2014 K League Classic
Season | 2014 |
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Champions |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (3rd title) |
Relegated |
Gyeongnam FC Sangju Sangmu |
Champions League |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Seongnam FC Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC Seoul |
Matches played | 228 |
Goals scored | 503 (2.21 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Santos (14 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Jeonbuk 6–0 Sangju (July 20) |
Biggest away win |
Gyeongnam 1–4 Jeonbuk (July 13) |
Highest scoring |
8 goals Jeju 6–2 Jeonnam (September 6) |
Longest winning run |
9 games Jeonbuk |
Longest unbeaten run |
15 games Jeonbuk |
Longest winless run |
16 games Gyeongnam |
Longest losing run |
4 games Gyeongnam, Jeonnam |
Highest attendance |
46,549 Seoul v Suwon (July 12) |
Lowest attendance |
858 Jeonnam v Seongnam (November 1) |
Average attendance | 7,932 |
← 2013 2015 → |
The 2014 K League Classic was the 32nd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K-League and the second season in its current name, the K League Classic.
Pohang Steelers were the defending champions, having won their fifth title after five years.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to 2014 K League Challenge
Teams promoted from the 2013 K League Challenge
Participating clubs
As of 2014 Season, K League Classic Clubs by Province
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The following 12 clubs will compete in the K League Classic during the 2014 season.
- K League Classic's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.
- K League Official Club Profiles Page
Stadiums
- Primary venues used in the K League Classic:
Busan IPark | Gyeongnam FC | Incheon United | Jeju United | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Jeonnam Dragons |
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Busan Asiad Stadium | Changwon Football Center | Incheon Football Stadium | Jeju World Cup Stadium | Jeonju World Cup Stadium | Gwangyang Football Stadium |
Capacity: 53,864 | Capacity: 15,116 | Capacity: 20,891 | Capacity: 35,657 | Capacity: 42,477 | Capacity: 20,009 |
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: 25,000 | Capacity: 15,042 | Capacity: 16,250 | Capacity: 66,704 | Capacity: 43,959 | Capacity: 44,474 |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing | Manner | Table | Date | Incoming | Table | Date |
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Seongnam FC | An Ik-soo | Resigned | Pre-season | Park Jong-hwan | Pre-season | ||
Ulsan Hyundai | Kim Ho-gon | Resigned | Pre-season | Cho Min-kook | Pre-season | ||
Gyeongnam FC | Ilija Petković | Resigned | Pre-season | Lee Cha-man | Pre-season | ||
Seongnam FC | Park Jong-hwan | Resigned | 9th | 2014-04-22 | Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) | 8th | 2014-07-01 |
Gyeongnam FC | Lee Cha-man | Resigned | 12th | 2014-08-14 | Branko Babić (caretaker) | 12th | 2014-08-14 |
Seongnam FC | Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) | Sacked | 10th | 2014-08-26 | Kim Hak-bum | 10th | 2014-09-05 |
Foreign players
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 a least one player from the AFC country.
- As of 23 July 2014
- North Korea Player (Deemed as native players)
Club | Player |
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Jong Tae-se |
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) (Q) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 81 | Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage |
2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Q) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 67 | |
3 | FC Seoul (Q) | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 58 | Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round |
4 | Pohang Steelers | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 58 | |
5 | Jeju United | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 54 | |
6 | Ulsan Hyundai | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 50 | |
7 | Jeonnam Dragons | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 51 | |
8 | Busan IPark | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 43 | |
9 | Seongnam FC (Q) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 40 | Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage 1 |
10 | Incheon United | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 40 | |
11 | Gyeongnam FC (R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 36 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
12 | Sangju Sangmu (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 34 | Relegation to 2015 K League Challenge |
Updated to games played on 5 December 2015.
Source: []
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.
Positions by matchday
Leader & 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
Relegation playoffs
Relegation to the 2015 K League Challenge
Round 1–22
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pohang Steelers | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Jeonnam Dragons | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Jeju United | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Ulsan Hyundai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
FC Seoul | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Incheon United | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Sangju Sangmu | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Seongnam FC | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Busan IPark | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Gyeongnam FC | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Source: kleague.com
Round 23–38
Split rounds are from round 34 to round 38
Team ╲ Round | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
FC Seoul | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Pohang Steelers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Jeju United | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Ulsan Hyundai | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Jeonnam Dragons | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Busan IPark | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Seongnam FC | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Incheon United | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Gyeongnam FC | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
Sangju Sangmu | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Last updated: 30 November 2014
Source: kleague.com
Results
Matches 1–22
Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.
Home ╲ Away | BIP | GNM | ICU | JJU | JHM | JND | PHS | SJS | SEN | SEO | SSB | USH |
Busan IPark | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
Gyeongnam FC | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
Incheon United | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
Jeju United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
Jeonnam Dragons | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
Pohang Steelers | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Sangju Sangmu | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Seongnam FC | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
FC Seoul | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
Ulsan Hyundai | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
Updated to games played on 24 August 2014.
Source: K 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.
Matches 23–33
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).
Home ╲ Away | BIP | GNM | ICU | JJU | JHM | JND | PHS | SJS | SEN | SEO | SSB | USH |
Busan IPark | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | ||||||
Gyeongnam FC | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | ||||||||
Incheon United | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||||||
Jeju United | 0–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||||||
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
Jeonnam Dragons | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||||||
Pohang Steelers | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||||
Sangju Sangmu | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||||
Seongnam FC | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | ||||||
FC Seoul | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |||||||
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||||||
Ulsan Hyundai | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Updated to games played on 26 October 2014.
Source: K 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.
Matches 34–38
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.
Top six
Updated to games played on 30 November 2014. |
Bottom six
Updated to games played on 29 November 2014. |
Promotion-Relegation Playoffs
Promotion and relegation playoffs will be held between the winner of 2014 K League Challenge Playoff and 11th club of 2014 K League Classic. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn entry into 2015 K League Classic.
First leg
3 December 2014 19:00 |
Gwangju FC | 3–1 | Gyeongnam FC |
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Cho Yong-tae 20' Diego 48' Sreten 85' (o.g.) |
Report | Stojanović 32' |
Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju Attendance: 2,667 |
Second leg
6 December 2014 14:00 |
Gyeongnam FC | 1–1 | Gwangju FC |
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Song Soo-young 70' | Report | Kim Ho-nam 75' |
Changwon Football Center, Changwon Attendance: 1,969 |
Gwangju FC secure promotion to the 2015 K League Classic season, 4:2 on aggregate.
Season statistics
Top scorers
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Top assists
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Attendance
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 372,551 | 34,029 | 6,527 | 19,608 | +10.8% |
2 | FC Seoul | 323,244 | 46,549 | 4,336 | 17,013 | +2.4% |
3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 250,134 | 30,597 | 6,142 | 13,165 | +29.5% |
4 | Pohang Steelers | 186,216 | 17,424 | 4,487 | 9,801 | +1.0% |
5 | Ulsan Hyundai | 126,572 | 16,216 | 2,016 | 7,032 | −20.3% |
6 | Jeju United | 127,520 | 17,484 | 1,125 | 6,712 | +3.8% |
7 | Incheon United | 86,815 | 11,238 | 2,086 | 4,569 | −35.4% |
8 | Gyeongnam FC | 86,285 | 10,943 | 1,554 | 4,541 | −23.8% |
9 | Seongnam FC | 71,344 | 8,624 | 1,282 | 3,755 | +32.9% |
10 | Jeonnam Dragons | 67,294 | 10,022 | 858 | 3,365 | +47.7% |
11 | Busan IPark | 61,819 | 7,008 | 1,134 | 3,254 | −19.3% |
12 | Sangju Sangmu | 48,606 | 6,469 | 867 | 2,558 | −7.7%† |
League total | 1,808,400 | 46,549 | 858 | 7,932 | +3.6% |
Updated to games played on 30 November 2014
Source: K League Classic
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
† Team played previous season in K League Challenge.
Top 10 Season Attendances
Awards
The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014.
K League Most Valuable Player
- The K League Most Valuable Player award was won by Lee Dong-gook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
K League Young Player
- The K League Young Player award was won by Kim Seung-dae (Pohang Steelers)
K League Top Scorer
- The K League Top Scorer award was won by Santos (Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
K League Top Assistor
- The K League Top Assistor award was won by Lee Seung-gi (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
K League Best XI
Position | Player | Club |
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Goalkeeper | Kwon Sun-tae | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
Defender | Hong Chul | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
Defender | Alex Wilkinson | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
Defender | Kim Ju-young | FC Seoul |
Defender | Cha Du-ri | FC Seoul |
Midfielder | Lim Sang-hyub | Busan IPark |
Midfielder | Koh Myong-jin | FC Seoul |
Midfielder | Lee Seung-gi | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
Midfielder | Han Kyo-won | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
Forward | Lee Dong-gook | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
Forward | Santos | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
K League Manager of the Year
- The K League Manager of the Year award was won by Choi Kang-Hee (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
K League Youth Team of the Year
- The K League Team of the Year award was won by Maetan Middle School (Suwon Samsung Bluewings Youth)
K League Fair Play Award
- The K League Fair Play award was won by FC Seoul
K League Special Award
- Jeonnam Dragons goalkeeper Kim Byung-ji won the Special award.
'FAN'tastic Player
- The K League 'FAN'tastic Player was won by Lee Dong-gook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
References
External links
- Official K League website (English)
- Official K League Website (Korean)