K-League

K-League
Countries South Korea
Confederation AFC
Founded 1983
Number of teams 16
Relegation to National League (no relegation yet)
Domestic cup(s) K-League Cup
FA Cup
International cup(s) AFC Champions League
Current champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(2011)
Most championships Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (7)
Website Official Website
2011 K-League
K-League
Hangul K리그
Revised Romanization Krigeu
McCune–Reischauer Krigŭ

The Korea Professional Football League (K-League) is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.

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Establishment

The K-League was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League, with five member clubs. The initial five clubs were Hallelujah FC, Yukong Kokkiri, POSCO Dolphins, Daewoo Royals, Kookmin Bank FC. Hallelujah FC won the inaugural title, finishing one point ahead of Daewoo FC to lift the crown.

In 1998, Korea's football league was reformed and renamed the K-League. Since its creation, the league has expanded from an initial 5 to 15 clubs. Of the 5 inaugural clubs, only Yukong Kokkiri, POSCO Dolphins, and Daewoo Royals remain in the K-League; Kookmin Bank FC dropped out of the league at the end of 1984, and Hallelujah FC followed the season after.

Structure

At present the K-League is the only professional league in Korea. It contains sixteen member clubs.

Below the level of the K-League there is the National League, a closed semi-professional/amateur league with fifteen clubs, established in 2003. The third level of football in Korea is the Challengers League.

There is, at present, no official system of promotion and relegation between any of the three leagues. However, beginning in 2006, the champions of the National League had been eligible for promotion to the K-League provided they had met certain criteria. Goyang Kookmin Bank and Ulsan Mipo Dockyard, National League champions in 2006 and 2007 respectively, both rejected the opportunity to move up to the K-League. After back-to-back K-League promotion refusals, the National League committee decided to discontinue the conditional promotion system prior to the 2008 season.

League summary

The K-League season typically begins around March/April and runs to late November each year. The number of games, clubs and the systems used have varied through the years, but for 2009 the league will operate with a full stage regular season followed by a top six championship playoff system.

The sixteen member clubs play each other twice in the regular season giving a total of 30 matches. The top six sides at the end of the regular season will enter the championship playoffs, which decide final standings of the season among the six. In the first two matches, the third-placed team will face the sixth-placed team and the fourth-placed team will face the fifth-placed team, with the two winners then playing off for the right to face the second-placed team. The winner of that match will then progress to the two-legged championship playoff final where the first-placed side lie in wait, with the overall winner of the home and away series being crowned champions for 2009.

The K-League champions, runner-up and third place gain entry to the AFC Champions League the following season, with the exception of Sangmu, due to their unique status as an army team, and therefore non-professional.

A number of the member clubs are owned by major Korean Chaebols, and the club names reflect that fact. Clubs have adopted local city names in an effort to integrate themselves more with the local communities; for example, Daewoo evolved over the years into Daewoo Royals, Busan Daewoo Royals, Busan I'cons and latterly Busan I'Park.

Following the 2002 FIFA World Cup, leaders of the K-League had hoped to transfer South Korea’s passion for its National Team to the domestic league. However, the K-League continued to flounder.[1] Although a number of K-League clubs have relocated in the past, the Lucky Goldstar (LG) corporation caused a huge controversy at the end of 2003 when they made the decision to uproot their Anyang LG Cheetahs from the Seoul satellite city of Anyang and move into the empty Seoul World Cup stadium, becoming FC Seoul. Then following the 2005 season SK announced it was moving the Bucheon SK FC to the island of Jeju, where they became Jeju United.

In the 2009 season, Gangwon FC (Head Coach: Choi Sun-Ho, former Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Chosun head coach) joined the K-League as it's 15th member club. As such, the K-League had one or more club in every Korean Province(Capital, Gyeongsang, Jeolla, Jeonnam, Chungcheong, Gangwon, Jeju) in Korea.

This is the first time in domestic Korean professional sports history that there has been at least two clubs in each Korean province.

On April 5, 2010, Gwangju City has announced a plan to establish a football club by end of 2010 & to join the league from the 2011 season. On October 12, 2010, the club was approved to join the league as 16th member club.

On October 5, 2011, the league announced a plan to introduce a relegation system from 2012 season. A number of teams of the league will decreased to 12 teams from 2013 season. 4 teams will be relegated to next level league based on the standing of 2012 season. And, the league introduce a split system like Scottish Premier League from 2012 season.

2011 season

Participating Clubs (2011)

As of 2011 Season, K-League Clubs by Province

Province (Population) City / Area (Population) Clubs
Capital Region (24,200,705) Seoul (10,207,304) FC Seoul
Incheon (2,693,123) Incheon United
Suwon (1,068,033) Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Seongnam (941,889) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Gyeongsang Region (13,056,617) Busan (3,562,642) Busan I'Park
Daegu (2,493,192) Daegu FC
Ulsan (1,112,579) Ulsan Hyundai
Gyeongnam (3,224,676) Gyeongnam FC
Pohang (508,382) Pohang Steelers
Sangju (105,398) Sangju Sangmu Phoenix
Jeolla Region (5,757,649) Gwangju (1,423,519) Gwangju FC
Jeonnam (1,918,310) Chunnam Dragons
Jeonbuk(1,855,171) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Chungcheong Region (5,020,305) Daejeon (1,481,516) Daejeon Citizen
Gangwon Region (1,507,799) Gangwon (1,507,799) Gangwon FC
Jeju Region (560,649) Jeju (560,649) Jeju United
* Population - 2009 census
Locations of the K-League 2011 teams

The following 16 clubs will compete in the K-League during the 2011 season.

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) / Sponsor(s)
0 Busan I'Park 0 Busan Ahn Ik-Soo
1983 -
 Owner : I'Park Sports in Hyundai Development Group
0 Chunnam Dragons 0 Jeonnam Jung Hae-Seong
1995 -
 Owner : Gwangyang Steelworks in POSCO
0 Daegu FC 0 Daegu Lee Young-Jin
2003 -
 Owners : Government of Daegu, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : Doosan Group, Daegu Bank
0 Daejeon Citizen 0 Daejeon Wang Sun-Jae
1997 -
 Owners : Government of Daejeon, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : Kyeryong Construction Co.,Ltd, Hanwha Group
0 Gangwon FC 0 Gangwon Choi Soon-Ho
2009 -
 Owners : Government of Gangwon-do, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : High1 Resort, Nonghyup
0 Gwangju FC 0 Gwangju Choi Man-Hee
2011 -
 Owners : Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors :
0 Gyeongnam FC 0 Gyeongnam Choi Jin-Han
2006 -
 Owners : Government of Gyeongsangnam-do, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : STX Corporation, Gyeongnam Bank
0 Incheon United 0 Incheon Huh Jung-Moo
2004 -
 Owners : Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder
Sponsors : Daewoo E&C, Shinhan Bank, GM Korea
0 Jeju United 0 Jeju Park Kyung-Hoon
1983 -
 Owner : SK Energy in SK Group
0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 Jeonbuk Choi Kang-Hee
1995 -
 Owner : Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group
0 Pohang Steelers 0 Pohang, Gyeongbuk Hwang Sun-Hong
1983 -
 Owner : Pohang Steelworks in POSCO
0 Sangju Sangmu Phoenix 0 Sangju, Gyeongbuk Lee Soo-Chul
1985
2003 -
 Owners : Government of Sangju, Ministry of National Defence
Sponsors :
0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0 Seongnam, Gyeonggi Shin Tae-Yong
1989 -
 Owner : Ilhwa in Tongil Group
0 FC Seoul 0 Seoul Choi Yong-Soo
1984 -
 Owner : GS Sports in GS Group
0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Suwon, Gyeonggi Yoon Sung-Hyo
1996 -
 Owner : Samsung Electronics in Samsung Group
0 Ulsan Hyundai 0 Ulsan Kim Ho-Gon
1984 -
 Owner : Hyundai Heavy Industries in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group

Stadiums (2011)

Primary venues used in the K-League:

Busan I'Park Chunnam Dragons Daegu FC Daejeon Citizen
Busan Asiad Stadium Gwangyang Football Stadium Daegu Stadium Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 53,769 Capacity: 13,496 Capacity: 66,422 Capacity: 40,535
Gangwon FC Gwangju FC Gyeongnam FC Incheon United
Gangneung Stadium Gwangju World Cup Stadium Changwon Football Center Sungui Arena Park
Capacity: 22,333 Capacity: 40,245 Capacity: 15,116 Capacity: 20.891
Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Phoenix
Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium
Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477 Capacity: 18,960 Capacity: 15,042
Seongnam Ilhwa
Chunma		 FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings		 Ulsan Hyundai
Tancheon Sports Complex Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 16,146 Capacity: 66,806 Capacity: 43,959 Capacity: 44,474

K-League History

K-League Champions

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma are the most successful team in terms of championship victories, having lifted the title on no less than seven occasions.
The roll-call of champions is as follows (present-date names included where teams have changed names previously):

Titles By Season

1983-1999

Year Winners Runners-up
1983 Hallelujah FC Daewoo Royals
1984 Daewoo Royals Yukong Kokkiri
1985 Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso POSCO Atoms
1986 POSCO Atoms Luck-Goldstar Hwangso
1987 Daewoo Royals POSCO Atoms
1988 POSCO Atoms Hyundai Horangi
1989 Yukong Kokkiri Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
1990 Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso Daewoo Royals
1991 Daewoo Royals Hyundai Horangi
1992 POSCO Atoms Ilhwa Chunma
1993 Ilhwa Chunma LG Cheetahs
1994 Ilhwa Chunma Yukong Kokkiri
1995 Ilhwa Chunma Pohang Atoms
1996 Ulsan Hyundai Suwon Samsung Bluewings
1997 Busan Daewoo Royals Chunnam Dragons
1998 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
1999 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Busan Daewoo Royals
 

2000—present

Year Winners Runners-up
2000 Anyang LG Cheetahs Bucheon SK
2001 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Anyang LG Cheetahs
2002 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
2003 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
2004 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Pohang Steelers
2005 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi Incheon United
2006 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2007 Pohang Steelers Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2008 Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC Seoul
2009 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2010 FC Seoul Jeju United
2011 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Ulsan Hyundai FC

Titles By Club

Club Champions Runners-Up Winning Seasons Runners-Up Seasons
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
7
3
 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 1992, 2007, 2009
FC Seoul
4
5
 1985, 1990, 2000, 2010 1986, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2008
Pohang Steelers
4
4
 1986, 1988, 1992, 2007 1985, 1987, 1995, 2004
Busan I'Park
4
3
 1984, 1987, 1991, 1997 1983, 1990, 1999
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
4
2
 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008 1996, 2006
Ulsan Hyundai
2
6
 1996, 2005 1988, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2
0
 2009, 2011
Jeju United
1
4
 1989 1984, 1994, 2000, 2010
Hallelujah FC
1
0
 1983
Chunnam Dragons
0
1
 1997
Incheon United
0
1
 2005

Titles By City / Area

  • Since 1987 season : K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.
City / Area Titles Clubs
Seoul
5
 Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (1990), FC Seoul (2010)
Ilhwa Chunma (1993, 1994, 1995)
Seongnam
4
 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
Suwon
4
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008)
Pohang
3
 POSCO Atoms (1988, 1992), Pohang Steelers (2007)
Busan
2
 Daewoo Royals (1991), Busan Daewoo Royals (1997)
Jeonbuk
2
 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2009, 2011)
Ulsan
2
 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi (1996, 2005)
Anyang
1
 Anyang LG Cheetahs (2000)
Busan+Gyeongnam
1
 Daewoo Royals (1987)
Incheon+Gyeonggi
1
 Yukong Kokkiri (1989)

Titles By Province

  • Since 1987 season : K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.
Province Titles City / Area Clubs
Capital Region
15
 (5) Seoul Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (1990), FC Seoul (2010)
Ilhwa Chunma (1993, 1994, 1995)
(4) Suwon Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008)
(4) Seongnam Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
(1) Anyang Anyang LG Cheetahs (2000)
(1) Incheon+Gyeonggi Yukong Kokkiri (1989)
Gyeongsang Region
8
 (3) Pohang POSCO Atoms (1988, 1992), Pohang Steelers (2007)
(2) Busan Daewoo Royals (1991), Busan Daewoo Royals (1997)
(2) Ulsan Ulsan Hyundai Horangi (1996, 2005)
(1) Busan+Gyeongnam Daewoo Royals (1987)
Jeolla Region
2
 (2) Jeonbuk Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2009, 2011)
Chungcheong Region
0
Gangwon Region
0
Jeju Region
0
*Kokkiri means elephant, Hwangso means bull, Horang-i means tiger, Chunma means pegasus

Title Sponsors

Start End Name
1983 1993 None
1994 1995 Hite
1996 1997 Rapido
1998 - Hyundai
1999 - Buy Korea
2000 - Samsung DigiTall
2001 - Posco
2002 2008 Samsung Hauzen
2009 - None
2010 - Hyundai Motor Company Sonata
2011 - Hyundai Oilbank

All-time K-League Clubs

There have been a total of 19 member clubs in the history of the K-League - those clubs are listed below with their current names (where applicable):

  • K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.
Club (Duration) Owner(s) Sponsor(s) Note
POSCO Dolphins (1983-1984)
POSCO Atoms (1985–1994)
Pohang Atoms (1995–1996)
Pohang Steelers (1997–present)		 Pohang Steelworks in POSCO Founded as a Semi-Professional FC on April 1973
Transferred into a Professional FC on February 1984
Hallelujah FC (1983–1985) defunct Shindongah Group Inauguration Date - 20 December 1980
Yukong Kokkiri (1983–1995)
Bucheon Yukong (1996–1997.09.30)
Bucheon SK (1997.10.01–2005)
Jeju United (2006–present)		 SK Energy[1] in SK Group Inauguration Date - 17 December 1982
Daewoo Royals (1983–1995)
Busan Daewoo Royals (1996–1999)
Busan I'cons (2000–2004)
Busan I'Park (2005–present)		 defunct Daewoo Group (1983–1999)
I'Park Sports in Hyundai Development Group (2000–present)		 Founded as a Semi-Professional FC in 1979
Refounded as a Professional FC
Inauguration Date - 3 December 1983
Kookmin Bank FC (1983–1984) Kookmin Bank Played as a Semi-Professional FC
Hyundai Horangi (1984–1995)
Ulsan Hyundai Horangi (1996–2008)
Ulsan Hyundai (2008–present)		 Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group (1984–1997)
Hyundai Heavy Industries in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (1998–present)		 Inauguration Date - 6 December 1983
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (1984–1990)
LG Cheetahs (1991–1995)
Anyang LG Cheetahs (1996–2003)
FC Seoul (2004–present)		 LG Group (1984–2004)
GS Sports in GS Group[2] (2004~present)		 Inauguration Date - 22 December 1983
Hanil Bank FC (1984–1986) Hanil Bank[3] Played as a Semi-Professional FC
Sangmu FC (1985) Ministry of National Defence Played as a Semi-Professional FC
Ilhwa Chunma (1989–1995)
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma (1996–1999)
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2000–present)		 Ilhwa in Tongil Group Inauguration Date - 18 March 1989
Jeonbuk Buffalo (1994) Bobaesoju (1994) Inauguration Date - 1993
Dissolution Date - 1994
Jeonbuk Dinos (1995–1996)
Jeonbuk Hyundai Dinos (1997–1999)
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2000–present)		 Consortium of Hyunyang & Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group and (1995–1998)
Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group (1999–present)		 Inauguration Date - 12 December 1994
Chunnam Dragons (1995–present) Gwangyang Steelworks in POSCO Inauguration Date - 16 December 1994
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1996–present) Samsung Electronics in Samsung Group Inauguration Date - 15 December 1995
Daejeon Citizen (1997–present) Government of Daejeon
Citizen Stockholder		 Kyeryong Construction
Hanwha Group		 Inauguration Date - 12 March 1997
Daegu FC (2003–present) Government of Daegu
Citizen Stockholder		 Doosan Group
Daegu Bank		 Inauguration Date - 19 March 2003
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo (2003–2007)
Gwangju Sangmu FC (2008–2010)
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix (2011–present)		 Ministry of National Defence
Incheon United (2004–present) Government of Incheon
Citizen Stockholder		 Daewoo E&C
Shinhan Bank
GM Daewoo		 Inauguration Date - 1 March 2004
Gyeongnam FC (2006–present) Government of Gyeongsangnam-do
Citizen Stockholder		 STX Corporation
Gyeongnam Bank		 Inauguration Date - 17 January 2006
Gangwon FC (2009–present) Government of Gangwon-do
Citizen Stockholder		 High1 Resort
Nong Hyup		 Inauguration Date - 18 December 2008
Gwangju FC (2011–present) Government of Gwangju
Citizen Stockholder		 Gwangju Bank Inauguration Date - 16 December 2010

[1] Yokong renamed to SK Energy
[2] GS Group is separated from LG Group
[3] Hanil Bank is merged by Woori Bank
Note : Kokkiri means elephant, Horang-i means tiger, Hwangso means bull, Chunma means pegasus, Bulsajo means phoenix.

Franchise relocations in K-League

  • Not Franchised Period (1983–1986) : K-League Clubs had franchise but clubs played the all game of round at one stadium.
  • Franchised Period (1987–present) : K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.
  • Clubs which are not listed in the table don't have franchise relocations.
Club Original City / Area
(Joined Year)		 Not Franchised Period
1983-1986		 Franchised Period
1987–present
Pohang Steelers Daegu+Gyeongbuk (1983) N/A Pohang (1990 / 1988[1]-present)
Jeju United Seoul+Incheon+Gyeonggi (1983) Seoul (1984) Incheon+Gyeonggi (1987) ▶ Seoul (1991)
▶ Bucheon / Mok-dong, Seoul (1996)[2] ▶ Bucheon (2001) ▶ Jeju (2006–present)
Busan I'Park Busan+Gyeongnam (1983) N/A Busan (1990 / 1989[1]-present)
Ulsan Hyundai Incheon+Gyeonggi (1984) Incheon+Gyeonggi+Gangwon(1986) Gangwon (1987) ▶ Ulsan (1990–present)
FC Seoul Chungcheong (1984) N/A Chungcheong (1987) ▶ Seoul (1990) ▶ Anyang (1996) ▶ Seoul (2004–present)
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seoul (1989) N/A Cheonan (1996) ▶ Seongnam (2000–present)
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix Gwangju (2003) N/A Gwangju (2003) ▶ Sangju (2011–present)

[1] K-League officially began city franchise policy in 1990, But Pohang Stleeers began in 1988 and Busan I'Park began in 1989.
[2] Actually Bucheon SK held all home matches at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000. Because Bucheon Stadium was under construction.

K-League Awards

Players

Scorers

Following list is all-time top scorers in the K-League. Goals are including league and league cup goals.

Rank Player Goals
1 Woo Sung-Yong 116
2 Lee Dong-Gook 115
3 Kim Do-Hoon 114
4 Kim Hyun-Seok 110
5 Saša Drakulić 104
6 Kim Eun-Jung 103
7 Yoon Sang-Chul 101
8 Shin Tae-Yong 99
9 Dejan Damjanović 90
10 Roh Sang-Rae 76
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football,
Bold denotes players still playing in the K-League).

Appearances

Following list is all-time most appearances in the K-League. Appearances are including league and league cup.

Rank Player Appearances
1 Kim Byung-Ji 568
2 Kim Gi-Dong 501
3 Choi Eun-Sung 464
4 Woo Sung-Yong 439
5 Kim Sang-Sik 411
6 Shin Tae-Yong 401
7 Kim Hyun-Soo 383
8 Lee Woon-Jae 377
9 Kim Hyun-Seok 371
10 Kim Han-Yoon 367
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football,
Bold denotes players still playing in the K-League).

Foreign Players

See also: List of foreign K-League players
Season Squad Play in match Note
1983–1993 2 2
1994 3 2 If three players chosen to South Korea in one club,
three foreign players can play.
1995 3 3
1996–2000 5 3 From 1997 season, foreign goalkeepers were restricted in play the match.
* 1997 season : Two-third of all matches
* 1998 season : one-third of all matches
* From 1999 season : foreign goalkeepers were restricted in K-League
2001–2002 7 3 Temporary operation due to support the World Cup
2003–2004 5 3
2005 4 3
2006–2008 3 3
2009– 3+1 3+1 '+1' is Asian quota.

At the inception of the K-League in 1983, only two Brazilian players made rosters. At the time, rules allowed each club to have three foreign players and that the three could also play simultaneously in a game. From the 1996 season, each team had five foreign players among whom three could play in a game at the same time. Moreover, from the 2000 season to the 2002 season, the limit on foreign players was expanded seven but only three could play in a game at the same time. The limit was lower to five in 2003, four in 2005, and three in 2007. From the 2009 season, the number of foreign players went back up to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.

In the 1985 season, Piyapong Pue-on of Thailand led foreign players in the league in scoring and assists. Other leading players were Rade Bogdanović, who had 10 goals and 10 assists in the 1996 season. Valeri Sarychev, the K-League's most famous foreign goalkeeper, played in 320 league games from 1992 to 2004. He was eventually naturalized as a Korean citizen and given the Korean name Shin Eui-Son which means God's hand because of his stellar play.

In the 1990s, the trend was for the K-League to get foreign players from Eastern Europe like Rade Bogdanović, Radivoje Manic, Saša Drakulić and Denis Laktionov. From 2000, Brazilians became the K-League's priority such as Tavares, Mota, Nádson, Adilson and Edu. Since 2009, players from AFC have been fairly popular especially those from Australia, China PR, Japan and Uzbekistan.

Notable Foreign Players
Africa
Asia
Europe
Europe (cont.)
South America
South America (cont.)
North America, Central America & Caribbean

Crest

See also

References

  1. ^ "The World Cup 2006 in TIME Europe Magazine". Time. October 7, 2006. http://www.time.com/time/europe/2006/wcup/asiaswoes.html. 

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