2007 K League

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Samsung Hauzen
K League
Season 2007
DatesRegular season:
3 March – 14 October 2007
Championship:
20 October – 11 November 2007
Champions Pohang Steelers
(4th title)
Champions League Pohang Steelers
Jeonnam Dragons
Matches played182
Goals scored424 (2.33 per match)
Best Player André Luiz Tavares
Top goalscorer Cabore
(17 goals)
2006
2008

The 2007 K League was the 25th season of the K League. The format of the league was changed from two stages to single league since this season. Each team played 26 matches against every other teams under the home and away system. After the regular league was finished, the top six clubs qualified for the championship playoffs to determine champions.

Contents

It took a break after the Round 13 on 23 June due to the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, and resumed with the Round 14 on 8 August.

Teams

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Former player(s)
Busan IPark Flag of Brazil.svg Ciel Flag of Brazil.svg Luciano Tanque Flag of Croatia.svg Frane Čačić Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Fernando
Flag of Brazil.svg William
Jeonnam Dragons Flag of Brazil.svg Leandrão Flag of Brazil.svg Sandro Hiroshi Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Simões Flag of Brazil.svg Sandro
Daegu FC Flag of Brazil.svg Eninho Flag of Brazil.svg Luizinho Flag of Brazil.svg Selmir
Daejeon Citizen Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Chuva Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg Denílson Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Caballero
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernandinho
FC Seoul Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson Flag of Brazil.svg Dudu Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Nascimento
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam FC Flag of Brazil.svg Cabore Flag of Brazil.svg Rogério Pinheiro Flag of Brazil.svg Popó
Incheon United Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanović Flag of Serbia.svg Dragan Mladenović Flag of Serbia.svg Željko Kalajdžić Flag of Montenegro.svg Dženan Radončić
Jeju United Flag of Brazil.svg Irineu Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardinho Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nikola Vasiljević
Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Perić
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Flag of Croatia.svg Antonio Franja Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Carlos Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stevica Ristić
Pohang Steelers Flag of Brazil.svg Jonhes Flag of Brazil.svg Schwenck Flag of Brazil.svg André Luiz Tavares Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Frontini
Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Flag of Brazil.svg Itamar Flag of Brazil.svg Mota Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Neaga
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Flag of Brazil.svg Edu Flag of Brazil.svg Nádson Flag of Croatia.svg Mato Neretljak Flag of Brazil.svg Elpídio Silva
Ulsan Hyundai Flag of Brazil.svg Almir Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Machado Flag of Chile.svg José Luis Villanueva

Regular season

League table

The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2616734318+2555Qualification for the playoffs final
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2615653624+1251Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2612953422+1245Qualification for the playoffs first round
4 Gyeongnam FC 2613494131+1043
5 Pohang Steelers 2612592731441
6 Daejeon Citizen 2610793427+737
7 FC Seoul 2681352316+737
8 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 269983632+436
9 Incheon United 268993032233
10 Jeonnam Dragons 2679102427330Qualification for the Champions League [lower-alpha 1]
11 Jeju United 2686122735830
12 Daegu FC 26661435461124
13 Busan IPark 26481420391920
14 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 26261814443012
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Results

Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH
Busan IPark 1–31–41–00–02–11–40–00–10–21–21–31–20–1
Jeonnam Dragons 0–03–21–20–12–02–10–01–01–02–10–20–00–1
Daegu FC 1–12–21–11–02–11–31–23–01–12–21–21–23–1
Daejeon Citizen 2–21–14–10–02–00–00–11–02–03–01–21–01–3
FC Seoul 4–01–02–02–10–00–32–11–01–13–00–00–10–0
Gwangju Sangmu 0–30–02–11–00–00–41–10–20–20–10–11–31–2
Gyeongnam FC 2–02–01–01–21–01–00–03–11–21–30–20–00–4
Incheon United 2–22–12–13–22–23–21–21–11–30–10–22–31–0
Jeju United 1–02–12–02–32–21–11–10–22–22–01–20–12–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–11–14–10–21–12–12–30–02–11–20–21–10–0
Pohang Steelers 0–11–01–31–10–02–12–13–20–11–32–10–01–0
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2–11–13–00–00–03–11–21–12–02–11–13–11–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–01–01–12–12–10–05–31–03–02–31–02–11–2
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0–02–22–12–10–04–01–11–02–22–10–00–32–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Final table

PosTeamQualification
1 Pohang Steelers (C)Qualification for the Champions League
2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
5 Gyeongnam FC
6 Daejeon Citizen
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Cabore won the award with 17 goals. [1]

PosPlayerTeamGoalsApps
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Cabore Gyeongnam FC 1826
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Denilson Daejeon Citizen 1424
Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanović Incheon United 1426
4 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stevica Ristić Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1325
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Luizinho Daegu FC 1123
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 921
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Chuva Daejeon Citizen 814
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC 820
Flag of Brazil.svg Sandro Hiroshi Jeonnam Dragons 826
Flag of South Korea.svg Woo Sung-yong Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 826

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 100 players participated in the selection process. [2]

AwardWinnerClub
Most Valuable Player [3] Flag of Brazil.svg André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers
Top goalscorer [1] Flag of Brazil.svg Cabore Gyeongnam FC
Top assist provider [1] Flag of Brazil.svg André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers
Rookie of the Year [3] Flag of South Korea.svg Ha Tae-goon Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Manager of the Year [4] Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Farias Pohang Steelers
Players' Player of the Year [2] Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Do-heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Best XI

PositionWinnerClub
Goalkeeper Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Byung-ji FC Seoul
Defenders Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson FC Seoul
Flag of Croatia.svg Mato Neretljak Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Flag of South Korea.svg Hwang Jae-won Pohang Steelers
Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Hak-young Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Midfielders Flag of Brazil.svg André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Kwan-woo Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Do-heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Forwards Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC
Flag of Brazil.svg Cabore Gyeongnam FC

Source: [4]

Attendance

At the end of the 2007 season, the K League attracted 2,073,808 fans and an average of 11,786 fans per game. That puts the K League at 15th in the world for average attendances for domestic premier leagues for association football.

TeamAverageMinimumMaximumTotal
Suwon Samsung Bluewings25,19416,21341,819327,526
FC Seoul21,51310,57455,397279,670
Incheon United16,6716,21725,686216,728
Daegu FC15,0072,08544,215180,090
Daejon Citizen14,6595,42328,074175,914
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors11,3124,32829,112135,754
Gwangju Sangmu8,8612,67828,637115,196
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i8,7063,62814,763113,184
Gyeongnam FC8,6253,05123,192103,503
Jeonnam Dragons8,5653,85913,800102,780
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma7,6774,23610,50899,794
Jeju United6,6361,23120,49979,635
Pohang Steelers6,5721,73512,59678,873
Busan IPark5,0121,50511,07565,161

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