2014 K League Classic

Hyundai Oilbank
K League Classic 2014
Season 2014
Champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(3rd title)
Relegated Gyeongnam FC
Sangju Sangmu
Champions League Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Seongnam FC
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
FC Seoul
Matches played 228
Goals scored 503 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer Santos
(14 goals)
Biggest home win Jeonbuk 6–0 Sangju
(July 20)
Biggest away win Gyeongnam 1–4 Jeonbuk
(July 13)
Highest scoring 8 goals
Jeju 6–2 Jeonnam
(September 6)
Longest winning run 9 games
Jeonbuk
Longest unbeaten run 15 games
Jeonbuk
Longest winless run 16 games
Gyeongnam
Longest losing run 4 games
Gyeongnam, Jeonnam
Highest attendance 46,549
Seoul v Suwon
(July 12)
Lowest attendance 858
Jeonnam v Seongnam
(November 1)
Average attendance 7,932
2013
2015

The 2014 K League Classic was the 32nd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K-League and the second season in its current name, the K League Classic.

Pohang Steelers were the defending champions, having won their fifth title after five years.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to 2014 K League Challenge

Teams promoted from the 2013 K League Challenge

Participating clubs

As of 2014 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
Suwon (1,091,934) Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Seongnam (979,556) Seongnam FC
Gyeongsang Region (13,200,998) Busan (3,549,501) Busan IPark
Ulsan (1,136,464) Ulsan Hyundai
Gyeongnam (3,309,559) Gyeongnam FC
Pohang (517,307) Pohang Steelers
Sangju (104,014) Sangju Sangmu
Jeolla Region (5,251,529) 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 2014 K League Classic

The following 12 clubs will compete in the K League Classic during the 2014 season.

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) / Sponsor(s)
Busan IPark Busan South Korea Yoon Sung-hyo
1983 
Owner : Hyundai Development Company
Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam Serbia Branko Babić (caretaker)
2006 
Owners : Government of Gyeongsangnam-do, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : DSME, Gyeongnam Bank
Incheon United Incheon South Korea Kim Bong-gil
2004 
Owners : Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
Jeju United Jeju South Korea Park Kyung-hoon
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 Ha Seok-ju
1995 
Owner : POSCO
Pohang Steelers Pohang, Gyeongbuk South Korea Hwang Sun-hong
1983 
Owner : POSCO
Sangju Sangmu Sangju, Gyeongbuk South Korea Park Hang-seo
2011 
Owner : Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
Seongnam FC Seongnam, Gyeonggi South Korea Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker)
1989 
Owner : Government of Seongnam, Citizen Stockholder
FC Seoul Seoul South Korea Choi Yong-soo
1984 
Owner : GS Group
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon, Gyeonggi South Korea Seo Jung-won
1996 
Owner : Cheil Worldwide in Samsung Group
Sponsors : Samsung Electronics
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan South Korea Cho Min-kook
1984 
Owner : Hyundai Heavy Industries in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group

Stadiums

Busan IPark Gyeongnam FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonnam Dragons
Busan Asiad Stadium Changwon Football Center Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Gwangyang Football Stadium
Capacity: 53,864 Capacity: 15,116 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477 Capacity: 20,009
Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,250 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 43,959 Capacity: 44,474

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Table Date Incoming Table Date
Seongnam FC South Korea An Ik-soo Resigned Pre-season South Korea Park Jong-hwan Pre-season
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea Kim Ho-gon Resigned Pre-season South Korea Cho Min-kook Pre-season
Gyeongnam FC Serbia Ilija Petković Resigned Pre-season South Korea Lee Cha-man Pre-season
Seongnam FC South Korea Park Jong-hwan Resigned 9th 2014-04-22 South Korea Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) 8th 2014-07-01
Gyeongnam FC South Korea Lee Cha-man Resigned 12th 2014-08-14 Serbia Branko Babić (caretaker) 12th 2014-08-14
Seongnam FC South Korea Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) Sacked 10th 2014-08-26 South Korea Kim Hak-bum 10th 2014-09-05

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 country.

As of 23 July 2014
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Busan IPark Brazil Fagner Brazil Nilson Brazil Jacio
Gyeongnam FC Croatia Edin Junuzović Serbia Sreten Sretenović Serbia Miloš Stojanović Australia Luke DeVere
Incheon United Brazil Ivo Brazil Diogo
Jeju United Chile Hugo Droguett Australia Aleksandar Jovanović
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Brazil Leonardo Brazil Kaio Brazil Vinícius Reche Australia Alex Wilkinson
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Leandrinho Croatia Sandi Križman Republic of Macedonia Stevica Ristić Australia Robert Cornthwaite
Pohang Steelers
Seongnam FC Brazil Valdivia Uzbekistan Server Djeparov
FC Seoul Brazil Everton Santos Colombia Mauricio Molina Spain Osmar Barba Japan Sergio Escudero
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Brazil Santos Brazil Roger Brazil Reiner
Ulsan Hyundai Brazil Wander Luiz Brazil Tartá Montenegro Filip Kasalica
Club Player
Suwon Samsung Bluewings North Korea Jong Tae-se

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) (Q) 38 24 9 5 60 22+38 81 Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Q) 38 19 10 9 52 37+15 67
3 FC Seoul (Q) 38 15 13 10 42 28+14 58 Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Pohang Steelers 38 16 10 12 50 39+11 58
5 Jeju United 38 14 12 12 39 36+3 54
6 Ulsan Hyundai 38 13 11 14 44 43+1 50
7 Jeonnam Dragons 38 14 9 15 48 535 51
8 Busan IPark 38 10 13 15 37 4912 43
9 Seongnam FC (Q) 38 9 13 16 32 397 40 Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
10 Incheon United 38 8 16 14 33 4613 40
11 Gyeongnam FC (R) 38 7 15 16 30 5222 36 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Sangju Sangmu (R) 38 7 13 18 39 6223 34 Relegation to 2015 K League Challenge

Updated to games played on 5 December 2015.
Source: []
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by matchday

      Leader & 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
      Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
      Relegation playoffs
      Relegation to the 2015 K League Challenge

Round 1–22

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

Source: kleague.com

Round 23–38

Split rounds are from round 34 to round 38

Team \ Round 23242526272829303132333435363738
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
FC Seoul 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 3
Pohang Steelers 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Jeju United 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5
Ulsan Hyundai 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Jeonnam Dragons 4 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Busan IPark 12 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 11 9 9 9 8 8 8 8
Seongnam FC 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 11 11 10 9
Incheon United 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10
Gyeongnam FC 11 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 12 12 12 11 10 10 11 11
Sangju Sangmu 9 10 10 9 9 9 11 11 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12

Last updated: 30 November 2014
Source: kleague.com

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Home ╲ Away BIP GNM ICUJJUJHMJNDPHSSJSSENSEOSSBUSH
Busan IPark 22 22 11 02 01 31 11 10 02 02 00
Gyeongnam FC 11 10 11 14 23 00 00 10 11 22 01
Incheon United 00 20 00 01 00 00 12 11 10 03 20
Jeju United 21 11 10 20 20 00 23 10 11 01 10
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 30 41 11 11 20 13 60 10 12 32 10
Jeonnam Dragons 21 31 12 12 02 22 43 20 22 31 10
Pohang Steelers 20 30 30 30 02 31 42 10 00 21 01
Sangju Sangmu 20 13 22 01 00 12 02 11 21 11 11
Seongnam FC 24 10 00 12 03 01 31 00 00 20 11
FC Seoul 01 00 51 20 11 01 01 21 10 20 01
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 10 00 32 10 10 10 41 22 11 01 32
Ulsan Hyundai 30 30 30 11 00 10 02 30 01 21 22

Updated to games played on 24 August 2014.
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 BIP GNM ICUJJUJHMJNDPHSSJSSENSEOSSBUSH
Busan IPark 40 21 11 11 10 13
Gyeongnam FC 21 10 02 01
Incheon United 30 02 33 21 10
Jeju United 02 62 30 00 10
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10 20 20 00 10 10
Jeonnam Dragons 21 00 21 01 12 11
Pohang Steelers 00 22 30 10 01
Sangju Sangmu 12 10 11 10 01
Seongnam FC 20 11 01 10 12 34
FC Seoul 11 11 31 00 01
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 11 11 21 21 22 20
Ulsan Hyundai 21 11 12 21 03

Updated to games played on 26 October 2014.
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.

Top six

Home ╲ Away JJU JHM PHSSEOSSBUSH
Jeju United 03 12 01
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10 11
Pohang Steelers 11 12 22
FC Seoul 01 00 22
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 12 01
Ulsan Hyundai 01 03

Updated to games played on 30 November 2014.
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.

Bottom six

Home ╲ Away BIP GNM ICUJNDSJSSEN
Busan IPark 10 11
Gyeongnam FC 01 31
Incheon United 11 11 01
Jeonnam Dragons 00 31 11
Sangju Sangmu 23 31 11
Seongnam FC 10 11

Updated to games played on 29 November 2014.
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.

Promotion-Relegation Playoffs

Promotion and relegation playoffs will be held between the winner of 2014 K League Challenge Playoff and 11th club of 2014 K League Classic. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn entry into 2015 K League Classic.

First leg

3 December 2014
19:00
Gwangju FC 3–1 Gyeongnam FC
Cho Yong-tae  20'
Diego  48'
Sreten  85' (o.g.)
Report Stojanović  32'

Second leg

Gwangju FC secure promotion to the 2015 K League Classic season, 4:2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Brazil Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings
14
2 South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
13
Republic of Macedonia Stevica Ristić Jeonnam Dragons
13
4 South Korea Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
11
South Korea Lim Sang-hyub Busan IPark
11
6 South Korea Kim Seung-dae Pohang Steelers
10
South Korea Lee Jong-ho Jeonnam Dragons
10
Brazil Fágner Busan IPark
10
Chile Hugo Droguett Jeju United
10
10 South Korea Kim Shin-wook Ulsan Hyundai
9
South Korea Yang Dong-hyun Ulsan Hyundai
9
Brazil Kaio Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
9

Top assists

Rank Assistors Club Assists
1 South Korea Lee Seung-gi Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
10
Brazil Leonardo Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
10
3 South Korea Lee Myung-joo Pohang Steelers
9
4 South Korea Kim Seung-dae Pohang Steelers
8
South Korea Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings
8
6 South Korea Hyun Young-min Jeonnam Dragons
7
Brazil Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings
7
8 South Korea Han Sang-woon Sangju Sangmu
6
South Korea Ahn Yong-woo Jeonnam Dragons
6
South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
6
Brazil Ivo Incheon United
6

Attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 372,551 34,029 6,527 19,608 0.10848549946294+10.8%
2 FC Seoul 323,244 46,549 4,336 17,013 0.024447522129223+2.4%
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 250,134 30,597 6,142 13,165 0.2956401928944+29.5%
4 Pohang Steelers 186,216 17,424 4,487 9,801 0.010412371134021+1.0%
5 Ulsan Hyundai 126,572 16,216 2,016 7,032 -0.7960153950645220.3%
6 Jeju United 127,520 17,484 1,125 6,712 0.038366336633663+3.8%
7 Incheon United 86,815 11,238 2,086 4,569 -0.645612547689735.4%
8 Gyeongnam FC 86,285 10,943 1,554 4,541 -0.7617849354135223.8%
9 Seongnam FC 71,344 8,624 1,282 3,755 0.32920353982301+32.9%
10 Jeonnam Dragons 67,294 10,022 858 3,365 0.47717295873573+47.7%
11 Busan IPark 61,819 7,008 1,134 3,254 -0.8064436183395319.3%
12 Sangju Sangmu 48,606 6,469 867 2,558 -0.922799422799427.7%
League total 1,808,400 46,549 858 7,932+3.6%

Updated to games played on 30 November 2014
Source: K League Classic

Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
Team played previous season in K League Challenge.

Top 10 Season Attendances

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
46,549 15 12 July 2014 FC Seoul 2–0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seoul World Cup Stadium Saturday Evening
41,297 30 5 October 2014 FC Seoul 0–1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seoul World Cup Stadium Sunday Afternoon
34,029 35 9 November 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 FC Seoul Suwon World Cup Stadium Sunday Afternoon
30,597 22 23 August 2014 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–2 FC Seoul Jeonju World Cup Stadium Saturday Evening
29,318 10 27 April 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 FC Seoul Suwon World Cup Stadium Sunday Afternoon
27,558 22 24 August 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 Seongnam FC Suwon World Cup Stadium Sunday Evening
24,027 21 16 August 2014 FC Seoul 5–1 Incheon United Seoul World Cup Stadium Saturday Evening
23,835 16 19 July 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–2 Incheon United Suwon World Cup Stadium Saturday Evening
23,767 5 30 March 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 Busan IPark Suwon World Cup Stadium Sunday Afternoon
23,466 11 3 May 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Suwon World Cup Stadium Saturday Afternoon

Awards

The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014.

K League Most Valuable Player

K League Young Player

K League Top Scorer

K League Top Assistor

K League Best XI

Position Player Club
Goalkeeper South Korea Kwon Sun-tae Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender South Korea Hong Chul Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defender Australia Alex Wilkinson Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender South Korea Kim Ju-young FC Seoul
Defender South Korea Cha Du-ri FC Seoul
Midfielder South Korea Lim Sang-hyub Busan IPark
Midfielder South Korea Koh Myong-jin FC Seoul
Midfielder South Korea Lee Seung-gi Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder South Korea Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forward South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forward Brazil Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings

K League Manager of the Year

K League Youth Team of the Year

K League Fair Play Award

K League Special Award

'FAN'tastic Player

References

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