2014 K League Classic

The 2014 K League Classic was the 32nd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K-League and the second season in its current name, the K League Classic.

Hyundai Oilbank
K League Classic 2014
Season2014
ChampionsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(3rd title)
RelegatedGyeongnam FC
Sangju Sangmu
Champions LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Seongnam FC
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
FC Seoul
Matches played228
Goals scored503 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerSantos
(14 goals)
Biggest home winJeonbuk 6–0 Sangju
(July 20)
Biggest away winGyeongnam 1–4 Jeonbuk
(July 13)
Highest scoring8 goals
Jeju 6–2 Jeonnam
(September 6)
Longest winning run9 games
Jeonbuk
Longest unbeaten run15 games
Jeonbuk
Longest winless run16 games
Gyeongnam
Longest losing run4 games
Gyeongnam, Jeonnam
Highest attendance46,549
Seoul v Suwon
(July 12)
Lowest attendance858
Jeonnam v Seongnam
(November 1)
Average attendance7,932
← 2013
2015 →

Pohang Steelers were the defending champions, having won their fifth title after five years.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to 2014 K League Challenge

Teams promoted from the 2013 K League Challenge

Participating clubs
Location of teams in 2014 K League Classic

The following 12 clubs will compete in the K League Classic during the 2014 season.

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) / Sponsor(s)
0 Busan IPark 0 Busan Yoon Sung-hyo
1983 –
 Owner : Hyundai Development Company
0 Gyeongnam FC 0 Gyeongnam Branko Babić (caretaker)
2006 –
 Owners : Government of Gyeongsangnam-do, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : DSME, Gyeongnam Bank
0 Incheon United 0 Incheon Kim Bong-gil
2004 –
 Owners : Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
0 Jeju United 0 Jeju Park Kyung-hoon
1983 –
 Owner : SK Energy in SK Group
0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 Jeonbuk Choi Kang-hee
1995 –
 Owner : Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group
0 Jeonnam Dragons 0 Jeonnam Ha Seok-ju
1995 –
 Owner : POSCO
0 Pohang Steelers 0 Pohang, Gyeongbuk Hwang Sun-hong
1983 –
 Owner : POSCO
0 Sangju Sangmu 0 Sangju, Gyeongbuk Park Hang-seo
2011 –
 Owner : Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
0 Seongnam FC 0 Seongnam, Gyeonggi Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker)
1989 –
 Owner : Government of Seongnam, Citizen Stockholder
0 FC Seoul 0 Seoul Choi Yong-soo
1984 –
 Owner : GS Group
0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Suwon, Gyeonggi Seo Jung-won
1996 –
 Owner : Cheil Worldwide in Samsung Group
Sponsors : Samsung Electronics
0 Ulsan Hyundai 0 Ulsan Cho Min-kook
1984 –
 Owner : Hyundai Heavy Industries in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group

Stadiums
  • Primary venues used in the K League Classic:
Busan IPark Gyeongnam FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonnam Dragons
Busan Asiad Stadium Changwon Football Center Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Gwangyang Football Stadium
Capacity: 53,864 Capacity: 15,116 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477 Capacity: 20,009
Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings		 Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,250 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 43,959 Capacity: 44,474

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Manner Table Date Incoming Table Date
Seongnam FC An Ik-soo Resigned Pre-season Park Jong-hwan Pre-season
Ulsan Hyundai Kim Ho-gon Resigned Pre-season Cho Min-kook Pre-season
Gyeongnam FC Ilija Petković Resigned Pre-season Lee Cha-man Pre-season
Seongnam FC Park Jong-hwan Resigned 9th 2014-04-22 Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) 8th 2014-07-01
Gyeongnam FC Lee Cha-man Resigned 12th 2014-08-14 Branko Babić (caretaker) 12th 2014-08-14
Seongnam FC Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) Sacked 10th 2014-08-26 Kim Hak-bum 10th 2014-09-05

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.

As of 23 July 2014
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Busan IPark Fagner Nilson Jacio
Gyeongnam FC Edin Junuzović Sreten Sretenović Miloš Stojanović Luke DeVere
Incheon United Ivo Diogo
Jeju United Hugo Droguett Aleksandar Jovanović
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Leonardo Kaio Vinícius Reche Alex Wilkinson
Jeonnam Dragons Leandrinho Sandi Križman Stevica Ristić Robert Cornthwaite
Pohang Steelers
Seongnam FC Valdivia Server Djeparov
FC Seoul Everton Santos Mauricio Molina Osmar Barba Sergio Escudero
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Santos Roger Reiner
Ulsan Hyundai Wander Luiz Tartá Filip Kasalica
  • North Korea Player (Deemed as native players)
Club Player
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Jong Tae-se

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Q, C) 38 24 9 5 60 22 +38 81 Qualification for Champions League Group stage
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Q) 38 19 10 9 52 37 +15 67
3 FC Seoul (Q) 38 15 13 10 42 28 +14 58 Qualification for Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Pohang Steelers 38 16 10 12 50 39 +11 58
5 Jeju United 38 14 12 12 39 36 +3 54
6 Ulsan Hyundai 38 13 11 14 44 43 +1 50
7 Jeonnam Dragons 38 14 9 15 48 53 −5 51
8 Busan IPark 38 10 13 15 37 49 −12 43
9 Seongnam FC (Q) 38 9 13 16 32 39 −7 40 Qualification for Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
10 Incheon United 38 8 16 14 33 46 −13 40
11 Gyeongnam FC (R) 38 7 15 16 30 52 −22 36 Qualification for relegation play-offs
12 Sangju Sangmu (R) 38 7 13 18 39 62 −23 34 Relegation to 2015 K League Challenge
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Seongnam FC qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage as 2014 Korean FA Cup winners.

Positions by matchday

  Leader & 2015 AFC Champions League
  Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League
  Relegation playoffs
  Relegation to the 2015 K League Challenge

Round 1–22
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1123225422222222211111
Pohang Steelers81285442111111111122222
Suwon Samsung Bluewings23611566246566455533333
Jeonnam Dragons2432334364344333455654
Jeju United8446753633433544344445
Ulsan Hyundai2111111555655666666566
FC Seoul81010999111111101199977777777
Incheon United691212121212121212121212121212121110998
Sangju Sangmu6878111110101089117788998889
Seongnam FC810109101089911888899889101110
Busan IPark126545777777710101010101011111011
Gyeongnam FC2797889889101011111111111212121212
Source: kleague.com

Round 23–38

Split rounds are from round 34 to round 38

Team ╲ Round23242526272829303132333435363738
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1111111111111111
Suwon Samsung Bluewings3333333222222222
FC Seoul7765555555454443
Pohang Steelers2222222333333334
Jeju United5444444444545555
Ulsan Hyundai6676777776666666
Jeonnam Dragons4557666667777777
Busan IPark1211111112121212119998888
Seongnam FC109910101091091010101111109
Incheon United88888888888899910
Gyeongnam FC11121212111110101212121110101111
Sangju Sangmu9101099911111011111212121212
Source: kleague.com

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away BIP GNM ICU JJU JHM JND PHS SJS SEN SEO SSB USH
Busan IPark 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0
Gyeongnam FC 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1
Incheon United 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–0
Jeju United 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 6–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–0
Jeonnam Dragons 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 4–3 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0
Pohang Steelers 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Sangju Sangmu 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Seongnam FC 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
FC Seoul 0–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–2
Ulsan Hyundai 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2014. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away BIP GNM ICU JJU JHM JND PHS SJS SEN SEO SSB USH
Busan IPark 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3
Gyeongnam FC 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
Incheon United 3–0 0–2 3–3 2–1 1–0
Jeju United 0–2 6–2 3–0 0–0 1–0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Jeonnam Dragons 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1
Pohang Steelers 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1
Sangju Sangmu 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1
Seongnam FC 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–4
FC Seoul 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0
Ulsan Hyundai 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2014. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Promotion-relegation playoffs

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2014 K League Challenge Playoff and the 11th-placed club of the 2014 K League Classic. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2015 K League Classic.

First leg
Gwangju FC3–1Gyeongnam FC
Cho Yong-tae  20'
Diego  48'
Sreten  85' (o.g.)		 Report Stojanović  32'
Attendance: 2,667

Second leg
Gyeongnam FC1–1Gwangju FC
Song Soo-young  70' Report Kim Ho-nam  75'
Attendance: 1,969

Gwangju FC secure promotion to the 2015 K League Classic season, 4:2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Attendance
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 372,551 34,029 6,527 19,608 +10.8%†
2 FC Seoul 323,244 46,549 4,336 17,013 +2.4%†
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 250,134 30,597 6,142 13,165 +29.6%†
4 Pohang Steelers 186,216 17,424 4,487 9,801 +1.0%†
5 Ulsan Hyundai 126,572 16,216 2,016 7,032 −20.4%†
6 Jeju United 127,520 17,484 1,125 6,712 +3.8%†
7 Incheon United 86,815 11,238 2,086 4,569 −35.4%†
8 Gyeongnam FC 86,285 10,943 1,554 4,541 −23.8%†
9 Seongnam FC 71,344 8,624 1,282 3,755 +32.9%†
10 Jeonnam Dragons 67,294 10,022 858 3,365 +47.7%†
11 Busan IPark 61,819 7,008 1,134 3,254 −19.4%†
12 Sangju Sangmu 48,606 6,469 867 2,558 −7.7%†
League total 1,808,400 46,549 858 7,932 +3.6%†

Updated to games played on 30 November 2014
Source: K League Classic
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
† Team played previous season in K League Challenge.

Top 10 Season Attendances
AttendanceRoundDateHomeScoreAwayVenueWeekdayTime of Day
46,5491512 July 2014FC Seoul2–0Suwon Samsung BluewingsSeoul World Cup StadiumSaturdayEvening
41,297305 October 2014FC Seoul0–1Suwon Samsung BluewingsSeoul World Cup StadiumSundayAfternoon
34,029359 November 2014Suwon Samsung Bluewings0–1FC SeoulSuwon World Cup StadiumSundayAfternoon
30,5972223 August 2014Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–2FC SeoulJeonju World Cup StadiumSaturdayEvening
29,3181027 April 2014Suwon Samsung Bluewings0–1FC SeoulSuwon World Cup StadiumSundayAfternoon
27,5582224 August 2014Suwon Samsung Bluewings1–1Seongnam FCSuwon World Cup StadiumSundayEvening
24,0272116 August 2014FC Seoul5–1Incheon UnitedSeoul World Cup StadiumSaturdayEvening
23,8351619 July 2014Suwon Samsung Bluewings3–2Incheon UnitedSuwon World Cup StadiumSaturdayEvening
23,767530 March 2014Suwon Samsung Bluewings1–0Busan IParkSuwon World Cup StadiumSundayAfternoon
23,466113 May 2014Suwon Samsung Bluewings1–0Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsSuwon World Cup StadiumSaturdayAfternoon

Awards

The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014.

K League Most Valuable Player

K League Young Player

K League Top Scorer

K League Top Assistor

K League Best XI
Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Kwon Sun-tae Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender Hong Chul Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defender Alex Wilkinson Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender Kim Ju-young FC Seoul
Defender Cha Du-ri FC Seoul
Midfielder Lim Sang-hyub Busan IPark
Midfielder Koh Myong-jin FC Seoul
Midfielder Lee Seung-gi Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forward Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forward Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings

K League Manager of the Year

K League Youth Team of the Year

K League Fair Play Award
  • The K League Fair Play award was won by FC Seoul

K League Special Award

'FAN'tastic Player

References
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