1989 K League

Korean Professional Football League

Season	1989
Dates	25 March – 28 October 1989
Champions	Yukong Elephants (1st title)
Asian Club Championship	Withdrew
Cup Winners' Cup	Daewoo Royals
Matches played	120
Goals scored	275 (2.29 per match)
Best Player	Noh Soo-jin
Top goalscorer	Cho Keung-yeon (20 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Cha Sang-kwang
Highest scoring	Hyundai 3–4 POSCO (21 October 1989)
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The 1989 Korean Professional Football League was the seventh season of K League since its establishment in 1983. The Korean Professional Football Committee was merged into the Korea Football Association again in March 1989. ^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yukong Elephants (C)	40	17	15	8	51	40	+11	49
2	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	40	15	17	8	53	40	+13	47
3	Daewoo Royals	40	14	14	12	44	44	0	42	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup [a]
4	POSCO Atoms	40	13	14	13	49	50	−1	40
5	Ilhwa Chunma	40	6	21	13	44	52	−8	33
6	Hyundai Horang-i	40	7	15	18	34	49	−15	29

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Qualified as champions of the Korean National Football Championship.

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Noh Soo-jin	Yukong Elephants
Top goalscorer	Cho Keung-yeon	POSCO Atoms
Top assist provider	Lee Heung-sil	POSCO Atoms
Rookie of the Year	Ko Jeong-woon	Ilhwa Chunma
Manager of the Year	Kim Jung-nam	Yukong Elephants
Best Goalkeeper	Cha Sang-kwang	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Fighting Spirit Award	Cho Keung-yeon	POSCO Atoms
Exemplary Award	Kang Jae-soon	Hyundai Horang-i

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Cha Sang-kwang	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Defenders	Lim Jong-heon	Ilhwa Chunma
	Cho Yoon-hwan	Yukong Elephants
	Choi Yun-kyum	Yukong Elephants
	Lee Young-ik	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Midfielders	Lee Heung-sil	POSCO Atoms
	Cho Duck-je	Daewoo Royals
	Kang Jae-soon	Hyundai Horang-i
Forwards	Yoon Sang-chul	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
	Cho Keung-yeon	POSCO Atoms
	Noh Soo-jin	Yukong Elephants

Source: ^[2]

References

1. 축구協-프로축구委 통합 합의. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 4 March 1989. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
2. 프로축구 개인賞선정 최우수선수에 魯壽珍. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 15 December 1989. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
3. '89프로축구 油公 頂上헹가래. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 30 October 1989. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

External links

• RSSSF