2010 K-League

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K League
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Season 2010
DatesRegular season:
27 February – 7 November 2010
Championship:
20 November – 5 December 2010
Champions FC Seoul
(4th title)
Champions League FC Seoul
Jeju United
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Matches played210
Goals scored604 (2.88 per match)
Best Player Kim Eun-jung
Top goalscorer Yoo Byung-soo
(22 goals)
Biggest home win Seongnam 6–0 Incheon
(14 March 2010)
Biggest away win Suwon 1–5 Jeonbuk
(7 November 2010)
Highest scoring Busan 5–3 Jeonnam
(29 August 2010)
Longest winning run6 matches
Jeju United
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
FC Seoul
Longest losing run6 matches
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Highest attendance60,747
Seoul 4–0 Seongnam
(5 May 2010)
Lowest attendance1,019
Gwangju 0–1 Jeonnam
(3 November 2010)
Average attendance10,941
2009
2011

The 2010 K League, officially known as Sonata K-League 2010, was the 28th season of the K League. It was sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company, and was held from 27 February to 5 December 2010.

Contents

The K League match-fixing scandal, the biggest incident in history of South Korean football, occurred in this season, and was revealed in 2011. 15 matches were fixed by 47 players, and they were banned for life from working in football.

Teams

General information

ClubManagerCityStadium2009 season
Busan IPark Flag of South Korea.svg Hwang Sun-hong Busan Busan Asiad Stadium 12th place
Jeonnam Dragons Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hang-seo Gwangyang Gwangyang Stadium 4th place
Daegu FC Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Young-jin Daegu Daegu Stadium
Daegu Civil Stadium
15th place
Daejeon Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Wang Sun-jae Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium 9th place
FC Seoul Flag of Portugal.svg Nelo Vingada Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 5th place
Gangwon FC Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Soon-ho Gangneung
Chuncheon
Gangneung Stadium
Chuncheon Stadium
13th place
Gwangju Sangmu Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-chul Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium 11th place
Gyeongnam FC Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Gwi-hwa Changwon Changwon Football Center 7th place
Incheon United Flag of South Korea.svg Huh Jung-moo Incheon Incheon Munhak Stadium 6th place
Jeju United Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kyung-hoon Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium 14th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Kang-hee Jeonju Jeonju World Cup Stadium Champions
Pohang Steelers Flag of South Korea.svg Park Chang-hyun Pohang Pohang Steel Yard 3rd place
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Tae-yong Seongnam Seongnam 2 Stadium Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Sung-hyo Suwon Suwon World Cup Stadium 10th place
Ulsan Hyundai Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ho-kon Ulsan Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium 8th place

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoingMannerDateIncomingDateTable
FC Seoul Flag of Turkey.svg Şenol Güneş End of contract25 November 2009 [1] Flag of Portugal.svg Nelo Vingada 14 December 2009 [2] Pre-season
Daegu FC Flag of South Korea.svg Byun Byung-joo Resigned8 December 2009 [3] Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Young-jin 22 December 2009 [4]
Pohang Steelers Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Farias Signed for Al-Ahli 27 December 2009 [5] Flag of Brazil.svg Waldemar Lemos 3 January 2010 [6]
Pohang Steelers Flag of Brazil.svg Waldemar Lemos Sacked10 May 2010 [7] Flag of South Korea.svg Park Chang-hyun 10 May 2010 [8] 12th
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Flag of South Korea.svg Cha Bum-kun Resigned6 June 2010 [9] Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Sung-hyo 15 June 2010 [10] 15th
Incheon United Flag of Serbia.svg Ilija Petković Resigned8 June 2010 [11] Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Bong-gil 24 June 20106th
Gyeongnam FC Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Kwang-rae Signed for South Korea 28 July 2010 [12] Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Gwi-hwa 28 July 2010 [13] 5th
Incheon United Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Bong-gil Caretaker22 August 2010 Flag of South Korea.svg Huh Jung-moo 22 August 2010 [14] 9th
Gwangju Sangmu Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Kang-jo Resigned31 October 2010 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-chul 31 October 201015th

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 AFC playerFormer player(s)
Busan IPark Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Azevedo Flag of Brazil.svg Di Fábio
Flag of Brazil.svg Rômulo
Jeonnam Dragons Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Chuva Flag of Brazil.svg Índio
Daegu Flag of Argentina.svg Isaac Acosta Flag of Brazil.svg Léo Paulista Flag of Brazil.svg Anderson
Daejeon Citizen Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Flag of Brazil.svg Fábio Lopes Flag of Brazil.svg Zacarias Flag of Brazil.svg Válber
FC Seoul Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanović Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Server Djeparov Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Esteves
Gangwon Flag of Brazil.svg Renato Medeiros Flag of Croatia.svg Stipe Lapić Flag of North Macedonia.svg Blazhe Ilijoski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Chunyu
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam FC Flag of Brazil.svg Camilo Flag of Brazil.svg Marcinho Flag of Brazil.svg Lúcio Curió
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Brás
Flag of Ghana.svg Alex Asamoah
Incheon United Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Samir Bekrić Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Correa Flag of North Macedonia.svg Dušan Savić Flag of North Macedonia.svg Dragan Čadikovski
Flag of Serbia.svg Ognjen Koroman
Jeju United Flag of Brazil.svg Eraldo Flag of Brazil.svg Júnior Santos Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Song Flag of Brazil.svg Léo Mineiro
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Flag of Brazil.svg Eninho Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Henrique Flag of Croatia.svg Krunoslav Lovrek Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Xiaoting
Pohang Steelers Flag of Brazil.svg Almir Flag of Brazil.svg Mota Flag of Brazil.svg Zulu Flag of Japan.svg Kazunari Okayama Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandro
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Flag of Brazil.svg Fabrício Souza Flag of Colombia.svg Mauricio Molina Flag of Montenegro.svg Dženan Radončić Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sasa Ognenovski
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Flag of Brazil.svg José Mota Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Diogo Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Takahara Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho
Flag of Brazil.svg Reinaldo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Weifeng
Ulsan Hyundai Flag of Colombia.svg Carmelo Valencia Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Estiven Vélez Flag of Paraguay.svg José Ortigoza

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 FC Seoul 2820265826+3262Qualification for the playoffs final
2 Jeju United 2817835425+2959Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2815675436+1851Qualification for the playoffs first round
4 Ulsan Hyundai 2815584730+1750
5 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2813964626+2048
6 Gyeongnam FC 2813964132+948
7 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 28125113944541Qualification for the Champions League [lower-alpha 1]
8 Busan IPark 2889113637133
9 Pohang Steelers 2889113948933
10 Jeonnam Dragons 2888124049932
11 Incheon United 2887134251931
12 Gangwon FC 28861436501430
13 Daejeon Citizen 28571627502322
14 Gwangju Sangmu 283101517432619
15 Daegu FC 28541928572919
Source: K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Positions by matchday

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
FC Seoul 113622213414331455522222222211
Jeju United 555235654642113122111111111122
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 331154546578642233444566554333
Ulsan Hyundai 549511132231566566676655666654
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 262346465353225644233444333445
Gyeongnam FC 10771163321125454311355333445566
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13912899101214151515111110988867777777777
Busan IPark 101211788777767777777788888888888
Pohang Steelers 88847791010131112121213101099991010111010101099
Incheon United 524910121288886888891010111199999991011
Jeonnam Dragons 10116101113131315119101099111111111010111110111111111110
Gangwon FC 151514141314141512101213141515151313121212121212121212121212
Daejeon Citizen 141413131515151411141311131314131414141514131313131313131313
Gwangju Sangmu 41010121211899910991011121212131313141414141515151414
Daegu FC 91315151410111113121414151412141515151415151515151414141515
Source: K League

Results

Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWN GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH
Busan IPark 5–30–21–13–01–12–01–22–10–11–04–20–00–10–2
Jeonnam Dragons 2–22–13–01–12–12–31–10–04–23–22–20–32–03–3
Daegu FC 2–10–31–32–32–21–21–11–40–30–10–22–21–31–2
Daejeon Citizen 2–01–01–22–51–23–00–30–21–30–40–10–11–11–5
FC Seoul 3–11–04–02–12–13–03–22–02–00–11–04–03–13–0
Gangwon FC 0–05–21–02–20–31–01–21–21–42–32–01–21–22–2
Gwangju Sangmu 1–10–10–31–10–21–01–11–10–00–11–10–21–11–2
Gyeongnam FC 0–11–11–01–01–01–11–03–21–13–23–12–22–10–1
Incheon United 1–11–01–13–31–01–32–02–22–33–24–01–42–31–2
Jeju United 1–02–11–02–01–15–04–03–20–02–21–11–12–12–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–13–14–03–21–01–30–01–13–21–13–21–13–11–2
Pohang Steelers 2–21–12–10–11–44–01–03–03–22–53–32–01–11–1
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–14–01–30–01–23–02–21–26–00–11–03–00–02–0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4–31–02–10–04–21–22–00–22–10–31–52–01–20–2
Ulsan Hyundai 0–23–05–02–01–21–02–21–03–01–00–11–10–12–3
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Final table

PosTeamQualification
1 FC Seoul (C)Qualification for the Champions League
2 Jeju United
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
4 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
5 Ulsan Hyundai
6 Gyeongnam FC
Source: RSSSF [ dead link ]
(C) Champions

Player statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Byung-soo Incheon United 22
2 Flag of Paraguay.svg José Ortigoza Ulsan Hyundai 17
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 15
4 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Young-hoo Gangwon FC 13
Flag of Brazil.svg Lúcio Curió Gyeongnam FC
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-jung Jeju United
7 Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanovic FC Seoul 12
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
9 Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Jo-gook FC Seoul 11
Flag of Montenegro.svg Dženan Radončić Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Top assist providers

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Flag of South Korea.svg Koo Ja-cheol Jeju United 11
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-jung Jeju United 9
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings 8
4 Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 7
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Tae-uk FC Seoul
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Flag of Brazil.svg Lúcio Curió Gyeongnam FC
Flag of Colombia.svg Mauricio Molina Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
8 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hee-do Busan IPark 6
Flag of Brazil.svg Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jae-soo Ulsan Hyundai

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 148 players participated in the selection process. [15]

AwardWinnerClub
Most Valuable Player Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-jung Jeju United
Top goalscorer Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Byung-soo Incheon United
Top assist provider Flag of South Korea.svg Koo Ja-cheol Jeju United
Rookie of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Bit-garam Gyeongnam FC
FANtastic Player Flag of South Korea.svg Koo Ja-cheol Jeju United
Manager of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kyung-hoon Jeju United
Special Award Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Yong-dae FC Seoul
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Byung-ji Gyeongnam FC
Flag of South Korea.svg Back Min-chul Daegu FC
Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Byung-seop
Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Sang-gi
Best Referee Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Myung-yong
Best Assistant Referee Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Hae-sang
Team of the Year FC Seoul
Fair Play Award Gangwon FC
Youth Team of the Year Maetan High School
(Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
Players' Player of the Year [15] Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul

Source: [16]

Best XI

PositionWinnerClub
Goalkeeper Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Yong-dae FC Seoul
Defenders Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Hyo-jin FC Seoul
Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson FC Seoul
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Saša Ognenovski Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Jeong-ho Jeju United
Midfielders Flag of South Korea.svg Koo Ja-cheol Jeju United
Flag of Colombia.svg Mauricio Molina Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Flag of Brazil.svg Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Bit-garam Gyeongnam FC
Forwards Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-jung Jeju United
Flag of Montenegro.svg Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul

Source: [16]

Attendance

TeamStadiumMatchesHighestLowestAverage
Busan IPark Asiad Main Stadium 144,393
Jeonnam Dragons Gwang-Yang Stadium 1412,004
Daegu FC Daegu Stadium
Daegu Civil Stadium
144,946
Daejeon Citizen Daejeon World Cup Stadium 148,577
FC Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 1430,849
Gangwon FC Gangneung Stadium
Chuncheon Stadium
149,537
Gwangju Sangmu Gwangju World Cup Stadium 143,782
Gyeongnam FC Changwon Football Center 1412,501
Incheon United Incheon Munhak Stadium 148,571
Jeju United Jeju World Cup Stadium 145,404
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonju World Cup Stadium 1414,300
Pohang Steelers Pohang Steel Yard 1411,174
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Tancheon Sports Complex 144,129
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon World Cup Stadium 1426,163
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium 147,786
Total21010,941

Source: K League (in Korean)

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