The 2008 K League was the 26th season of the K League. The regular season and playoffs' format was the same as the one used in the 2007 season. It began on March 8, and the final of the playoffs finished on 7 December.

Samsung Hauzen
K League
Season2008
DatesRegular season:
8 March – 9 November 2008
Championship:
22 November – 7 December 2008
ChampionsSuwon Samsung Bluewings
(4th title)
Champions LeagueSuwon Samsung Bluewings
FC Seoul
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steelers
Matches played182
Goals scored485 (2.66 per match)
Best PlayerLee Woon-jae
Top goalscorerDudu
(15 goals)
Average attendance2,347,897
2007
2009

On 2 August 2008, the first ever Jomo Cup kicked off. The K League All-Stars squared off against the J.League All-Stars at the Japan National Stadium. Lee Woon-jae was selected as the K League All-Star Team's captain and Cha Bum-kun managed the squad. The K League All-Stars won the game by a score of 3–1.[1]

Teams

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General information

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Club Manager City Stadium 2007 season
Busan IPark   Hwang Sun-hong Busan Busan Asiad Stadium 13th place
Jeonnam Dragons   Park Hang-seo Gwangyang Gwang-Yang Stadium 10th place
Daegu FC   Byun Byung-joo Daegu Daegu World Cup Stadium 12th place
Daejeon Citizen   Kim Ho Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium 6th place
FC Seoul   Şenol Güneş Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 7th place
Gwangju Sangmu   Lee Kang-jo Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium 14th place
Gyeongnam FC   Cho Kwang-rae Changwon Changwon Civil Stadium 5th place
Incheon United   Chang Woe-ryong Incheon Incheon Munhak Stadium 9th place
Jeju United   Arthur Bernardes Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium 11th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Choi Kang-hee Jeonju Jeonju World Cup Stadium 8th place
Pohang Steelers   Sérgio Farias Pohang Steelyard Stadium Champions
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma   Kim Hak-bum Seongnam Seongnam 2 Stadium Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings   Cha Bum-kun Suwon Suwon World Cup Stadium 3rd place
Ulsan Hyundai   Kim Jung-nam Ulsan Munsu Cup Stadium 4th place

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former player(s)
Busan IPark   Di Fábio   Paulinho Guará   Pingo   Reinaldo
  Zé Augusto
Jeonnam Dragons   Adriano Chuva   Renato   Victor Simões   Sandro Hiroshi
Daegu   Eninho   Leandro   Geovane   Alexsandro
  Jorge Santos
Daejeon Citizen   Walter Minhoca   Selmir   Eric Obinna   Edson Araújo
FC Seoul   Adilson   Dejan Damjanović   Ceyhun Eriş   Kiki Musampa
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam   Almir   Índio   Wellington Silva
Incheon United   Dženan Radončić   Dragan Mladenović   Borko Veselinović
Jeju United   Ednilton Souza   Rômulo   Rafael Paty
  Ricardinho
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Luiz Henrique   Jusuf Dajić   Aleksandar Petrović   Zé Carlos
  Antonio Franja
  Stevica Ristić
Pohang Steelers   Denílson   Stevica Ristić   Clodoaldo
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma   Juan Carlos Arce   Dudu   Mota
Suwon Samsung Bluewings   Edu   Lucas Pereira   Mato Neretljak   Luiz Henrique
Ulsan Hyundai   Almir   Brasília   Luizinho   Ferreira
  Pedrão

Regular season

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League table

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Top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 26 17 3 6 46 24 +22 54 Qualification for the playoffs final
2 FC Seoul 26 15 9 2 44 25 +19 54 Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 26 15 6 5 45 21 +24 51 Qualification for the playoffs first round
4 Ulsan Hyundai 26 14 7 5 39 26 +13 49
5 Pohang Steelers 26 13 5 8 43 34 +9 44
6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 26 11 4 11 39 37 +2 37
7 Incheon United 26 9 9 8 29 30 −1 36
8 Gyeongnam FC 26 10 5 11 35 39 −4 35
9 Jeonnam Dragons 26 8 5 13 26 40 −14 29
10 Jeju United 26 7 7 12 23 31 −8 28
11 Daegu FC 26 8 2 16 46 58 −12 26
12 Busan IPark 26 5 7 14 30 39 −9 22
13 Daejeon Citizen 26 3 12 11 18 35 −17 21
14 Gwangju Sangmu 26 3 7 16 22 46 −24 16
Source: RSSSF (in English), K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

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Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH
Busan IPark 2–0 0–4 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1
Jeonnam Dragons 2–1 2–3 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–2
Daegu FC 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–4 2–4 2–4 1–3 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–1
Daejeon Citizen 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2
FC Seoul 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–1
Gwangju Sangmu 0–2 3–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–5 1–2
Gyeongnam FC 1–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–4 3–4 0–1 1–0
Incheon United 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–3
Jeju United 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–1 0–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pohang Steelers 3–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–0 4–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–5 1–0 0–1 2–0
Ulsan Hyundai 1–0 1–2 3–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

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Bracket

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Final table

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Suwon Samsung Bluewings celebrating winning the 2008 season.

Pos Team Qualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C) Qualification for the Champions League
2 FC Seoul
3 Ulsan Hyundai
4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
5 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
6 Pohang Steelers Qualification for the Champions League[a]
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Top scorers

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This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Dudu won the award with 15 goals.[2]

Rank Player Club Goals Apps
1   Dudu Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 16 27
2   Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 15 29
3   Dženan Radončić Incheon United 13 26
  Edu Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13 27
5   Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC 11 26
6   Jang Nam-seok Daegu FC 10 24
7   Luizinho Ulsan Hyundai 9 19
  Seo Dong-hyeon Suwon Samsung Bluewings 9 22
9   Jung Jo-gook FC Seoul 8 14
  Eninho Daegu FC 8 19
  Adriano Chuva Jeonnam Dragons 8 19
  Rômulo Marques Macedo Jeju United 8 21
  Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 8 22
  Cho Jae-jin Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 8 26

Awards

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Main awards

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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 124 players participated in the selection process.[3]

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player[4]   Lee Woon-jae Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Top goalscorer[2]   Dudu Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Top assist provider[2]   Brasília Ulsan Hyundai
Rookie of the Year[4]   Lee Seung-yeoul FC Seoul
Manager of the Year[4]   Cha Bum-kun Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Players' Player of the Year[3]   Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Best XI

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Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper   Lee Woon-jae Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defenders   Adilson FC Seoul
  Mato Neretljak Suwon Samsung Bluewings
  Park Dong-hyuk Ulsan Hyundai
  Choi Hyo-jin Pohang Steelers
Midfielders   Kim Hyeung-bum Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  Cho Won-hee Suwon Samsung Bluewings
  Ki Sung-yueng FC Seoul
  Lee Chung-yong FC Seoul
Forwards   Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC
  Edu Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Source:[4]

Attendance

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The records were calculated for the regular season.

Club Matches Total Average
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13 309,623 23,817
FC Seoul 13 271,290 20,868
Daegu FC 13 221,623 17,048
Daejeon Citizen 13 188,892 14,530
Incheon United 13 175,023 13,463
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 166,625 12,817
Gyeongnam FC 13 153,853 11,835
Pohang Steelers 13 153,540 11,811
Jeonnam Dragons 13 150,156 11,550
Ulsan Hyundai 13 130,758 10,058
Gwangju Sangmu FC 13 128,630 9,895
Busan IPark 13 107,830 8,295
Jeju United 13 96,377 7,414
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 13 93,677 7,206
Total 182 2,347,897 12,901

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "K-Allstars outshine J-Allstars". J.League. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b c ‘15골’ 두두 득점왕 (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b 성남 모따, K-리거가 뽑은 최고의 선수. Naver (in Korean). Sportalkorea. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d 이운재, MVP 영예...신인상은 이승렬, 감독상은 차범근 감독. Naver (in Korean). Sports Chosun. 9 December 2008.
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