2017 K League Classic

The 2017 K League Classic was the 35th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K League and the fifth season in its current name, the K League Classic.

KEB Hana Bank
K League Classic 2017
Season2017
ChampionsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(5th title)
RelegatedGwangju FC
Champions LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ulsan Hyundai
Jeju United
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Matches played228
Goals scored626 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerJohnathan
(22 goals)
Biggest home winJeonnam 5–0 Ulsan
(22 April 2017)
Jeonnam 5–0 Gwangju
(7 May 2017)
Pohang 5–0 Incheon
(14 October 2017)
Biggest away winJeonbuk 0–4 Jeju
(3 May 2017)
Incheon 1–5 Seoul
(19 July 2017)
Pohang 0–4 Jeonbuk
(17 September 2017)
Gwangju 0–4 Pohang
(18 November 2017)
Highest scoring7 goals
(4 matches)
Highest attendance34,376 Seoul vs Suwon (R1)
Lowest attendance736 Sangju vs Jeonnam (R36)
Average attendance6,505
← 2016
2018 →

FC Seoul are the defending champions.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to 2017 K League Challenge

Teams promoted from the 2016 K League Challenge

Participating clubs by province
Locations of the 2017 K League Classic teams

The following 12 clubs will compete in the K League Classic during the 2017 season.

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) / Sponsor(s)
0 Daegu FC 0 Daegu Son Hyun-jun 2002– Owner : Government of Daegu, Citizen Stockholder
0 Gangwon FC 0 Gangwon Choi Yun-kyum 2009– Owner : Government of Gangwon, Citizen Stockholder
0 Gwangju FC 0 Gwangju Nam Ki-il 2010– Owner : Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder
0 Incheon United 0 Incheon Lee Ki-hyung 2004– Owners : Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors: Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
0 Jeju United 0 Jeju Jo Sung-hwan 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 Roh Sang-rae 1995– Owner : POSCO
0 Pohang Steelers 0 Pohang, Gyeongbuk Choi Soon-ho 1983– Owner : POSCO
0 Sangju Sangmu 0 Sangju, Gyeongbuk Kim Tae-wan 2011– Owner : Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
0 FC Seoul 0 Seoul Hwang Sun-hong 1984– Owner : GS Group
0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Suwon, Gyeonggi Seo Jung-won 1996– Owner : Cheil Worldwide in Samsung
Sponsors: Samsung Electronics, Maeil Dairies Industry
0 Ulsan Hyundai 0 Ulsan Kim Do-hoon 1984– Owner : Hyundai Heavy Industries in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group

Stadiums
  • Primary venues used in the K League Classic:
Daegu FC Gangwon FC Gwangju FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Daegu Stadium Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium Gwangju World Cup Stadium Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 66,422 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 40,245 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477
Jeonnam Dragons Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings		 Ulsan Hyundai
Gwangyang Football Stadium Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 13,496 Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 44,031 Capacity: 44,102

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 confederation.

As of 13 July 2017
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Daegu FC Cesinha Evandro Júnior Negrão
Gangwon FC Diego Maurício Gerson Jonathan Nanizayamo Lương Xuân Trường
Gwangju FC Wanderson Costa Olivier Bonnes Niall McGinn
Incheon United Enzo Maidana Weslley Gordan Bunoza Connor Chapman
Jeju United Magno Cruz Mailson Frédéric Mendy Aleksandar Jovanović
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Edu Ricardo Lopes Éder1
Jeonnam Dragons Jair Vedran Jugović Róbert Feczesin Tomislav Mrčela
Pohang Steelers Lulinha Muralha Wanderson
FC Seoul Dejan Damjanović Osmar Barba Ivan Kovačec Khaled Shafiei
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Johnathan Santos Damir Šovšić Matt Jurman
Ulsan Hyundai Richard Windbichler Mislav Oršić Danijel Subotić Takuma Abe
  • ^1 Éder owns Palestine citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the K League.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) 38 22 9 7 73 35 +38 75 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Jeju United 38 19 9 10 60 37 +23 66
3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 38 17 13 8 63 41 +22 64 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Ulsan Hyundai[lower-alpha 1] 38 17 11 10 42 45 −3 62 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5 FC Seoul 38 16 13 9 56 42 +14 61
6 Gangwon FC 38 13 10 15 59 65 −6 49
7 Pohang Steelers 38 15 7 16 63 60 +3 52
8 Daegu FC 38 11 14 13 50 52 −2 47
9 Incheon United 38 7 18 13 32 53 −21 39
10 Jeonnam Dragons 38 8 11 19 53 69 −16 35
11 Sangju Sangmu (O) 38 8 11 19 41 66 −25 35 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Gwangju FC (R) 38 6 12 20 33 60 −27 30 Relegation to 2018 K League 2
Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Ulsan Hyundai qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage as 2017 Korean FA Cup winners.

Positions by matchday

  Leader & 2018 AFC Champions League
  Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League
  Relegation playoffs
  Relegation to the 2018 K League 2

Round 1-22
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1222211122131111111111
Ulsan Hyundai1786678763444222223222
Suwon Samsung Bluewings611111010107646556766464433
Jeju United4111132211212453346554
Gangwon FC166785611109765344532345
FC Seoul6335544535677677777766
Pohang Steelers8553323474323535655677
Jeonnam Dragons812121212119898998999988988
Sangju Sangmu8444465357889888899899
Daegu FC119911781091111111110101010101111111110
Incheon United119109111212121212121212121211111010101011
Gwangju FC4878991110810101011111112121212121212
Source: kleague.com

Round 23-38

Split rounds are from round 34 to round 38

Team ╲ Round23242526272829303132333435363738
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1111111111111111
Jeju United4444222222222222
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2222444444444333
Ulsan Hyundai3333333333333444
FC Seoul6555555555555555
Gangwon FC5666666666666666
Pohang Steelers7777777777777777
Daegu FC1010109999999888888
Incheon United111211111010101111111111101099
Jeonnam Dragons88888888889911111010
Sangju Sangmu999101111111010101010991111
Gwangju FC12111212121212121212121212121212
Source: kleague.com

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Home \ Away DGU GWN GWJ ICU JJU JHM JND PHS SJS SEO SSB USH
Daegu FC 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–3
Gangwon FC 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1
Gwangju FC 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–1
Incheon United 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–5 3–3 1–2
Jeju United 4–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 3–0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–0
Jeonnam Dragons 4–3 2–1 5–0 3–2 2–2 0–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–3 5–0
Pohang Steelers 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–3 1–2
Sangju Sangmu 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–0
FC Seoul 0–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 3–3 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2
Ulsan Hyundai 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2 September 2017. 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 DGU GWN GWJ ICU JJU JHM JND PHS SJS SEO SSB USH
Daegu FC 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–0
Gangwon FC 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 1–1
Gwangju FC 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–1
Incheon United 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1
Jeju United 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–2 2–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 4–3 3–1 1–2 0–1
Jeonnam Dragons 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Pohang Steelers 5–2 3–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 1–1
Sangju Sangmu 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–1
FC Seoul 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–3 2–3 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1
Ulsan Hyundai 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2017. 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 2017 K League Challenge playoff and the 11th-placed club of the 2017 K League Classic. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2018 K League Classic.

First leg
Busan IPark0–1Sangju Sangmu
Report Yeo Reum  7'
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Second leg
Sangju Sangmu0–1 (a.e.t.)Busan IPark
Report Rômulo  16' (pen.)
Penalties
Yeo Reum
Sin Jin-ho
Lim Chae-min
Kim Ho-nam
Joo Min-kyu 		5–4 Rômulo
Léo Mineiro
Lee Dong-jun
Ko Kyung-min
Lim You-hwan
Attendance: 2,714
Referee: Kim Seong-ho

Sangju Sangmu retained its 2018 K League Classic spot, 5:4 on penalties.

Season statistics

Attendance
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FC Seoul 310,011 34,376 6,384 16,316 −9.4%†
2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 222,029 20,935 6,190 11,686 −30.4%†
3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 166,934 26,581 4,147 8,786 −17.4%†
4 Ulsan Hyundai 160,825 13,225 4,531 8,464 −3.2%†
5 Pohang Steelers 159,060 18,587 2,437 8,372 +9.0%†
6 Incheon United 112,708 13,301 2,930 5,932 −2.0%†
7 Jeonnam Dragons 78,093 10,579 1,565 4,110 −0.1%†
8 Jeju United 77,096 8,526 2,184 4,058 −28.7%†
9 Daegu FC 63,460 13,478 1,047 3,340 +23.2%†
10 Gwangju FC 57,858 11,830 1,020 3,045 −12.4%†
11 Gangwon FC 43,822 7,438 1,216 2,306 +116.3%†
12 Sangju Sangmu 31,254 5,523 736 1,645 −15.3%†
League total 1,483,150 34,376 736 6,505 −17.4%†

Updated to games played on 19 November 2017
Source: K League Classic
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
† Teams that played previous season in K League Challenge.

Top 10 Season Attendances
AttendanceRoundDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
34,37615 March 2017FC Seoul1–1Suwon Samsung BluewingsSeoul World Cup Stadium
27,2573521 October 2017FC Seoul2–2Suwon Samsung BluewingsSeoul World Cup Stadium
26,5812612 August 2017Suwon Samsung Bluewings0–1FC SeoulSuwon World Cup Stadium
26,26193 May 2017FC Seoul1–0Jeonnam DragonsSeoul World Cup Stadium
23,9132323 July 2017FC Seoul1–2Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsSeoul World Cup Stadium
20,93515 March 2017Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2–1Jeonnam DragonsJeonju Stadium
20,1401418 June 2017Suwon Samsung Bluewings1–2FC SeoulSuwon World Cup Stadium
19,14142 April 2017Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–0FC SeoulJeonju Stadium
18,587212 March 2017Pohang Steelers2–0Gwangju FCPohang Steel Yard
18,0872719 August 2017FC Seoul1–1Ulsan HyundaiSeoul World Cup Stadium

Awards

Most Valuable Player of The Round

Manager of the Month
Month Manager Club Division
March Jo Sung-hwan Jeju United K League Classic
April Kim Jong-boo Gyeongnam FC K League Challenge
May Choi Yun-kyum Gangwon FC K League Classic
June Choi Kang-hee Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K League Classic
July Seo Jung-won Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League Classic
August Hwang Sun-hong FC Seoul K League Classic
September Kim Do-hoon Ulsan Hyundai K League Classic
October André(caretaker) Daegu FC K League Classic

Season Awards

The 2017 K League Awards was held on 20 November 2017.

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 Jo Hyeon-woo Daegu FC
Defender Kim Jin-su Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender Kim Min-jae Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender Oh Ban-suk Jeju United
Defender Choi Chul-soon Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Midfielder Lee Jae-sung Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder Lee Chang-min Jeju United
Midfielder Lee Seung-gi Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forward Johnathan Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Forward Lee Keun-ho Gangwon FC

K League Manager of the Year

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