Adidas Cup

Created in 1992 as regular cup competition to run alongside the K-League, the Adidas Cup became a popular early season tournament with the fans and players alike.

The format for the tournament varied, from a straight league system with the top team picking up the trophy to two groups with semi-finals and even a straight knock-out competition.

The Adidas Cup was dropped from the Korean league season for 2003 as the K-League expanded to 12 clubs(except) and implemented a mammoth 44 game season.

1 Tournament Information
2 Competition Rules
3 Previous winners
4 Top Scorer
5 See also
6 External links

Tournament Information

Created: 1992
Participants: K-League clubs
Last winners: Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2002)
Most wins: Suwon Samsung Bluewings (3)

Competition Rules

K-League teams split into group sections or one group section
Group winners progressed to semi-finals or a final
Tournament played before the regular K-League season

Previous winners

Season	Winners	Runners-up
1992	Ilhwa Chunma	LG Cheetahs
1993	POSCO Atoms	Hyundai Horang-i
1994	Yukong Kokkiri	LG Cheetahs
1995	Hyundai Horang-i	Ilhwa Chunma
1996	Bucheon Yukong	Pohang Atoms
1997	Busan Daewoo Royals	Chunnam Dragons
1998	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Bucheon SK
1999	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Anyang LG Cheetahs
2000	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2001	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Busan Daewoo Royals
2002	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i

^*Kokkiri means elephant, Horang-i means tiger. Chunma means pegasus

Top Scorer

Season	Player	App	Goals	Club
1992	Noh Soo-Jin	6	5	Yukong Kokkiri
1993	Choi Moon-Sik	2	3	POSCO Atoms
1994	Lim Jae-Seon	6	4	Hyundai Horang-i
1995	Kim Hyun-Seok	7	6	Hyundai Horang-i
1996	Lee Won-Sik	6	5	Bucheon Yukong
1997	Seo Jung-Won	9	8	Anyang LG Cheetahs
1998	Kim Hyun-Seok	10	11	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
1999	Denis Laktionov	3	3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2000	Ko Jong-Soo	2	2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2001	Kim Do-Hoon	9	7	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2002	Saša Drakulić	11	10	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma