2004 K League

The 2004 season of the K-League kicked off on April 3. The league's previous single-season format was replaced by a separated twice 12-game split-season schedule. Each team will play 12 matches consisting of a home or away fixture against every other team in each stage. After both stages have been played, First Stage table plus Second Stage and the First Stage and Second Stage winners and table the top 2 teams will enter the championship playoffs to determine the overall champion. The playoff fixtures are set to take place in early December.

Regular season

First stage

The first place team qualify for the championship playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pohang Steelers 12 6 5 1 16 12 +4 23 Qualification for the playoffs
2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 12 5 5 2 16 9 +7 20
3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 12 5 5 2 11 8 +3 20
4 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 12 5 3 4 19 16 +3 18
5 FC Seoul 12 3 7 2 12 10 +2 16
6 Jeonnam Dragons 12 3 6 3 17 13 +4 15
7 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 12 3 6 3 11 12 −1 15
8 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 12 4 3 5 13 16 −3 15
9 Busan I'Cons 12 2 8 2 7 8 −1 14
10 Daegu FC 12 3 3 6 19 19 0 12
11 Daejeon Citizen 12 2 6 4 9 11 −2 12
12 Bucheon SK 12 1 8 3 7 12 −5 11
13 Incheon United 12 2 3 7 9 20 −11 9
Source: RSSSF

Second stage

The first place team qualified for the Championship playoffs.

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

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 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 24 11 8 5 22 14 +8 41 Qualification for the playoffs
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 24 12 5 7 31 24 +7 41 Second stage winners
3 Jeonnam Dragons 24 9 10 5 29 20 +9 37 Qualification for the playoffs
4 FC Seoul 24 7 12 5 20 17 +3 33
5 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 24 8 8 8 23 18 +5 32
6 Pohang Steelers 24 8 8 8 23 24 −1 32 First stage winners
7 Busan I'Cons 24 6 12 6 21 19 +2 30 Qualification for the Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
8 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 24 6 11 7 18 20 −2 29
9 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 24 7 8 9 23 28 −5 29
10 Daegu FC 24 7 7 10 30 31 −1 28
11 Daejeon Citizen 24 6 8 10 18 26 −8 26
12 Incheon United 24 6 8 10 20 29 −9 26
13 Bucheon SK 24 4 13 7 19 27 −8 25
Source: RSSSF
  1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Championship playoffs
Main article: 2004 K-League Championship
Semifinals Final
      
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1
Jeonnam Dragons 0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 00000(0)0-040PSO0
Pohang Steelers 00000(0)0-030PSO0
Pohang Steelers 1
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0
Final table
Pos Team Qualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C) Qualification for the Champions League
2 Pohang Steelers
3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
4 Jeonnam Dragons

Top scorers

This list includes records in the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records in only regular season.

Rank Player Club Goals Apps
1 Mota Jeonnam Dragons 14 22
2 Nonato Daegu FC 13 23
3 Nadson Suwon Samsung Bluewings 12 26
4 Woo Sung-yong Pohang Steelers 10 26
5 Kim Eun-jung FC Seoul 8 24
= Marcel Suwon Samsung Bluewings 8 26
7 Zé Carlos Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 7 12
= Ricardo Irineu Bucheon SK 7 22
9 Cheick Oumar Dabo Bucheon SK 6 15
= Andy Cooke Busan I'Cons 6 20
= Itamar Jeonnam Dragons 6 22
= Tavares Pohang Steelers 6 23

Awards
 2004 K-League Winners 
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
3rd title

See also

References
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