2007 K League

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.

Samsung Hauzen
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 PlayerTavares
Top goalscorerCabore
(17 goals)
2006
2008

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.

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[lower-alpha 1]
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

Bracket

Final table

Pos Team 0 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) Champion

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 Tavares Pohang Steelers
Top goalscorer[1] Brazil Cabore Gyeongnam FC
Top assist provider[1] Brazil 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 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 25,19416,21341,819327,526
FC Seoul 21,51310,57455,397279,670
Incheon United 16,6716,21725,686216,728
Daegu FC 15,0072,08544,215180,090
Daejon Citizen 14,6595,42328,074175,914
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 11,3124,32829,112135,754
Gwangju Sangmu 8,8612,67828,637115,196
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 8,7063,62814,763113,184
Gyeongnam FC 8,6253,05123,192103,503
Jeonnam Dragons 8,5653,85913,800102,780
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7,6774,23610,50899,794
Jeju United 6,6361,23120,49979,635
Pohang Steelers 6,5721,73512,59678,873
Busan IPark 5,0121,50511,07565,161

See also

References

  1. 까보레, K-리그 득점왕 등극 (in Korean). JoyNews24. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. 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. 따바레즈 MVP·하태균 신인상 영예 (in Korean). KBS. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. K-리그 베스트11 선정 발표…감독상은 파리아스. Naver.com (in Korean). YTN. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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