2006 K League

The 2006 K League was the 24th season of the K League, which kicked off on March 12. The format of the regular season and playoffs was the same as the one used in the 2005 season. It took a break for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in June and July. The playoff games were held in November.

Samsung Hauzen
K League
Season2006
DatesRegular season:
12 March – 5 November 2006
Championship:
11–25 November 2006
ChampionsSeongnam Ilhwa Chunma
(7th title)
Champions LeagueSeongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jeonnam Dragons
Matches played182
Goals scored403 (2.21 per match)
Best PlayerKim Do-heon
Top goalscorerWoo Sung-yong
(16 goals)
← 2005
2007 →

SK Group, the owners of Bucheon SK, moved their club to Jeju, and renamed the club Jeju United. The club was based in the Jeju World Cup Stadium of Seogwipo. Gyeongnam FC joined the K League, increasing the number of clubs to fourteen.

Regular season

League table

The first place team qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 13 10 2 1 21 9 +12 32 Qualification for the playoffs
2 Pohang Steelers 13 6 4 3 21 15 +6 22
3 Daejeon Citizen 13 4 7 2 13 10 +3 19
4 FC Seoul 13 3 7 3 13 10 +3 16
5 Jeonnam Dragons 13 2 10 1 14 12 +2 16
6 Busan IPark 13 4 4 5 24 25 −1 16
7 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 3 7 3 13 14 −1 16
8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13 3 7 3 11 13 −2 16
9 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 13 3 6 4 9 13 −4 15
10 Incheon United 13 2 8 3 11 13 −2 14
11 Daegu FC 13 2 7 4 14 16 −2 13
12 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 13 2 7 4 10 13 −3 13
13 Gyeongnam FC 13 3 4 6 10 15 −5 13
14 Jeju United 13 1 6 6 8 14 −6 9
Source: RSSSF

Results
Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH
Busan IPark — 1–1 — — — — 3–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 — — 1–1
Jeonnam Dragons — — — — — — 1–1 3–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–1 — 1–0
Daegu FC 4–4 2–2 — 1–1 — 2–1 0–1 — 2–2 0–1 — — — —
Daejeon Citizen 1–0 2–0 — — 0–0 — — 1–0 — — — 0–1 0–0 0–0
FC Seoul 5–2 0–0 1–2 — — 0–0 — 0–0 — 1–1 — — — —
Gwangju Sangmu 2–0 0–0 — 2–2 — — — — 2–0 — 0–3 — 0–0 —
Gyeongnam FC — — — 0–0 2–1 1–1 — — 0–0 — 0–1 0–1 2–1 —
Incheon United — — 0–0 — — 1–1 3–1 — 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 — —
Jeju United — 2–2 — 0–1 0–3 — — — — — — 0–1 0–0 3–0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors — — — 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 — — 0–1 — 1–1
Pohang Steelers — — 0–0 5–4 0–1 — — 2–2 1–0 3–1 — — — 0–0
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 4–3 — 2–1 — 2–0 2–0 — — — — 2–1 — 0–1 —
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–4 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 — — 1–0 — 2–2 1–2 — — —
Ulsan Hyundai — — 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 — — — 1–3 1–2 —
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League table

The first place team qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13 8 3 2 18 9 +9 27 Qualification for the playoffs
2 Pohang Steelers 13 7 4 2 21 13 +8 25
3 FC Seoul 13 6 5 2 18 12 +6 23
4 Daegu FC 13 6 3 4 18 14 +4 21
5 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 13 5 5 3 12 9 +3 20
6 Incheon United 13 5 4 4 13 14 −1 19
7 Jeonnam Dragons 13 5 3 5 14 13 +1 18
8 Busan IPark 13 5 3 5 16 17 −1 18
9 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 13 4 5 4 21 16 +5 17
10 Jeju United 13 4 4 5 15 16 −1 16
11 Gyeongnam FC 13 4 1 8 12 20 −8 13
12 Daejeon Citizen 13 3 3 7 15 22 −7 12
13 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 2 4 7 11 20 −9 10
14 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 13 3 1 9 7 16 −9 10
Source: RSSSF

Results
Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH
Busan IPark — — 1–3 4–2 1–1 2–0 — — — — — 0–2 0–2 —
Jeonnam Dragons 1–3 — 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 — — 2–1 — — — 1–0 —
Daegu FC — — — — 2–0 — — 3–2 — — 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–1
Daejeon Citizen — — 0–1 — — 3–1 3–1 — 0–1 0–1 2–1 — — —
FC Seoul — — — 1–1 — — 1–0 — 1–0 — 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–2
Gwangju Sangmu — — 0–1 — 0–2 — 0–1 2–0 — 2–1 — 1–0 — 0–0
Gyeongnam FC 1–0 0–2 3–2 — — — — 2–2 — 3–0 — — — 0–1
Incheon United 0–0 0–2 — 1–0 1–0 — — — — — 1–1 — 1–2 1–0
Jeju United 0–1 — 0–0 — — 1–0 2–1 2–3 — 2–1 0–0 — — —
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–2 1–0 1–3 — 1–2 — — 0–1 — — 1–1 — 1–1 —
Pohang Steelers 4–1 2–1 — — — 2–1 2–0 — — — — 3–2 2–0 —
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma — 0–0 — 4–0 — — 3–0 0–0 3–3 3–3 — — — 0–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings — — — 1–1 — 1–0 2–0 — 2–1 — — 3–0 — 1–0
Ulsan Hyundai 1–1 1–0 — 3–1 — — — — 2–2 0–0 0–1 — — —
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall table

The top two teams in the overall table qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 26 14 7 5 42 25 +17 49 First stage winners
2 Pohang Steelers 26 13 8 5 42 28 +14 47 Qualification for the playoffs
3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 26 11 10 5 29 22 +7 43 Second stage winners
4 FC Seoul 26 9 12 5 31 22 +9 39 Qualification for the playoffs
5 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 26 8 11 7 21 22 −1 35
6 Jeonnam Dragons 26 7 13 6 28 25 +3 34 Qualification for the Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
7 Daegu FC 26 8 10 8 32 30 +2 34
8 Busan IPark 26 9 7 10 40 42 −2 34
9 Incheon United 26 7 12 7 24 27 −3 33
10 Daejeon Citizen 26 7 10 9 28 32 −4 31
11 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 26 5 11 10 24 34 −10 26 Qualification for the Champions League[lower-alpha 2]
12 Gyeongnam FC 26 7 5 14 22 35 −13 26
13 Jeju United 26 5 10 11 23 30 −7 25
14 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 26 5 8 13 17 29 −12 23
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.
  2. Qualified as defending champions of the Champions League.

Championship playoffs
Main article: 2006 K League Championship

Bracket
Semi-finals Final
        
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1
FC Seoul 0
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1 2 3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 1 1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1
Pohang Steelers 0

Final table
Pos Team 0 Qualification
1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (C)    Qualification for the Champions League
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings   
3 Pohang Steelers   
4 FC Seoul   
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs.

Rank Player Club Goals Apps
1 Woo Sung-yong Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 16 28
2 Popo Busan IPark 13 24
3 Kim Eun-jung FC Seoul 9 25
4 Ko Ki-gu Pohang Steelers 8 22
5 Lee Dong-gook Pohang Steelers 7 10
Somália Busan IPark 7 16
Denilson Daejeon Citizen 7 18
Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7 19
Selmir Jeonnam Dragons 7 20
Itamar Suwon Samsung Bluewings 7 25
Park Chu-young FC Seoul 7 26

Awards

Main awards
Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player[1] Kim Do-heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Top goalscorer[2] Woo Sung-yong Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Top assist provider[2] Adriano Chuva Daejeon Citizen
Rookie of the Year[1] Yeom Ki-hun Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Manager of the Year[1] Kim Hak-bum Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Special Award Kim Byung-ji FC Seoul
Choi Eun-sung Daejeon Citizen
Lee Jung-rae Gyeongnam FC
Best Referee Lee Young-chul —
Best Assistant Referee Ahn Sang-gi —

Best XI
Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper Park Ho-jin Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defenders Jang Hak-young Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Mato Neretljak Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Choi Jin-cheul Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Kim Young-chul Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Midfielders Kim Do-heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Lee Kwan-woo Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Baek Ji-hoon Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Popó Busan IPark
Forwards Woo Sung-yong Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Kim Eun-jung FC Seoul

Source:[1]

See also

References
  1. 김두현, 2006 K-리그 ‘최고 별’ (in Korean). KBS. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. 2006 K리그 끝, 관중 갈증에 골 가뭄 (in Korean). KBS. 26 November 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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