A Rookie of the Year award or ROY is given by a number of sports leagues to the top-performing athlete in his or her first season within the league. Athletes competing for the first time in any given league are also known as "rookies".
The Suwon Samsung Bluewings are a South Korean football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the K League on four occasions, as well as the Asian Club Championship twice, in 2000–01 and 2001–02.
The Korea Cup, formerly the Korean FA Cup, is a national football cup knockout competition of South Korea, held annually by the Korea Football Association (KFA). Before the competition was established in 1996, two similar tournaments named All Joseon Football Tournament (1921–1940) and Korean National Football Championship (1946–2000) were played. It was renamed Korea Cup in 2024, with the winners qualifying for the AFC Champions League Elite or the AFC Champions League Two.
Asia League Ice Hockey or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and formerly China and Russia. The league is headquartered in Japan. At the end of the playoffs every year the winner is awarded the Championship Trophy.
Choi Jin-cheul is a South Korean football manager and former player.
Kim Tae-young is a South Korean football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Lee Kwan-Woo is a South Korean retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Lee Keun-ho is a South Korean former footballer who played as a forward. His pace, work-rate, and link-up plays mark him as a highly rated forward in Asia. South Korean international since 2007, he currently has 19 goals in 84 caps. He represented his country in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Kim Eun-jung is a South Korean retired footballer who played as a striker. He is currently manager of K League 1 club Suwon FC. He previously headed Tubize after joining in 2015 as a youth scout.
The K League Most Valuable Player Award is a football award for players in K League. The award is given to the player deemed the most valuable player in the league each season.
The K League Top Scorer Award has been awarded to the top goalscorers of K League since the inaugural 1983 season.
The 2009–10 Primeira Liga was the 76th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 16 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010.
The K League Top Assists Award has been awarded to the top assist providers of K League since the 1983 season.
The K League Best XI is an award for the best eleven players in a K League season.
The K League Manager of the Year Award is a football award for managers in K League. The award is given to the coach deemed the most valuable coach in the league each season.
The K League Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in South Korea. The award has been presented since 2007 and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the K League players.
Johnathan Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Johnathan Goiano or just Johnathan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward. While playing for Suwon Samsung Bluewings Johnathan Goiano was nicknamed "Suwon Ronaldo" for his resemblance to Juventus star player, Cristiano Ronaldo.
The K League 'FAN'tastic Player is an annual award given to the player who is judged to have been the best of the year in South Korea. The word 'Fan'tastic means that a fanstasic player is chosen by fans. The award has been presented since the 2009 season and the winner is chosen by an online poll by K League fans.
Lee Seung-gi is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Busan IPark as a midfielder, having previously played for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Gwangju FC. He also represented South Korea in senior men's football.
K League (Korean: K리그) is South Korea's professional football league. It includes the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2. Clubs competing in the K League have won a record total of twelve AFC Champions League titles, the top continental competition for Asian clubs.