2009 K League

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.

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

Teams

General information

ClubManagerCityStadium2008 season
Busan IPark Hwang Sun-hongBusanBusan Asiad Stadium12th place
Jeonnam Dragons Park Hang-seoGwangyangGwang-Yang Stadium9th place
Daegu FC Byun Byung-jooDaeguDaegu Stadium11th place
Daejeon Citizen Wang Sun-jaeDaejeonDaejeon World Cup Stadium13th place
FC Seoul Şenol GüneşSeoulSeoul World Cup StadiumRunners-up
Gangwon FC Choi Soon-hoGangneung
Chuncheon
Gangneung Stadium
Chuncheon Stadium
Gwangju Sangmu Lee Kang-joGwangjuGwangju World Cup Stadium14th place
Gyeongnam FC Cho Kwang-raeChangwonChangwon Civil Stadium8th place
Incheon United Ilija PetkovićIncheonIncheon Munhak Stadium7th place
Jeju United Park Kyung-hoonSeogwipoJeju World Cup Stadium10th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Choi Kang-heeJeonjuJeonju World Cup Stadium4th place
Pohang Steelers Sérgio FariasPohangSteelyard Stadium6th place
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Shin Tae-yongSeongnamSeongnam 2 Stadium5th place
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Cha Bum-kunSuwonSuwon World Cup StadiumChampions
Ulsan Hyundai Kim Ho-konUlsanMunsu Cup Stadium3rd place

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoingMannerDateIncomingDateTable
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Kim Hak-bumResigned27 November 2008 Shin Tae-yong1 December 2008Pre-season
Incheon United Chang Woe-ryongSigned for Omiya Ardija10 December 2008 Ilija Petković7 January 2009
Ulsan Hyundai Kim Jung-namResigned26 December 2008 Kim Ho-kon26 December 2008
Daejeon Citizen Kim HoSacked25 June 2009[1] Wang Sun-jae25 June 2009[2]13th
Jeju United Arthur BernardesResigned14 October 2009[3] Cho Jin-ho14 October 200913th
Jeju United Cho Jin-hoCaretaker29 October 2009 Park Kyung-hoon30 October 2009[4]13th

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC playerFormer player(s)
Busan IPark Di Fábio Paulinho Guará Rômulo
Jeonnam Dragons Adriano Chuva Wesley Aleksandar Petrović
Daegu Léo Paulista Valdeir Feng Xiaoting Émile Mbamba
Lazar Popović
Daejeon Citizen Alexandre Válber Stevan Račić Vinicius
Ricardo Costa
FC Seoul Adilson Anderson Dejan Damjanović Kevin Hatchi
Gangwon FC Caion Stipe Lapić Masahiro Ohashi
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam Bruno Cazarine Índio Marcelo Pinheiro Kazuyuki Toda Claudinho
Rogério
Incheon United Dragan Čadikovski Dragan Mladenović Ognjen Koroman Jade North Borko Veselinović
Jeju United Esquerdinha Jóbson Ricardinho
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Brasília Eninho Luiz Henrique Wan Houliang Aleksandar Petrović
Pohang Steelers Denílson Vaguinho Stevica Ristić Brasília
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Fabrício Souza Mauricio Molina Dženan Radončić Sasa Ognenovski Mota
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Edu Sandro Hiroshi Tiago Li Weifeng Jorge Luiz
Ulsan Hyundai Almir Fábio Luís Slavčo Georgievski Antun Kovacic Luizinho

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2817655933+2657Qualification for the playoffs final
2Pohang Steelers28141135533+2253Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3FC Seoul2816574727+2053Qualification for the playoffs first round
4Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma2813694034+645
5Incheon United28111073129+243
6Jeonnam Dragons2811984139+242
7Gyeongnam FC28101083832+640
8Ulsan Hyundai2899103229+336
9Daejeon Citizen2889112938−933
10Suwon Samsung Bluewings2888122932−332Qualification for the Champions League[a]
11Gwangju Sangmu2893163340−730
12Busan IPark2878133642−629
13Gangwon FC2877144257−1528
14Jeju United2877142244−2228
15Daegu FC2858152045−2523
Source: K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

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

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Busan IPark2–21–02–12–22–02–32–00–13–03–11–21–21–11–2
Jeonnam Dragons3–20–12–01–64–11–12–01–10–01–31–02–02–01–0
Daegu FC1–11–22–20–32–11–31–30–02–10–32–21–11–00–1
Daejeon Citizen3–21–02–00–22–23–10–01–11–00–20–01–20–01–0
FC Seoul2–21–10–03–01–22–12–15–12–12–11–01–01–00–2
Gangwon FC1–13–32–21–21–32–20–43–21–01–31–24–11–11–2
Gwangju Sangmu0–11–20–13–01–03–10–01–00–12–32–32–30–32–1
Gyeongnam FC3–14–13–01–11–11–02–10–20–01–10–24–10–01–1
Incheon United1–01–12–12–10–12–01–01–23–30–11–41–00–00–0
Jeju United2–01–10–01–00–20–11–01–10–20–51–81–21–00–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors3–12–02–04–22–02–52–04–20–04–21–34–11–11–1
Pohang Steelers1–12–13–02–23–21–02–11–12–22–21–11–11–01–1
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma0–03–13–01–21–03–00–13–11–12–03–13–13–20–0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–01–41–01–02–03–30–23–11–20–11–12–31–01–0
Ulsan Hyundai3–11–13–11–11–23–42–00–10–11–20–12–20–03–2
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Final table

PosTeam0Qualification
1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)  Qualification for the Champions League
2Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma  
3Pohang Steelers  
4Jeonnam Dragons  
5FC Seoul  
6Incheon 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]

RankScorerClubGoalsApps
1 Lee Dong-gookJeonbuk Hyundai Motors2129
2 Dejan DamjanovićFC Seoul1423
3 Adriano ChuvaJeonnam Dragons1325
Kim Young-hooGangwon FC27
5 Yoo Byung-sooIncheon United1226
Kim Dong-chanGyeongnam FC27
7 Ko Chang-hyunDaejeon Citizen1019
8 Choi Tae-ukJeonbuk Hyundai Motors926
Choi Sung-kukGwangju Sangmu26
ÍndioGyeongnam FC27
Kim Myung-joongGwangju 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]

AwardWinnerClub
Most Valuable Player[7] Lee Dong-gookJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Top goalscorer[8] Lee Dong-gookJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Top assist provider[8] Luiz HenriqueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Rookie of the Year[7] Kim Young-hooGangwon FC
FANtastic Player[7] Lee Dong-gookJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Manager of the Year[7] Choi Kang-heeJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Special Award[7][8] Kim Young-kwangUlsan Hyundai
Kim Byung-jiGyeongnam FC
Goal of the Year[7] Kim Dong-chanGyeongnam FC
Best Referee[8] Choi Gwang-bo
Best Assistant Referee[8] 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] Ki Sung-yuengFC Seoul

Best XI

PositionWinnerClub
Goalkeeper Shin Hwa-yongPohang Steelers
Defenders Kim Sang-sikJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Hwang Jae-wonPohang Steelers
Kim Hyung-ilPohang Steelers
Choi Hyo-jinPohang Steelers
Midfielders Ki Sung-yuengFC Seoul
Kim Jung-wooSeongnam Ilhwa Chunma
EninhoJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Choi Tae-ukJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forwards Lee Dong-gookJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
DenilsonPohang Steelers

Source:[7]

Attendance

TeamStadiumMatchesHighestLowestAverage
Suwon Samsung BluewingsBig Bird Stadium1435,05810,20618,583
FC SeoulSeoul World Cup Stadium1436,7647,68516,779
Gangwon FCGangneung Stadium1021,3165,12914,787
Chuncheon Stadium4
Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsJeonju World Cup Stadium1421,51610,75614,227
Jeonnam DragonsGwang-Yang Stadium1319,80010,42013,263
Suncheon Stadium1
Gyeongnam FCChangwon Civil Stadium1021,9475,76412,269
Masan Stadium1
Miryang Stadium1
Geochang Stadium1
Yangsan Stadium1
Pohang SteelersPohang Steelyard1416,3827,34811,041
Incheon UnitedIncheon World Cup Stadium1434,2752,31510,499
Ulsan HyundaiUlsan Munsu Stadium1413,7613,8649,188
Daejeon CitizenDaejeon World Cup Stadium1416,5613,5358,596
Daegu FCDaegu Stadium1232,2503,2018,541
Daegu Civil Stadium2
Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaSeongnam Sports Complex1417,0491,3677,917
Jeju UnitedJeju World Cup Stadium1432,7651,7537,757
Gwangju SangmuGwangju World Cup Stadium1325,7622,8737,719
Yeonggwang Sportium1
Busan IParkAsiad Main Stadium1417,5773,9987,221
Total21036,7641,36711,226

Source: K League (in Korean)

See also

References