2008 in South Korean football

Football in South Korea
Season	2008
Men's football
K League	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
National League	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
K3 League	Yangju Citizen
Korean FA Cup	Pohang Steelers
Korean League Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

This article shows a summary of the 2008 football season in South Korea.

National teams

FIFA World Cup qualification

6 February AFC third round, Group 3	South Korea	4–0	Turkmenistan	Seoul, South Korea
	Kwak Tae-hwi 43' Seol Ki-hyeon 57', 83' Park Ji-sung 70'

26 March AFC third round, Group 3

South Korea

0–0

North Korea

Shanghai, China

31 May AFC third round, Group 3	South Korea	2–2	Jordan	Seoul, South Korea
	Park Ji-sung 39' Park Chu-young 48' (pen.)		Abdel-Fattah 73', 80'

7 June AFC third round, Group 3	Jordan	0–1	South Korea	Amman, Jordan
			Park Chu-young 24' (pen.)

14 June AFC third round, Group 3	Turkmenistan	1–3	South Korea	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
	Öwekow 77' (pen.)		Kim Do-heon 14', 86', 90+3' (pen.)

22 June AFC third round, Group 3

South Korea

0–0

North Korea

Seoul, South Korea

AFC third round, Group 3 table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7	12	Advance to AFC fourth round
2	North Korea	6	3	3	0	4	0	+4	12	Advance to AFC fourth round
3	Jordan	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7
4	Turkmenistan	6	0	1	5	1	12	−11	1

Source: RSSSF

10 September AFC fourth round, Group B	South Korea	1–1	North Korea	Shanghai, China
	Ki Sung-yueng 69'		Hong Yong-jo 64' (pen.)

15 October AFC fourth round, Group B	South Korea	4–1	United Arab Emirates	Seoul, South Korea
	Lee Keun-ho 20', 80' Park Ji-sung 26' Kwak Tae-hwi 89'		Al Hammadi 72'

19 November AFC fourth round, Group B	Saudi Arabia	0–2	South Korea	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
			Lee Keun-ho 76' Park Chu-young 90+2'

EAFF Championship

17 February	China	2–3	South Korea	Chongqing, China
	Zhou Haibin 46' Liu Jian 61'		Park Chu-young 42', 63' Kwak Tae-hwi 90+1'

20 February	South Korea	1–1	North Korea	Chongqing, China
	Yeom Ki-hun 20'		Jong Tae-se 72'

23 February	South Korea	1–1	Japan	Chongqing, China
	Yeom Ki-hun 15'		Yamase 67'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea (C)	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	China (H)	3	1	0	2	5	5	+0	3
4	North Korea	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2

Summer Olympics

7 August Group D	South Korea	1–1	Cameroon	Qinhuangdao, China
19:45 CST (UTC+08)	Park Chu-young 68'	Report	Mandjeck 81'	Stadium: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 21,943 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

10 August Group D	Italy	3–0	South Korea	Qinhuangdao, China
19:45 CST (UTC+08)	Rossi 15' Rocchi 32' Montolivo 90'	Report		Stadium: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 29,455 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

13 August Group D	South Korea	1–0	Honduras	Shanghai, China
17:00 CST (UTC+08)	Kim Dong-jin 23'	Report		Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Attendance: 34,160 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

Group D table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Source: RSSSF

Senior team

30 January	South Korea	0–1	Chile	Seoul, South Korea
			Fierro 54'

5 September	South Korea	1–0	Jordan	Seoul, South Korea
	Lee Chung-yong 5'

11 October	South Korea	3–0	Uzbekistan	Suwon, South Korea
	Ki Sung-yueng 3' Lee Keun-ho 72', 85'

14 November	Qatar	1–1	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
	Fábio 73'		Lee Chung-yong 6'

Under-23 team

16 July	South Korea	2–1	Guatemala	Ansan, South Korea
20:00 KST (UTC+09)	Kim Kun-hoan 56' Lee Keun-ho 81'		Ávila 32'	Stadium: Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan Attendance: 19,388 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

27 July	South Korea	2–1	Ivory Coast	Suwon, South Korea
20:00 KST (UTC+09)	Jung Sung-ryong 20' Lee Keun-ho 62'		Gervinho 74'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 31,266 Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)

31 July	South Korea	1–0	Australia	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 KST (UTC+09)	Shin Young-rok 24'			Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 20,533 Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)

Leagues

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	26	17	3	6	46	24	+22	54	Qualification for playoffs final
2	FC Seoul	26	15	9	2	44	25	+19	54	Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	26	15	6	5	45	21	+24	51	Qualification for playoffs first round
4	Ulsan Hyundai	26	14	7	5	39	26	+13	49
5	Pohang Steelers	26	13	5	8	43	34	+9	44
6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	26	11	4	11	39	37	+2	37
7	Incheon United	26	9	9	8	29	30	−1	36
8	Gyeongnam FC	26	10	5	11	35	39	−4	35
9	Jeonnam Dragons	26	8	5	13	26	40	−14	29
10	Jeju United	26	7	7	12	23	31	−8	28
11	Daegu FC	26	8	2	16	46	58	−12	26
12	Busan IPark	26	5	7	14	30	39	−9	22
13	Daejeon Citizen	26	3	12	11	18	35	−17	21
14	Gwangju Sangmu	26	3	7	16	22	46	−24	16

Source: RSSSF (in English), K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Championship playoffs


First round			Second round		Semifinal			Final



3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1						1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1	2	3

6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (a.e.t.)	2			2	FC Seoul (a.e.t.)	4		FC Seoul	1	1	2

			Ulsan Hyundai	1		Ulsan Hyundai	2

			Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0

4	Ulsan Hyundai (p)	0 (4)

5	Pohang Steelers	0 (2)

Final table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)	Qualification for Champions League
2	FC Seoul
3	Ulsan Hyundai
4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
5	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
6	Pohang Steelers	Qualification for Champions League[lower-alpha 1]

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion
Notes:

Qualified as champions of FA Cup.

Korea National League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (C)	26	18	5	3	69	33	+36	59	First stage winners
2	Suwon City	26	18	4	4	54	26	+28	58	Second stage winners
3	Gangneung City FC	26	14	7	5	42	29	+13	49	Qualification for playoffs
4	Busan Transportation Corporation	26	13	5	8	49	37	+12	44	Qualification for playoffs
5	Gimhae City	26	14	2	10	41	36	+5	44
6	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	26	11	7	8	35	26	+9	40
7	Ansan Hallelujah	26	11	6	9	40	36	+4	39
8	Daejeon KHNP	26	10	6	10	34	30	+4	36
9	Changwon City	26	9	7	10	39	34	+5	34
10	Cheonan City	26	8	8	10	40	42	−2	32
11	Nowon Hummel Korea	26	5	11	10	29	39	−10	26
12	Incheon Korail	26	5	6	15	25	45	−20	21
13	Yesan FC	26	1	8	17	24	58	−34	11
14	Hongcheon Idu	26	2	4	20	35	85	−50	10

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Championship playoffs

Semi-finals		Final

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	3

Gangneung City	0
		Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (p)	1	1	2 (5)

		Suwon City	1	1	2 (4)
Suwon City	2

Busan Transportation Corporation	0

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yongin FC	29	19	7	3	73	34	+39	64	Second stage winners
2	Hwaseong Shinwoo Electronics	29	18	7	4	68	33	+35	61	First stage winners
3	Gwangju Gwangsan	29	18	3	8	69	36	+33	57	Qualification for playoffs and FA Cup
4	Yangju FC (C)	29	17	6	6	62	42	+20	57	Qualification for playoffs and FA Cup
5	Seoul United	29	14	6	9	63	47	+16	48	Qualification for FA Cup
6	Namyangju Citizen	29	13	7	9	65	51	+14	46
7	Cheonan FC	29	13	7	9	58	54	+4	46
8	Jeonju Ongoeul[lower-alpha 1]	29	15	6	8	72	41	+31	45
9	Asan United FC	29	13	3	13	63	72	−9	42
10	Jeonju EM	29	11	6	12	54	50	+4	39
11	Gyeongju Citizen	29	9	3	17	52	65	−13	30
12	Seoul Pabal	29	8	5	16	60	73	−13	29
13	Bucheon FC 1995	29	7	7	15	40	53	−13	28
14	Pocheon FC	29	6	3	20	43	80	−37	21
15	Goyang FC	29	2	4	23	42	120	−78	10
16	Changwon United	15	1	2	12	23	56	−33	5

Source: JoinKFA Soccerway
(C) Champions
Notes:

Jeonju Ongoeul have 6 points deducted.

Championship playoffs

Semi-finals		Final

Yongin FC	3 (4)

Yangju FC (p)	3 (5)
		Yangju FC (a)	0	2	2

		Hwaseong Shinwoo Electronics	0	2	2
Hwaseong Shinwoo Electronics	1

Gwangju Gwangsan FC	0

Domestic cups

Korean FA Cup

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Gyeongnam FC	1

Yonsei University	0
		Gyeongnam FC	1

		Gwangju Sangmu	0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1 (4)

Gwangju Sangmu (p)	1 (5)
				Gyeongnam FC	5

				Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	0
Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	2

Honam University	1
		Goyang Kookmin Bank (p)	1 (3)

		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1 (2)
Changwon City	0

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3
						Gyeongnam FC	0

						Pohang Steelers	2
Ansan Hallelujah	1

Daegu FC	3
		Daegu FC	2

		Ulsan Hyundai	1
Ulsan Hyundai	2

Busan IPark	1
				Daegu FC	0

				Pohang Steelers	2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (p)	0 (5)

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	0 (4)
		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1 (7)

		Pohang Steelers (p)	1 (8)
Jeonnam Dragons	0

Pohang Steelers	1

Korean League Cup

Group stage

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	10	21
2	Busan IPark	10	16
3	FC Seoul	10	14
4	Gyeongnam FC	10	13
5	Jeju United	10	9
6	Incheon United	10	9

Source: RSSSF

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	10	19
2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	10	19
3	Ulsan Hyundai	10	16
4	Daejeon Citizen	10	14
5	Daegu FC	10	11
6	Gwangju Sangmu	10	3

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A1

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)

0 (3)

L

Pohang Steelers

1

Pohang Steelers

0 (2)

B2

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

0

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

2

Jeonnam Dragons

0

B1

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

1

FA

Jeonnam Dragons

3

Jeonnam Dragons

3

A2

Busan IPark

2

Korea National League Championship

Group stage

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Daejeon KHNP	3	7
2	Incheon Korail	3	4
3	Busan Transportation Corporation	3	3
4	Suwon City	3	3

Source: Report

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Gangneung City	3	5
2	Changwon City	3	5
3	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	3	4
4	Nowon Hummel Korea	3	1

Source: Report

Group C
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Gimhae City	3	7
2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	3	7
3	Yesan FC	3	3
4	Icheon Hyundai Autonet	3	0

Source: Report

Group D
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Ansan Hallelujah	3	7
2	Hongcheon Idu	3	5
3	Cheonan City	3	4
4	Gumi Siltron	3	0

Source: Report

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Daejeon KHNP (p)	2 (4)

Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	2 (2)
		Daejeon KHNP	2

		Gangneung City	1
Gangneung City	5

Hongcheon Idu	2
				Daejeon KHNP (p)	3 (3)

				Ansan Hallelujah	3 (0)
Gimhae City	1

Incheon Korail	2
		Incheon Korail	1

		Ansan Hallelujah	2
Ansan Hallelujah	2

Changwon City	1

International cups

AFC Champions League

Team	Round	Opponent	First leg	V	Second leg	V	Aggregate	Result
Pohang Steelers	Group E	Adelaide United	0–2	H	0–1	A	Third place	Group stage
		Becamex Binh Duong	4–1	A	0–0	H
		Changchun Yatai	0–1	A	2–2	H
Jeonnam Dragons	Group G	Melbourne Victory	0–2	A	1–1	H	Third place	Group stage
		Gamba Osaka	3–4	H	1–1	A
		Chonburi	1–0	H	2–2	A

References

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[table_note_res_FA0.33709508336014-1] Qualified as champions of FA Cup.

[table_note_JOF0.079781441520798-2] Jeonju Ongoeul have 6 points deducted.

2008 in South Korean football

National teams

FIFA World Cup qualification

EAFF Championship

Summer Olympics

Senior team

Under-23 team

Leagues

Regular season

Championship playoffs

Final table

Korea National League

Regular season

Championship playoffs

Regular season

Championship playoffs

Domestic cups

Korean FA Cup

Korean League Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

Korea National League Championship

Group stage

Knockout stage

International cups

AFC Champions League

See also

References

External links