Busan IPark
	Report	Rômulo 16' (pen.)
Penalties
Yeo Reum Sin Jin-ho Lim Chae-min Kim Ho-nam Joo Min-kyu	5–4	Rômulo Léo Mineiro Lee Dong-jun Ko Kyung-min Lim You-hwan

Sangju Civic Stadium, Sangju

Attendance: 2,714

Referee: Kim Seong-ho

1–1 on aggregate. Sangju Sangmu won 5–4 on penalties and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Player statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Johnathan	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	22
2	Yang Dong-hyen	Pohang Steelers	19
2	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	19
4	Joo Min-kyu	Sangju Sangmu	17
4	Lulinha	Pohang Steelers	17
6	Jair	Jeonnam Dragons	16
7	Edu	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	13
	Magno Cruz	Jeju United
	Diego Maurício	Gangwon FC
10	Júnior Negrão	Daegu FC	12

Source:^[1]

Top assist providers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Son Jun-ho	Pohang Steelers	14
2	Yun Il-lok	FC Seoul	12
3	Yeom Ki-hun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	11
4	Lee Jae-sung	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	10
5	Lee Keun-ho	Gangwon FC	9
6	Kim Young-wook	Jeonnam Dragons	8
6	Kim Sun-min	Daegu FC	8
8	Cesinha	Daegu FC	7
	Kwon Soon-hyung	Jeju United
	Kim Tae-hwan	Sangju Sangmu

Source:^[1]

Awards[]

Main awards[]

The 2017 K League Awards was held on 20 November 2017.

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Lee Jae-sung	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Top goalscorer	Johnathan	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Top assist provider	Son Jun-ho	Pohang Steelers
Young Player of the Year	Kim Min-jae	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
FANtastic Player	Johnathan	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Manager of the Year	Choi Kang-hee	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Source:^[2]

Best XI[]

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Jo Hyeon-woo	Daegu FC
Defenders	Kim Jin-su	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Kim Min-jae	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Oh Ban-suk	Jeju United
	Choi Chul-soon	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielders	Yeom Ki-hun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Lee Jae-sung	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Lee Chang-min	Jeju United
	Lee Seung-gi	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forwards	Johnathan	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Forwards	Lee Keun-ho	Gangwon FC

Source:^[2]

Player of the Round[]

Round	Winner	Club
1	Lee Keun-ho	Gangwon FC
2	Yang Dong-hyen	Pohang Steelers
3	Lee Chan-dong	Jeju United
4	Moon Seon-min	Incheon United
5	Lulinha	Pohang Steelers
6	Éder	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
7	Frédéric Mendy	Jeju United
8	Joo Min-kyu	Sangju Sangmu
9	Marcelo Toscano	Jeju United
10	Jair	Jeonnam Dragons
11	Kim Seong-jun	Sangju Sangmu
12	Lee Keun-ho	Gangwon FC
13	Jair	Jeonnam Dragons
14	Yun Il-lok	FC Seoul
15	Kim Jin-su	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
16	Choi Jong-hoan	Incheon United
17	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
18	Yang Dong-hyen	Pohang Steelers
19	Kim Min-woo	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Round	Winner	Club
20	Johnathan	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
21	Róbert Feczesin	Jeonnam Dragons
22	Johnathan	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
23	Johnathan	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
24	Kim Won-il	Jeju United
25	Lee Jong-ho	Ulsan Hyundai
26	Yang Han-been	FC Seoul
27	Lee Chang-min	Jeju United
28	Lee Seung-gi	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
29	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
30	Yoon Bit-garam	Jeju United
31	Joo Min-kyu	Sangju Sangmu
32	Joo Min-kyu	Sangju Sangmu
33	Júnior Negrão	Daegu FC
34	Wanderson Macedo	Gwangju FC
35	Ricardo Lopes	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
36	Lee Jae-sung	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
37	Lee Keun-ho	Gangwon FC
38	Júnior Santos	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Manager of the Month[]

Month	Manager	Club	Division
March	Jo Sung-hwan	Jeju United	K League Classic
April	Kim Jong-boo	Gyeongnam FC	K League Challenge
May	Choi Yun-kyum	Gangwon FC	K League Classic
June	Choi Kang-hee	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	K League Classic
July	Seo Jung-won	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	K League Classic
August	Hwang Sun-hong	FC Seoul	K League Classic
September	Kim Do-hoon	Ulsan Hyundai	K League Classic
October	André	Daegu FC	K League Classic

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Attendance[]

Attendance by club[]

Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	FC Seoul	310,011	34,376	6,384	16,316	−9.4%^†
2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	222,029	20,935	6,190	11,686	−30.4%^†
3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	166,934	26,581	4,147	8,786	−17.4%^†
4	Ulsan Hyundai	160,825	13,225	4,531	8,464	−3.2%^†
5	Pohang Steelers	159,060	18,587	2,437	8,372	+9.0%^†
6	Incheon United	112,708	13,301	2,930	5,932	−2.0%^†
7	Jeonnam Dragons	78,093	10,579	1,565	4,110	−0.1%^†
8	Jeju United	77,096	8,526	2,184	4,058	−28.7%^†
9	Daegu FC	63,460	13,478	1,047	3,340	+23.2%^†
10	Gwangju FC	57,858	11,830	1,020	3,045	−12.4%^†
11	Gangwon FC	43,822	7,438	1,216	2,306	+116.3%^†
12	Sangju Sangmu	31,254	5,523	736	1,645	−15.3%^†
	League total	1,483,150	34,376	736	6,505	−17.4%^†

Source: K League
Notes:
^† Teams that played previous season in K League Challenge.

Top matches[]

Rank	Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Attendance
1	5 March 2017	1	FC Seoul	1–1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Seoul World Cup Stadium	34,376
2	21 October 2017	35	FC Seoul	2–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Seoul World Cup Stadium	27,257
3	12 August 2017	26	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–1	FC Seoul	Suwon World Cup Stadium	26,581
4	3 May 2017	9	FC Seoul	1–0	Jeonnam Dragons	Seoul World Cup Stadium	26,261
5	23 July 2017	23	FC Seoul	1–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Seoul World Cup Stadium	23,913
6	5 March 2017	1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Jeonnam Dragons	Jeonju Stadium	20,935
7	18 June 2017	14	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–2	FC Seoul	Suwon World Cup Stadium	20,140
8	2 April 2017	4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–0	FC Seoul	Jeonju Stadium	19,141
9	12 March 2017	2	Pohang Steelers	2–0	Gwangju FC	Pohang Steel Yard	18,587
10	19 August 2017	27	FC Seoul	1–1	Ulsan Hyundai	Seoul World Cup Stadium	18,087

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Data center - Official records - Recording room - K League 1 records - Individual record table" (in Korean). K League Data Portal. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b [2017 K리그 어워즈] 표심 분석…과반수 ‘MVP’ 이재성, 90% 지지 ‘영플’ 김민재. Naver.com (in Korean). SPOTVNEWS. 20 November 2017.

External links[]

Official website (in English)
Official website (in Korean)

[1] Could be deemed as an Asian player by owning Palestinian passport.

[table_note_res_FAC0.83146068073412-2] Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

[dataportal-3] "Data center - Official records - Recording room - K League 1 records - Individual record table" (in Korean). K League Data Portal. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[Awards-4] [2017 K리그 어워즈] 표심 분석…과반수 ‘MVP’ 이재성, 90% 지지 ‘영플’ 김민재. Naver.com (in Korean). SPOTVNEWS. 20 November 2017.

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Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '16–'17 '17–'18 Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh '17–'18 Bhutan Brunei '17–'18 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '16–'17 '17–'18 Hong Kong '16–'17 '17–'18 India I-League '16–'17 '17–'18 ISL '17–'18 Indonesia Iran '16–'17 '17–'18 Iraq '16–'17 '17–'18 Japan Jordan '16–'17 '17–'18 Korea DPR '17 '17–'18 Korea Republic Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '16–'17 '17–'18 Macau Malaysia Maldives Malé League Minivan Championship Premier League Mongolia Myanmar Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Palestine West Bank '16–'17 '17–'18 Gaza Strip '16–'17 '17–'18 Philippines Qatar '16–'17 '17–'18 Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Sri Lanka '16–'17 '17–'18 Syria '16–'17 '17–'18 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan Vietnam
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh Brunei '17–'18 Cambodia China East Timor Guam Hong Kong '16–'17 '17–'18 India Iran '16–'17 '17–'18 Iraq '16–'17 Japan '16 (final) '17 Jordan '16–'17 '17–'18 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon '16–'17 '17–'18 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Pakistan Palestine '16–'17 '17–'18 Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka '16–'17 Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan Vietnam
League cups	Hong Kong Shield '16–'17 '17–'18 India Shield Indonesia Japan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '16–'17 '17–'18 Fed Cup '17–'18 Malaysia Maldives Qatar '17–'18 Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Thailand UAE '17–'18
Super Cups	China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Maldives Qatar Tajikistan Thailand UAE
Regional club competitions	~~2017 GCC Champions League~~ 2017 Mekong Club Championship 2017 Arab Club Championship
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 SAFF Championship 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup

2017 K League Classic

Contents

Teams[]

General information[]

Locations[]

Stadiums[]

Foreign players[]

League table[]

Positions by matchday[]

Round 1–33[]

Round 34–38[]

Results[]

Matches 1–22[]

Matches 23–33[]

Matches 34–38[]

Group A[]

Group B[]

Relegation playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Top assist providers[]

Awards[]

Main awards[]

Best XI[]

Player of the Round[]

Manager of the Month[]

Attendance[]

Attendance by club[]

Top matches[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]