1986 K League

The 1986 Korean Football Festival was fourth season of top football league in South Korea. Six teams participated in this season. Five of them were professional teams (Yukong Elephants, Daewoo Royals, POSCO Atoms, Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso and Hyundai Horang-i) and one was semi-professional team (Hanil Bank). Hallelujah FC which founded as the South Korean first professional football club changed its status to a semi-professional club, and withdrew the league simultaneously. The military team Sangmu FC was also withdrew the league, but Hanil Bank was remained the league.

Football Festival
Season1986
DatesFirst stage:
2 March – 20 April 1986
Second stage:
11 October – 16 November 1986
Championship:
22–23 November 1986
ChampionsPOSCO Atoms
(1st title)
Asian Club ChampionshipWithdrew
Matches played60
Goals scored140 (2.33 per match)
Best PlayerLee Heung-sil
Top goalscorerChung Hae-won
(10 goals)
Best goalkeeperKim Hyun-tae
← 1985
1987 →

It began on 2 March and ended on 16 November. It operated two stages, and winners of each stage qualified for the championship playoff. Between first stage and second stage, the Korean Professional Football Championship in which only professional teams participated was held from May to September.

Regular season

First stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
POSCO Atoms 10 3 6 1 9 5 +4 12 Qualification for the playoff
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 10 3 5 2 9 8 +1 11
Yukong Elephants 10 4 2 4 11 10 +1 10
Daewoo Royals 10 4 2 4 8 10 −2 10
Hanil Bank 10 3 3 4 9 10 −1 9
Hyundai Horang-i 10 2 4 4 6 9 −3 8
Source: RSSSF

Second stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 10 7 2 1 19 9 +10 16 Qualification for the playoff
Hyundai Horang-i 10 5 4 1 16 8 +8 14
Daewoo Royals 10 6 0 4 18 14 +4 12
Yukong Elephants 10 3 3 4 18 16 +2 9
POSCO Atoms 10 2 2 6 9 18 −9 6
Hanil Bank 10 1 1 8 8 23 −15 3
Source: RSSSF

Championship playoff
Main article: 1986 K League Championship

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
POSCO Atoms (C) 2–1 Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 1–0 1–1

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals Matches
1 Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals 10 19
2 Ham Hyun-gi Hyundai Horang-i 8 20
3 Gu Bon-seok Yukong Elephants 7 18
4 Kim Yong-se Yukong Elephants 6 10
5 Cho Min-kuk Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 5 10
Lee Heung-sil POSCO Atoms 17
Lee Sang-rae Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 19
Yoon Sung-hyo Hanil Bank 20
9 4 players 4 —

Awards
Single awards[1]
Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Lee Heung-sil POSCO Atoms
Top goalscorer Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals
Top assist provider Kang Deuk-soo Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Rookie of the Year Ham Hyun-gi Hyundai Horang-i
Manager of the Year Choi Eun-taek POSCO Atoms
Best Goalkeeper Kim Hyun-tae Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Fighting Spirit Award Min Jin-hong Yukong Elephants
Exemplary Award Park Sung-hwa POSCO Atoms
Best Referee Shim Geon-taek —
Special Award Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals
Best XI[2]
Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Kim Hyun-tae Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Defenders Cho Young-jeung Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Kim Pyung-seok Hyundai Horang-i
Choi Kang-hee Hyundai Horang-i
Park No-bong Daewoo Royals
Midfielders Cho Min-kook Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Lee Heung-sil POSCO Atoms
Yoon Sung-hyo Hanil Bank
Forwards Kim Yong-se Yukong Elephants
Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals
Ham Hyun-gi Hyundai Horang-i

See also

References
  1. 포철,프로축구 첫패권. Naver.com (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 25 November 1986. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. 86 축구대제전 베스트11 선정. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 18 November 1986.
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