2008 K League

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Samsung Hauzen
K League
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Season 2008
DatesRegular season:
8 March – 9 November 2008
Championship:
22 November – 7 December 2008
Champions Suwon Samsung Bluewings
(4th title)
Champions League Suwon Samsung Bluewings
FC Seoul
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steelers
Matches played182
Goals scored485 (2.66 per match)
Best Player Lee Woon-jae
Top goalscorer Dudu
(15 goals)
Average attendance2,347,897
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 K League was the 26th season of the K League. The regular season and playoffs' format was the same as the one used in the 2007 season. It began on March 8, and the final of the playoffs finished on 7 December.

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On 2 August 2008, the first ever Jomo Cup kicked off. The K League All-Stars squared off against the J.League All-Stars at the Japan National Stadium. Lee Woon-jae was selected as the K League All-Star Team's captain and Cha Bum-kun managed the squad. The K League All-Stars won the game by a score of 3–1. [1]

Teams

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Locations of the 2008 K League clubs

General information

ClubManagerCityStadium2007 season
Busan IPark Flag of South Korea.svg Hwang Sun-hong Busan Busan Asiad Stadium 13th place
Jeonnam Dragons Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hang-seo Gwangyang Gwang-Yang Stadium 10th place
Daegu FC Flag of South Korea.svg Byun Byung-joo Daegu Daegu World Cup Stadium 12th place
Daejeon Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ho Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium 6th place
FC Seoul Flag of Turkey.svg Şenol Güneş Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 7th place
Gwangju Sangmu Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Kang-jo Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium 14th place
Gyeongnam FC Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Kwang-rae Changwon Changwon Civil Stadium 5th place
Incheon United Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Woe-ryong Incheon Incheon Munhak Stadium 9th place
Jeju United Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Bernardes Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium 11th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Kang-hee Jeonju Jeonju World Cup Stadium 8th place
Pohang Steelers Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Farias Pohang Steelyard Stadium Champions
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hak-bum Seongnam Seongnam 2 Stadium Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Flag of South Korea.svg Cha Bum-kun Suwon Suwon World Cup Stadium 3rd place
Ulsan Hyundai Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jung-nam Ulsan Munsu Cup Stadium 4th place

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Former player(s)
Busan IPark Flag of Brazil.svg Di Fábio Flag of Brazil.svg Paulinho Guará Flag of Brazil.svg Pingo Flag of Brazil.svg Reinaldo
Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Augusto
Jeonnam Dragons Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Chuva Flag of Brazil.svg Renato Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Simões Flag of Brazil.svg Sandro Hiroshi
Daegu Flag of Brazil.svg Eninho Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Flag of Brazil.svg Geovane Flag of Brazil.svg Alexsandro
Flag of Brazil.svg Jorge Santos
Daejeon Citizen Flag of Brazil.svg Walter Minhoca Flag of Brazil.svg Selmir Flag of Nigeria.svg Eric Obinna Flag of Brazil.svg Edson Araújo
FC Seoul Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanović Flag of Turkey.svg Ceyhun Eriş Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Musampa
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam Flag of Brazil.svg Almir Flag of Brazil.svg Índio Flag of Brazil.svg Wellington Silva
Incheon United Flag of Montenegro.svg Dženan Radončić Flag of Serbia.svg Dragan Mladenović Flag of Serbia.svg Borko Veselinović
Jeju United Flag of Brazil.svg Ednilton Souza Flag of Brazil.svg Rômulo Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Paty
Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardinho
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Henrique Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Jusuf Dajić Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Petrović Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Carlos
Flag of Croatia.svg Antonio Franja
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stevica Ristić
Pohang Steelers Flag of Brazil.svg Denílson Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stevica Ristić Flag of Brazil.svg Clodoaldo
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Flag of Bolivia.svg Juan Carlos Arce Flag of Brazil.svg Dudu Flag of Brazil.svg Mota
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Flag of Brazil.svg Edu Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Pereira Flag of Croatia.svg Mato Neretljak Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Henrique
Ulsan Hyundai Flag of Brazil.svg Almir Flag of Brazil.svg Brasília Flag of Brazil.svg Luizinho Flag of Brazil.svg Ferreira
Flag of Brazil.svg Pedrão

Regular season

League table

Top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2617364624+2254Qualification for the playoffs final
2 FC Seoul 2615924425+1954Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2615654521+2451Qualification for the playoffs first round
4 Ulsan Hyundai 2614753926+1349
5 Pohang Steelers 2613584334+944
6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 26114113937+237
7 Incheon United 269982930−136
8 Gyeongnam FC 26105113539−435
9 Jeonnam Dragons 2685132640−1429
10 Jeju United 2677122331−828
11 Daegu FC 2682164658−1226
12 Busan IPark 2657143039−922
13 Daejeon Citizen 26312111835−1721
14 Gwangju Sangmu 2637162246−2416
Source: RSSSF (in English), K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH
Busan IPark —2–00–41–22–00–00–12–23–02–11–21–30–21–1
Jeonnam Dragons 2–1—2–31–13–31–01–01–10–02–12–00–10–22–2
Daegu FC 3–21–2—1–11–23–21–42–42–41–31–40–11–23–1
Daejeon Citizen 2–20–10–0—1–10–01–20–00–22–00–31–21–02–2
FC Seoul 2–13–03–11–0—3–13–12–13–12–24–11–00–21–1
Gwangju Sangmu 0–23–11–40–00–1—2–00–11–02–31–11–12–51–2
Gyeongnam FC 1–02–14–22–21–11–1—2–11–11–03–43–40–11–0
Incheon United 2–21–00–22–12–23–00–0—0–00–02–10–21–30–3
Jeju United 1–11–03–20–00–03–10–20–2—0–10–10–33–10–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–12–10–33–11–22–13–10–12–1—1–11–21–21–2
Pohang Steelers 3–22–13–00–01–23–13–11–20–11–1—2–10–03–1
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–04–04–13–01–13–03–10–00–01–22–3—2–20–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–13–03–22–00–12–03–02–02–12–51–00–1—2–0
Ulsan Hyundai 1–01–23–24–00–01–11–02–12–12–13–00–02–1—
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Final table

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Suwon Samsung Bluewings celebrating winning the 2008 season.

PosTeamQualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)Qualification for the Champions League
2 FC Seoul
3 Ulsan Hyundai
4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
5 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
6 Pohang Steelers Qualification for the Champions League [lower-alpha 1]
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Dudu won the award with 15 goals. [2]

RankPlayerClubGoalsApps
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Dudu Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1627
2 Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 1529
3 Flag of Montenegro.svg Dženan Radončić Incheon United 1326
Flag of Brazil.svg Edu Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1327
5 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC 1126
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Nam-seok Daegu FC 1024
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Luizinho Ulsan Hyundai 919
Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Dong-hyeon Suwon Samsung Bluewings 922
9 Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Jo-gook FC Seoul 814
Flag of Brazil.svg Eninho Daegu FC 819
Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Chuva Jeonnam Dragons 819
Flag of Brazil.svg Rômulo Marques Macedo Jeju United 821
Flag of Brazil.svg Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 822
Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Jae-jin Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 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 124 players participated in the selection process. [3]

AwardWinnerClub
Most Valuable Player [4] Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Woon-jae Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Top goalscorer [2] Flag of Brazil.svg Dudu Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Top assist provider [2] Flag of Brazil.svg Brasília Ulsan Hyundai
Rookie of the Year [4] Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Seung-yeoul FC Seoul
Manager of the Year [4] Flag of South Korea.svg Cha Bum-kun Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Players' Player of the Year [3] Flag of Brazil.svg Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Best XI

PositionWinnerClub
Goalkeeper Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Woon-jae Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defenders Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson FC Seoul
Flag of Croatia.svg Mato Neretljak Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Dong-hyuk Ulsan Hyundai
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Hyo-jin Pohang Steelers
Midfielders Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyeung-bum Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Won-hee Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Flag of South Korea.svg Ki Sung-yueng FC Seoul
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chung-yong FC Seoul
Forwards Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC
Flag of Brazil.svg Edu Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Source: [4]

Attendance

The records were calculated for the regular season.

ClubMatchesTotalAverage
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13309,62323,817
FC Seoul 13271,29020,868
Daegu FC 13221,62317,048
Daejeon Citizen 13188,89214,530
Incheon United 13175,02313,463
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13166,62512,817
Gyeongnam FC 13153,85311,835
Pohang Steelers 13153,54011,811
Jeonnam Dragons 13150,15611,550
Ulsan Hyundai 13130,75810,058
Gwangju Sangmu FC 13128,6309,895
Busan IPark 13107,8308,295
Jeju United 1396,3777,414
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1393,6777,206
Total1822,347,89712,901

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