2009 Korea National League

The Korea National League 2009 season operates its season in two stages, with the winners of each stage and the two final rank 1, 2 clubs excpet winners of each stage are advancing to the post-season championship playoffs. In the event of the same team winning both stages, there will be no playoff.

The league began on 11 April 2009, and the first stage ended on 11 July. The second stage started on 21 August and ended on 22 November 2009.

Contents

League standing

First stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Gimhae City 13 8 2 3 26 20 +6 26 First Stage Winner
2 Busan Transportation Corp. 13 7 2 4 25 15 +10 23
3 Incheon Korail 13 6 5 2 20 13 +7 23
4 Changwon City 13 6 5 2 21 15 +6 23
5 Gangneung City FC 13 6 4 3 21 15 +6 22
6 Ansan Hallelujah 13 6 4 3 19 14 +5 22
7 Suwon City 13 5 6 2 25 16 +9 21
8 Goyang Kookmin Bank 13 4 4 5 18 16 +2 16
9 Ulsan Mipo Dolphins 13 4 3 6 18 17 +1 15
10 Cheonan City FC 13 4 3 6 14 18 −4 15
11 Daejeon KHNP FC 13 3 5 5 21 23 −2 14
12 Yesan FC 13 3 4 6 13 25 −12 13
13 Nowon Hummel Korea 13 3 1 9 12 21 −9 10
14 Hongcheon Idu FC 13 1 2 10 11 36 −25 5

Updated to games played on 11 July 2009
Source: Korea National League (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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.

Second stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Changwon City 12 8 3 1 23 13 +10 27 Second Stage Winner
2 Suwon City 12 7 4 1 21 7 +14 25
3 Gangneung City FC 12 7 3 2 20 15 +5 24
4 Ulsan Mipo Dolphins 12 6 3 3 21 14 +7 21
5 Goyang Kookmin Bank 12 5 4 3 17 15 +2 19
6 Gimhae City 12 4 4 4 19 17 +2 16 First Stage Winner
7 Incheon Korail 12 5 1 6 11 15 −4 16
8 Ansan Hallelujah 12 4 3 5 11 10 +1 15
9 Daejeon KHNP FC 12 3 5 4 14 18 −4 14
10 Cheonan City FC 12 4 1 7 15 13 +2 13
11 Busan Transportation Corp. 12 4 1 7 17 20 −3 13
12 Nowon Hummel Korea 12 3 3 6 16 21 −5 12
13 Yesan FC 12 0 1 11 11 38 −27 1
14 Hongcheon Idu FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Banned due to financial problem

Updated to games played on 7 November 2009
Source: Korea National League (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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.

Final standing

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Changwon City 25 14 8 3 44 28 +16 50 Second Stage Winner & Championship playoff
2 Suwon City 25 12 10 3 46 23 +23 46 Championship playoff
3 Gangneung City FC 25 13 7 5 41 30 +11 46 Championship playoff
4 Gimhae City 25 12 6 7 45 37 +8 42 First Stage Winner & Championship playoff
5 Incheon Korail 25 11 6 8 31 28 +3 39
6 Ansan Hallelujah 25 10 7 8 30 24 +6 37
7 Ulsan Mipo Dolphins 25 10 6 9 39 31 +8 36
8 Busan Transportation Corp. 25 11 3 11 42 35 +7 36
9 Goyang Kookmin Bank 25 9 8 8 35 31 +4 35
10 Cheonan City FC 25 8 4 13 29 31 −2 28
11 Daejeon KHNP FC 25 6 10 9 35 41 −6 28
12 Nowon Hummel Korea 25 6 4 15 28 42 −14 22
13 Yesan FC 25 3 5 17 24 63 −39 14
14 Hongcheon Idu FC 13 1 2 10 11 36 −25 5 Banned due to financial problem

Updated to games played on 7 November 2009
Source: Korea National League (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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.

Result

Home \ Away1 ASH BTC CWC CAC DHN GNC GHF GOY HOC ICK NWH SWC USM YES
Ansan Hallelujah 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–1
Busan Transportation Corp. 1–3 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 2–0 2–2
Changwon City 2–1 1–4 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–3 3–0 1–0 4–3 1–1 0–0 3–1
Cheonan City FC 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 3–0
Daejeon KHNP FC 2–2 1–3 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 5–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1
Gangneung City FC 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0
Gimhae City 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 3–1
Goyang Kookmin Bank 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–4 4–1
Hongcheon Idu FC 0–0 1–2 1–5 1–1 1–6 1–2
Incheon Korail 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0
Nowon Hummel Korea 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 1–0
Suwon City 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 4–0 2–4 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1
Ulsan Mipo Dolphins 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2
Yesan FC 0–0 0–3 1–4 0–2 3–3 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 2–3 2–6 1–4

Updated to games played on 7 November 2009
Source: Korea National 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

  Semi-finals Final
14 November – Gimhae
 Gimhae FC 2  
 Suwon City 1  
 
18 & 21 Nov – Gimhae & Gangneung
     Gimhae FC 000202 (agg)0
   Gangneung City FC 010304 (agg)0
14 November - Changwon
 Changwon City FC 1
 Gangneung City FC 3  

Semifinals

14 November
15:00 UTC+9
Gimhae FC 2 – 1 Suwon City Gimhae Stadium, Gimhae
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kim Sang-Woo
Yang Dong-Cheol  79'
Jo Jae-Hyun  84'
Report Park Jong-Chan  3'

14 November
17:00 UTC+9
Changwon City FC 1 – 3 Gangneung City FC Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 800
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyuk
Song Geun-Soo  9' Report Na Il-Gyun  28'81'
An Seong-Hoon  62'

Final

1st leg

18 November
19:00 UTC+9
Gimhae FC 0 – 1 Gangneung City FC Gimhae Stadium, Gimhae
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lee Dong-Joon
Report Lee Dong-Joon  29'

2nd leg

21 November
19:00 UTC+9
Gangneung City FC 3 – 2 Gimhae FC Gangneung Stadium, Gangneung
Go Min-Ki  22'
An Sung-Hoon  74'
Kim Jun-Beom  89'
Report Choi Hyung-Joon  53'
Kim Hyo-Joon  90+4'

Winner

Korea National League 2009 Winners
Gangneung City FC
1st Title

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Top Scorer

Top Assistor

Best XI

Manager of the Year

Club of the Year

Fair Play Award

See also