2019 K League 1

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.

KEB Hana Bank
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
Locations of the 2019 K League 1 clubs[4]

General information
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
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

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) 38 22 13 3 72 32 +40 79 Qualification for the 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 the Champions League playoff 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 the Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
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 the relegation playoffs
12 Jeju United (R) 38 5 12 21 45 72 −27 27 Relegation to the 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) Champion; (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 the FA Cup.

Positions by matchday

  Leaders
  Qualification for the Champions League group stage
  Qualification for the Champions League playoff round
  Qualification for the relegation playoffs
  Relegation to the K League 2

Round 1–33
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
Source: K League

Results

Matches 1–22

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

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

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 playoffs

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2019 K League 2 playoffs 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
  • Rômulo 78' (pen.)
  • Novothny 90+5'
Attendance: 5,397
Referee: Go Hyung-jin

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

Player statistics

Top scorers
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
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

Main awards

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
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
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

Attendance

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

References
  1. "2019 K League News Letter". K League.
  2. "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. "Data center - Official records - Recording room - K League 1 records - Individual record table" (in Korean). K League Data Portal. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  6. 김보경, K리그1 MVP 영예…전북 모라이스 감독상. Naver.com (in Korean). KBS. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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