2008 K League

The 2008 K League was the 26th season of the K League. It began on March 8. The regular season and playoffs' format was the same as the one used in the 2007 season. The playoff fixtures took place in late November, with the final played over two legs in early December.

Samsung Hauzen
K League
Season2008
DatesRegular season:
8 March – 9 November 2008
Championship:
22 November – 7 December 2008
ChampionsSuwon Samsung Bluewings
(4th title)
Champions LeagueSuwon Samsung Bluewings
FC Seoul
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steelers
Matches played182
Goals scored485 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerDudu
(15 goals)
Average attendance2,347,897
← 2007
2009 →

On 2 August 2008, the first ever Jomo Cup kicked off. The K League All-Stars squared off against the J.League All-Stars at the Japan National Stadium. Lee Woon-jae was selected as the K League All-Star Team's captain and Cha Bum-kun managed the squad. The K League All-Stars were victorious, winning by a score of 3–1.[1]

Participating clubs
Locations of the 2008 K League clubs
Club Manager City Stadium 2007 season
Busan IPark Hwang Sun-hong Busan Busan Asiad Stadium 13th place
Jeonnam Dragons Park Hang-seo Gwangyang Gwang-Yang Stadium 10th place
Daegu FC Byun Byung-joo Daegu Daegu World Cup Stadium 12th place
Daejeon Citizen Kim Ho Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium 6th place
FC Seoul Şenol Güneş Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 7th place
Gwangju Sangmu Lee Kang-jo Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium 14th place
Gyeongnam FC Cho Kwang-rae Changwon Changwon Civil Stadium 5th place
Incheon United Chang Woe-ryong Incheon Incheon Munhak Stadium 9th place
Jeju United Arthur Bernardes Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium 11th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Choi Kang-hee Jeonju Jeonju World Cup Stadium 8th place
Pohang Steelers Sérgio Farias Pohang Steelyard Stadium Winners
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Kim Hak-bum Seongnam Seongnam 2 Stadium Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Cha Bum-kun Suwon Suwon World Cup Stadium 3rd place
Ulsan Hyundai Kim Jung-nam Ulsan Munsu Cup Stadium 4th place

Regular season

League table

Top six teams qualify for the Championship playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 26 17 3 6 46 24 +22 54 Qualification for the playoffs final
2 FC Seoul 26 15 9 2 44 25 +19 54 Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 26 15 6 5 45 21 +24 51 Qualification for the playoffs first round
4 Ulsan Hyundai 26 14 7 5 39 26 +13 49
5 Pohang Steelers 26 13 5 8 43 34 +9 44
6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 26 11 4 11 39 37 +2 37
7 Incheon United 26 9 9 8 29 30 −1 36
8 Gyeongnam FC 26 10 5 11 35 39 −4 35
9 Jeonnam Dragons 26 8 5 13 26 40 −14 29
10 Jeju United 26 7 7 12 23 31 −8 28
11 Daegu FC 26 8 2 16 46 58 −12 26
12 Busan IPark 26 5 7 14 30 39 −9 22
13 Daejeon Citizen 26 3 12 11 18 35 −17 21
14 Gwangju Sangmu 26 3 7 16 22 46 −24 16
Source: RSSSF (in English), K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Round 1–7
Round 1
Pohang Steelers2–1Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 15,121
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–0Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 30,132
FC Seoul1–1Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 21,564
Gyeongnam FC4–2Daegu FC
Attendance: 23,415
Gwangju Sangmu1–1Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 22,805
Busan IPark2–1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 32,725
Jeju United0–2Incheon United
Attendance: 26,320
Round 2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–2FC Seoul
Attendance: 25,847
Daejeon Citizen0–2Jeju United
Attendance: 18,076
Ulsan Hyundai3–0Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 22,676
Gwangju Sangmu2–0Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 5,420
Incheon United1–0Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 32,072
Daegu FC3–2Busan IPark
Attendance: 29,785
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma2–2Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 14,667
Round 3
Jeju United0–3Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 1,823
Pohang Steelers1–2Incheon United
Attendance: 8,862
Ulsan Hyundai2–1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 8,783
Busan IPark0–0Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 8,715
Suwon Samsung Bluewings3–0Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 17,356
FC Seoul3–1Daegu FC
Attendance: 20,175
Jeonnam Dragons1–1Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 7,980
Round 4
Gyeongnam FC1–1Jeju United
Attendance: 5,126
Daejeon Citizen0–0Incheon United
Attendance: 11,762
Busan IPark0–2Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 23,528
Daegu FC3–1Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 21,675
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma4–0Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 5,742
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–1Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 9,823
Gwangju Sangmu0–1FC Seoul
Attendance: 12,630
Round 5
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors0–3Daegu FC
Attendance: 7,238
Jeju United1–1Busan IPark
Attendance: 2,607
Ulsan Hyundai1–1Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 4,733
Pohang Steelers0–0Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 9,641
FC Seoul0–2Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 44,239
Incheon United0–2Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 17,534
Jeonnam Dragons1–0Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 6,829
Round 6
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma3–0Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 4,324
Pohang Steelers3–0Daegu FC
Attendance: 7,517
Gwangju Sangmu2–3Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 4,572
Jeonnam Dragons2–1Busan IPark
Attendance: 10,987
Gyeongnam FC2–1Incheon United
Attendance: 10,326
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–0Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 28,731
FC Seoul3–1Jeju United
Attendance: 19,035
Round 7
Gyeongnam FC1–1FC Seoul
Attendance: 9,228
Daejeon Citizen2–0Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 6,725
Ulsan Hyundai0–0Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 7,833
Busan IPark1–2Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 7,775
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–1Jeju United
Attendance: 20,123
Daegu FC2–4Incheon United
Attendance: 15,439
Gwangju Sangmu3–1Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 4,283
Round 8–13
Round 8
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma2–3Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 7,982
Jeonnam Dragons3–3FC Seoul
Attendance: 14,028
Daejeon Citizen1–2Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 21,345
Incheon United2–2Busan IPark
Attendance: 20,178
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–2Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 33,823
Daegu FC3–2Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 28,537
Ulsan Hyundai2–1Jeju United
Attendance: 23,232
Round 9
Gyeongnam FC3–4Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 4,871
Jeju United0–1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 3,108
Suwon Samsung Bluewings3–2Daegu FC
Attendance: 30,202
Pohang Steelers3–1Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 10,511
Busan IPark1–2Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 8,751
FC Seoul2–1Incheon United
Attendance: 28,792
Jeonnam Dragons2–2Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 13,857
Round 10
Pohang Steelers3–1Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 14,326
Busan IPark1–3Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 4,275
Gwangju Sangmu2–5Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 16,474
Daejeon Citizen1–1FC Seoul
Attendance: 13,726
Daegu FC2–4Jeju United
Attendance: 18,702
Ulsan Hyundai2–1Incheon United
Attendance: 11,787
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2–1Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 10,109
Round 11
Daejeon Citizen2–2Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 28,375
Incheon United0–0Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 15,027
Jeju United3–1Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 3,420
Gyeongnam FC1–0Busan IPark
Attendance: 11,297
Suwon Samsung Bluewings1–0Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 38,239
Jeonnam Dragons2–3Daegu FC
Attendance: 15,700
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1–1FC Seoul
Attendance: 12,145
Round 12
Pohang Steelers0–1Jeju United
Attendance: 5,805
Jeonnam Dragons0–2Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 8,869
Incheon United3–0Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 7,686
Daegu FC1–1Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 1,231
FC Seoul2–1Busan IPark
Attendance: 13,559
Ulsan Hyundai1–0Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 6,765
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–2Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 7,887
Round 13
Busan IPark1–1Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 3,175
Gyeongnam FC1–0Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 11,867
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma4–1Daegu FC
Attendance: 4,552
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–0Incheon United
Attendance: 24,105
FC Seoul4–1Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 18,233
Gwangju Sangmu0–0Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 5,942
Jeju United1–0Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 4,822
Round 14–20
Round 14
Jeonnam Dragons2–0Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 10,803
Ulsan Hyundai0–0FC Seoul
Attendance: 11,827
Daegu FC1–4Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 15,138
Incheon United0–0Jeju United
Attendance: 9,109
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma3–0Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 5,777
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2–1Busan IPark
Attendance: 11,103
Daejeon Citizen1–0Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 26,117
Round 15
Busan IPark0–4Daegu FC
Attendance: 3,527
Pohang Steelers3–1Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 11,374
Gyeongnam FC1–1Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 10,491
FC Seoul2–2Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 15,076
Jeju United0–0Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 5,676
Jeonnam Dragons1–1Incheon United
Attendance: 10,903
Suwon Samsung Bluewings0–1Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 19,253
Round 16
Gyeongnam FC0–1Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 14,815
Incheon United2–1Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 5,872
Daegu FC1–2FC Seoul
Attendance: 16,737
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma0–0Jeju United
Attendance: 6,582
Daejeon Citizen0–1Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 4,352
Gwangju Sangmu0–2Busan IPark
Attendance: 8,537
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–2Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 12,928
Round 17
Jeonnam Dragons0–1Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 12,500
Incheon United2–1Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 13,796
Pohang Steelers1–1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 12,151
Ulsan Hyundai3–2Daegu FC
Attendance: 6,127
FC Seoul3–1Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 21,469
Jeju United0–2Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 6,143
Suwon Samsung Bluewings1–1Busan IPark
Attendance: 20,042
Round 18
Daejeon Citizen1–2Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 4,387
Daegu FC1–4Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 7,285
Busan IPark2–0Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 3,215
Jeju United0–0FC Seoul
Attendance: 15,695
Ulsan Hyundai2–1Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 8,735
Incheon United0–0Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 6,582
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2–1Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 4,937
Round 19
Jeju United3–1Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 13,603
Incheon United0–2Daegu FC
Attendance: 5,767
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma0–1Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 3,524
Pohang Steelers3–2Busan IPark
Attendance: 13,671
Jeonnam Dragons1–0Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 12,310
FC Seoul3–1Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 13,499
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors3–1Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 8,477
Round 20
Busan IPark2–2Incheon United
Attendance: 3,712
Pohang Steelers2–1Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 13,984
Gyeongnam FC2–2Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 15,819
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–5Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 19,238
FC Seoul3–0Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 14,057
Jeju United0–1Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 3,833
Gwangju Sangmu1–4Daegu FC
Attendance: 5,321
Round 21–26
Round 21
Daejeon Citizen2–2Busan IPark
Attendance: 4,121
Incheon United2–2FC Seoul
Attendance: 13,956
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma3–1Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 7,767
Daegu FC1–2Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 21,815
Gwangju Sangmu1–1Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 16,820
Ulsan Hyundai1–2Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 6,736
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2–1Jeju United
Attendance: 10,127
Round 22
Jeju United3–2Daegu FC
Attendance: 5,361
Gyeongnam FC3–4Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 17,293
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1–0Busan IPark
Attendance: 9,242
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–0Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 17,253
FC Seoul1–0Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 17,591
Incheon United0–3Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 7,672
Jeonnam Dragons2–1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 12,450
Round 23
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors0–1Incheon United
Attendance: 17,253
Ulsan Hyundai4–0Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 6,846
FC Seoul1–0Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 24,001
Busan IPark0–1Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 3,519
Gwangju Sangmu1–0Jeju United
Attendance: 4,873
Daegu FC1–2Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 34,135
Pohang Steelers0–0Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 17,288
Round 24
Daejeon Citizen0–3Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 15,824
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma0–0Incheon United
Attendance: 4,731
Gyeongnam FC2–1Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 3,814
Daegu FC1–3Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 2,013
Suwon Samsung Bluewings0–1FC Seoul
Attendance: 26,713
Busan IPark3–0Jeju United
Attendance: 2,173
Gwangju Sangmu1–2Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 1,873
Round 25
Gyeongnam FC1–0Ulsan Hyundai
Attendance: 15,491
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1–2Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 7,342
Daejeon Citizen0–0Daegu FC
Attendance: 16,907
Suwon Samsung Bluewings3–0Jeonnam Dragons
Attendance: 18,236
Jeju United0–1Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 4,416
Busan IPark2–0FC Seoul
Attendance: 8,756
Gwangju Sangmu0–1Incheon United
Attendance: 19,200
Round 26
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors3–1Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 14,217
Jeonnam Dragons0–0Jeju United
Attendance: 12,940
Daegu FC0–1Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 9,131
Daejeon Citizen0–0Gwangju Sangmu
Attendance: 17,175
Incheon United1–3Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 18,772
Pohang Steelers1–2FC Seoul
Attendance: 13,289
Ulsan Hyundai1–0Busan IPark
Attendance: 4,678

Championship playoffs
Main article: 2008 K League Championship
  First round     Second round     Semi-final     Final
                                         
  3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1       1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 2 3
  6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (a.e.t.) 2         2 FC Seoul (a.e.t.) 4     SW FC Seoul 1 1 2
        1W Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1     2W Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2  
        1W Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0  
  4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (p) 0 (4)    
  5 Pohang Steelers 0 (2)  
Suwon Samsung Bluewings celebrating winning the 2008 season.
Final table
Pos Team Qualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C) Qualification for the Champions League
2 FC Seoul
3 Ulsan Hyundai
4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
5 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
6 Pohang Steelers Qualification for the Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
  1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Top scorers

This list includes records in the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records in only regular season, and Dudu won the award with 15 goals.

Rank Player Club Goals Apps
1 Dudu Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 16 27
2 Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 15 29
3 Dženan Radončić Incheon United 13 26
Edu Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13 27
5 Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC 11 26
6 Jang Nam-seok Daegu FC 10 24
7 Luizinho Ulsan Hyundai 9 19
Seo Dong-hyun Suwon Samsung Bluewings 9 22
9 Jung Jo-gook FC Seoul 8 14
Eninho Daegu FC 8 19
Adriano Chuva Jeonnam Dragons 8 19
Rômulo Marques Macedo Jeju United 8 21
Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 8 22
Cho Jae-jin Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 8 26

Awards

Players' Player of the Year
Main article: K League Players' Player of the Year

This award was published by Korean edition of FourFourTwo in summer, and was not an official award of K League, but 124 players participated in the selection process.[2]

Rank Player Club Points
1st Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 461
2nd Park Chu-young FC Seoul 232
3rd Dudu Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 187

Attendance

The records were calculated for the regular season.

Club Matches Total Average
Suwon Samsung Bluewings13309,62323,817
FC Seoul13271,29020,868
Daegu FC13221,62317,048
Daejeon Citizen13188,89214,530
Incheon United13175,02313,463
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors13166,62512,817
Gyeongnam FC13153,85311,835
Pohang Steelers13153,54011,811
Jeonnam Dragons13150,15611,550
Ulsan Hyundai13130,75810,058
Gwangju Sangmu FC13128,6309,895
Busan IPark13107,8308,295
Jeju United1396,3777,414
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1393,6777,206
Total1822,347,89712,901

See also

References
  1. "K-Allstars outshine J-Allstars". J.League. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009.
  2. 성남 모따, K-리거가 뽑은 최고의 선수. Naver.com (in Korean). Sportalkorea. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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