2008 in South Korean football

2008 in South Korean football

Honours

Competition	Winner
K-League	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Korean FA Cup	Pohang Steelers
K-League Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
National League	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin
National League Championship	Daejeon KHNP
K3 League	Yangju FC

League competitions

K-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	26	17	3	6	46	24	+22	54	AFC Champions League group stage and K-League Playoff
2	FC Seoul	26	15	9	2	44	25	+19	54
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	26	15	6	5	45	21	+24	51	K-League Playoff
4	Ulsan Hyundai	26	14	7	5	39	26	+13	49	AFC Champions League group stage and K-League Playoff
5	Pohang Steelers^1	26	13	5	8	43	34	+9	44
6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	26	11	4	11	39	37	+2	37	K-League Playoff
7	Incheon United	26	9	9	8	29	30	−1	36
8	Gyeongnam FC	26	10	5	11	35	39	−4	35
9	Chunnam Dragons	26	8	5	13	26	40	−14	29
10	Jeju United FC	26	7	7	12	23	31	−8	28
11	Daegu FC	26	8	2	16	46	58	−12	26
12	Busan I'Park	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

1 Pohang qualified as FA Cup winner.

Championship playoff

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Finals
						2	FC Seoul (bye)
	4	Ulsan Hyundai (pen)	00 (4)0								2	FC Seoul	4
	5	Pohang Steelers	00 (2)0								4	Ulsan Hyundai	2
						4	Ulsan Hyundai	1
	3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1			6	Jeonbuk Hyundai	0
	6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2													2	FC Seoul	1	1	2
																1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1	2	3
											1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (bye)

Korea National League

Final Standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Dolphin	26	18	5	3	69	33	+36	59	First Stage Winner
2	Suwon City FC	26	18	4	4	54	26	+28	58	Second Stage Winner
3	Gangneung City FC	26	14	7	5	42	29	+13	49	Second Stage Runner-up
4	Busan Transportation Corporation FC	26	13	5	8	49	37	+12	44	First Stage Runner-up
5	Gimhae FC	26	14	2	10	41	36	+5	44
6	Goyang Kookmin Bank FC	26	11	7	8	35	26	+9	40
7	Ansan Hallelujah	26	11	6	9	40	36	+4	39
8	Daejeon KHNP	26	10	6	10	34	30	+4	36
9	Changwon City FC	26	9	7	10	39	34	+5	34
10	Cheonan City FC	26	8	8	10	40	42	−2	32
11	Nowon Hummel Korea	26	5	11	10	29	39	−10	26
12	Incheon Korail	26	5	6	15	25	45	−20	21
13	Yesan FC	26	1	8	17	24	58	−34	11
14	Hongcheon Idu FC	26	2	4	20	35	85	−50	10

Championship Playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 November – Ulsan
	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard0	3
	Gangneung City FC	0
					12 & 16 November – Suwon & Ulsan
					Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (pen)0	010102 (5)0
					Suwon City FC	010102 (4)0
	8 November - Suwon
	Suwon City FC	2
	Busan Transportation Corporation FC	0

K3 League

Final Standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yongin FC	29	19	7	3	73	34	+39	64	Second Stage Winner (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
2	Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics	29	18	7	4	68	33	+34	61	First Stage Winner (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
3	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	29	18	3	8	69	36	+33	57	Championship Play-off (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
4	Yangju FC	29	17	6	6	62	42	+20	57
5	Seoul United FC	29	14	6	9	63	47	+16	48	Qualified 2009 FA Cup
6	Namyangju Citizen	29	13	7	9	65	51	+14	46
7	Cheonan FC	29	13	7	9	58	54	+4	46
8	Jeonju Ongoeul FC	29	15	6	8	72	41	+31	45
9	Asan United FC	29	13	3	13	63	73	−10	42
10	Jeonju EM FC	29	11	6	12	54	50	+4	39
11	Gyeongju Citizen	29	9	3	17	52	65	−13	30
12	Seoul Pabal FC	29	8	5	16	60	73	−13	29
13	Bucheon FC 1995	29	7	7	15	40	53	−13	28
14	Pocheon FC	29	6	3	20	43	80	−37	21
15	Goyang FC	29	2	5	23	42	119	−77	10
-	Changwon United	15	1	2	12	23	56	−33	5

Championship Playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 November – Yongin
	Yongin FC	3 (4)
	Yangju FC (pen)	3 (5)
					29 Nov & 6 Dec – Yangju & Hwasung
					Yangju FC (away goal)0	0002020
					Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics0	0002020
	22 November - Hwasung
	Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics0	1
	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	0

Cup competitions

Korean FA Cup

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Preliminary Round 1
Jeonju EM FC	1–1 (6–5p)	Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics FC
Gangnam TNT	0–6	Gumi Siltron
Sangji University	2–0	MD UHL
Yong-in FC	0–2	Cheonan FC
Preliminary Round 2
Jeonju EM FC	0–3	Seoul United FC
Gumi Siltron	1–2	Chungju Solveige
Sangji University	0–2	Gimhae FC
Cheonan FC	0–0 (8–9p)	Cheonan City FC
Preliminary Round 3
Korea University	0–0 (3–1p)	Seoul United FC
Honam University	3–3 (3–1p)	Chungju Solveige
Yonsei University	1–1 (5–4p)	Gimhae FC
Soongsil University	1–1 (3–4p)	Cheonan City FC

Final Round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Round of 32
Busan Transportation Corporation FC	0–1	Gyeongnam FC
Yonsei University	2–2 (3–1p)	Daejeon Citizen
Nowon Hummel Korea	1–1 (2–4p)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Yesan FC	0–3	Gwangju Sangmu
Goyang Kookmin Bank	1–1 (6–5p)	FC Seoul
Suwon City FC	1–1 (3–4p)	Honam University
Changwon City FC	1–0	Jeju United FC
Korea University	0–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ansan Hallelujah	0–0 (5–4p)	Incheon United
Daejeon Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC	1–2	Daegu FC
Incheon Korail	0–3	Ulsan Hyundai
Gangneung City FC	0–2	Busan I'Park
Hongcheon Idu FC	1–4	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	2–0	Cheonan City FC
Chunnam Dragons	bye
Pohang Steelers	bye
Round of 16
Gyeongnam FC	1–0	Yonsei University
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–1 (4–5p)	Gwangju Sangmu
Goyang Kookmin Bank	2–1	Honam University
Changwon City FC	0–3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ansan Hallelujah	1–3	Daegu FC
Ulsan Hyundai	2–1	Busan I'Park
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–0 (5–4p)	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Chunnam Dragons	0–1	Pohang Steelers
Quarter-finals
Gyeongnam FC	1–0	Gwangju Sangmu
Goyang Kookmin Bank	1–1 (3–2p)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Daegu FC	2–1	Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steelers	1–1 (8–7p)	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Semi-finals
Gyeongnam FC	5–0	Goyang Kookmin Bank
Daegu FC	0–2	Pohang Steelers
Final
Gyeongnam FC	0–2	Pohang Steelers

K-League Cup

Final Standings

Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 10 6 3 1 14 4 +10 21 2 Busan I'Park 10 5 1 4 9 10 −1 16 3 FC Seoul 10 4 2 4 9 10 −1 14 4 Gyeongnam FC 10 3 4 3 12 12 0 13 5 Jeju United FC 10 2 3 5 10 11 −1 9 6 Incheon United 10 2 3 5 4 11 −7 9

Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10 5 4 1 17 8 +9 19 2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 10 6 1 3 13 10 +3 19 3 Ulsan Hyundai 10 4 4 2 12 10 +2 16 4 Daejeon Citizen 10 3 2 5 16 19 −3 11 5 Gwangju Sangmu 10 2 3 5 10 11 −1 9 6 Incheon United 10 0 3 7 5 17 −12 3

Playoff

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Suwon Bluewings	bye
					Suwon Bluewings	0 (p)
					Pohang Steelers	0
	Pohang Steelers	1
	Seongnam Ilhwa	0
									Suwon Bluewings	2
									Chunnam Dragons	0
	Jeonbuk Hyundai	bye
					Jeonbuk Hyundai	1
					Chunnam Dragons	3
	Chunnam Dragons	3
	Busan I'Park	0

Korea National Championship

Group Round

Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Daejeon KHNP 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 2 Incheon Korail 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4 3 Busan Transportation Corporation FC 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3 4 Suwon City FC 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3

Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Gangneung City FC 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 2 Changwon City FC 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 3 Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 4 Nowon Hummel Korea 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1

Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Gimhae FC 3 2 1 0 15 4 +11 7 2 Goyang Kookmin Bank 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 7 3 Yesan FC 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3 4 Icheon Hyundai Autonet 3 0 0 3 2 16 −14 0

Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Ansan Hallelujah 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 2 Hongcheon Idu FC 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 3 Cheonan City FC 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4 4 Gumi Siltron 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0

Knockout Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Daejeon KHNP (pen)

2 (p)

C2

Goyang Kookmin Bank

2

A1

Daejeon KHNP

2

B1

Gangneung City FC

1

B1

Gangneung City FC

5

D2

Hongcheon Idu FC

2

A1

Daejeon KHNP (pen)

3 (3)

D1

Ansan Hallelujah

3 (0)

C1

Gimhae FC

1

A2

Incheon Korail

2

A2

Incheon Korail

1

D1

Ansan Hallelujah

2

D1

Ansan Hallelujah

2

B2

Changwon City FC

1

International club competitions

AFC Champions League

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	4	2	0	9	2	7	14
Changchun Yatai	6	3	3	0	10	3	7	12
Pohang Steelers	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5
Bình Dương	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gamba Osaka	6	4	2	0	14	8	6	14
Melbourne Victory	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7
Chunnam Dragons	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
Chonburi	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

National teams

National team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
30 January	Seoul (H)	Chile	0–1	Friendly
6 February	Seoul (H)	Turkmenistan	4–0	WCQ (Round 3)	Kwak Tae-Hwi, Seol Ki-Hyun (2), Park Ji-Sung
17 February	Chongqing (A)	China PR	3–2	EAFF Championship	Park Chu-Young (2), Kwak Tae-Hwi
20 February	Chongqing (N)	North Korea	1–1	EAFF Championship	Yeom Ki-Hoon
23 February	Chongqing (N)	Japan	1–1	EAFF Championship	Yeom Ki-Hoon
26 March	Shanghai (N)	North Korea	0–0	WCQ (Round 3)
31 May	Seoul (H)	Jordan	2–2	WCQ (Round 3)	Park Ji-Sung, Park Chu-Young
7 June	Amman (A)	Jordan	1–0	WCQ (Round 3)	Park Chu-Young
14 June	Ashkhabad (A)	Turkmenistan	3–1	WCQ (Round 3)	Kim Do-Heon (3)
22 June	Seoul (H)	North Korea	0–0	WCQ (Round 3)
5 September	Seoul (H)	Jordan	1–0	Friendly	Lee Chung-Yong
10 September	Shanghai (N)	North Korea	1–1	WCQ (Round 4)	Ki Sung-Yong
11 October	Suwon (H)	Uzbekistan	3–0	Friendly	Ki Sung-Yong, Lee Keun-Ho (2)
15 October	Seoul (H)	United Arab Emirates	4–1	WCQ (Round 4)	Lee Keun-Ho (2), Park Ji-Sung, Kwak Tae-Hwi
14 November	Doha (A)	Qatar	1–1	Friendly	Lee Chung-Yong
19 November	Riyadh (A)	Saudi Arabia	2–0	WCQ (Round 4)	Lee Keun-Ho, Park Chu-Young

Under-23 team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
16 July	Ansan (H)	Guatemala	2–1	Friendly	Kim Kun-Hoan, Lee Keun-Ho
27 July	Suwon (H)	Ivory Coast	2–0	Friendly	Jung Sung-Ryong, Lee Keun-Ho
31 July	Seoul (H)	Australia	1–0	Friendly	Shin Young-Rok
7 August	Qinhuangdao (N)	Cameroon	1–1	Olympic Football (Group D)	Park Chu-Young
10 August	Qinhuangdao (N)	Italy	0–3	Olympic Football (Group D)
13 August	Shanghai (N)	Honduras	1–0	Olympic Football (Group D)	Kim Dong-Jin

Under-20 team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
12 September	Sendai (N)	France	0–0	Sendai Cup
14 September	Sendai (N)	Brazil	0–3	Sendai Cup
15 September	Sendai (A)	Japan	0–3	Sendai Cup
19 September	Seoul (H)	Argentina	0–0	Friendly
5 October	Bangkok (A)	Thailand	1–0	Friendly tournament	Choi Jin-Han
7 October	Bangkok (N)	Australia	0–0	Friendly tournament
9 October	Bangkok (N)	China PR	1–0	Friendly tournament	Ahn Jong-Hoon
11 October	Bangkok (N)	Australia	0–0 (1–3p)	Friendly tournament final
31 October	Khobar (N)	Syria	1–0	AFC U-19 Championship (Group B)	Kim Young-Kwon
2 November	Khobar (N)	United Arab Emirates	1–2	AFC U-19 Championship (Group B)	Kim Dong-Sub
4 November	Dammam (N)	Iraq	2–0	AFC U-19 Championship (Group B)	Kim Bo-Kyung, Moon Ki-Han
8 November	Dammam (N)	Japan	3–0	AFC U-19 Championship (Quarterfinal)	Yoo Ji-No, Cho Young-Cheol, Choi Jung-Han
11 November	Dammam (N)	Uzbekistan	0–1	AFC U-19 Championship (Semifinal)

Under-17 team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
20 March	Fukuoka (A)	Japan	2–0	Sanix Cup
20 March	Fukuoka (A)	China PR	1–0	Sanix Cup
8 August	Toyota (N)	Brazil	0–0	Toyota Cup
9 August	Toyota (A)	Japan	2–2	Toyota Cup
10 August	Toyota (N)	United Arab Emirates	6–0	Toyota Cup
4 October	Tashkent (N)	India	5–2	AFC U-16 Championship (Group B)
6 October	Tashkent (N)	Indonesia	9–0	AFC U-16 Championship (Group B)
8 October	Tashkent (N)	Syria	1–1	AFC U-16 Championship (Group B)
12 October	Tashkent (A)	Uzbekistan	3–0	AFC U-16 Championship (Quarterfinal)
15 October	Tashkent (N)	Japan	2–1	AFC U-16 Championship (Semifinal)
18 October	Tashkent (N)	Iran	1–2	AFC U-16 Championship (Final)

Women's national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
18 February	Chongqing (A)	China PR	2–3	EAFF Women's Championship	Park Hee-young (2)
21 February	Chongqing (N)	Japan	0–2	EAFF Women's Championship
24 February	Chongqing (N)	North Korea	0–4	EAFF Women's Championship
24 March	Khorat (N)	Philippines	4–0	AFC Women's Asian Cup Qual.	Lee Se-Eun (3), Lee Eun-Mi
26 March	Khorat (N)	Malaysia	14–0	AFC Women's Asian Cup Qual.	Park Hee-young (2), Yoo Young-A (2), Lee Eun-Mi (2), Kim Yoo-Mi, Jeon Ga-Eul (4), Han Song-i (2), Own Goal
28 March	Khorat (A)	Thailand	4–0	AFC Women's Asian Cup Qual.	Han Song-i (2), Lee Eun-Mi (2)
26 April	Qinhuangdao (A)	China PR	1–2	Friendly	Cha Yeon-Hee
28 April	Qinhuangdao (A)	China PR	0–2	Friendly
29 May	Ho Chi Minh (N)	Japan	3–1	AFC Women's Asian Cup	Cha Yeon-Hee, Park Hee-young (2)
31 May	Ho Chi Minh (N)	Australia	0–2	AFC Women's Asian Cup
2 June	Ho Chi Minh (N)	Chinese Taipei	2–0	AFC Women's Asian Cup	Kim Yoo-Mi, Kim Soo-Yeon
14 June	Suwon (H)	New Zealand	2–1	Peace Queen Cup	Kwon Ha-Neul, Park Hee-young
16 June	Suwon (H)	Canada	1–3	Peace Queen Cup	Kim Soo-Yeon
18 June	Suwon (H)	Argentina	2–0	Peace Queen Cup	Cha Yeon-Hee, Jeon Ga-Eul
1 November	Richmond (A)	United States	1–3	Friendly	Han Song-i
5 November	Cincinnati (A)	China PR	0–0	Friendly
8 November	Tampa (A)	United States	0–1	Friendly

Women's under-20 team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
28 October	Kuala Lumpur (N)	Jordan	11–0	AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qual.	Lee Sae-Woom (2), Kim Na-Rae, Hyun Hye-Ji (2), Jung Hye-In (3), Kwon Eun-Som (2), Kim Jin-Young
30 October	Kuala Lumpur (N)	Philippines	20–0	AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qual.	Kim Na-Rae, Kang Yoo-Mi (3), Kim Hye-Ri (2), Gong Hye-Won (3), Park Sung-Eun, Lee Sae-Woom (3), Kim Jin-Young (2), Kwon Eun-Som (3), Moon Mi-Ra (2)
1 November	Kuala Lumpur (N)	Vietnam	6–0	AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qual.	Park Sung-Eun, Lim Sun-Joo, Lee Sae-Woom, Jung Hye-In (2), Kang Yoo-Mi
4 November	Kuala Lumpur (N)	Singapore	24–0	AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qual.	Kim Jin-Young (3), Moon Mi-Ra (2), Gong Hye-Won (4), Kim Poo-Reun, Park Sung-Eun (5), Kim Na-Rae (4), Choi Jeon-Hee, Lee Eun-Ji, Kim Hye-Ri (2), Own Goal
6 November	Kuala Lumpur (N)	Myanmar	5–0	AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qual.	Kim Na-Rae, Kang Yoo-Mi, Kwon Eun-Som, Lim Sun-Joo, Gong Hye-Won

Women's under-17 team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
23 August	Copenhagen (A)	Denmark	4–3	Friendly	Lim Ji-Hye (2), Lee Young-Joo, Ji So-Yeon
23 August	Copenhagen (A)	Denmark	3–1	Friendly	Lee Min-Seon, Ji So-Yeon, Lee Hyun-Young
30 October	Wellington (N)	Nigeria	1–2	FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Group D)	Ji So-Yeon
2 November	Wellington (N)	Brazil	2–1	FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Group D)	Lee Min-Seon, Lee Hyun-Young
5 November	Auckland (N)	England	3–0	FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Group D)	Ji So-Yeon, Ko Kyung-Yeon, Song A-Ri
9 November	Hamilton (N)	United States	2–4	FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Quarterfinal)	Lee Hyun-Young (2)

References

1. South Korea's score is shown first.