K-League 2007

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The 2007 season of the K-League kicked off on March 3. The league's previous split-season format was replaced by a combined 26-game single-season schedule. After all games have been played, the top 6 teams will enter the championship playoffs to determine the overall champion.

The league took a break after Round 13 (June 23), as a result of the Asian Cup taking place between July 7 and July 29. The league will resume with Round 14 (August 8).

The league cup format changed as well. In 2006, all teams played one game against every other team, hence the champion was decided on a-13 game schedule. 2007's cup will sport 12 teams (except Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Chunnam Dragons who are participating in the AFC Champions League 2007), split into 2 Groups. The pool-league will be based on home and away.

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[edit] Final Table

  • Top six teams qualify for the championship playoffs.
Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 55 26 16 7 3 43 18 +25
2. Suwon Samsung Bluewings 51 26 15 6 5 36 24 +12
3. Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 45 26 12 9 5 34 22 +12
4. Gyeongnam FC 43 26 13 4 9 41 31 +10
5. Pohang Steelers 38 26 12 5 9 27 31 −4
6. Daejeon Citizen 37 26 10 7 9 34 27 +7
7. FC Seoul 37 26 8 13 5 23 16 +7
8. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 36 26 9 9 8 36 32 +4
9. Incheon United 33 26 8 9 9 30 32 −2
10. Chunnam Dragons 30 26 7 9 10 24 27 −3
11. Jeju United FC 30 26 8 6 12 27 35 −8
12. Daegu FC 24 26 6 6 14 35 46 −11
13. Busan I'Park 20 26 4 8 14 20 39 −19
14. Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 12 26 2 6 18 14 44 −30

[edit] Results

Round 1

March 3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-1 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 8 724
March 4 Incheon United 0-1 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 24 772
March 4 FC Seoul 2-0 Daegu FC Attendance: 19 015
March 4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1-1 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 14 763
March 4 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-1 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 25 612
March 4 Busan I'Park 0-1 Jeju United FC Attendance: 8 773
March 4 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0-2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 18 787

Round 2

March 11 Daegu FC 1-2 Incheon United Attendance: 16 425
March 10 Gyeongnam FC 1-3 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 17 826
March 11 Chunnam Dragons 0-1 FC Seoul Attendance: 12 200
March 11 Daejeon Citizen 1-3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 13 747
March 10 Jeju United FC 1-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 20 499
March 11 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 17 725
March 11 Busan I'Park 2-1 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 4 237

Round 3

March 17 Incheon United 1-2 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 10 720
March 18 Daegu FC 2-2 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 5425
March 17 Pohang Steelers 1-1 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 10 042
March 18 FC Seoul 1-0 Jeju United FC Attendance: 26 078
March 17 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 3 628
March 17 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3-1 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 4 721
March 17 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 Busan I'Park Attendance: 20 317

Round 4

March 31 Chunnam Dragons 0-0 Incheon United Attendance: 5 732
March 31 Daejeon Citizen 0-0 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 5 423
March 31 Jeju United FC 2-0 Daegu FC Attendance: 19 085
March 31 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-2 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 6 953
March 31 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0-0 FC Seoul Attendance: 3 645
March 31 Busan I'Park 0-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 4 157
March 31 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 10 507

Round 5

April 7 Incheon United 3-2 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 15 687
April 7 Chunnam Dragons 1-0 Jeju United FC Attendance: 5 350
April 7 Gyeongnam FC 1-2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 5 473
April 7 Daegu FC 2-1 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 5 372
April 7 Pohang Steelers 0-1 Busan I'Park Attendance: 4 528
April 7 FC Seoul 0-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 55 397
April 7 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0-3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 7 897

Round 6

April 15 Jeju United FC 0-2 Incheon United Attendance: 2 189
April 14 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0-2 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 9 317
April 14 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0-0 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 2 678
April 14 Busan I'Park 1-4 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 4 073
April 14 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-1 Daegu FC Attendance: 16 213
April 14 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-1 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 7 832
April 14 FC Seoul 0-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 30 176

Round 7

April 21 Incheon United 1-3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 11 628
April 21 Jeju United FC 1-1 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 2 169
April 21 Daejeon Citizen 2-2 Busan I'Park Attendance: 10 122
April 21 Chunnam Dragons 0-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 7 757
April 21 Gyeongnam FC 0-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 3 271
April 21 Daegu FC 3-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 13 572
April 21 Pohang Steelers 0-0 FC Seoul Attendance: 12 596

Round 8

April 28 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 1-1 Incheon United Attendance: 4 527
April 28 Busan I'Park 0-2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 3 751
April 28 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3-0 Jeju United FC Attendance: 17 259
April 28 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0-0 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 4 827
April 28 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2-2 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 4 633
April 28 FC Seoul 0-3 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 18 758
April 28 Pohang Steelers 1-3 Daegu FC Attendance: 5 084

Round 9

May 5 Incheon United 2-2 Busan I'Park Attendance: 23 643
May 5 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 1-3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 28 637
May 5 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 29 112
May 5 Jeju United FC 2-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 8 314
May 5 Daejeon Citizen 0-0 FC Seoul Attendance: 28 074
May 5 Chunnam Dragons 2-1 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 13 800
May 5 Gyeongnam FC 1-0 Daegu FC Attendance: 7 645

Round 10

May 12 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 Incheon United Attendance: 21 304
May 12 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2-1 Busan I'Park Attendance: 8 974
May 12 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 4-0 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 6 374
May 12 FC Seoul 1-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 10 574
May 12 Pohang Steelers 0-1 Jeju United FC Attendance: 5 077
May 12 Daegu FC 1-1 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 35 746
May 12 Gyeongnam FC 2-0 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 3 051

Round 11

May 19 Incheon United 0-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 17 647
May 19 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-2 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 30 216
May 19 Busan I'Park 0-0 FC Seoul Attendance: 10 103
May 19 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0-1 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 3 542
May 19 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4-1 Daegu FC Attendance: 8 423
May 19 Jeju United FC 1-1 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 2 687
May 19 Daejeon Citizen 1-1 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 10 062

Round 12

May 26 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1-0 Incheon United Attendance: 6 737
May 26 FC Seoul 0-0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 32 386
May 26 Pohang Steelers 0-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 12 106
May 26 Daegu FC 1-1 Busan I'Park Attendance: 9 645
May 26 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0-4 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 3 785
May 26 Chunnam Dragons 1-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 11 270
May 26 Daejeon Citizen 1-0 Jeju United FC Attendance: 13 523

Round 13

June 16 Incheon United 2-2 FC Seoul Attendance: 22 765
June 16 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0-0 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 8 217
June 16 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3-0 Daegu FC Attendance: 10 192
June 16 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 5-3 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 27 816
June 16 Busan I'Park 1-3 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 4 175
June 16 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 1-0 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 8 587
June 16 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-1 Jeju United FC Attendance: 8 778

Summer Break June 23 - August 8

Round 14

August 8 Incheon United 2-1 Daegu FC Attendance: 13 767
August 8 Pohang Steelers 2-1 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 2 240
August 8 FC Seoul 1-0 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 13 875
August 8 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2-1 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 8 437
August 8 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2-0 Jeju United FC Attendance: 4 824
August 8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 21 813
August 8 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0-3 Busan I'Park Attendance: 3 214

Round 15

August 11 Gyeongnam FC 0-0 Incheon United Attendance: 11 214
August 11 Chunnam Dragons 3-2 Daegu FC Attendance: 4 125
August 11 Daejeon Citizen 3-0 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 13 097
August 11 Jeju United FC 2-2 FC Seoul Attendance: 2 833
August 11 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 15 327
August 11 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 5 734
August 11 Busan I'Park 1-2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 11 075

Round 16

August 15 Incheon United 2-1 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 13 872
August 15 Gyeongnam FC 1-2 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 8 124
August 15 Daegu FC 3-0 Jeju United FC Attendance: 10 023
August 15 Pohang Steelers 1-3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 5 287
August 15 FC Seoul 0-0 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 15 866
August 15 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0-0 Busan I'Park Attendance: 13 870
August 15 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 31 726

Round 17

August 18 Daejeon Citizen 0-1 Incheon United Attendance: 18 101
August 18 Jeju United FC 2-1 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 1 506
August 18 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-3 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 15 711
August 18 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 2-1 Daegu FC Attendance: 9 633
August 18 Busan I'Park 1-2 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 4 765
August 18 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-1 FC Seoul Attendance: 41 819
August 18 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 8 988

Round 18

August 25 Incheon United 1-1 Jeju United FC Attendance: 10 738
August 25 Daejeon Citizen 2-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance:19 212
August 25 Chunnam Dragons 2-0 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 10 200
August 25 Gyeongnam FC 2-0 Busan I'Park Attendance: 4 219
August 25 Daegu FC 1-2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 44 215
August 25 Pohang Steelers 2-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 11 097
August 25 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0-0 FC Seoul Attendance: 13 574

Round 19

August 28 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0-0 Incheon United Attendance: 6 377
August 28 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0-2 Jeju United FC Attendance: 3 887
August 28 Busan I'Park 1-0 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 4 816
August 28 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 22 138
August 28 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-2 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 4 235
August 28 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2-1 Daegu FC Attendance: 6 275
August 28 FC Seoul 3-0 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 12 013

Round 20

September 1 Incheon United 3-2 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 6 217
September 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 Busan I'Park Attendance: 7 535
September 1 Jeju United FC 0-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 15 277
September 1 Daejeon Citizen 1-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 18 184
September 1 Chunnam Dragons 0-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 10 037
September 1 Gyeongnam FC 1-0 FC Seoul Attendance: 11 258
September 1 Daegu FC 2-2 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 2 537

Round 21

September 15 Busan I'Park 0-0 Incheon United Attendance: 1 505
September 15 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0-0 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 25 170
September 15 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 9 240
September 15 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2-2 Jeju United FC Attendance: 4 636
September 15 FC Seoul 2-1 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 14 632
September 15 Pohang Steelers 1-0 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 1 735
September 15 Daegu FC 1-3 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 27 463

Round 22

September 22 Incheon United 2-3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 25 686
September 22 Busan I'Park 1-3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 1 873
September 22 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 1-2 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 18 540
September 22 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 FC Seoul Attendance: 6 178
September 22 Jeju United FC 2-0 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 2 064
September 22 Daejeon Citizen 4-1 Daegu FC Attendance: 10 022
September 22 Chunnam Dragons 2-1 Gyeongnam FC Attendance: 3 859

Round 23

September 29 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-1 Incheon United Attendance: 7 842
September 29 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 14 143
September 29 FC Seoul 4-0 Busan I'Park Attendance: 18 572
September 29 Pohang Steelers 2-1 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 5 396
September 29 Daegu FC 1-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 7 582
September 29 Gyeongnam FC 3-1 Jeju United FC Attendance: 4 155
September 29 Chunnam Dragons 1-2 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 12 687

Round 24

October 6 Incheon United 1-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 19 676
October 6 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0-0 FC Seoul Attendance: 8 842
October 6 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 Pohang Steelers Attendance: 26 123
October 6 Busan I'Park 1-4 Daegu FC Attendance: 1 858
October 6 Gyeongnam FC 1-0 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 4 075
October 6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 Chunnam Dragons Attendance: 4 328
October 6 Jeju United FC 2-3 Daejeon Citizen Attendance: 1 781

Round 25

October 10 FC Seoul 2-1 Incheon United Attendance: 12 358
October 10 Pohang Steelers 1-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 3 685
October 10 Daegu FC 1-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 2 085
October 10 Gyeongnam FC 0-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 23 192
October 10 Chunnam Dragons 0-0 Busan I'Park Attendance: 5 763
October 10 Daejeon Citizen 2-0 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 16 347
October 10 Jeju United FC 2-2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Attendance: 1 231

Round 26

October 14 Pohang Steelers 3-2 Incheon United Attendance: 4 074
October 14 Daegu FC 1-0 FC Seoul Attendance: 12 945
October 14 Gyeongnam FC 0-4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Attendance: 17 826
October 14 Chunnam Dragons 0-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Attendance: 5 835
October 14 Daejeon Citizen 1-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Attendance: 38 724
October 14 Jeju United FC 1-0 Busan I'Park Attendance: 2 128
October 14 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-1 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix Attendance: 5 173

[edit] Top Scorers

Pos Name Team Goals Pld
1 Flag of Brazil Capore Gyeongnam FC 17 25
2 Flag of Brazil Denilson Daejeon Citizen 14 23
3 Flag of Serbia Dejan Damjanović Incheon United 14 26
4 Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Stevica Ristić Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 25
5 Flag of Brazil Luizinho Daegu FC 11 23
6 Flag of Brazil Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 9 21
7 Flag of Brazil Adriano Chuva Daejeon Citizen 8 13
8 Flag of South Korea Lee Keun-Ho Daegu FC 8 20
9 Flag of Brazil Sandro Hiroshi Chunnam Dragons 8 26
10 Flag of Brazil Ze Carlos Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 7 15
11 Flag of South Korea Namgung Do Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 7 20
= Flag of Brazil Popo Gyeongnam FC 7 20
13 Flag of South Korea Woo Sung-Yong Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 7 24
14 Flag of South Korea Kim Do-Heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7 25

[edit] 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 (just six fans per match less than the Russian Premier League). Here is a team-by-team report on attendance.

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

[edit] Championship playoffs

The championship playoffs will start on October 20.

[edit] Format

The top six teams in the final table qualify for the playoffs. Fourth will play fifth and third will play sixth. The winners of those two games will then playoff against each other; the winner will then playoff against the team that finished in second place. Finally, the winner of this playoff will face the team that finished in first place over two legs to decide the overall league champions.

[edit] Results

Game A

October 20 Gyeongnam FC 1 – 1
(AET, 3 PK 4)		 Pohang Steelers Changwon Civil Stadium

Attendance: 8,965
Capore Scored after 86 minutes 86' Lee Gwang-Jae Scored after 68 minutes 68'

Game B

October 21 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2 – 0 Daejeon Citizen Munsu World Cup Stadium

Attendance: 23,836
Lee Sang-ho Scored after 39 minutes 39'
Park Dong-Hyuk Scored after 69 minutes 69'

Game C

October 28 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 – 2 Pohang Steelers Munsu World Cup Stadium

Attendance: 31,783
Woo Sung-Yong Scored after 70 minutes 70' Hwang Jae-Won Scored after 34 minutes 34'
Lee Gwang-Jae Scored after 76 minutes 76'

Game D

October 31 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 – 1 Pohang Steelers Suwon World Cup Stadium

Attendance: 33,824
Park Won-Jae Scored after 86 minutes 86'

Final

First Leg

November 4 Pohang Steelers 3 – 1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Steelyard Stadium

Attendance: 20,875
Park Won-Jae Scored after 31 minutes 31'
Ko Ki-Gu Scored after 73 minutes 73'
Lee Gwang-Jae Scored after 74 minutes 74'		 Jang Hak-Young Scored after 90+1 minutes 90+1'

Second Leg

November 11 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0 – 1 Pohang Steelers Seongnam 2 Stadium

Attendance: 18,924
agg 4-1, Pohang Steelers win
Schwenck Scored after 43 minutes 43'


2007 K-League Winners
Pohang Steelers
4th Title

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