List of South Korean football champions

The South Korean football champions are the winners of the highest league in South Korean football, which is currently the K League Classic.

Seongnam FC have seven titles, the record for most titles won. Pohang Steelers five titles and FC Seoul, Busan IPark and Suwon Samsung Bluewings are third by four times. Seongnam FC in 1993–95 and 2001–03 are the only teams to have won the League title for three consecutive seasons.

Seoul Semi-Professional Football League (1939–1963)

Prior to launching the National Semi-Professional Football League, Seoul Semi-Professional Football League was the top of the South Korean football league system.
Works teams are competed.

National Semi-Professional Football League (1964–1982)

National Semi-Professional Football League was operated semi-professional league. The Korea Football League consisted of many stage tournaments and didn't have aggregate champions in one season.
Many works teams, Bank teams, Military teams are compedted.

Season	Type	Winners (number of titles)	Runners-up	Top Scorer
1964	Spring	Keumseong Textile Company FC (1) Cheil Industries FC (1)
1964	Autumn	Keumseong Textile Company FC (2)	Korea Tungsten Company FC
1965	Spring	Keumseong Textile Company FC (3) Korea Tungsten Company FC (1) Korea Electric Power Corporation FC (1)
1965	Autumn	Korea Tungsten Company FC (2)	Korea Coal Corporation FC
1966	Spring	Seoul Police Department FC (1)	Korea Electric Power Corporation FC
1966	Autumn	Korea Tungsten Company FC (3) Seoul Police Department FC (2)
1967	Spring	National Police Department FC (3)	Ssangyong Cement FC
1967	Autumn	Korea Electric Power Corporation FC (2)	Cheil Industries FC
1968	Spring	Korea Tungsten Company FC (4)	Korea Electric Power Corporation FC
1968	Autumn	Cheil Industries FC (2) Army Logistics Command FC (1)
1969	1st	Korea Electric Power Corporation FC (3)	Korea Tungsten Company FC
1969	2nd	?^[1]
1970	Spring	Cheil Industries FC (3)	Korea Tungsten Company FC
1970	Autumn	Chohung Bank FC (1)	Korea Trust Bank FC
1971	Spring	Korea Trust Bank FC (1)	Korea Exchange Bank FC Korea Housing & Commercial Bank FC
1971	Autumn	Marine Corps FC (1)	Korea Trust Bank FC Chohung Bank FC
1972	Spring	Korea Housing & Commercial Bank FC (1)	Marine Corps FC
1972	Autumn	Korea Housing & Commercial Bank FC (2)	Marine Corps FC
1973	Spring	Marine Corps FC (2)	Kookmin Bank FC
1973	Autumn	Korea Trust Bank FC (2)	Army FC
1974	Spring	Chohung Bank FC (2)	Army FC
1974	Autumn	Commercial Bank of Korea FC (1) Army FC (2)
1975	Spring	POSCO FC (1)	Army FC
1975	Autumn	Industrial Bank of Korea FC (1)	Korea Automobile Insurance Company FC
1976	Spring	Korea Exchange Bank FC (1) Korea Trust Bank FC (3)
1976	Autumn	Ceased^[2]
1977		Army FC (3)	POSCO FC
1978	Spring	Seoul City FC (1) Navy FC (3)
1978	Autumn	Korea Automobile Insurance Company FC (1)	Seoul City
1979	Spring	Industrial Bank of Korea FC (2)	Army Chungeui FC
1979	Autumn	Ceased^[3]
1980	Spring	Seoul City FC (2) Army Chungeui FC (4)
1980	Autumn	Korea Automobile Insurance Company FC (2) Air Force Seongmu FC (1)
1981	Spring	Daewoo FC (1)	Navy Haeryong FC	Kang Sang-Kil (Korea Housing & Commercial Bank FC) (5)^[4]
1981	Autumn	POSCO FC (2)	Army Chungeui FC
1982		POSCO FC (3)	Kookmin Bank FC	Lee Tae-Yeop (Seoul City FC) (13)

Korean Super League (1983–1986)

Professional football clubs and Semi-professional football clubs are competed together during this era.

Season	Winners (number of titles)	Runners-up	Top Scorer
1983	Hallelujah FC (1)	Daewoo Royals	Park Yoon-Gi (Yukong Elephants) (9 goals)
1984	Daewoo Royals (2)	Yukong Elephants	Baek Jong-Chul (Hyundai Horangi) (16)
1985	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (1)	POSCO Atoms	Piyapong Pue-On (Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso) (12)
1986	POSCO Atoms (4)	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	Chung Hae-Won (Daewoo Royals) (10)

Korean Professional Football League (1987–1997)

Only Professional football clubs are competed since 1987.

Season	Winners (number of titles)	Runners-up	Top Scorer
1987	Daewoo Royals (3)	POSCO Atoms	Choi Sang-Kuk (POSCO Atoms) (15 goals)
1988	POSCO Atoms (5)	Hyundai Horang-i	Lee Kee-Keun (POSCO Atoms) (12)
1989	Yukong Elephants (1)	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	Cho Keung-Yeon (POSCO Atoms) (20)
1990	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (2)	Daewoo Royals	Yoon Sang-Chul (Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso) (12)
1991	Daewoo Royals (4)	Hyundai Horang-i	Lee Kee-Keun (POSCO Atoms) (16)
1992	POSCO Atoms (6)	Ilhwa Chunma	Lim Keun-Jae (LG Cheetahs) (10)
1993	Ilhwa Chunma (1)	LG Cheetahs	Cha Sang-Hae (POSCO Atoms) (10)
1994	Ilhwa Chunma (2)	Yukong Elephants	Yoon Sang-Chul (LG Cheetahs) (21)
1995	Ilhwa Chunma (3)	Pohang Atoms	Roh Sang-Rae (Jeonnam Dragons) (15)
1996	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Shin Tae-Yong (Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma) (18)
1997	Pusan Daewoo Royals^[A] (5)	Jeonnam Dragons	Kim Hyun-Seok (Ulsan Hyundai Horangi) (9)

K League (1998–2012)

League name was changed to K-League officially in 1998.

Season	Winners (number of titles)	Runners-up	Top Scorer
1998	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1)	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Yoo Sang-Chul (Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i) (14 goals)
1999	Suwon Samsung Bluewings^[A]^[B] (2)	Pusan Daewoo Royals	Saša Drakulić (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) (18)
2000	Anyang LG Cheetahs (3)	Bucheon SK	Kim Do-Hoon (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) (12)
2001	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (4)	Anyang LG Cheetahs	Sandro Cardoso (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) (13)
2002	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma^[B]^[C] (5)	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Edmilson (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) (14)
2003	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (6)	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Kim Do-Hoon (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) (28)
2004	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (3)	Pohang Steelers	Mota (Chunnam Dragons) (14)
2005	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (2)	Incheon United	Leandro Machado (Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i) (13)
2006	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (7)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Woo Sung-Yong (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) (16)
2007	Pohang Steelers (7)	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Cabore (Gyeongnam FC) (18)
2008	Suwon Samsung Bluewings^[C] (4)	FC Seoul	Dudu (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) (16)
2009	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1)	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Lee Dong-Gook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) (20)
2010	FC Seoul^[C] (4)	Jeju United	Yoo Byung-Soo (Incheon United) (22)
2011	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2)	Ulsan Hyundai	Dejan Damjanović (FC Seoul) (23)
2012	FC Seoul (5)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Dejan Damjanović (FC Seoul) (31)

K League Classic (2013–present)

Season	Winners (number of titles)	Runners-up	Top Scorer
2013	Pohang Steelers (8)	Ulsan Hyundai	Dejan Damjanović (FC Seoul) (19)
2014	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (3)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Santos (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) (14)
2015	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (4)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Kim Shin-wook (Ulsan Hyundai) (18)

Total titles won

In South Korea, Professional era records are generally accepted. All-time records are not mentioned generally.

All-time (1964–present)

Bold text is competing in Korea Republic football league system.
Italic text is co-winners or co-runnerups.
s means spring season and a means autumn season.

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Winning Seasons	Runners-up Seasons
Pohang Steelers	8	5	1975s, 1981a, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1992, 2007, 2013	1977, 1985, 1987, 1995, 2004
Seongnam FC	7	3	1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006	1992, 2007, 2009
FC Seoul	5	5	1985, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2012	1986, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2008
Busan IPark	5	3	1981s, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1997	1983, 1990, 1999
Army FC (including Army Logistics Command FC)	4	5	1968a, 1974a, 1977, 1980s	1973a, 1974s, 1975s, 1979s, 1981a
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4	4	1998, 1999, 2004, 2008	1996, 2006, 2014, 2015
Korea Tungsten Company FC	4	3	1965s, 1965a, 1966a, 1968s	1964a, 1969s, 1970s
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4	1	2009, 2011, 2014, 2015	2012
Korea Electric Power Corporation FC	3	2	1965s, 1967a, 1969s	1966s, 1968s
Seoul Trust Bank FC (including Korea Trust Bank FC)	3	2	1971s, 1973a, 1976s	1970a, 1971a
Cheil Industries FC	3	1	1964s, 1968a, 1970s	1967a
Keumseong Textile Company FC	3	0	1964s, 1964a, 1965s
Police FC (including Seoul Police Department FC National Police Department FC)	3	0	1966s, 1966a, 1967s
Ulsan Hyundai	2	7	1996, 2005	1988, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013
Marine Corps FC	2	2	1971a, 1973s	1972s, 1972a
Korea Housing & Commercial Bank FC	2	1	1972s, 1972a	1971s
Chohung Bank FC	2	1	1970a, 1974s	1971a
Seoul City FC	2	1	1978s, 1980s	1978a
Korea Automobile Insurance Company FC	2	1	1978a, 1980a	1975a
Industrial Bank of Korea FC	2	0	1975a, 1979s
Jeju United	1	4	1989	1984, 1994, 2000, 2010
Korea Exchange Bank FC	1	1	1976s	1971s
Navy FC	1	1	1978s	1981s
Commercial Bank of Korea FC	1	0		1974a
Air Force FC	1	0		1980a
Hallelujah FC	1	0		1983
Kookmin Bank FC	0	2		1973s, 1982
Korea Coal Corporation FC	0	1		1965a
Ssangyong Cement FC	0	1		1967s
Chunnam Dragons	0	1		1997
Incheon United	0	1		2005

Professional era (1983–present)

K League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.^[5]

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Winning Seasons	Runners-up Seasons
Seongnam FC	7	3	1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006	1992, 2007, 2009
FC Seoul	5	5	1985, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2012	1986, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2008
Pohang Steelers	5	4	1986, 1988, 1992, 2007, 2013	1985, 1987, 1995, 2004
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4	4	1998, 1999, 2004, 2008	1996, 2006, 2014, 2015
Busan IPark	4	3	1984, 1987, 1991, 1997	1983, 1990, 1999
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4	1	2009, 2011, 2014, 2015	2012
Ulsan Hyundai	2	7	1996, 2005	1988, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013
Jeju United	1	4	1989	1984, 1994, 2000, 2010
Hallelujah FC	1	0	1983
Jeonnam Dragons	0	1		1997
Incheon United	0	1		2005

Titles By City / Area (1987–present)

Since 1987 season : K League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

City / Area	Titles	Clubs
Seoul	6	Lucky-Goldstar Bulls (1990), FC Seoul (2010, 2012)
Seoul	6	Ilhwa Chunma (1993, 1994, 1995)
Pohang	4	POSCO Atoms (1988, 1992), Pohang Steelers (2007, 2013)
Suwon	4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008)
Seongnam	4	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
Jeonbuk	4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2009, 2011, 2014, 2015)
Busan	2	Daewoo Royals (1991), Pusan Daewoo Royals (1997)
Ulsan	2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1996, 2005)
Anyang	1	Anyang LG Cheetahs (2000)
Busan+Gyeongnam	1	Daewoo Royals (1987)
Incheon+Gyeonggi	1	Yukong Elephants (1989)

Titles By Province (1987–present)

Since 1987 season : K League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

Province	Titles	City / Area	Clubs
Capital Region	16	(6) Seoul	Lucky-Goldstar Bulls (1990), FC Seoul (2010, 2012)
		(6) Seoul	Ilhwa Chunma (1993, 1994, 1995)
		(4) Suwon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008)
		(4) Seongnam	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
		(1) Anyang	Anyang LG Cheetahs (2000)
		(1) Incheon+Gyeonggi	Yukong Elephants (1989)
Gyeongsang Region	9	(4) Pohang	POSCO Atoms (1988, 1992), Pohang Steelers (2007, 2013)
		(2) Busan	Daewoo Royals (1991), Pusan Daewoo Royals (1997)
		(2) Ulsan	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1996, 2005)
		(1) Busan+Gyeongnam	Daewoo Royals (1987)
Jeolla Region	4	(4) Jeonbuk	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 )
Chungcheong Region	0
Gangwon Region	0
Jeju Region	0

References

↑ There is an article about the second match of KFL, but no record after that. It might be stopped because of many international football matches.
↑ '76스포츠의 明暗(명암) (下(하)) 못다푼 宿題(숙제)들 The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1976-12-27.
↑ Every sports game was ceased because of president’s assassination on 26 October 1979. 11월의 스포츠 The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1979-11-01.
↑ 실업축구 1차리그 대우, 수위로 4강 진출. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean) (Naver.com). 28 March 1981.
↑ "The Official K-League Annual Report" (in Korean). K-League editorial division.

0000A. ^a ^b Also won the League Cup and Supplementary League Cup.
0000B. ^a ^b Also won the Super Cup.
0000C. ^a ^b Also won the League Cup.

Hwangso, Horangi and Chunma means Bull, pegasus and tiger respectively.

Football in South Korea

National Association League system

National teams	Men/Women results records U-23 (Olympic) Men U-20/Women U-20 Men U-17/Women U-17 Futsal Beach soccer

League competitions	K League Classic Challenge National League K3 League

Cup competitions	FA Cup All-Stars Cup National League Cup Challengers Cup

Reserves & academy	Reserves League University League K League Youth League

Defunct competitions	All Joseon Football Tournament (1921–1940) Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry (1929–1946) National Football Championship (1946–2000) Korean President's Cup (1952–2009) National Semi-Professional Football League (1964–2002) Korea Cup (1971–1999) Super Cup (1999–2006) League Cup (1986–2011)

List of clubs Champions List of venues Foreign K League players Foreign Korea National League players

K League

K League Classic (2016)	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

K League Challenge (2016)	Ansan Mugunghwa FC Anyang Bucheon FC 1995 Busan IPark Chungju Hummel Daegu FC Daejeon Citizen Gangwon FC Goyang Zaicro FC Gyeongnam FC Seoul E-Land FC

Former clubs	Kookmin Bank (1983–1984) Hallelujah (1983–1985) Hanil Bank (1985–1986) Chonbuk Buffalo (1994)

Competitions	Championship Playoffs Promotion-Relegation Playoffs Super Cup (defunct) League Cup (defunct) Reserve League (defunct)

Players	K League Classic Foreign players K League Challenge Foreign players

Statistics	K League records and statistics Champions (K League Champions) 20–20 30–30 40–40 50–50 60–60

Awards	Most Valuable Player Manager of the Year Top Scorer Top Assistor Young Player of the Year Best XI FANtastic Player

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