2009 Korea National League

Korea National League 2009

Season	2009
Champions	Gangneung City
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The Korea National League 2009 season operates its season in two stages, with the winners of each stage and the two final rank 1, 2 clubs excpet winners of each stage are advancing to the post-season championship playoffs. In the event of the same team winning both stages, there will be no playoff.

The league began on 11 April 2009, and the first stage ended on 11 July. The second stage started on 21 August and ended on 22 November 2009.

League standing

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gimhae City	13	8	2	3	26	20	+6	26	First Stage Winner
2	Busan Transportation Corporation	13	7	2	4	25	15	+10	23
3	Incheon Korail	13	6	5	2	20	13	+7	23
4	Changwon City	13	6	5	2	21	15	+6	23
5	Gangneung City	13	6	4	3	21	15	+6	22
6	Ansan Hallelujah	13	6	4	3	19	14	+5	22
7	Suwon City	13	5	6	2	25	16	+9	21
8	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	13	4	4	5	18	16	+2	16
9	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	13	4	3	6	18	17	+1	15
10	Cheonan City	13	4	3	6	14	18	−4	15
11	Daejeon KHNP	13	3	5	5	21	23	−2	14
12	Yesan FC	13	3	4	6	13	25	−12	13
13	Nowon Hummel Korea	13	3	1	9	12	21	−9	10
14	Hongcheon Idu FC	13	1	2	10	11	36	−25	5

Updated to games played on 11 July 2009.
Source: Korea National League (Korean)
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.

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Changwon City	12	8	3	1	23	13	+10	27	Second Stage Winner
2	Suwon City	12	7	4	1	21	7	+14	25
3	Gangneung City	12	7	3	2	20	15	+5	24
4	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	12	6	3	3	21	14	+7	21
5	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	12	5	4	3	17	15	+2	19
6	Gimhae City	12	4	4	4	19	17	+2	16	First Stage Winner
7	Incheon Korail	12	5	1	6	11	15	−4	16
8	Ansan Hallelujah	12	4	3	5	11	10	+1	15
9	Daejeon KHNP	12	3	5	4	14	18	−4	14
10	Cheonan City	12	4	1	7	15	13	+2	13
11	Busan Transportation Corporation	12	4	1	7	17	20	−3	13
12	Nowon Hummel Korea	12	3	3	6	16	21	−5	12
13	Yesan FC	12	0	1	11	11	38	−27	1
14	Hongcheon Idu FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Banned due to financial problem

Updated to games played on 7 November 2009.
Source: Korea National League (Korean)
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.

Final standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Changwon City	25	14	8	3	44	28	+16	50	Second Stage Winner & Championship playoff
2	Suwon City	25	12	10	3	46	23	+23	46	Championship playoff
3	Gangneung City	25	13	7	5	41	30	+11	46	Championship playoff
4	Gimhae City	25	12	6	7	45	37	+8	42	First Stage Winner & Championship playoff
5	Incheon Korail	25	11	6	8	31	28	+3	39
6	Ansan Hallelujah	25	10	7	8	30	24	+6	37
7	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	25	10	6	9	39	31	+8	36
8	Busan Transportation Corporation	25	11	3	11	42	35	+7	36
9	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	25	9	8	8	35	31	+4	35
10	Cheonan City	25	8	4	13	29	31	−2	28
11	Daejeon KHNP	25	6	10	9	35	41	−6	28
12	Nowon Hummel Korea	25	6	4	15	28	42	−14	22
13	Yesan FC	25	3	5	17	24	63	−39	14
14	Hongcheon Idu FC	13	1	2	10	11	36	−25	5	Banned due to financial problem

Updated to games played on 7 November 2009.
Source: Korea National League (Korean)
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.

Result

Home ╲ Away

ASH

BTC

CWC

CAC

DHN

GNC

GHC

GKB

HOC

ICK

NWH

SWC

UHM

YES

Ansan Hallelujah

1–2

0–1

2–0

0–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–3

2–0

0–0

2–1

4–1

Busan Transportation Corporation

1–3

1–2

2–3

2–2

3–1

3–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

3–1

2–3

2–0

2–2

Changwon City

2–1

1–4

1–0

3–2

1–2

3–3

3–0

1–0

4–3

1–1

0–0

3–1

Cheonan City

0–1

1–3

1–1

1–2

1–2

1–2

1–0

4–0

3–1

0–1

0–2

3–0

Daejeon KHNP

2–2

1–3

2–4

1–0

1–1

1–4

0–0

5–2

0–2

2–0

1–1

1–1

3–1

Gangneung City

1–0

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

3–0

2–4

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–2

2–0

Gimhae City

3–1

1–3

2–2

1–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

3–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

3–2

3–1

Goyang KB Kookmin Bank

3–3

0–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–2

1–1

4–1

1–0

2–1

1–2

2–4

4–1

Hongcheon Idu FC

0–0

1–2

1–5

1–1

1–6

1–2

Incheon Korail

1–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–2

3–2

1–1

4–0

2–1

0–2

2–1

1–0

Nowon Hummel Korea

0–1

2–0

0–2

3–0

2–1

1–2

0–1

2–1

2–2

0–2

1–3

1–0

Suwon City

2–2

1–0

0–1

1–3

3–0

4–0

2–4

0–0

2–0

3–1

1–1

1–1

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin

1–0

3–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–1

3–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

Yesan FC

0–0

0–3

1–4

0–2

3–3

2–1

1–4

0–3

1–1

2–3

2–6

1–4

Updated to games played on 7 November 2009.
Source: Korea National 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.

Championship playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 November – Gimhae
	Gimhae FC	2
	Suwon City	1
					18 & 21 Nov – Gimhae & Gangneung
					Gimhae FC	000202 (agg)0
					Gangneung City FC	010304 (agg)0
	14 November - Changwon
	Changwon City FC	1
	Gangneung City FC	3

Semifinals

Gimhae FC v Suwon City

14 November 15:00 UTC+9

Gimhae FC	2 – 1	Suwon City
Yang Dong-Cheol  79' Jo Jae-Hyun  84'	Report	Park Jong-Chan  3'

Gimhae Stadium, Gimhae Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kim Sang-Woo

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Changwon City FC v Gangneung City FC

14 November 17:00 UTC+9

Changwon City FC	1 – 3	Gangneung City FC
Song Geun-Soo  9'	Report	Na Il-Gyun  28', 81' An Seong-Hoon  62'

Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon Attendance: 800 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyuk

Final

1st leg

Gimhae FC v Gangneung City FC

18 November 19:00 UTC+9

Gimhae FC	0 – 1	Gangneung City FC
	Report	Lee Dong-Joon  29'

Gimhae Stadium, Gimhae Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lee Dong-Joon

2nd leg

Gangneung City FC v Gimhae FC

21 November 19:00 UTC+9

Gangneung City FC	3 – 2	Gimhae FC
Go Min-Ki  22' An Sung-Hoon  74' Kim Jun-Beom  89'	Report	Choi Hyung-Joon  53' Kim Hyo-Joon  90+4'

Gangneung Stadium, Gangneung

Winner

Korea National League 2009 Winners
Gangneung City FC 1st Title

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• The Most Valuable Player award was won by Na Il-Kyun (Gangneung City)

Top Scorer

• The Top Scorer award was won by Lee Yong-Seung (Busan Transportation Corporation)

Top Assistor

• The Top Assistor award was won by Kim Jung-Kyum (Daejeon KHNP)

Best XI

• Goalkeeper: Na Kyung-Man (Ansan Hallelujah)
• Defence: Kim Jung-Kyum (Daejeon KHNP), Don Ji-Deok (Goyang Kookmin Bank), Kim Ho-Yoo (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard), Jung Jae-Woon (Suwon City)
• Midfield: Lee Seung-Hwan (Gimhae City), Na Il-Kyun (Gangneung City), Nam Ki-Il (Cheonan City), Choi Myung-Sung (Changwon City)
• Attack: Ko Min-Ki (Gangneung City), Lee Yong-Seung (Busan Transportation Corporation)

Manager of the Year

• The Manager of the Year award was won by Park Mun-Young (Gangneung City)

Club of the Year

• The Club of the Year award was won by Ansan Hallelujah

Fair Play Award

• The Fair Play award was won by Goyang Kookmin Bank

See also

• K-League 2009
• K3 League 2009