1984 K League

Korean Super League

Season	1984
Dates	Regular season: 31 March – 4 November 1984 Championship: 10–11 November 1984
Champions	Daewoo Royals (1st title)
Asian Club Championship	Daewoo Royals
Matches played	112
Goals scored	301 (2.69 per match)
Best Player	Park Chang-sun
Top goalscorer	Baek Jong-chul (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Oh Yun-kyo
Highest scoring	Daewoo 4–5 Lucky-Goldstar (12 May 1984)
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Korean Super League was the second season of top football league in South Korea. A total of eight teams participated in the league. Six of them were professional teams (Hallelujah FC, Yukong Elephants, Daewoo Royals, POSCO Dolphins, Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso, Hyundai Horang-i), and the other teams were semi-professional teams (Hanil Bank and Kookmin Bank). It began on 31 March and ended on 11 November. It divided into two stages, and winners of each stage qualified for the championship playoffs. It gave 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a draw without a goal.

Schedule

First stage			Second stage
Date	Place	Stadium	Date	Place	Stadium
31 March – 1 April	Seoul	Dongdaemun Stadium	28 July – 29 July	Seoul	Dongdaemun Stadium
7 April – 8 April	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium	1 August – 2 August	Seoul	Hyochang Stadium
21 April – 22 April	Seoul	Dongdaemun Stadium	4 August – 5 August	Seoul	Dongdaemun Stadium
28 April – 29 April	Daejeon	Daejeon Hanbat Stadium	7 August – 8 August	Seoul	Hyochang Stadium
5 May – 6 May	Cheongju	Cheongju Stadium	11 August – 12 August	Gangneung	Gangneung Stadium
12 May – 13 May	Wonju	Wonju Stadium	17 August – 18 August	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium
19 May – 20 May	Ulsan	Ulsan Complex Stadium	25 August – 26 August	Ulsan	Ulsan Complex Stadium
16 June – 17 June	Jeonju	Jeonju Stadium	29 August – 30 August	Daegu	Daegu Civic Stadium
23 June – 24 June	Gwangju	Gwangju Mudeung Stadium	1 September – 2 September	Andong	Andong Stadium
27 June – 28 June	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium	8 September – 9 September	Masan	Masan Stadium
30 June – 1 July	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium	15 September – 16 September	Gwangju	Gwangju Stadium
7 July – 8 July	Seoul	Hyochang Stadium	22 September – 23 September	Incheon	Incheon Sungui Stadium
14 July – 15 July	Gangneung	Gangneung Stadium	27 October – 28 October	Cheongju	Cheongju Stadium
21 July – 22 July	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium	3 November – 4 November	Seoul	Dongdaemun Stadium

Foreign players

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
Daewoo Royals
Hallelujah FC
Hanil Bank
Hyundai Horang-i	George Alhassan	Rob Landsbergen
Kookmin Bank
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	Piyapong Pue-on
POSCO Dolphins	Julio César	Luis	Wilsinho	Zézé Gomes
Yukong Elephants

Regular season

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	0D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yukong Elephants	14	9	2	0	3	21	9	+12	31	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Daewoo Royals	14	9	1	1	3	24	15	+9	30
3	Hyundai Horang-i	14	6	4	2	2	21	9	+12	28
4	Hallelujah FC	14	5	3	1	5	16	18	−2	22
5	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	14	5	1	2	6	20	22	−2	19
6	POSCO Dolphins	14	3	5	0	6	13	17	−4	19
7	Hanil Bank	14	3	4	0	7	14	26	−12	17
8	Kookmin Bank	14	1	2	2	9	12	25	−13	9

Source: RSSSF

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	0D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Daewoo Royals	14	8	1	3	2	23	8	+15	29	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Hyundai Horang-i	14	7	3	1	3	29	20	+9	28
3	POSCO Dolphins	14	7	2	0	5	28	27	+1	25
4	Hallelujah FC	14	5	3	2	4	18	17	+1	23
5	Yukong Elephants	14	4	3	4	3	17	13	+4	22
6	Hanil Bank	14	2	4	3	5	12	19	−7	17
7	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	14	3	2	1	8	18	23	−5	14
8	Kookmin Bank	14	2	4	0	8	15	33	−18	14

Source: RSSSF

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	0D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Daewoo Royals	28	17	2	4	5	47	23	+24	59	Qualification for the Asian Club Championship
2	Hyundai Horang-i	28	13	7	3	5	50	29	+21	56
3	Yukong Elephants	28	13	5	4	6	38	22	+16	53
4	Hallelujah FC	28	10	6	3	9	34	35	−1	45
5	POSCO Dolphins	28	10	7	0	11	41	44	−3	44
6	Hanil Bank	28	5	9	2	12	26	45	−19	35
7	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	28	8	3	3	14	38	45	−7	33
8	Kookmin Bank	28	3	6	2	17	27	58	−31	23

Source: RSSSF

Championship playoffs

Main article: 1984 K League Championship

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yukong Elephants	1–2	Daewoo Royals (C)	0–1	1–1

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals	Apps
1	Baek Jong-chul	Hyundai Horang-i	16	28
2	Choi Soon-ho	POSCO Dolphins	14	24
	Kim Yong-se	Yukong Elephants		28
4	Lee Tae-ho	Daewoo Royals	11	20
5	Oh Seok-jae	Hallelujah FC	9	22
	Rob Landsbergen	Hyundai Horang-i		27
	Cho Young-jeung	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso		28
8	Lee Yong-soo	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	8	25

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Park Chang-sun	Daewoo Royals
Top goalscorer	Baek Jong-chul	Hyundai Horang-i
Top assist provider	Rob Landsbergen	Hyundai Horang-i
Manager of the Year	Chang Woon-soo	Daewoo Royals
Best Goalkeeper	Oh Yun-kyo	Yukong Elephants
Exemplary Award	Cho Young-jeung	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Fighting Spirit Award	Chung Yong-hwan	Daewoo Royals
Popularity Award	Huh Jung-moo	Hyundai Horang-i
Best Referee	Na Yoon-sik	—

Source: ^{[1] [2]}

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Oh Yun-kyo	Yukong Elephants
Defenders	Chung Yong-hwan	Daewoo Royals
	Park Kyung-hoon	POSCO Dolphins
	Park Sung-hwa	Hallelujah FC
	Chung Jong-soo	Yukong Elephants
Midfielders	Park Chang-sun	Daewoo Royals
	Huh Jung-moo	Hyundai Horang-i
	Cho Young-jeung	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Forwards	Choi Soon-ho	POSCO Dolphins
	Lee Tae-ho	Daewoo Royals
	Baek Jong-chul	Hyundai Horang-i

Source: ^[3]

Monthly Golden Ball

Month	Winner	Club
April	Yoo Tae-mok	Daewoo Royals
May	Lee Yong-soo	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
June	Hwang Seok-keun	Hanil Bank
July	Hong Seok-min	POSCO Dolphins
August	Choi Soon-ho	POSCO Dolphins
September	Piyapong Pue-on	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
October	Lee Tae-ho	Daewoo Royals

Source: ^[4]

See also

• 1984 K League Championship

References

1. 大宇,프로축구 頂上차지. Naver (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 13 November 1984. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
2. 10.11일 前期우승팀 油公과 챔피언. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 5 November 1984. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
3. 슈퍼리그 84大長征 회심의 골인「대우王冠」빛나다. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 12 November 1984.
4. '/' 응용 프로그램에 서버 오류가 있습니다. (in Korean). K League. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

External links

• RSSSF
• Official website (in Korean)