2019 K League 1

The 2019 K League 1 was the 37th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K League, and the second season under its current name, the K League 1.[1][2]

KEB Hana Bank
K League 1 2019
Season2019
Dates1 March – 1 December 2019
ChampionsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(7th title)
RelegatedGyeongnam FC
Jeju United
Champions LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ulsan Hyundai
FC Seoul
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Matches played228
Goals scored593 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Taggart
(20 goals)
Biggest home winGangwon 4–0 Sangju (R20)
Biggest away winJeju 0–5 Ulsan (R24)
Highest scoringGangwon 5–4 Pohang (R17)
Longest winning runJeonbuk Hyundai Motors (5 games)
Longest unbeaten runJeonbuk Hyundai Motors (18 games)
Longest winless runGyeongnam FC (20 games)
Longest losing runGyeongnam FC
Jeju United (5 games)
Highest attendance32,057 - Seoul vs Suwon (R16)
Lowest attendance955 - Jeju vs Seongnam (R30)
Average attendance8,014
← 2018
2020 →

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to the 2019 K League 2

Teams promoted from the 2018 K League 2

Participating clubs by province
Locations of the 2019 K League 1 teams

The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2019 season.[3]

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) / Sponsor(s)
0 Daegu FC 0 Daegu Andre 2002– Owner : Government of Daegu, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors: DGB Daegu Bank
0 Gangwon FC 0 Gangwon Kim Byung-soo 2009– Owner : Government of Gangwon, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors: high1
0 Gyeongnam FC 0 Gyeongsangnam-do Kim Jong-boo 2008– Owner : Government of Gyeongsangnam-do, Citizen Stockholder
0 Incheon United 0 Incheon Yoo Sang-Chul 2004– Owners : Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors: Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 Jeonbuk José Morais 1995– Owner : Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group
Sponsors: Hyundai Motor Company, Hummel
0 Jeju United 0 Jeju Jo Sung-hwan 1983– Owner : SK Energy in SK Group
Sponsors: SK enclean
0 Pohang Steelers 0 Pohang Kim Gi-dong 1983– Owner : POSCO
Sponsors: POSCO, Pohang City Hall
0 Sangju Sangmu 0 Sangju Kim Tae-wan 2011– Owner : Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
0 Seongnam FC 0 Seongnam Nam Ki-il 1988– Owner : Government of Seongnam, Citizen Stockholder
0 FC Seoul 0 Seoul Choi Yong-soo 1984– Owner : GS Group
Sponsors: GS Shop
0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Suwon Lee Lim-saeng 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
Sponsors: Hyundai Oil Bank(Front), Hyundai Heavy Industries(Back)

Stadiums
  • Primary venues used in the K League 1:
Daegu FC Gangwon FC Gyeongnam FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
DGB Daegu Bank Park Chuncheon Songam Leports Town Changwon Football Center Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,245 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477
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: 17,443 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,146 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 at least one player from the AFC confederation.[2]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player
Daegu FC Césinha Edgar Rildo Tsubasa Nishi
Gangwon FC Nemanja Bilbija Valentinos Sielis Takahiro Nakazato
Gyeongnam FC Osman Luc Castaignos Uroš Đerić Takahiro Kunimoto
Incheon United Gordan Bunoza Stefan Mugoša Lanre Kehinde Rashid Mahazi
Jeju United Magno Cruz Elías Aguilar Christian Osaguona Aleksandar Jovanović
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Ricardo Lopes Samuel Rosa Bernie Ibini-Isei
Pohang Steelers Wanderson Stanislav Iljutcenko Aleksandar Paločević
Seongnam FC Éder Mathias Coureur
FC Seoul Osmar Aleksandar Pešić Ikromjon Alibaev
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Dejan Damjanović Waguininho Terry Antonis Adam Taggart
Ulsan Hyundai Júnior Negrão Dave Bulthuis Mix Diskerud Jason Davidson

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C, Q) 38 22 13 3 72 32 +40 79 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Ulsan Hyundai (Q) 38 23 10 5 71 39 +32 79
3 FC Seoul (Q) 38 15 11 12 53 49 +4 56 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Pohang Steelers 38 16 8 14 49 49 0 56
5 Daegu FC 38 13 16 9 46 37 +9 55
6 Gangwon FC 38 14 8 16 56 58 −2 50
7 Sangju Sangmu[lower-alpha 2] 38 16 7 15 49 53 −4 55
8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Q) 38 12 12 14 46 49 −3 48 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 3]
9 Seongnam FC 38 12 9 17 30 40 −10 45
10 Incheon United 38 7 13 18 33 54 −21 34
11 Gyeongnam FC (R) 38 6 15 17 43 61 −18 33 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
12 Jeju United (R) 38 5 12 21 45 72 −27 27 Relegation to 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; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 33 matches.
  2. Sangju Sangmu are a military team and are not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions.
  3. Suwon Samsung Bluewings qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League group stage as Korean FA Cup winners.

Positions by matchday

  Leader & AFC Champions League group stage
  Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
  Qualification to AFC Champions League qualification play-offs
  Relegation playoffs
  Relegation to the K League 2

Round 1–22
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors5354433111222111111111
Ulsan Hyundai3643111222111222332222
FC Seoul2221222334333333223333
Gangwon FC129777910778657766555444
Daegu FC8435555443444444444555
Suwon Samsung Bluewings1012121010889109888888897666
Sangju Sangmu1112344655575555666787
Pohang Steelers1111888791086766677778878
Seongnam FC91010119107567999999989999
Jeju United781112121111121211111110111111121211101010
Gyeongnam FC47996668910101011101010101010111111
Incheon United6566111212111112121212121212111112121212
Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2019. Source: kleague.com

Round 23–38

Split rounds are from round 34 to round 38

Team ╲ Round23242526272829303132333435363738
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors2221211112222221
Ulsan Hyundai1112122221111112
FC Seoul3333333333333333
Pohang Steelers9999988866566654
Daegu FC5566455544444445
Gangwon FC4444544455655566
Sangju Sangmu7755667777777777
Suwon Samsung Bluewings6677776688888888
Seongnam FC8888899999999999
Incheon United12121111121111121111111010101010
Gyeongnam FC11111010101010101010101111111111
Jeju United10101212111212111212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2019. Source: kleague.com

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Home \ Away DGU GWN GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SJS SFC SEO SSB USH
Daegu FC — 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
Gangwon FC 0–2 — 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 5–4 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0
Gyeongnam FC 2–1 0–2 — 1–1 2–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–3
Incheon United 0–3 1–2 2–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–3 0–3
Jeju United 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–2 — 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 4–2 1–3 1–3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 — 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Pohang Steelers 0–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Sangju Sangmu 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–3 1–1 — 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–1
Seongnam FC 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 — 0–1 2–1 1–4
FC Seoul 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–4 2–0 2–0 3–1 — 4–2 2–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 — 1–3
Ulsan Hyundai 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pohang Steelers were leading Gangwon FC 4–0 away after 70 minutes, but Gangwon scored 5 unanswered goals (including 3 in injury time) to win 5–4.[4]

Matches 23–33

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

Home \ Away DGU GWN GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SJS SFC SEO SSB USH
Daegu FC — 3–1 1–0 — 2–2 — 0–0 — — — 0–2 —
Gangwon FC — — 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 — — — 1–3 —
Gyeongnam FC — — — — — 1–1 0–1 — 2–0 — 2–0 3–3
Incheon United 1–1 — 1–1 — 0–0 0–0 — — 0–1 — — 3–3
Jeju United — — 1–2 — — — — 1–4 3–0 1–1 — 0–5
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–2 — — — 2–2 — — 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Pohang Steelers — — — 5–3 2–1 1–2 — — 1–0 2–1 — 2–1
Sangju Sangmu 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 — — 2–1 — — — — —
Seongnam FC 1–2 1–0 — — — — — 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 —
FC Seoul 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 — 0–2 — 1–2 — — — —
Suwon Samsung Bluewings — — — 0–1 1–0 — 0–2 1–1 — 1–2 — 0–2
Ulsan Hyundai 1–1 2–0 — — — — — 5–1 1–0 3–1 — —
First match(es) will be played on 6 October 2019. 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 2019 K League 2 Playoff and the 11th-placed club of the 2019 K League 1.

First leg
Busan IPark0–0Gyeongnam FC
Report
Attendance: 8,249
Referee: Kim Dae-yong

Second leg
Gyeongnam FC0–2Busan IPark
Report
Attendance: 5,397
Referee: Go Hyung-jin

Busan IPark was promoted to the 2020 K League 1 on aggregate score.

Season statistics

Attendance
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FC Seoul 324,162 32,057 7,719 17,061 +47.6%†
2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 278,738 20,637 10,044 13,937 +16.9%†
3 Daegu FC 203,951 12,172 8,247 10,734 +205.1%†
4 Ulsan Hyundai 184,148 19,011 1,568 9,692 +28.8%†
5 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 168,024 24,019 3,353 8,843 +31.8%†
6 Incheon United 161,593 18,541 4,879 8,505 +92.0%†
7 Pohang Steelers 161,134 14,769 2,486 8,481 +13.3%†
8 Seongnam FC 105,950 11,238 2,421 5,576 +132.3%†
9 Gyeongnam FC 73,646 7,252 1,034 3,876 +23.0%†
10 Jeju United 66,741 6,034 955 3,708 +14.7%†
11 Gangwon FC 54,331 5,823 1,732 2,860 +110.9%†
12 Sangju Sangmu 44,702 6,278 1,161 2,353 +78.5%†
League total 1,827,120 32,057 955 8,014 +47.2%†

Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source:
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
† Teams that played previous season in K League 2.

Awards

Most Valuable Player of The Round

Monthly Awards
Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month
Player Club Manager Club Division Player Club
March Cesinha Daegu FC Choi Yong-soo FC Seoul K League 1 Kim Dae-won Daegu FC
April Kim Jin-hyuk Daegu FC José Morais Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K League 1 Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings
May Kim Shin-wook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Cho Deok-je Busan IPark K League 2 Aleksandar Pešić FC Seoul
June Cho Jae-wan Gangwon FC Park Jin-sub Gwangju FC K League 2 Cho Jae-wan Gangwon FC
July Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings Kim Do-hoon Ulsan Hyundai K League 1 Éder Seongnam FC
August Wanderson Pohang Steelers José Morais Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K League 1 Lee Soo-bin Pohang Steelers
September Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers K League 1 Kim Ji-hyeon Gangwon FC
October Moon Seon-min Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Park Jin-sub Gwangju FC K League 2 Moon Seon-min Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
November Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers K League 1 Kim Jin-su Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Season Awards

The 2019 K League Awards was held on 2 December 2019.

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 Hong Chul Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defender Hong Jeong-ho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender Lee Yong Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender Kim Tae-hwan Ulsan Hyundai
Midfielder Moon Seon-min Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder Kim Bo-kyung Ulsan Hyundai
Midfielder Cesinha Daegu FC
Midfielder Wanderson Pohang Steelers
Forward Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Forward Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai

K League Manager of the Year

References
  1. "2019 K League NEWS LETTER".
  2. "K League United | South Korean football news, opinions, match previews and score predictions".
  3. "K League Official Club Profiles Page".
  4. "South Korea » K League 1 2019 » 17. Round » Gangwon FC - Pohang Steelers 5:4". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. "K LEAGUE / Record".
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