2009 K-League Cup

The K-League Cup 2009, known as Peace Cup Korea 2009 due to the competition's sponsorship by Peace Cup Organization Committee.[1] This is South Korea's league cup competition for K-League's 15 football clubs. The competition began on March 25, 2009, and ended with the two-legged final on September 2 and September 16.

Contents

Format

Group stage

All clubs playing in the K-league, except they are competing are AFC Champions League. In group formation, Group A was composed an odd rank clubs in previous season, plus newly formed Gangwon FC. Group B was composed an even rank clubs in previous season. All clubs are playing each other once, only winner and runner-up of each group go to knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Winner and runner-up of each group and 4 clubs are competing in AFC Champions League participate in this stage. this stage is tournament form.

The draw for the knockout stage held on 9 June 2009 in KFA headquarter.

Members for K-League Cup 2009

Group stage club

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage club

Group stage

Standing

Group A

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 5 3 2 0 9 2 +7 11
2 Incheon United 5 2 2 1 6 6 0 8
3 Daegu FC 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 7
4 Chunnam Dragons 5 2 1 2 8 10 −2 7
5 Daejeon Citizen 5 2 0 3 4 7 −3 6
6 Gangwon FC 5 1 0 4 7 9 −2 3

Group B

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jeju United 4 3 1 0 8 3 +5 10
2 Busan I'Park 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4 1 1 2 8 9 −1 4
4 Gyeongnam FC 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
5 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6 1

Result

Round 1 (March 25)
No. Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Gangwon FC 0 – 2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6,733
2 Chunnam Dragons 3 – 2 Daegu FC 4,865
3 Incheon United 1 – 0 Daejeon Citizen 2,615
Round 2 (April 8)
4 Daegu FC 2 – 1 Gangwon FC 3,077
5 Daejeon Citizen 2 – 1 Chunnam Dragons 3,302
6 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1 – 1 Incheon United 3,777
Round 3 (April 22)
7 Gangwon FC 3 – 0 Daejeon Citizen 6,733
8 Chunnam Dragons 1 – 1 Incheon United 8,377
9 Daegu FC 0 – 0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1,504
Round 4 (May 5)
10 Incheon United 3 – 2 Gangwon FC 26,783
11 Daejeon Citizen 2 – 0 Daegu FC 12,335
12 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 4 – 1 Chunnam Dragons 11,818
Round 5 (May 27)
13 Gangwon FC 1 – 2 Chunnam Dragons 5,759
14 Daejeon Citizen 0 – 2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 10,458
15 Daegu FC 2 – 0 Incheon United 1,512
Round 1 (March 25)
No. Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4 – 2 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 5,254
2 Busan I'Park 1 – 1 Jeju United 4,093
Gyeongnam FC bye
Round 2 (April 8)
3 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0 – 0 Busan I'Park 1,548
4 Gyeongnam FC 2 – 2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4,917
Jeju United bye
Round 3 (April 22)
5 Jeju United 4 – 1 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 773
6 Busan I'Park 2 – 0 Gyeongnam FC 3,958
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors bye
Round 4 (May 5)
7 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 – 4 Busan I'Park 27,876
8 Gyeongnam FC 1 – 2 Jeju United 9,125
Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix bye
Round 5 (May 27)
9 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 0 – 1 Gyeongnam FC 2,389
10 Jeju United 1 – 0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2,823
Busan I'Park bye

Knockout stage

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
0  Busan I'Park (pen) 3 0 3 (5)  
0  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2 1 3 (4)  
  0  Busan I'Park 2 1 3  
  0  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 0 1  
0  Jeju United 0 1 1
0  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 4 5  
  0  Busan I'Park 1 1 2
  0  Pohang Steelers 1 5 6
0  FC Seoul (pen) 0 1 1 (5)  
0  Incheon United 0 1 1 (3)  
  0  FC Seoul 2 2 4
  0  Pohang Steelers 1 5 6  
0  Pohang Steelers 3 1 4
0  Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 0 0  

Quarter-finals

The first leg matches was played on 8 July, while the second leg matches was played on 22 July 2009.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Busan I'Park 3–3 (5–4p) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3–2 0–1
Jeju United 1–5 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0–1 1–4
FC Seoul 1–1 (4–1p) Incheon United 0–0 1–1
Pohang Steelers 4–0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–0 1–0

Semi-finals

The first leg matches was played on 19 August, while the second leg matches was played on 26 August 2009.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Busan I'Park 3–1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2–1 1–0
FC Seoul 4–6 Pohang Steelers 2–1 2–5

Final

The first leg matches was played on 2 September, while the second leg matches was played on 16 September 2009.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Busan I'Park 2–6 Pohang Steelers 1–1 1–5
K-League Cup 2009 Winners
Pohang Steelers
2nd Title

Top Scorer

As of 16 September 2009
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Yoo Chang-Hyun Pohang Steelers 4
Noh Byung-Joon Pohang Steelers
Park Hee-Do Busan I'Park
4 Yang Dong-Hyun Busan I'Park 3
Adriano Chuva Chunnam Dragons
Cho Hyung-Ik Daegu FC
Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Han Dong-Won Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

2 goals scorers

1 goal scorers

Own goal scorer

Awards

See also

References