2010 K-League

The 2010 K League, officially known as Sonata K-League 2010, was the 28th season of the K League. It was sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company, and was held from 27 February to 5 December 2010.

Sonata
K League
Season2010
DatesRegular season:
27 February – 7 November 2010
Championship:
20 November – 5 December 2010
ChampionsFC Seoul
(4th title)
Champions LeagueFC Seoul
Jeju United
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Matches played210
Goals scored604 (2.88 per match)
Best PlayerKim Eun-jung
Top goalscorerYoo Byung-soo
(22 goals)
Biggest home winSeongnam 6–0 Incheon
(14 March 2010)
Biggest away winSuwon 1–5 Jeonbuk
(7 November 2010)
Highest scoringBusan 5–3 Jeonnam
(29 August 2010)
Longest winning run6 matches
Jeju United
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
FC Seoul
Longest losing run6 matches
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Highest attendance60,747
Seoul 4–0 Seongnam
(5 May 2010)
Lowest attendance1,019
Gwangju 0–1 Jeonnam
(3 November 2010)
Average attendance10,941
← 2009
2011 →

The K League match-fixing scandal, the biggest incident in history of South Korean football, occurred in this season, and was revealed in 2011. 15 matches were fixed by 47 players, and they were banned for life from working in football.

Teams
Locations of the 2009 K League clubs

General information
Club Manager City Stadium 2009 season
Busan IPark Hwang Sun-hong Busan Busan Asiad Stadium 12th place
Jeonnam Dragons Park Hang-seo Gwangyang Gwangyang Stadium 4th place
Daegu FC Lee Young-jin Daegu Daegu Stadium
Daegu Civil Stadium		 15th place
Daejeon Citizen Wang Sun-jae Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium 9th place
FC Seoul Nelo Vingada Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 5th place
Gangwon FC Choi Soon-ho Gangneung
Chuncheon		 Gangneung Stadium
Chuncheon Stadium		 13th place
Gwangju Sangmu Lee Soo-chul Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium 11th place
Gyeongnam FC Kim Gwi-hwa Changwon Changwon Football Center 7th place
Incheon United Huh Jung-moo Incheon Incheon Munhak Stadium 6th place
Jeju United Park Kyung-hoon Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium 14th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Choi Kang-hee Jeonju Jeonju World Cup Stadium Champions
Pohang Steelers Park Chang-hyun Pohang Pohang Steel Yard 3rd place
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Shin Tae-yong Seongnam Seongnam 2 Stadium Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Yoon Sung-hyo Suwon Suwon World Cup Stadium 10th place
Ulsan Hyundai Kim Ho-kon Ulsan Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium 8th place

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Manner Date Incoming Date Table
FC Seoul Şenol Güneş End of contract 25 November 2009[1] Nelo Vingada 14 December 2009[2] Pre-season
Daegu FC Byun Byung-joo Resigned 8 December 2009[3] Lee Young-jin 22 December 2009[4]
Pohang Steelers Sérgio Farias Signed for Al-Ahli 27 December 2009[5] Waldemar Lemos 3 January 2010[6]
Pohang Steelers Waldemar Lemos Sacked 10 May 2010[7] Park Chang-hyun 10 May 2010[8] 12th
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Cha Bum-kun Resigned 6 June 2010[9] Yoon Sung-hyo 15 June 2010[10] 15th
Incheon United Ilija Petković Resigned 8 June 2010[11] Kim Bong-gil 24 June 2010 6th
Gyeongnam FC Cho Kwang-rae Signed for South Korea 28 July 2010[12] Kim Gwi-hwa 28 July 2010[13] 5th
Incheon United Kim Bong-gil Caretaker 22 August 2010 Huh Jung-moo 22 August 2010[14] 9th
Gwangju Sangmu Lee Kang-jo Resigned 31 October 2010 Lee Soo-chul 31 October 2010 15th

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Seoul 28 20 2 6 58 26 +32 62 Qualification for the playoffs final
2 Jeju United 28 17 8 3 54 25 +29 59 Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 28 15 6 7 54 36 +18 51 Qualification for the playoffs first round
4 Ulsan Hyundai 28 15 5 8 47 30 +17 50
5 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 28 13 9 6 46 26 +20 48
6 Gyeongnam FC 28 13 9 6 41 32 +9 48
7 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 28 12 5 11 39 44 −5 41 Qualification for the Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
8 Busan IPark 28 8 9 11 36 37 −1 33
9 Pohang Steelers 28 8 9 11 39 48 −9 33
10 Jeonnam Dragons 28 8 8 12 40 49 −9 32
11 Incheon United 28 8 7 13 42 51 −9 31
12 Gangwon FC 28 8 6 14 36 50 −14 30
13 Daejeon Citizen 28 5 7 16 27 50 −23 22
14 Gwangju Sangmu 28 3 10 15 17 43 −26 19
15 Daegu FC 28 5 4 19 28 57 −29 19
Source: K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Positions by matchday
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
FC Seoul113622213414331455522222222211
Jeju United555235654642113122111111111122
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors331154546578642233444566554333
Ulsan Hyundai549511132231566566676655666654
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma262346465353225644233444333445
Gyeongnam FC10771163321125454311355333445566
Suwon Samsung Bluewings13912899101214151515111110988867777777777
Busan IPark101211788777767777777788888888888
Pohang Steelers88847791010131112121213101099991010111010101099
Incheon United524910121288886888891010111199999991011
Jeonnam Dragons10116101113131315119101099111111111010111110111111111110
Gangwon FC151514141314141512101213141515151313121212121212121212121212
Daejeon Citizen141413131515151411141311131314131414141514131313131313131313
Gwangju Sangmu41010121211899910991011121212131313141414141515151414
Daegu FC91315151410111113121414151412141515151415151515151414141515
Source: K League

Results
Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWN GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH
Busan IPark — 5–3 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 0–1 0–2
Jeonnam Dragons 2–2 — 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 4–2 3–2 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–3
Daegu FC 2–1 0–3 — 1–3 2–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–2
Daejeon Citizen 2–0 1–0 1–2 — 2–5 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–2 1–3 0–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–5
FC Seoul 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 — 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–0
Gangwon FC 0–0 5–2 1–0 2–2 0–3 — 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–4 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–2
Gwangju Sangmu 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2
Gyeongnam FC 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 3–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Incheon United 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 — 2–3 3–2 4–0 1–4 2–3 1–2
Jeju United 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 5–0 4–0 3–2 0–0 — 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 — 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–2
Pohang Steelers 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–4 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–5 3–3 — 2–0 1–1 1–1
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–1 4–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–2 6–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 — 0–0 2–0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–5 2–0 1–2 — 0–2
Ulsan Hyundai 0–2 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs
Main article: 2010 K League Championship

Bracket
  First round     Second round     Semi-final     Final
                                         
  3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2       1 FC Seoul 2 2 4
  6 Gyeongnam FC 0         2 Jeju United 1     SF Jeju United 2 1 3
        1R Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1     2R Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0  
        1R Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0  
  4 Ulsan Hyundai 1    
  5 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3  

Final table
Pos Team 0 Qualification
1 FC Seoul (C)    Qualification for the Champions League
2 Jeju United   
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   
4 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma   
5 Ulsan Hyundai   
6 Gyeongnam FC   
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

Player statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Yoo Byung-soo Incheon United 22
2 José Ortigoza Ulsan Hyundai 17
3 Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 15
4 Kim Young-hoo Gangwon FC 13
Lúcio Curió Gyeongnam FC
Kim Eun-jung Jeju United
7 Dejan Damjanovic FC Seoul 12
Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
9 Jung Jo-gook FC Seoul 11
Dženan Radončić Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Top assist providers
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Koo Ja-cheol Jeju United 11
2 Kim Eun-jung Jeju United 9
3 Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings 8
4 Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 7
Choi Tae-uk FC Seoul
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Lúcio Curió Gyeongnam FC
Mauricio Molina Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
8 Park Hee-do Busan IPark 6
Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Choi Jae-soo Ulsan Hyundai

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 148 players participated in the selection process.[15]

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player Kim Eun-jung Jeju United
Top goalscorer Yoo Byung-soo Incheon United
Top assist provider Koo Ja-cheol Jeju United
Rookie of the Year Yoon Bit-garam Gyeongnam FC
FANtastic Player Koo Ja-cheol Jeju United
Manager of the Year Park Kyung-hoon Jeju United
Special Award Kim Yong-dae FC Seoul
Kim Byung-ji Gyeongnam FC
Back Min-chul Daegu FC
Yoo Byung-seop —
Ahn Sang-gi —
Best Referee Choi Myung-yong —
Best Assistant Referee Jung Hae-sang —
Team of the Year FC Seoul
Fair Play Award Gangwon FC
Youth Team of the Year Maetan High School
(Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
Players' Player of the Year[15] Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul

Source:[16]

Best XI
Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper Kim Yong-dae FC Seoul
Defenders Choi Hyo-jin FC Seoul
Adilson FC Seoul
Saša Ognenovski Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Hong Jeong-ho Jeju United
Midfielders Koo Ja-cheol Jeju United
Mauricio Molina Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Yoon Bit-garam Gyeongnam FC
Forwards Kim Eun-jung Jeju United
Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul

Source:[16]

Attendance
Team Stadium Matches Highest Lowest Average
Busan IParkAsiad Main Stadium 144,393
Jeonnam DragonsGwang-Yang Stadium 1412,004
Daegu FCDaegu Stadium
Daegu Civil Stadium		 144,946
Daejeon CitizenDaejeon World Cup Stadium 148,577
FC SeoulSeoul World Cup Stadium 1430,849
Gangwon FCGangneung Stadium
Chuncheon Stadium		 149,537
Gwangju SangmuGwangju World Cup Stadium 143,782
Gyeongnam FCChangwon Football Center 1412,501
Incheon UnitedIncheon Munhak Stadium 148,571
Jeju UnitedJeju World Cup Stadium 145,404
Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsJeonju World Cup Stadium 1414,300
Pohang SteelersPohang Steel Yard 1411,174
Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaTancheon Sports Complex 144,129
Suwon Samsung BluewingsSuwon World Cup Stadium 1426,163
Ulsan HyundaiUlsan Munsu Football Stadium 147,786
Total21010,941

Source: K League (in Korean)

See also

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