2005 in South Korean football

Football in South Korea
Season	2005
Men's football
K League	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
K2 League	Incheon Korail
Korean FA Cup	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Korean League Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Korean Super Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Last updated October 01, 2025

This article shows the summary of 2005 football season in South Korea. Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors became champions of the 2005 K League and 2005 Korean FA Cup respectively, and Busan IPark reached the semi-finals of the 2005 AFC Champions League. The South Korean national team qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

National teams

FIFA World Cup qualification

9 February AFC third round, Group 1	South Korea	2–0	Kuwait	Seoul, South Korea
	Lee Dong-gook 23' Lee Young-pyo 80'

25 March AFC third round, Group 1	Saudi Arabia	2–0	South Korea	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
	Kariri 29' Al-Qahtani 75'

30 March AFC third round, Group 1	South Korea	2–1	Uzbekistan	Seoul, South Korea
	Lee Young-pyo 54' Lee Dong-gook 62'		Geynrikh 78'

3 June AFC third round, Group 1	Uzbekistan	1–1	South Korea	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Shatskikh 63'		Park Chu-young 90'

8 June AFC third round, Group 1	Kuwait	0–4	South Korea	Kuwait City, Kuwait
			Park Chu-young 18' Lee Dong-gook 28' (pen.) Chung Kyung-ho 54' Park Ji-sung 60'

17 August AFC third round, Group 1	South Korea	0–1	Saudi Arabia	Seoul, South Korea
			Al-Anbar 4'

AFC third round, Group 1 table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14	Qualification for World Cup
2	South Korea	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Qualification for World Cup
3	Uzbekistan	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5	Advance to AFC fourth round
4	Kuwait	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4

Source: ^[1]

EAFF Championship

31 July	South Korea	1–1	China	Daejeon, South Korea
	Kim Jin-kyu 73'		Sun Xiang 52'

4 August

South Korea

0–0

North Korea

Jeonju, South Korea

8 August	South Korea	0–1	Japan	Daegu, South Korea
			Nakazawa 86'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China (C)	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	North Korea	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: EAFF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Friendlies

Senior team

15 January	South Korea	1–2	Colombia	Los Angeles, United States
	Chung Kyung-ho 2'		Castillo 41' Perea 75'

19 January	South Korea	1–1	Paraguay	Los Angeles, United States
	Kim Jin-kyu 46'	Report	Cardozo 45+1' (pen.)

22 January	South Korea	1–1	Sweden	Carson, United States
	Chung Kyung-ho 70'		Rosenberg 86'

4 February	South Korea	0–1	Egypt	Seoul, South Korea
			Moteab 14'

20 March	South Korea	1–0	Burkina Faso	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Kim Sang-sik 65'

14 August	South Korea	3–0^[a]	North Korea	Seoul, South Korea
	Chung Kyung-ho 34' Kim Jin-yong 36' Park Chu-young 68'

12 October	South Korea	2–0	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Cho Won-hee 1' Kim Jin-kyu 90'

12 November	South Korea	2–2	Sweden	Seoul, South Korea
	Ahn Jung-hwan 7' Kim Young-chul 51'		Linderoth 8' Rosenberg 56'

16 November	South Korea	2–0	Serbia and Montenegro	Seoul, South Korea
	Choi Jin-cheul 4' Lee Dong-gook 66'

↑ Not recognised as international "A" match.

Leagues

K League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon United	24	13	6	5	36	26	+10	45	Qualification for playoffs
2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	24	12	7	5	40	24	+16	43	Second stage winners
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	24	13	4	7	31	24	+7	43	Qualification for playoffs
4	Bucheon SK	24	12	6	6	26	18	+8	42
5	Pohang Steelers	24	11	7	6	28	22	+6	40
6	FC Seoul	24	8	8	8	37	32	+5	32
7	Daejeon Citizen	24	6	12	6	19	20	−1	30
8	Daegu FC	24	8	6	10	29	36	−7	30
9	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	24	6	10	8	29	32	−3	28
10	Busan IPark	24	7	7	10	28	31	−3	28	First stage winners
11	Jeonnam Dragons	24	7	6	11	23	29	−6	27
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	24	4	6	14	24	41	−17	18	Qualification for Champions League ^[a]
13	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	24	4	5	15	23	38	−15	17

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

↑ Qualified as champions of FA Cup.

Championship playoffs

Semi-finals		Final

Busan IPark	0

Incheon United	2
		Incheon United	1	2	3

		Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	5	1	6
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2

Final table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (C)	Qualification for Champions League
2	Incheon United
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
4	Busan IPark

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

K2 League

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Suwon City	10	7	1	2	19	10	+9	22	Qualification for playoff
2	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	10	6	3	1	25	15	+10	21
3	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	10	6	2	2	15	6	+9	20
4	Gangneung City	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17
5	Gimpo Hallelujah	10	5	2	3	11	12	−1	17
6	Icheon Sangmu	10	4	3	3	11	8	+3	15
7	Incheon Korail	10	4	1	5	10	11	−1	13
8	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	10	3	3	4	10	12	−2	12
9	Changwon City	10	2	3	5	7	13	−6	9
10	Daejeon KHNP	10	1	2	7	7	14	−7	5
11	Seosan Citizen	10	1	0	9	4	20	−16	3

Source: RSSSF

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Incheon Korail	10	6	3	1	14	7	+7	21	Qualification for playoff
2	Icheon Sangmu	10	5	3	2	11	6	+5	18
3	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	10	4	3	3	13	7	+6	15
4	Gimpo Hallelujah	10	4	3	3	19	15	+4	15
5	Changwon City	10	4	3	3	16	15	+1	15
6	Suwon City	10	3	5	2	16	13	+3	14
7	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	10	2	7	1	7	6	+1	13
8	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	10	3	3	4	13	14	−1	12
9	Gangneung City	10	2	3	5	7	12	−5	9
10	Seosan Citizen	10	1	6	3	8	15	−7	9
11	Daejeon KHNP	10	0	3	7	6	20	−14	3

Source: RSSSF

Championship playoff

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Incheon Korail (C)	4–2	Suwon City	2–1	2–1

Domestic cups

Korean FA Cup

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Korea University	0

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2
		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2

		FC Seoul	1
FC Seoul	2

Gimpo Hallelujah	1
				Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (p)	3 (4)

				Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3 (2)
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)	1 (5)

Suwon City	1 (3)
		Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3

		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1
Chung-Ang University	2
						14 December – Seoul
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3
						Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3

						Incheon Korail	1
Uijeongbu Hummel	1

Incheon Korail (a.e.t.)	2
		Incheon Korail	4

		Bucheon SK	2
Bucheon SK (a.e.t.)	3

Gangneung City	0
				Incheon Korail	2

				Goyang Kookmin Bank	1
Goyang Kookmin Bank	4

Bongshin Club	0
		Goyang Kookmin Bank	2

		Incheon United	1
Ajou University	2
								17 December – Seoul
Incheon United	3
								Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1

								Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	0
Busan IPark	1

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	2
		Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (p)	1 (3)

		Daejeon Citizen	1 (2)
Daejeon Citizen (a.e.t.)	3

Daegu University	1
				Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (p)	0 (4)

				Pohang Steelers	0 (3)
Pohang Steelers	2

Honam University	1
		Pohang Steelers (p)	0 (4)

		Gwangju Sangmu	0 (3)
Gwangju Sangmu	6
						14 December – Seoul
Konkuk University	1
						Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	3

						Jeonnam Dragons	1
Jeonnam Dragons	w/o

Seosan Citizen	—
		Jeonnam Dragons (a.e.t.)	2

		Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	3

Honam University	1
				Jeonnam Dragons	2

				Daegu FC	1
Daegu FC	1

Hongik University	0
		Daegu FC	4

		Daejeon KHNP	1
Daejeon KHNP	1

Changwon City	0

Korean League Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)	12	7	4	1	20	11	+9	25
2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	6	5	1	17	11	+6	23
3	Pohang Steelers	12	4	8	0	13	9	+4	20
4	Bucheon SK	12	5	3	4	14	13	+1	18
5	FC Seoul	12	5	2	5	18	18	0	17
6	Incheon United	12	4	3	5	9	10	−1	15
7	Daegu FC	12	4	3	5	16	18	−2	15
8	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	3	5	4	9	9	0	14
9	Jeonnam Dragons	12	3	5	4	11	12	−1	14
10	Daejeon Citizen	12	3	4	5	9	11	−2	13
11	Gwangju Sangmu	12	3	3	6	7	13	−6	12
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	2	5	5	12	14	−2	11
13	Busan IPark	12	2	4	6	8	14	−6	10

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Korean Super Cup

1 March

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	Busan IPark
Nádson 28'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 21,784

International cups

AFC Champions League

Team	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
Busan IPark	Semi-finals	Group G	Winners	8–0	Home	Bình Định
				4–0	Away	Bình Định
				2–0	Away	Krung Thai Bank
				4–0	Home	Krung Thai Bank
				4–0	Home	Persebaya Surabaya
				3–0	Away	Persebaya Surabaya
		Quarter-finals	5–1	3–0	Home	Al-Sadd
		Quarter-finals	5–1	2–1	Away	Al-Sadd
		Semi-finals	0–7	0–5	Home	Al-Ittihad
		Semi-finals	0–7	0–2	Away	Al-Ittihad
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Group stage	Group E	Runners-up	5–1	Away	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
				6–0	Home	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
				0–0	Home	Shenzhen Jianlibao
				0–1	Away	Shenzhen Jianlibao
				2–1	Home	Júbilo Iwata
				1–0	Away	Júbilo Iwata

References

↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

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[2] Not recognised as international "A" match.

[table_note_res_FAC0.095745111860216-3] Qualified as champions of FA Cup.

[1] "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

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