2006 K-League

The 2006 season of the K-League kicked off on March 12. The season and playoff format will be the same as the one used in the 2005 season. The playoff fixtures are set to take place in early November, with the Final being played on two legs in late November.

The league will take a break for the World Cup in June and July. The championship series will take place in November.

Contents

First stage

Final table

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD comment
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 32 13 10 2 1 21 9 +12 First Stage Champion
Pohang Steelers 22 13 6 4 3 21 15 +6
Daejeon Citizen 19 13 4 7 2 13 10 +3
FC Seoul 16 13 3 7 3 13 10 +3
Chunnam Dragons 16 13 2 10 1 14 12 +2
Busan I'Park 16 13 4 4 5 24 25 -1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 16 13 3 7 3 13 14 -1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 16 13 3 7 3 11 13 -2
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4
Incheon United 14 13 2 8 3 11 13 -2
Daegu FC 13 13 2 7 4 14 16 -2
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 13 13 2 7 4 10 13 -3
Gyeongnam FC 13 13 3 4 6 10 15 -5
Jeju United 9 13 1 6 6 8 14 -6

Results

Round 1

March 12
Busan I'Park 1-2 Incheon United
Attendance: 28 351

March 12
Daejeon Citizen 0-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 16 512

March 12
Gyeongnam FC 0-0 Jeju United
Attendance: 20 376

March 12
Pohang Steelers 3-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 5 012

March 12
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-1 FC Seoul
Attendance: 33 819

March 12
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 1-0 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 13 859

March 12
Daegu FC 2-2 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 19 535

Round 2

March 15
Chunnam Dragons 1-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 4 532

March 15
Daejeon Citizen 1-0 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 9 115

March 15
FC Seoul 1-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 11 237

March 15
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 0-3 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 2 135

March 15
Incheon United 3-1 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 15 334

March 15
Jeju United 0-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 32 517

March 15
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2-1 Daegu FC
Attendance: 4 840

Round 3

March 18
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 0-0 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 21 377

March 18
Gyeongnam FC 0-0 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 1 031

March 18
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-1 Jeju United
Attendance: 9 082

March 19
Daegu FC 4-4 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 8 023

March 19
Pohang Steelers 0-1 FC Seoul
Attendance: 10 038

March 19
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 Incheon United
Attendance: 15 317

March 19
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 1-3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 8 657

Round 4

March 25
Incheon United 0-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 12 057

March 25
Jeju United 0-3 FC Seoul
Attendance: 16 651

March 25
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2-0 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 4 320

March 26
Busan I'Park 1-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 6 024

March 26
Chunnam Dragons 2-2 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 4 148

March 26
Daegu FC 0-1 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 7 513

March 26
Daejeon Citizen 0-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 15 357

Round 5

March 29
Chunnam Dragons 1-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 1 571

March 29
FC Seoul 0-0 Incheon United
Attendance: 11 008

March 29
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 2-0 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 1 375

March 29
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 3 452

March 29
Pohang Steelers 1-0 Jeju United
Attendance: 1 311

March 29
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0-0 Daegu FC
Attendance: 11 372

March 29
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 1-0 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 3 152

Round 6

April 1
Busan I'Park 1-1 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 1 127

April 1
Gyeongnam FC 1-1 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 2 110

April 1
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 1-2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 5 350

April 1
Daegu FC 0-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 6 513

April 2
Daejeon Citizen 0-0 FC Seoul
Attendance: 16 025

April 2
Incheon United 0-0 Jeju United
Attendance: 10 707

April 2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 5 782

Round 7

April 5
Chunnam Dragons 1-1 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 1 923

April 5
FC Seoul 1-2 Daegu FC
Attendance: 12 018

April 5
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 0-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 2 325

April 5
Jeju United 0-1 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 3 724

April 5
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 3 815

April 5
Pohang Steelers 2-2 Incheon United
Attendance: 1 469

April 5
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 4-3 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 3 424

Round 8

April 8
Busan I'Park 2-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 2 637

April 8
Gyeongnam FC 0-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 7 815

April 8
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 3 916

April 8
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 0-0 FC Seoul
Attendance: 8 750

April 9
Daegu FC 2-2 Jeju United
Attendance: 5 578

April 9
Daejeon Citizen 1-0 Incheon United
Attendance: 8 547

April 9
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-1 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 22 176

Round 9

April 15
Busan I'Park 3-2 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 1 721

April 15
Pohang Steelers 5-4 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 1 664

April 16
Chunnam Dragons 0-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 2 566

April 16
FC Seoul 0-0 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 17 023

April 16
Incheon United 0-0 Daegu FC
Attendance: 12 581

April 16
Jeju United 3-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 4 019

April 16
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 8 842

Round 10

April 22
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 2-0 Jeju United
Attendance: 1 853

April 22
Gyeongnam FC 0-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 2 495

April 22
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 4 327

April 22
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 2-2 Incheon United
Attendance: 1 570

April 23
Daegu FC 1-1 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 6 855

April 23
FC Seoul 0-0 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 11 132

April 23
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-4 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 15 312

Round 11

April 29
Jeju United 2-2 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 1 471

April 29
Pohang Steelers 0-0 Daegu FC
Attendance: 2 088

April 30
Busan I'Park 3-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 5 917

April 30
Daejeon Citizen 0-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 9 057

April 30
Gyeongnam FC 2-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 13 177

April 30
Incheon United 1-1 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 8 152

April 30
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2-0 FC Seoul
Attendance: 10 425

Round 12

May 5
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-2 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 31 817

May 5
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 2-2 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 12 347

May 5
FC Seoul 5-2 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 41 237

May 5
Chunnam Dragons 3-0 Incheon United
Attendance: 11 015

May 5
Jeju United 0-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 9 293

May 7
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 1-0 Daegu FC
Attendance: 6 235

May 7
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-0 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 10 570

Round 13

May 10
Pohang Steelers 0-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 2 087

May 10
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 12 361

May 10
Daegu FC 2-1 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 1 273

May 10
Gyeongnam FC 2-1 FC Seoul
Attendance: 10 092

May 10
Busan I'Park 0-0 Jeju United
Attendance: 1 217

May 10
Daejeon Citizen 2-0 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 6 184

May 10
Incheon United 1-1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 8 495

Second stage

Final table

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD comment
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 27 13 8 3 2 18 9 +9 Second Stage Champion
Pohang Steelers 25 13 7 4 2 21 13 +8
FC Seoul 23 13 6 5 2 18 12 +6
Daegu FC 21 13 6 3 4 18 14 +4
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 20 13 5 5 3 12 9 +3
Incheon United 19 13 5 4 4 13 14 -1
Chunnam Dragons 18 13 5 3 5 14 13 +1
Busan I'Park 18 13 5 3 5 16 17 -1
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 17 13 4 5 4 21 16 +5
Jeju United 16 13 4 4 5 15 16 -1
Gyeongnam FC 13 13 4 1 8 12 20 -8
Daejeon Citizen 12 13 3 3 7 15 22 -7
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10 13 2 4 7 11 20 -9
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 10 13 3 1 9 7 16 -9

Results

Round 14

August 23
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 8 993

August 23
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 0-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 6 735

August 23
FC Seoul 1-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 41 237

August 23
Chunnam Dragons 1-1 Daegu FC
Attendance: 9 785

August 23
Jeju United 2-1 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 2 115

August 23
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 4-0 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 4 987

August 23
Incheon United 0-0 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 6 424

Round 15

August 26
Gyeongnam FC 2-2 Incheon United
Attendance: 11 257

August 26
Busan I'Park 4-2 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 10 473

August 26
Daegu FC 0-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 18 582

August 26
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-2 FC Seoul
Attendance: 9 127

August 26
Pohang Steelers 2-1 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 18 242

August 26
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 1-0 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 13 686

August 26
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-1 Jeju United
Attendance: 22 307

Round 16

August 30
Busan I'Park 1-3 Daegu FC
Attendance: 4 017

August 30
Chunnam Dragons 2-0 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 5 347

August 30
Daejeon Citizen 3-1 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 8 317

August 30
Incheon United 1-2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 11 445

August 30
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 12 347

August 30
Jeju United 2-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 1 169

August 30
FC Seoul 3-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 12 865

Round 17

September 9
Pohang Steelers 2-1 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 12 456

September 9
FC Seoul 1-0 Jeju United
Attendance: 13 221

September 9
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 1-0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 6 834

September 9
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0-1 Incheon United
Attendance: 7 042

September 9
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 1-1 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 11 076

September 9
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-1 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 28 763

September 9
Gyeongnam FC 3-2 Daegu FC
Attendance: 4 329

Round 18

September 16
Jeju United 0-0 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 2 200

September 16
Incheon United 1-0 FC Seoul
Attendance: 16 787

September 16
Busan I'Park 2-0 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 3 017

September 16
Daegu FC 1-2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 23 426

September 16
Gyeongnam FC 0-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 7 135

September 16
Daejeon Citizen 0-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 8 538

September 17
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0-0 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 9 824

Round 19

September 23
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-3 Daegu FC
Attendance: 5 129

September 23
Jeju United 2-3 Incheon United
Attendance: 16 062

September 23
Chunnam Dragons 1-3 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 8 713

September 23
Pohang Steelers 3-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 16 752

September 23
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 0-1 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 3 713

September 24
FC Seoul 1-1 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 18 257

September 24
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 26 317

Round 20

September 30
Busan I'Park 0-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 6 039

September 30
Daegu FC 2-0 FC Seoul
Attendance: 30 446

September 30
Daejeon Citizen 0-1 Jeju United
Attendance: 5 487

September 30
Gyeongnam FC 0-2 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 3 287

September 30
Incheon United 1-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 20 317

September 30
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 23 617

October 1
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 0-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 16 877

Round 21

October 3
Incheon United 1-0 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 11 523

October 3
Jeju United 0-0 Daegu FC
Attendance: 1 441

October 3
Chunnam Dragons 1-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 13 875

October 3
Pohang Steelers 4-1 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 10 217

October 4
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3-0 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 11 410

October 4
FC Seoul 2-2 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 23 268

October 4
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 2-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 2 918

Round 22

October 14
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 0-2 FC Seoul
Attendance: 5 826

October 14
Gyeongnam FC 1-0 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 4 136

October 14
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-0 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 3 673

October 14
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 2-2 Jeju United
Attendance: 4 476

October 14
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3-0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 27 482

October 15
Daegu FC 3-2 Incheon United
Attendance: 32 751

October 15
Daejeon Citizen 2-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 6 853

Round 23

October 21
Busan I'Park 0-2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 13 112

October 21
Chunnam Dragons 0-2 FC Seoul
Attendance: 13 900

October 21
Jeju United 1-0 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 1 003

October 21
Pohang Steelers 2-0 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 8 149

October 22
Daejeon Citizen 0-1 Daegu FC
Attendance: 4 784

October 22
Incheon United 1-0 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 7 783

October 22
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3-3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 5 241

Round 24

October 25
Chunnam Dragons 2-1 Jeju United
Attendance: 2 700

October 25
Daegu FC 1-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 7 452

October 25
FC Seoul 2-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Attendance: 15 334

October 25
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 2-0 Incheon United
Attendance: 2 920

October 25
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0-2 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 2 373

October 25
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-0 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 21 036

October 25
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 3-1 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 2 433

Round 25

October 29
Busan I'Park 1-1 FC Seoul
Attendance: 6 933

October 29
Daegu FC 3-1 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Attendance: 20 726

October 29
Daejeon Citizen 3-1 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Attendance: 8 817

October 29
Gyeongnam FC 3-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 7 259

October 29
Incheon United 0-2 Chunnam Dragons
Attendance: 7 954

October 29
Pohang Steelers 2-0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 15 117

October 29
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3-3 Jeju United
Attendance: 5 327

Round 26

November 5
Chunnam Dragons 2-2 Daejeon Citizen
Attendance: 4 723

November 5
FC Seoul 1-0 Gyeongnam FC
Attendance: 16 335

November 5
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 0-1 Daegu FC
Attendance: 8 745

November 5
Jeju United 0-1 Busan I'Park
Attendance: 2 012

November 5
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Attendance: 4 761

November 5
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0-0 Incheon United
Attendance: 7 241

November 5
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 0-1 Pohang Steelers
Attendance: 12 463

Overall Table

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD comment
1. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (C) 49 26 14 7 5 42 25 +17 First Stage Champion
2. Pohang Steelers 47 26 13 8 5 42 28 +14 Qualified
3. Suwon Samsung Bluewings 43 26 11 10 5 29 22 +7 Second Stage Champion
4. FC Seoul 39 26 9 12 5 31 22 +9 Qualified
5. Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 35 26 8 11 7 21 22 -1
6. Chunnam Dragons 34 26 7 13 6 28 25 +3 FA Cup winner
7. Daegu FC 34 26 8 10 8 32 30 +2
8. Busan I'Park 34 26 9 7 10 40 42 -2
9. Incheon United 33 26 7 12 7 24 27 -3
10. Daejeon Citizen 31 26 7 10 9 28 32 -4
11. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 26 26 5 11 10 24 34 -10 ACL winner
12. Gyeongnam FC 26 26 7 5 14 22 35 -13
13. Jeju United 25 26 5 10 11 23 30 -7
14. Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 23 26 5 8 13 17 29 -12
Qualification for playoffs and 2007 AFC Champions League
Qualification for playoffs
Qualification for playoffs

Note: 2006 Korean FA Cup winner also qualified for 2007 AFC Champions League
2006 AFC Champions League winner directly qualified for 2007 AFC Champions League Knockout stage

Top scorers

This list is including championship playoff goals

Rank Player Club Goals Pld
1 Woo Sung-Yong Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 16 28
2 Popo Busan I'Park 13 24
3 Kim Eun-Jung FC Seoul 9 25
4 Ko Ki-Gu Pohang Steelers 8 22
5 Lee Dong-Gook Pohang Steelers 7 10
= Somália Busan I'Park 7 16
= Denilson Daejeon Citizen 7 18
= Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7 19
= Selmir Chunnam Dragons 7 20
= Itamar Suwon Samsung Bluewings 7 25
= Park Chu-Young FC Seoul 7 26

Championship playoffs

  Semifinals Final
                 
 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1  
 FC Seoul 0  
     Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 01020(3)0
   Suwon Samsung Bluewings 00010(1)0
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1
 Pohang Steelers 0  

Participants

Results

Semi-finals

November 11
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1 – 0 FC Seoul Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam
Attendance: 13,237
Mota  40'

November 12
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 – 0 Pohang Steelers Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 37,256
Baek Ji-Hoon  54'

Final

First leg
November 19
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1 – 0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seongnam 2 Stadium, Seongnam
Attendance: 21,437
Woo Sung-Yong  88'

Second leg
November 25
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 – 2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 38,526
Silva  75' Mota  25',  65'

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma win 3–1 on aggregate

2006 K-League Winners
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
7th Title

See also

References