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2007 K League

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K League
Season2007
DatesRegular season:
3 March – 14 October 2007
Championship:
20 October – 11 November 2007
ChampionsPohang Steelers
(4th title)
Champions LeaguePohang Steelers
Jeonnam Dragons
Matches played182
Goals scored424 (2.33 per match)
Best PlayerAndré Luiz Tavares
Top goalscorerCabore
(17 goals)
← 2006
2008 →

The 2007 K League was the 25th season of the K League. The format of the league was changed from two stages to single league since this season. Each team played 26 matches against every other teams under the home and away system. After the regular league was finished, the top six clubs qualified for the championship playoffs to determine champions.

It took a break after the Round 13 on 23 June due to the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, and resumed with the Round 14 on 8 August.

Teams

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former player(s)
Busan IPark Brazil Ciel Brazil Luciano Tanque Croatia Frane Čačić Brazil Luiz Fernando
Brazil William
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Leandrão Brazil Sandro Hiroshi Brazil Victor Simões Brazil Sandro
Daegu FC Brazil Eninho Brazil Luizinho Brazil Selmir
Daejeon Citizen Brazil Adriano Chuva Brazil Cristiano Pereira Brazil Denílson Argentina Fabián Caballero
Brazil Fernandinho
FC Seoul Brazil Adilson Brazil Dudu Portugal Ricardo Nascimento
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam FC Brazil Cabore Brazil Rogério Pinheiro Brazil Popó
Incheon United Montenegro Dejan Damjanović Serbia Dragan Mladenović Serbia Željko Kalajdžić Montenegro Dženan Radončić
Jeju United Brazil Irineu Brazil Ricardinho Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola Vasiljević
Serbia Ivan Perić
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Croatia Antonio Franja Brazil Zé Carlos North Macedonia Stevica Ristić
Pohang Steelers Brazil Jonhes Brazil Schwenck Brazil André Luiz Tavares Argentina Carlos Frontini
Brazil Maurício
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Brazil Itamar Brazil Mota Romania Adrian Neaga
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Brazil Edu Brazil Nádson Croatia Mato Neretljak Brazil Elpídio Silva
Ulsan Hyundai Brazil Almir Brazil Leandro Machado Chile José Luis Villanueva

Regular season

League table

The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 26 16 7 3 43 18 +25 55 Qualification for the playoffs final
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 26 15 6 5 36 24 +12 51 Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 26 12 9 5 34 22 +12 45 Qualification for the playoffs first round
4 Gyeongnam FC 26 13 4 9 41 31 +10 43
5 Pohang Steelers 26 12 5 9 27 31 −4 41
6 Daejeon Citizen 26 10 7 9 34 27 +7 37
7 FC Seoul 26 8 13 5 23 16 +7 37
8 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 26 9 9 8 36 32 +4 36
9 Incheon United 26 8 9 9 30 32 −2 33
10 Jeonnam Dragons 26 7 9 10 24 27 −3 30 Qualification for the Champions League[a]
11 Jeju United 26 8 6 12 27 35 −8 30
12 Daegu FC 26 6 6 14 35 46 −11 24
13 Busan IPark 26 4 8 14 20 39 −19 20
14 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 26 2 6 18 14 44 −30 12
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Results

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

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2007 K League Championship

Bracket

Final table

Pos Team Qualification
1 Pohang Steelers (C) Qualification for the Champions League
2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
5 Gyeongnam FC
6 Daejeon Citizen
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Cabore won the award with 17 goals.[1]

Pos Player Team Goals Apps
1 Brazil Cabore Gyeongnam FC 18 26
2 Brazil Denilson Daejeon Citizen 14 24
Montenegro Dejan Damjanović Incheon United 14 26
4 North Macedonia Stevica Ristić Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 25
5 Brazil Luizinho Daegu FC 11 23
6 Brazil Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 9 21
7 Brazil Adriano Chuva Daejeon Citizen 8 14
South Korea Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC 8 20
Brazil Sandro Hiroshi Jeonnam Dragons 8 26
South Korea Woo Sung-yong Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 8 26

Awards

Main awards

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 100 players participated in the selection process.[2]

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player[3] Brazil André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers
Top goalscorer[1] Brazil Cabore Gyeongnam FC
Top assist provider[1] Brazil André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers
Rookie of the Year[3] South Korea Ha Tae-goon Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Manager of the Year[4] Brazil Sérgio Farias Pohang Steelers
Players' Player of the Year[2] South Korea Kim Do-heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Best XI

Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper South Korea Kim Byung-ji FC Seoul
Defenders Brazil Adilson FC Seoul
Croatia Mato Neretljak Suwon Samsung Bluewings
South Korea Hwang Jae-won Pohang Steelers
South Korea Jang Hak-young Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Midfielders Brazil André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers
South Korea Lee Kwan-woo Suwon Samsung Bluewings
South Korea Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers
South Korea Kim Do-heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Forwards South Korea Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC
Brazil Cabore Gyeongnam FC

Source:[4]

Attendance

At the end of the 2007 season, the K League attracted 2,073,808 fans and an average of 11,786 fans per game. That puts the K League at 15th in the world for average attendances for domestic premier leagues for association football.

Team Average Minimum Maximum Total
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 25,194 16,213 41,819 327,526
FC Seoul 21,513 10,574 55,397 279,670
Incheon United 16,671 6,217 25,686 216,728
Daegu FC 15,007 2,085 44,215 180,090
Daejon Citizen 14,659 5,423 28,074 175,914
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 11,312 4,328 29,112 135,754
Gwangju Sangmu 8,861 2,678 28,637 115,196
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 8,706 3,628 14,763 113,184
Gyeongnam FC 8,625 3,051 23,192 103,503
Jeonnam Dragons 8,565 3,859 13,800 102,780
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7,677 4,236 10,508 99,794
Jeju United 6,636 1,231 20,499 79,635
Pohang Steelers 6,572 1,735 12,596 78,873
Busan IPark 5,012 1,505 11,075 65,161

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 까보레, K-리그 득점왕 등극 (in Korean). JoyNews24. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b 김두현, K리거 100명이 선정한 최고 선수 (in Korean). Osen. 30 May 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b 따바레즈 MVP·하태균 신인상 영예 (in Korean). KBS. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b K-리그 베스트11 선정 발표…감독상은 파리아스. Naver (in Korean). YTN. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_K_League