| Season | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Regular season: 14 May – 11 October 2000 Championship: 1–15 November 2000 |
| Champions | Anyang LG Cheetahs (3rd title) |
| Asian Club Championship | Anyang LG Cheetahs Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
| Matches played | 135 |
| Goals scored | 369 (2.73 per match) |
| Best Player | Choi Yong-soo |
| Top goalscorer | Kim Do-hoon (12 goals) |
← 1999 2001 → | |
The 2000 K League was the 18th season of K League.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyang LG Cheetahs | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 53 | Qualification for the playoffs final |
| 2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 42 | Qualification for the playoffs semi-final |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 37 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 4 | Bucheon SK | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 36 | |
| 5 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 36 | Qualification for the Asian Club Championship [lower-alpha 1] |
| 6 | Busan I'Cons | 27 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 29 | |
| 7 | Jeonnam Dragons | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 28 | |
| 8 | Daejeon Citizen | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 24 | |
| 9 | Pohang Steelers | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 22 | |
| 10 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 27 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 20 |
| First round | Semi-final | Final | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1R | Bucheon SK (a.e.t.) | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bucheon SK (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| SF | Bucheon SK | 1 | 1 (2) | X | 0W | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Anyang LG Cheetahs | 4 | 1 (4) | X | 2W | ||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyang LG Cheetahs (C) | Qualification for the Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Bucheon SK | |
| 3 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
| 4 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| Position | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper |  Shin Eui-son | Anyang LG Cheetahs |
| Defenders | Kang Chul | Bucheon SK |
| Lee Lim-saeng | Bucheon SK | |
| Kim Hyun-soo | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
 Maciel | Jeonnam Dragons | |
| Midfielders | André | Anyang LG Cheetahs |
| Shin Tae-yong | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
| Jeon Kyung-jun | Bucheon SK | |
 Denis Laktionov | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | |
| Forwards | Choi Yong-soo | Anyang LG Cheetahs |
| Kim Do-hoon | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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