2016 K League Classic

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K League Classic 2016
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The 2016 K League Classic is the 34th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K-League and the fourth season in its current name, the K League Classic.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are the defending champions, having won their title for two consecutive years.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to 2016 K League Challenge

Teams promoted from the 2015 K League Challenge

Participating clubs

As of 2016 Season, K League Classic Clubs by Province

Province (Population) City / Area (Population) Clubs
Capital Region (25,003,017) Seoul (10,250,134) FC Seoul
Incheon (2,804,287) Incheon United
Seongnam (979,556) Seongnam FC
Suwon (1,091,934) Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Suwon FC
Gyeongsang Region (13,200,998) Ulsan (1,136,464) Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang (517,307) Pohang Steelers
Sangju (104,014) Sangju Sangmu
Jeolla Region (5,251,529) Gwangju (1,477,780) Gwangju FC
Jeonnam (1,912,725) Jeonnam Dragons
Jeonbuk(1,873,491) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jeju Region (576,507) Jeju (576,507) Jeju United
* Population - 2012 census
Location of teams in 2016 K League Classic

The following 12 clubs will compete in the K League Classic during the 2016 season.

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) / Sponsor(s)
Gwangju FC Gwangju South Korea Nam Ki-il 2010 - Owner : Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder
Incheon United Incheon South Korea Kim Do-hoon 2004 - Owners : Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
Jeju United Jeju South Korea Jo Sung-hwan 1983 - Owner : SK Energy in SK Group
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk South Korea Choi Kang-hee 1995 - Owner : Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group
Jeonnam Dragons Jeonnam South Korea Roh Sang-rae 1995 - Owner : POSCO
Pohang Steelers Pohang, Gyeongbuk South Korea Choi Jin-cheul 1983 - Owner : POSCO
Sangju Sangmu Sangju, Gyeongbuk South Korea Cho Jin-ho
2011 -
 Owner : Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
Seongnam FC Seongnam, Gyeonggi South Korea Kim Hak-bum 1989 - Owner : Government of Seongnam, Citizen Stockholder
FC Seoul Seoul South Korea Choi Yong-soo 1984 - Owner : GS Group
Suwon FC Suwon, Gyeonggi South Korea Cho Duck-je 2013 - Owner : Government of Suwon, Citizen Stockholder
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon, Gyeonggi South Korea Seo Jung-won 1996 - Owner : Cheil Worldwide in Samsung
Sponsors : Samsung Electronics, Maeil Dairies Industry
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan South Korea Yoon Jung-hwan 1984 - Owner : Hyundai Heavy Industries in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group

Stadiums

Gwangju FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonnam Dragons Pohang Steelers
Gwangju World Cup Stadium Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Gwangyang Football Stadium Pohang Steel Yard
Capacity: 40,245 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477 Capacity: 20,009 Capacity: 25,000
Sangju Sangmu Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon FC Suwon Samsung
Bluewings		 Ulsan Hyundai
Sangju Civic Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon Sports Complex Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,250 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 11,808 Capacity: 43,959 Capacity: 44,474

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Table Date Incoming Table Date
Pohang Steelers South Korea Hwang Sun-hong End of contract preseason South Korea Choi Jin-cheul preseason
Sangju Sangmu South Korea Park Hang-seo End of contract preseason South Korea Cho Jin-ho preseason

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC confederation.

As of 25 January 2016
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Gwangju FC Brazil Fábio Neves Brazil Wellington Japan Tomoki Wada
Incheon United Belgium Kevin Oris Croatia Matej Jonjić Republic of Macedonia Krste Velkoski Vietnam Lương Xuân Trường
Jeju United Brazil Fernando Karanga Brazil Moises Brazil Marcelo Toscano
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Brazil Luiz Henrique Brazil Leonardo Brazil Ricardo Lopes Australia Erik Paartalu
Jeonnam Dragons Croatia Vedran Jugović Croatia Mislav Oršić Republic of Macedonia Stevica Ristić
Pohang Steelers Serbia Lazar Veselinović
Seongnam FC Argentina Pitu Brazil Tiago
FC Seoul Brazil Adriano Montenegro Dejan Damjanović Spain Osmar Barba Japan Yojiro Takahagi
Suwon FC Belgium Marvin Ogunjimi Montenegro Vladan Adžić Spain Jaime Gavilán Australia Adrian Leijer
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Brazil Hygor Brazil Santos
Ulsan Hyundai Brazil Bernardo Croatia Ivan Kovačec Japan Chikashi Masuda

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Seoul 8 6 1 1 17 6 +11 19 Champions League group stage
2 Seongnam FC 9 5 3 1 16 8 +8 18
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 8 4 4 0 13 8 +5 16 Champions League play-off round
4 Sangju Sangmu 9 3 2 4 14 17 −3 11
5 Jeju United 8 3 2 3 13 11 +2 11
6 Gwangju FC 9 3 2 4 10 13 −3 11
7 Ulsan Hyundai 9 3 2 4 7 10 −3 11
8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 8 1 6 1 10 11 −1 9
9 Pohang Steelers 8 2 3 3 8 9 −1 9
10 Suwon FC 8 1 5 2 6 10 −4 8
11 Jeonnam Dragons 9 1 4 4 9 12 −3 7 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Incheon United 9 0 4 5 6 14 −8 4 Relegation to 2017 K League Challenge
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2016. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points

Positions by matchday

      Leader & 2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
      Qualification to 2017 AFC Champions League Group stage
      Relegation playoffs
      Relegation to the 2017 K League Challenge

Round 1-22

Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122
FC Seoul 10 5 3 2 1 1 1 1                            
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2                            
Seongnam FC 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 3                            
Sangju Sangmu 2 7 10 10 10 8 5 4                            
Jeju United 1 6 9 8 5 4 4 5                            
Ulsan Hyundai 11 11 8 4 4 5 8 6                            
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 11 10 7 7 8 6 6 7                            
Pohang Steelers 5 1 5 6 7 10 10 8                            
Gwangju FC 5 2 6 9 9 7 7 9                            
Suwon FC 7 9 4 5 6 9 9 10                            
Jeonnam Dragons 7 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 11                          
Incheon United 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12                          

Last updated: 5 May 2016
Source: kleague.com

Round 23-38

Split rounds are from round 34 to round 38

Team \ Round 23242526272829303132333435363738
Gwangju FC                                
Incheon United                                
Jeju United                                
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors                                
Jeonnam Dragons                                
Pohang Steelers                                
Sangju Sangmu                                
Seongnam FC                                
FC Seoul                                
Suwon FC                                
Suwon Samsung Bluewings                                
Ulsan Hyundai                                

Last updated: 15 January 2016
Source: kleague.com

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home ╲ Away GWJ ICU JJUJHMJNDPHSSJSSENSEOSUWSSBUSH
Gwangju FC 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2
Incheon United 0–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–1
Jeju United 3–1 4–2 2–2 2–2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–1
Jeonnam Dragons 1–2 3–4 1–2 0–0
Pohang Steelers 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 a
Sangju Sangmu 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0
Seongnam FC 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0
FC Seoul 3–1 4–0 3–0 a
Suwon FC 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–2 1–1 2–1 a a
Ulsan Hyundai 0–1 0–0 2–1 a 0–3 1–2

Updated to games played on 5 May 2016.
Source: K League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Matches 23–33

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).

Home ╲ Away GWJ ICU JJUJHMJNDPHSSJSSENSEOSUWSSBUSH
Gwangju FC
Incheon United
Jeju United
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jeonnam Dragons
Pohang Steelers
Sangju Sangmu
Seongnam FC a
FC Seoul a
Suwon FC
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ulsan Hyundai a

Updated to games played on 15 January 2016.
Source: K League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 May 2016

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Adriano FC Seoul 6
Brazil Tiago Seongnam FC
South Korea Jung Jo-gook Gwangju FC
4 South Korea Kwon Chang-hoon Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4
South Korea Park Chu-young FC Seoul
South Korea Park Gi-dong Sangju Sangmu
South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
South Korea Hwang Ui-jo Seongnam FC
9 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 3
South Korea Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
South Korea Lee Kwang-seon Jeju United
South Korea Shim Dong-woon Pohang Steelers
Croatia Mislav Oršić Jeonnam Dragons
South Korea Yang Dong-hyun Pohang Steelers
Brazil Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Top assists

As of 5 May 2016

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Tiago Seongnam FC 4
South Korea Lee Jae-sung Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
South Korea Kim Min-hyeok Gwangju FC
4 South Korea Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3
Japan Yojiro Takahagi FC Seoul
South Korea Chung Woon Jeju United
Brazil Marcelo Toscano Jeju United
South Korea Park Gi-dong Sangju Sangmu
Brazil Adriano FC Seoul
10 12 players 2

Attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FC Seoul 58,458 25,950 13,190 19,486 0.13475425110645+13.4%†
2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 82,279 32,695 8,022 16,456 -0.94504106127606−5.4%†
3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 62,440 28,109 8,937 12,488 -0.94641909814324−5.3%†
4 Ulsan Hyundai 48,214 18,219 4,113 9,643 0.53575410097149+53.5%†
5 Seongnam FC 34,409 14,504 5,115 8,602 0.51871468926554+51.8%†
6 Pohang Steelers 32,696 12,416 3,815 8,174 -0.88482355488201−11.5%†
7 Suwon FC 22,387 12,825 2,138 7,462 4.5070110701107+450.7%†
8 Jeju United 23,558 8,317 4,308 5,890 -0.90033628859676−9.9%†
9 Jeonnam Dragons 23,285 12,808 2,107 5,821 0.34217200830067+34.2%†
10 Incheon United 27,773 10,722 2,850 5,555 0.14229899239153+14.2%†
11 Gwangju FC 23,643 10,638 2,208 4,729 1.1613345521024+116.1%†
12 Sangju Sangmu 9,816 4,783 971 2,454 0.98704453441296+98.7%†
League total 448,958 32,695 971 8,803+14.0%†

Updated to games played on 5 May 2016
Source: K League Classic
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
† Teams that played previous season in K League Challenge.

Awards

Most Valuable Player of The Round

R MVP Club
1 South Korea Jung Jo-gook Gwangju FC
2 Brazil Adriano FC Seoul
3 Croatia Ivan Kovačec Ulsan Hyundai
4 South Korea Kim Chi-gon Ulsan Hyundai
5 South Korea Ahn Hyun-beom Jeju United
6 South Korea Kim Bo-kyung Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
7 South Korea Lee Keun-ho Jeju United
8 South Korea Park Gi-dong Sangju Sangmu

Season Awards

The 2016 K League Awards will be hold on December 2016.

References

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