2019 K League 1

Summary

The 2019 K League 1 was the 37th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983, and the seventh season of the K League 1.[1][2] Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions.

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K League 1
Season2019
Dates1 March – 1 December 2019
ChampionsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(7th title)
RelegatedGyeongnam FC
Jeju United
Champions LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ulsan Hyundai
FC Seoul
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Matches played228
Goals scored593 (2.6 per match)
Best PlayerKim Bo-kyung
Top goalscorerAdam Taggart
(20 goals)
Biggest home winGangwon 4–0 Sangju
(9 July 2019)
Biggest away winJeju 0–5 Ulsan
(3 August 2019)
Highest scoringGangwon 5–4 Pohang
(23 June 2019)
Longest winning run5 matches
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Longest winless run20 matches
Gyeongnam FC
Longest losing run5 matches
Gyeongnam FC
Jeju United
Highest attendance32,057
Seoul 4–2 Suwon
(16 June 2019)
Lowest attendance955
Jeju 3–0 Seongnam
(21 September 2019)
Average attendance8,014
2018
2020

In the 17th round on 23 June, Pohang Steelers were leading Gangwon FC 4–0 away after 70 minutes, but Gangwon scored five unanswered goals including three in injury time to win 5–4.[3]

Teams edit

General information edit

Club City/Province Manager Owner(s) Other sponsor(s)
Daegu FC Daegu   Andre Daegu Government DGB Daegu Bank
Gangwon FC Gangwon   Kim Byung-soo Gangwon Provincial Government high1
Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam   Kim Jong-boo Gyeongnam Provincial Government
Incheon United Incheon   Yoo Sang-chul Incheon Government Shinhan Bank
Incheon International Airport
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk   José Morais Hyundai Motor Company Hummel
Jeju United Jeju   Jo Sung-hwan SK Energy
Pohang Steelers Pohang   Kim Gi-dong POSCO Pohang City Hall
Sangju Sangmu Sangju   Kim Tae-wan Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
Seongnam FC Seongnam   Nam Ki-il Seongnam Government
FC Seoul Seoul   Choi Yong-soo GS Group
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon   Lee Lim-saeng Cheil Worldwide Samsung Electronics
Maeil Dairies Industry
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan   Kim Do-hoon Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Oilbank

Stadiums edit

Daegu FC Gangwon FC Gyeongnam FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
DGB Daegu Bank Park Chuncheon Songam Leports Town Changwon Football Center Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,245 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477
         
Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,146 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 44,031 Capacity: 44,102
         

Foreign players edit

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including at least one player from the AFC confederation.[2] Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Former players
Daegu FC   Césinha   Edgar Silva   Rildo   Tsubasa Nishi   Dário Júnior
Gangwon FC   Nemanja Bilbija   Valentinos Sielis   Takahiro Nakazato   Uroš Đerić
Gyeongnam FC   Osman Júnior   Luc Castaignos   Uroš Đerić   Takahiro Kunimoto   Negueba
  Jordan Mutch
Incheon United   Gordan Bunoza   Stefan Mugoša   Lanre Kehinde   Rashid Mahazi   Jiloan Hamad
  Nguyễn Công Phượng
Jeju United   Magno Cruz   Elías Aguilar   Christian Osaguona   Aleksandar Jovanović   Tiago Marques
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Ricardo Lopes   Samuel   Bernie Ibini-Isei   Adriano
  Tiago Alves
Pohang Steelers   Wanderson Carvalho   Stanislav Iljutcenko   Aleksandar Paločević   Vladan Adžić
Seongnam FC   Éder   Mathias Coureur   Jajá
FC Seoul   Osmar   Aleksandar Pešić   Ikromjon Alibaev
Suwon Samsung Bluewings   Dejan Damjanović   Waguininho   Terry Antonis   Adam Taggart   Elvis Sarić
Ulsan Hyundai   Júnior Negrão   Dave Bulthuis   Mix Diskerud   Jason Davidson

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) 38 22 13 3 72 32 +40 79 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Ulsan Hyundai 38 23 10 5 71 39 +32 79
3 FC Seoul 38 15 11 12 53 49 +4 56 Qualification for Champions League play-off round
4 Pohang Steelers 38 16 8 14 49 49 0 56
5 Daegu FC 38 13 16 9 46 37 +9 55
6 Gangwon FC 38 14 8 16 56 58 −2 50
7 Sangju Sangmu 38 16 7 15 49 53 −4 55
8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 38 12 12 14 46 49 −3 48 Qualification for Champions League group stage[b]
9 Seongnam FC 38 12 9 17 30 40 −10 45
10 Incheon United 38 7 13 18 33 54 −21 34
11 Gyeongnam FC (R) 38 6 15 17 43 61 −18 33 Qualification for relegation play-offs
12 Jeju United (R) 38 5 12 21 45 72 −27 27 Relegation to K League 2
Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 33 matches.
  2. ^ Qualified as champions of FA Cup.

Positions by matchday edit

  Leaders
  Qualification for Champions League group stage
  Qualification for Champions League play-off round
  Qualification for relegation play-offs
  Relegation to K League 2

Round 1–33 edit

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
Ulsan Hyundai364311122211122233222211121222211
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors535443311122211111111122212111122
FC Seoul222122233433333322333333333333333
Daegu FC843555544344444444455555664555444
Pohang Steelers111188879108676667777887899999888665
Gangwon FC12977791077865776655544444445444556
Sangju Sangmu111234465557555566678777556677777
Suwon Samsung Bluewings101212101088910988888889766666777766888
Seongnam FC9101011910756799999998999988888999999
Gyeongnam FC479966689101010111010101010101111111111101010101010101010
Incheon United65661112121111121212121212121111121212121212111112111112111111
Jeju United7811121211111212111111101111111212111010101010121211121211121212
Source: K League

Round 34–38 edit

Source: K League

Results edit

Matches 1–22 edit

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away DGU GWN GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SJS SFC SEO SSB USH
Daegu FC 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
Gangwon FC 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 5–4 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0
Gyeongnam FC 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–3
Incheon United 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–3 0–3
Jeju United 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 4–2 1–3 1–3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Pohang Steelers 0–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Sangju Sangmu 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–1
Seongnam FC 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–4
FC Seoul 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–4 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 2–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–3
Ulsan Hyundai 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33 edit

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away DGU GWN GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SJS SFC SEO SSB USH
Daegu FC 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–2
Gangwon FC 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–3
Gyeongnam FC 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–3
Incheon United 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3
Jeju United 1–2 1–4 3–0 1–1 0–5
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Pohang Steelers 5–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1
Sangju Sangmu 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–1
Seongnam FC 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
FC Seoul 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–2
Ulsan Hyundai 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 3–1
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38 edit

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Relegation play-offs edit

The promotion-relegation play-offs were held between the winners of the 2019 K League 2 play-offs and the 11th-placed club of the 2019 K League 1.

Busan IPark0–0Gyeongnam FC
Report
Attendance: 8,249
Referee: Kim Dae-yong

Gyeongnam FC0–2Busan IPark
Report
Attendance: 5,397
Referee: Go Hyung-jin

Busan IPark won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League 1, while Gyeongnam FC were relegated to the K League 2.

Player statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings 20
2   Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai 19
3   Cesinha Daegu FC 15
  Wanderson Carvalho Pohang Steelers
5   Stefan Mugoša Incheon United 14
6   Uroš Đerić Gangwon FC
Gyeongnam FC
13
  Kim Bo-kyung Ulsan Hyundai
8   Park Yong-ji Sangju Sangmu 12
9   Edgar Silva Daegu FC 11
  Ricardo Lopes Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Source:[5]

Top assist providers edit

Rank Player Club Assists
1   Moon Seon-min Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10
  Cesinha Daegu FC
3   Kim Bo-kyung Ulsan Hyundai 9
  Wanderson Carvalho Pohang Steelers
5   Kim Seung-dae Pohang Steelers
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
8
6   Elvis Sarić Suwon Samsung Bluewings 7
  Kim Tae-hwan Ulsan Hyundai
  Park Chu-young FC Seoul
  Ricardo Lopes Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
10   Lee Yeong-jae Gyeongnam FC
Gangwon FC
6
  Jung Seung-yong Gangwon FC
  Go Yo-han FC Seoul

Source:[5]

Awards edit

Main awards edit

The 2019 K League Awards was held on 2 December 2019.[6]

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player   Kim Bo-kyung Ulsan Hyundai
Top goalscorer   Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Top assist provider   Moon Seon-min Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Young Player of the Year   Kim Ji-hyeon Gangwon FC
Manager of the Year   José Morais Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Best XI edit

Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper   Jo Hyeon-woo Daegu FC
Defenders   Hong Chul Suwon Samsung Bluewings
  Hong Jeong-ho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  Lee Yong Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  Kim Tae-hwan Ulsan Hyundai
Midfielders   Moon Seon-min Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  Kim Bo-kyung Ulsan Hyundai
  Cesinha Daegu FC
  Wanderson Carvalho Pohang Steelers
Forwards   Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings
  Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai

Source:[6]

Monthly awards edit

Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month
Player Club Manager Club Division Player Club
March   Cesinha Daegu FC   Choi Yong-soo FC Seoul K League 1   Kim Dae-won Daegu FC
April   Kim Jin-hyuk Daegu FC   José Morais Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K League 1   Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings
May   Kim Shin-wook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Cho Deok-je Busan IPark K League 2   Aleksandar Pešić FC Seoul
June   Cho Jae-wan Gangwon FC   Park Jin-sub Gwangju FC K League 2   Cho Jae-wan Gangwon FC
July   Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings   Kim Do-hoon Ulsan Hyundai K League 1   Éder Seongnam FC
August   Wanderson Carvalho Pohang Steelers   José Morais Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K League 1   Lee Soo-bin Pohang Steelers
September   Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai   Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers K League 1   Kim Ji-hyeon Gangwon FC
October   Moon Seon-min Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Park Jin-sub Gwangju FC K League 2   Moon Seon-min Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
November     Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers K League 1   Kim Jin-su Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Player of the Round edit

Attendance edit

Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FC Seoul 324,162 32,057 7,719 17,061 +47.6%
2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 278,738 20,637 10,044 13,937 +16.9%
3 Daegu FC 203,951 12,172 8,247 10,734 +205.1%
4 Ulsan Hyundai 184,148 19,011 1,568 9,692 +28.8%
5 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 168,024 24,019 3,353 8,843 +31.8%
6 Incheon United 161,593 18,541 4,879 8,505 +92.0%
7 Pohang Steelers 161,134 14,769 2,486 8,481 +13.3%
8 Seongnam FC 105,950 11,238 2,421 5,576 +132.3%
9 Gyeongnam FC 73,646 7,252 1,034 3,876 +23.0%
10 Jeju United 66,741 6,034 955 3,708 +14.7%
11 Gangwon FC 54,331 5,823 1,732 2,860 +110.9%
12 Sangju Sangmu 44,702 6,278 1,161 2,353 +78.5%
League total 1,827,120 32,057 955 8,014 +47.2%

Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source: K League
Notes:
Teams that played previous season in K League 2.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 K League News Letter". K League. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  2. ^ a b "South Korean football news, opinions, match previews and score predictions". K League United.
  3. ^ "South Korea » K League 1 2019 » 17. Round » Gangwon FC - Pohang Steelers 5:4". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  4. ^ "K League club profiles" (in Korean). K League.
  5. ^ a b "Data center - Official records - Recording room - K League 1 records - Individual record table" (in Korean). K League Data Portal. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  6. ^ a b 김보경, K리그1 MVP 영예…전북 모라이스 감독상. Naver (in Korean). KBS. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

External links edit