2011 K-League

Hyundai Oilbank K-League 2011
Season 2011
Champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Champions League Jeonbuk
Seongnam (via FA Cup)
Ulsan
Pohang
Matches played 246
Goals scored 669 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer Dejan Damjanović
(23 goals)
Biggest home win Pohang 7 – 0 Daejeon
(9 July)
Biggest away win Incheon 2 – 6 Jeonbuk
(30 April)
Highest scoring 9 goals
Seoul 6 – 3 Gangwon
(27 August)
Longest winning run 7 games
Seoul
Longest unbeaten run 20 games
Jeonbuk (12W 8D)
Longest winless run 14 games
Daejeon (5D 9L)
Longest losing run 8 games
Gangwon
Highest attendance 51,606
Seoul v Suwon
(March 6)
Lowest attendance 1,027
Daegu v Busan
(July 9)
Average attendance 11,634
2010
2012

The 2011 edition of the K-League is the twenty-ninth since its establishment in 1983. The 2011 season is known as Hyundai Oilbank K-League 2011 due to the competition's sponsorship by Hyundai Oilbank. FC Seoul is the defending champions, having won their fourth title.

Contents

K-League Clubs, 2011

Club Manager City Stadium 2010 season
League (Playoff)
Busan I'Park Ahn Ik-Soo Busan Busan Asiad Stadium 8th
Chunnam Dragons Jung Hae-Seong Gwangyang Gwangyang Football Stadium 10th
Daegu FC Lee Young-Jin Daegu Daegu Stadium
Daegu Civic Stadium
15th
Daejeon Citizen Yoo Sang-Chul Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium 13th
Gangwon FC Kim Sang-Ho Gangneung
Chuncheon
Gangneung Stadium
Chuncheon Stadium
12th
Gwangju FC Choi Man-Hee Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium New team
Gyeongnam FC Choi Jin-Han Changwon Changwon Football Center 6th (1st Round)
Incheon United Huh Jung-Moo Incheon Incheon Munhak Stadium 11th
Jeju United Park Kyung-Hoon Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium 2nd (Runners-up)
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Choi Kang-Hee Jeonju Jeonju World Cup Stadium 3rd (Semi-Final)
Pohang Steelers Hwang Sun-Hong Pohang Pohang Steel Yard 9th
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix Kim Tae-Wan (interim) Sangju Sangju Civic Stadium 14th
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Shin Tae-Yong Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex 5th (2nd Round)
FC Seoul Choi Yong-Soo (interim) Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 1st (Champions)
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Yoon Sung-Hyo Suwon Suwon World Cup Stadium 7th
Ulsan Hyundai Kim Ho-Gon Ulsan Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium 4th (1st Round)

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date Table
Pohang Waldemar Lemos[1] Sacked 2010-05-10 12th Hwang Sun-Hong 2010-11-09 Pre-season
Sangju Lee Kang-Jo Resigned 2010-10-31 14th Lee Soo-Chul 2010-10-31 14th
Busan Hwang Sun-Hong Contract ended 2010-11-05 8th Ahn Ik-Soo 2010-11-10 Pre-season
Chunnam Park Hang-Seo Contract ended 2010-11-05 10th Jung Hae-Seong 2010-11-10 Pre-season
Seoul Nelo Vingada Contract ended 2010-12-13 Pre-season Hwangbo Kwan 2010-12-29 Pre-season
Gangwon Choi Soon-Ho[2] Resigned 2011-04-04 16th Kim Sang-Ho 2011-04-04 16th
Seoul Hwangbo Kwan[3] Resigned 2011-04-26 14th Choi Yong-Soo (interim) 2011-04-26 14th
Daejeon Wang Sun-Jae Sacked 2011-07-02 14th Yoo Sang-Chul[4] 2011-07-17 15th
Sangju Lee Soo-Chul Sacked 2011-07-12 13th Kim Tae-Wan (interim) 2011-07-12 13th

League standing

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) (Q) 30 18 9 3 67 32 +35 63 2011 K-League Championship and
2012 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Pohang Steelers (Q) 30 17 8 5 59 33 +26 59 2011 K-League Championship and
2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off2
3 FC Seoul 30 16 7 7 56 38 +18 55 2011 K-League Championship and
the winner of Playoffs among four
qualifies to
2012 AFC Champions League Group stage2
4 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 30 17 4 9 51 33 +18 55
5 Busan I'Park 30 13 7 10 49 43 +6 46
6 Ulsan Hyundai (O) (Q) 30 13 7 10 33 29 +4 46
7 Chunnam Dragons 30 11 10 9 33 29 +4 43
8 Gyeongnam FC 30 12 6 12 41 40 +1 42
9 Jeju United 30 10 10 10 44 45 −1 40
10 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (Q) 30 9 8 13 43 47 −4 35 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage1
11 Gwangju FC 30 9 8 13 32 43 −11 35
12 Daegu FC 30 8 9 13 35 46 −11 33
13 Incheon United 30 6 14 10 31 40 −9 32
14 Sangju Sangmu Phoenix 30 7 8 15 36 53 −17 29
15 Daejeon Citizen 30 6 9 15 31 59 −28 27
16 Gangwon FC 30 3 6 21 14 45 −31 15

Updated to games played on 30 October 2011
Source: K-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1: Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage as 2011 Korean FA Cup winners.
2.: Ulsan Hyundai, winner of 2011 K-League Championship semifinal, qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, while Pohang Steelers, the loser of the semifinal, qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by matchday

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 9 5 9 9 5 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pohang Steelers 8 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
FC Seoul 15 13 15 11 12 12 14 13 10 7 9 11 12 9 9 10 6 7 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 1 7 3 4 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 11 7 5 9 8 9 8 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4
Busan I'Park 11 11 14 15 15 15 13 12 9 9 6 7 8 12 8 6 5 5 3 6 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5
Ulsan Hyundai 11 15 11 13 10 10 11 10 13 14 13 9 7 7 11 11 12 9 8 9 9 9 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 6
Chunnam Dragons 6 9 6 8 8 7 9 9 7 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 7
Gyeongnam FC 6 2 8 4 7 9 7 5 4 6 8 8 10 8 12 12 8 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 7 8
Jeju United 4 5 4 6 6 8 6 7 5 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 8 12 13 10 11 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 15 14 14 15 14 14 13 11 12 13 11 10 10 10 10
Gwangju FC 3 7 10 12 13 14 12 11 14 11 14 13 11 10 13 13 11 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 12 13 13 11 11 11
Daegu FC 10 8 9 7 3 4 8 8 12 13 11 10 9 13 10 8 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 11 11 12 11 12 12 12
Incheon United 15 14 12 14 14 11 10 14 11 10 7 6 6 6 5 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 12 13 13 13
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix 1 3 1 5 5 6 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 9 13 13 13 13 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14
Daejeon Citizen 4 4 2 1 1 3 5 6 8 12 12 14 13 15 15 14 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Gangwon FC 13 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 30 October 2011
Source: kleague.com

Results

Home \ Away1 BUS CND DGU DJN GWN GWJ GNM INU JJU JHM POH SSP SIC FCS SUW ULS
Busan I'Park 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 4–3 2–0
Chunnam Dragons 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–1
Daegu FC 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0
Daejeon Citizen 1–3 4–4 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–0
Gangwon FC 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–4 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2
Gwangju FC 2–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Gyeongnam FC 3–2 1–2 3–0 7–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–2 1–0
Incheon United 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–6 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2
Jeju United 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–3 2–1 0–3 3–2 1–2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 6–1 2–0 4–2 3–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0
Pohang Steelers 3–2 1–1 2–2 7–0 0–0 5–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 4–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–3 1–3 3–4 1–0 1–2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–2
FC Seoul 2–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 6–3 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–2 1–2 4–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1
Ulsan Hyundai 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–1

Updated to games played on 30 October 2011
Source: K-League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Championship playoff

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                         
  0  (bye) 0  
2  Pohang Steelers 0  
4  Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1     2  Pohang Steelers 0  
5  Busan I'Park 0       6  Ulsan Hyundai 1  
4  Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 (1)
     
  3  FC Seoul 1     6  Ulsan Hyundai (p) 1 (3)  
6  Ulsan Hyundai 3       6  Ulsan Hyundai 1 10 20
  1  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 20 40
     
 
0  (bye) 0
 
1  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0

First Round

19 November 2011
15:00 KST
FC Seoul 1 – 3 Ulsan Hyundai Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 30,799
Referee: Lee Sam-Ho
Dejan  58' Report Kwak Tae-Hwi  17'
Kim Shin-Wook  33'
Go Seul-Ki  59'

20 November 2011
15:00 KST
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 – 0 Busan I'Park Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 23,903
Referee: Choi Myung-Yong
Ha Tae-Gyun  45+2' Report

Second Round

23 November 2011
19:30 KST
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Ulsan Hyundai Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 15,862
Referee: Choi Kwang-Bo
Mato  83' (pen.) Report Kim Shin-Wook  21'
  Penalties  
Mato
Yeom Ki-Hun
Yang Sang-Min
Choi Sung-Hwan
1 – 3 Seol Ki-Hyeon
Lucio
Kim Shin-Wook
Go Seul-Ki

Semifinal

26 November 2011
15:00 KST
Pohang Steelers 0 – 1 Ulsan Hyundai Steelyard Stadium, Pohang
Attendance: 21,317
Referee: Ko Keum-Bok
Report Seol Ki-Hyeon  72' (pen.)

Final

1st leg

30 November 2011
18:10 KST
Ulsan Hyundai 1 – 2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 25,375
Referee: Lee Sam-Ho
Kwak Tae-Hwi  63' Report Eninho  52' (pen.)79'

2nd leg

4 December 2011
13:30 KST
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 – 1 Ulsan Hyundai Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
Attendance: 33,554
Referee: Choi Kwang-Bo
Eninho  59' (pen.)
Luiz  68'
Report Seol Ki-Hyeon  56'

Statistics

As of 30 October 2011

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Name Club Goals
1 Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 23
2 Lee Dong-Gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 16
3 Kim Jung-Woo Sangju Sangmu / Seongnam Ilhwa 15
4 Santos Jeju United 14
5 Mota Pohang Steelers 13
6 Kim Dong-Chan Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10
Mauricio Molina FC Seoul
8 Han Sang-Woon Busan I'Park 9
Lim Sang-Hyub Busan I'Park
Yang Dong-Hyun Busan I'Park
Ko Mu-Yeol Pohang Steelers
Stevica Ristić Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Yeom Ki-Hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings
14 Song Je-Heon Daegu FC 8
Park Sung-Ho Daejeon Citizen
João Paulo Gwangju FC
Lee Seung-Ki Gwangju FC
Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
19 8 players 7
27 10 players 6
37 5 players 5
42 13 players 4
55 28 players 3
83 46 players 2
129 73 players 1
- Own goals 18
Total goals 655

Top assistors

Rank Nat. Name Club Assists
1 Lee Dong-Gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 15
2 Yeom Ki-Hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13
3 Mauricio Molina FC Seoul 12
4 Kim Eun-Jung Jeju United 8
Mota Pohang Steelers
6 Han Sang-Woon Busan I'Park 7
Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul
Ko Myong-Jin FC Seoul
Choi Jae-Soo Ulsan Hyundai
10 Yoon Bit-Garam Gyeongnam FC 6
Yoon Il-Rok Gyeongnam FC
Bae Ki-Jong Jeju United
Hwang Jin-Sung Pohang Steelers
14 7 players 5
21 9 players 4
30 24 players 3
54 39 players 2
93 101 players 1
Total assists 430

Attendance

Rank Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FC Seoul 447,397 51,606 9,797 27,962 -0.9064151188045−9.3%
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 400,073 44,537 13,004 23,534 -0.88430466313456−11.5%
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 259,790 33,554 8,334 16,237 0.13545454545455+13.5%
4 Ulsan Hyundai 254,164 34,758 3,376 15,885 1.0402003596198+104.0%
5 Daejeon Citizen 213,653 32,340 4,771 14,244 0.66072053165442+66.0%
6 Pohang Steelers 226,527 21,317 5,473 14,158 0.2670485054591+26.7%
7 Gyeongnam FC 136,021 22,468 1,214 9,068 -0.72538196944244−27.4%
8 Gwangju FC 131,844 36,241 2,515 8,790
n/a
9 Sangju Sangmu Phoenix 126,594 16,400 3,245 8,440 1.2316234796404+123.1%
10 Incheon United 113,432 27,831 1,127 7,562 -0.88227744720569−11.7%
11 Busan I'Park 108,630 29,267 2,336 7,242 0.64853175506488+64.8%
12 Chunnam Dragons 102,810 19,247 1,368 6,854 -0.57097634121959−42.9%
13 Daegu FC 97,157 20,187 1,027 6,477 0.30954306510311+30.9%
14 Gangwon FC 87,676 15,497 2,017 5,845 -0.61287616650938−38.7%
15 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 86,952 12,131 2,893 5,797 0.40397190603052+40.3%
16 Jeju United 69,138 12,775 1,191 4,609 -0.85288675055514−14.7%
League total 2,861,858 51,606 1,027 11,634 +6.3%

Updated to games played on 4 December 2011
Source: K-League
Notes:
First season in K-league.
* Including K-League Championship matches. (Suwon has two games, Seoul, Pohang, Ulsan, Jeonbuk has one game each.

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
51,606 1 6 March 2011 FC Seoul 0 – 2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seoul World Cup Stadium Sunday Afternoon
44,537 27 3 October 2011 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 – 0 FC Seoul Suwon World Cup Stadium Monday Afternoon
44,358 13 11 June 2011 FC Seoul 1 – 1 Pohang Steelers Seoul World Cup Stadium Saturday Evening
42,909 29 23 October 2011 FC Seoul 3 – 1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seoul World Cup Stadium Sunday Afternoon
38,068 9 7 May 2011 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 – 2 Chunnam Dragons Suwon World Cup Stadium Saturday Afternoon
36,241 1 5 March 2011 Gwangju FC 3 – 2 Daegu FC Gwangju World Cup Stadium Saturday Afternoon
34,758 1 6 March 2011 Ulsan Hyundai 1 – 2 Daejeon Citizen Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Sunday Afternoon
33,663 25 18 September 2011 FC Seoul 2 – 1 Busan I'Park Seoul World Cup Stadium Sunday Afternoon
33,554 Final 2nd leg 4 December 2011 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 – 1 Ulsan Hyundai Jeonju World Cup Stadium Sunday Afternoon
32,340 2 12 March 2011 Daejeon Citizen 1 – 1 FC Seoul Daejeon World Cup Stadium Saturday Afternoon

Awards

K-League Most Valuable Player

K-League Rookie of the Year

K-League Top Scorer

K-League Top Assistor

K-League Best XI

K-League Manager of the Year

K-League Team of the Year

K-League Youth Team of the Year

K-League Fair Play Award

K-League Special Award

'FAN'tastic Player

The K-League 'FAN'tastic Player was won by Lee Dong-Gook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)

See also

References

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