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{| class="infobox football" style="width: 16em; text-align: center;"
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! style="font-size: 16px;" | K-League
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[Image:Current_sport.svg|40px|]] ''[[K-League 2008]]''
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| style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;" | [[Image:K-League.jpg]]
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Founded'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[1983]]
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Nation'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | {{KOR}}
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Lower Division'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[Korea National League|National League]]<br/>(No relegation)
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Number of Teams'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | 14
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Asian Qualification'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[AFC Champions League]] <br> [[A3 Champions Cup]]
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''League system'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | Regular season where teams play each other home and away for a total of 26 matches. Upon completion of the regular season, the top six enter the championship playoff until the eventual championship final involving the prevailing side taking on the first placed team in a home and away series.
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Cups'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[Korean FA Cup|FA Cup]]
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[Hauzen Cup]]
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Current Champions ([[2007]])'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | [[Pohang Steelers]]
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| style="font-size: 12px; background: #BFD7FF;" | '''Website'''
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| style="font-size: 12px;" | [http://www.kleaguei.com/ Official]
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{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=K-리그|rr=K-League}}
The '''Korea Professional Football League (K-League)''' is South Korea's top-flight professional club football league, with 14 member 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'', ''Daewoo'', ''POSCO'', ''Yukong Elephants'' and ''Kookmin Bank''. ''Hallelujah'' won the inaugural title, finishing one point ahead of ''Daewoo'' to lift the crown.
In [[1994]], Korea's football league was reformed and renamed the '''K-League'''. Since its creation, the league has expanded from an initial five to fourteen teams. Of the five inaugural clubs, only Daewoo, POSCO and Yukong Elephants remain in the K-League; [[Kookmin Bank FC]] dropped out of the league at the end of 1984, and [[Hallelujah Football Club|Hallelujah]] followed the season after.
== Structure ==
At present the K-League is the only professional league in Korea, the K-League, and it contains fourteen member clubs.
Below the level of the K-League there is the [[Korea National League|National League]], a closed semi-professional/amateur league with fourteen members, established in 2003. The third level of football in Korea is the [[K3 League]].
There is, at present, no official system of promotion and relegation between any of the three leagues, however since 2006 the champions of the National League have been eligible for promotion to the K-League provided they meet 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.
== The league season ==
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 2008 the league will operate with a full stage regular season followed by a top six championship playoff system.
The fourteen member clubs play each other twice in the regular season giving a total of 26 matches. The top six sides at the end of the regular season will enter the championship playoffs. 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 2007.
The K-League champions gain entry to the [[AFC Champions League]] the following season.
=== K-League member clubs in 2008 ===
{{location map start |South Korea |float=right |width=330}}
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{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=35.144494 |long=127.727566 |label=<!-- [[Chunnam Dragons ]] -->|position=bottom}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=35.829818|long=128.690243|label=<!-- [[Daegu FC]] -->|position=left}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=36.323061|long=127.42806|label=<!-- [[Daejeon Citizen]] -->|position=right}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=37.56829 |long=126.897197 |label=<!-- [[FC Seoul]] -->|position=left}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=35.133668 |long=126.874881 |label=<!-- [[Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix]] -->|position=left}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=35.233947 |long=128.664751 |label=<!-- [[Gyeongnam FC]] -->|position=left}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=37.434999 |long=126.690731 |label=<!-- [[Incheon United]] -->|position=right}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=33.555758 |long=126.509156 |label=<!-- [[Jeju United FC]] -->|position=right}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=35.867943 |long=127.064481 |label=<!-- [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] -->|position=right}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=35.997695 |long=129.38427 |label=<!-- [[Pohang Steelers]] -->|position=right}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=37.410127 |long=127.121344 |label=<!-- [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]] -->|position=right}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=37.286278 |long=127.036889 |label=<!-- [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] -->|position=left}}
{{location map marker |South Korea |lat=35.55 |long=129.316667 |label=<!-- [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]] -->|position=left}}
<div style="position: absolute;right:65px;bottom:120px;font-size: smaller;">[[Busan I'Park]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:145px;bottom:102px;font-size: smaller;">[[Chunnam Dragons ]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:195px;bottom:155px;font-size: smaller;">[[Daegu FC]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:52px;top:152px;font-size: smaller;">[[Daejeon Citizen]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:62px;top:75px;font-size: smaller;">[[FC Seoul]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:1px;bottom:105px;font-size: smaller;">[[Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;right:140px;bottom:126px;font-size: smaller;">[[Gyeongnam FC]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:20px;top:88px;font-size: smaller;">[[Incheon United]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:20px;bottom:20px;font-size: smaller;">[[Jeju United FC]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:5px;bottom:165px;font-size: smaller;">[[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:215px;bottom:172px;font-size: smaller;">[[Pohang Steelers]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:128px;top:90px;font-size: smaller;">[[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:120px;top:105px;font-size: smaller;">[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]</div>
<div style="position: absolute;left:215px;bottom:145px;font-size: smaller;">[[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]</div>
{{location map end |South Korea|caption=Locations of the K-League 2008 teams}}
*[[Busan I'Park]]
*[[Chunnam Dragons]]
*[[Daegu FC]]
*[[Daejeon Citizen]]
*[[FC Seoul]]
*[[Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix]]
*[[Gyeongnam FC]]
*[[Incheon United]]
*[[Jeju United FC]]
*[[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]]
*[[Pohang Steelers]]
*[[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]
*[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
*[[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
A number of the member clubs are owned by major Korean [[Chaebol|''Chaebols'']], and the club names reflect that fact. Teams 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|''Busan I'Park'']].
Although a number of K-League teams have relocated in the past, the ''Lucky Goldstar'' ([[Lucky Group|LG]]) corporation caused a huge controversy{{Nonspecific|date=November 2007}} at the end of [[2003]] when they made the decision to uproot their [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|''Anyang LG Cheetahs'']] team from the [[Seoul]] satellite city of [[Anyang, Gyeonggi|Anyang]] and move into the empty [[Seoul World Cup Stadium|Seoul World Cup stadium]], becoming [[FC Seoul|''FC Seoul'']]. Then following the 2005 season SK announced it was moving the [[Bucheon FC|''Bucheon SK'']] team to the island of [[Jeju-do|Jeju]], where they became [[Jeju United FC|''Jeju United FC'']].
== K-League history ==
''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):
=== K-League champions ===
*[[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]: 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
*[[Busan I'Park]]: 1984, 1987, 1991, 1997
*[[Pohang Steelers]]: 1986, 1988, 1992, 2007
*[[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]]: 1985, 1990, 2000
*[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]: 1998, 1999, 2004
*[[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]: 1996, 2005
*[[Hallelujah Football Club|Hallelujah]]: 1983
*[[Bucheon FC|Bucheon SK]]: 1989
=== Winners (year by year) ===
{|class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt"
| width="60" Height="14.25" valign="bottom" | Year
| width="183" valign="bottom" | Winner
| width="153" valign="bottom" | Runner-up
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1983|1983]]
| [[Hallelujah Football Club|Hallelujah]]
| [[Busan I'Park|Daewoo]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1984|1984]]
| [[Busan I'Park|Daewoo Royals]]
| [[Bucheon FC|Yukong Kokkiri]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1985|1985]]
| [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso]]
| [[Pohang Steelers|POSCO Atoms]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1986|1986]]
| [[Pohang Steelers|POSCO Atoms]]
| [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1987|1987]]
| [[Busan I'Park|Daewoo Royals]]
| [[Pohang Steelers|POSCO Atoms]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1988|1988]]
| [[Pohang Steelers|POSCO Atoms]]
| [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i|Hyundai Horang-i]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1989|1989]]
| [[Bucheon FC|Yukong Kokkiri]]
| [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1990|1990]]
| [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso]]
| [[Busan I'Park|Daewoo Royals]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1991|1991]]
| [[Busan I'Park|Daewoo Royals]]
| [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i|Hyundai Horang-i]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1992|1992]]
| [[Pohang Steelers|POSCO Atoms]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|Ilhwa Chunma]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1993|1993]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|Ilhwa Chunma]]
| [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|LG Cheetahs]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1994|1994]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|Ilhwa Chunma]]
| [[Bucheon FC|Yukong Elephants]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1995|1995]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|Ilhwa Chunma]]
| [[Pohang Steelers|Pohang Atoms]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1996|1996]]
| [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
| [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1997|1997]]
| [[Busan I'Park|Busan Daewoo Royals]]
| [[Chunnam Dragons]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1998|1998]]
| [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 1999|1999]]
| [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| [[Busan I'Park|Busan Daewoo Royals]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 2000|2000]]
| [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]]
| [[Bucheon FC|Bucheon SK]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 2001|2001]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]
| [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 2002|2002]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]
| [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 2003|2003]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]
| [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 2004|2004]]
| [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| [[Pohang Steelers]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 2005|2005]]
| [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
| [[Incheon United]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 2006|2006]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]
| [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
|- valign="bottom"
|style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:11pt" Height="14.25" | [[K-League 2007|2007]]
| [[Pohang Steelers]]
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]
|}
===Winner (by team)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Winner
! Runner-up
|-
| [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]
| 7 ([[K-League 1993|1993]], [[K-League 1994|1994]], [[K-League 1995|1995]], [[K-League 2001|2001]], [[K-League 2002|2002]], [[K-League 2003|2003]], [[K-League 2006|2006]])
| 2 ([[K-League 1992|1992]], [[K-League 2007|2007]])
|-
| [[Pohang Steelers]]
| 4 ([[K-League 1986|1986]], [[K-League 1988|1988]], [[K-League 1992|1992]], [[K-League 2007|2007]])
| 4 ([[K-League 1985|1985]], [[K-League 1987|1987]], [[K-League 1995|1995]], [[K-League 2004|2004]])
|-
| [[Busan I'Park]]
| 4 ([[K-League 1984|1984]], [[K-League 1987|1987]], [[K-League 1991|1991]], [[K-League 1997|1997]])
| 3 ([[K-League 1983|1983]], [[K-League 1990|1990]], [[K-League 1999|1999]])
|-
| [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]]
| 3 ([[K-League 1985|1985]], [[K-League 1990|1990]], [[K-League 2000|2000]])
| 4 ([[K-League 1986|1986]], [[K-League 1989|1989]], [[K-League 1993|1993]], [[K-League 2001|2001]])
|-
| [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| 3 ([[K-League 1998|1998]], [[K-League 1999|1999]], [[K-League 2004|2004]])
| 2 ([[K-League 1996|1996]], [[K-League 2006|2006]])
|-
| [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
| 2 ([[K-League 1996|1996]], [[K-League 2005|2005]])
| 5 ([[K-League 1988|1988]], [[K-League 1991|1991]], [[K-League 1998|1998]], [[K-League 2002|2002]], [[K-League 2003|2003]])
|-
| [[Bucheon FC|Bucheon SK]]
| 1 ([[K-League 1989|1989]])
| 3 ([[K-League 1984|1984]], [[K-League 1994|1994]], [[K-League 2000|2000]])
|-
| [[Hallelujah Football Club|Hallelujah FC]]
| 1 ([[K-League 1983|1983]])
|
|-
| [[Chunnam Dragons]]
|
| 1 ([[K-League 1997|1997]])
|-
| [[Incheon United]]
|
| 1 ([[K-League 2005|2005]])
|}
=== K-League Sponsors ===
*1983-1985: Korean Football Super League (No Sponsor)
*1986: Football Festival & Professional Football Championship (Two kinds of championships, No Sponsor)
*1987-1992: Korean Professional Football Championship (No Sponsor)
*1993-1995: Hite Cup Korean League
*1996-1997: Rapido Cup Korean League
*1998: Hyundai Cup K-League
*1999: Buy Korea Cup K-League
*2000: Samsung Digital K-League
*2001: POSCO K-League
*2002: Samsung PAVV K-League
*2003-present: Samsung Hauzen K-League
=== All-time K-League member clubs ===
There have been a total of 17 member clubs in the history of the K-League - those clubs are listed below with their current names (where applicable):
*[[Hallelujah Football Club|Hallelujah]] (1983-1985)
*[[Hanil Bank]] (1984-1986)
*[[Busan I'Park]] (1983-present) (formerly Busan Daewoo Royals)
*[[Pohang Steelers]] (1983-present)
*[[Kookmin Bank FC|Kookmin Bank]] (1983-1984)
*[[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]] (1984-present)
*[[Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix]] (1985; 2003-present)
*[[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]] (1989-present) (formerly Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma)
*[[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] (1994-present) (formerly [[Jeonbuk Buffalo]])
*[[Chunnam Dragons]] (1995-present)
*[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] (1996-present)
*[[Daejeon Citizen]] (1997-present)
*[[Daegu FC]] (2003-present)
*[[FC Seoul]] (1984-present) (formerly Anyang LG Cheetahs)
*[[Incheon United]] (2004-present)
*[[Jeju United FC]] (1983-present) (formerly Bucheon SK)
*[[Gyeongnam FC]] (2006-present)
== Famous players ==
*{{Player||Australia|[[Ahmad Elrich]]}} - formerly of [[Busan I'Park]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[André Luiz Alves Santos|ANDRE Luiz Alves Santos]]}} - formerly of [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Dodô]]}} - formerly of [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Itamar Batista Da Silva|ITAMAR Batista da Silva]]}} - formerly of [[Chunnam Dragons]], [[Pohang Steelers]], [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]] and [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Magno Alves|MAGNO Alves]]}} - formerly of [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[João Soares da Mota Neto|João Soares da MOTA Neto]]}} - [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Nadson Rodrigues de Souza|NADSON Rodrigues de Souza]]}} - [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Adilson Ferreira de Souza]]}} (registered as POPO) - formerly of [[Busan I'Park]] and [[Gyeongnam FC]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Sandro Cardoso dos Santos|SANDRO Cardoso dos Santos]]}} - [[Chunnam Dragons]]. Formerly of [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Sandro Hiroshi|SANDRO Hiroshi]]}} - [[Chunnam Dragons]]. Formerly of [[Daegu FC]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Rogerio Pinheiro Dos Santos|Rogerio Pinherio dos SANTOS]]}} - [[Gyeongnam FC]]. Formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[André Luiz Tavares|Tavares]]}} - formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||Brazil|[[Tuta (footballer)|Tuta]]}} - formerly of [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]] and [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Croatia|[[Mato Neretljak]]}} - [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Iraq|[[Abbas Obeid Jassim]]}} - formerly of [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]] and [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||Japan|[[Masakiyo Maezono]]}} - formerly of [[Anyang_Cheetahs_FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]] and [[Incheon United]].
*{{Player||Macedonia|[[Goran Petreski]]}} (registered as KONAN) - formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||North Korea|[[Ahn_Young-Hak|Ahn Young-Hak]]}} - [[Busan I'Park]] and [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Portugal|[[Edmilson Dias de Lucena|EDMILSON Dias de Lucena]]}} - formerly of [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]].
*{{Player||Romania|[[Pavel Badea]]}} - formerly of [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Romania|[[Gabriel Popescu]]}} (registered as "GABIE") - formerly of [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Romania|[[Adrian Neaga]]}} - formerly of [[Chunnam Dragons]] and [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]].
*{{Player||Serbia|[[Rade Bogdanović]]}} - formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||Serbia|[[Saša Drakulić]]}} - formerly of [[Busan Icons|Busan Daewoo]], [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] and [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]].
*{{Player||Serbia|[[Radivoje Manic]]}} - formerly of [[Busan I'Park|Busan Daewoo/I.cons]] and [[Incheon United]].
*{{Player||Serbia|[[Zoran Urumov]]}} - formerly of [[Busan Icons|Busan I.cons]] and [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||Turkey|[[Alpay Özalan]]}} - formerly of [[Incheon United]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Ahn Jung-Hwan]]}} - [[Busan I'Park]]. Formerly of [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Choi In-Young]]}} - formerly of [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Choi Jin-Cheul]]}} - formerly of [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Choi Soon-Ho]]}} - formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Choi Sung-Yong]]}} - formerly of [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] and [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Ha Seok-Ju]]}} - formerly of [[Busan I'Park|Busan Daewoo]] and [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Hong Myung-Bo]]}} - formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Huh Jung-Moo]]}} - formerly of [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Hwang Sun-Hong]]}} - formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]], [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] and [[Chunnam Dragons]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Kim Dae-Eui]]}} - [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]. Formerly of [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Kim Do-Hoon]]}} - formerly of [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] and [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Kim Do-Keun]]}} - formerly of [[Chunnam Dragons]], [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] and [[Gyeongnam FC]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Kim Gi-Dong]]}} - [[Pohang Steelers]]. Formerly of [[Bucheon FC|Bucheon SK]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Kim Joo-Sung]]}} - formerly of [[Busan I'Park|Busan Daewoo]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Kim Hyun-Seok]]}} - formerly of [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Kim Nam-Il]]}} - formerly of [[Chunnam Dragons]] and [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Ko Jong-Soo]]}} - [[Daejeon Citizen]]. Formerly of [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] and [[Chunnam Dragons]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Denis Laktionov]] ''a.k.a. "Lee Seongnam"''}} - formerly of [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]], [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]] and [[Busan I'Park]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Lee Chun-Soo]]}} - formerly of [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Lee Dong-Gook]]}} - formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]] and [[Gwangju Sangmu]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Lee Eul-Yong]]}} - [[FC Seoul]]. Formerly of [[Bucheon FC|Bucheon SK]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Lee Kwan-Woo]]}} - [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]. Formerly of [[Daejeon Citizen]].
*{{flagicon|CRO}}{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Sa-Vik]] (formerly Jasenko Sabitović) - [[Chunnam Dragons]]. Formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]], [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]] and [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Lee Woon-Jae]]}} - [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Lee Young-Pyo]]}} - formerly of [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Noh Jung-Yoon]]}} - formerly of [[Busan I'Park]] and [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Park Chu-Young]]}} - [[FC Seoul]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Park Kun-Ha]]}} - formerly of [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Park Tae-Ha]]}} - formerly of [[Pohang Steelers]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Roh Sang-Rae]]}} - formerly of [[Chunnam Dragons]] and [[Daegu FC]].
*{{flagicon|USSR}}{{flagicon|TJK}}{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Valeri Sarychev]] (a.k.a. "Shin Eui-Son" or ''Hand of god'') - formerly of [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|Cheonan Ilhwa]], [[Anyang Cheetahs FC]] and [[FC Seoul]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Seo Jung-Won]]}} - formerly of [[Anyang Cheetahs FC|Anyang LG Cheetahs]] and [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Shin Tae-Yong]]}} - Formerly of [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Song Chong-Gug]]}} - [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]. Formerly of [[Busan I'Park]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Woo Sung-Yong]]}} - [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]. Formerly of [[Busan I'Park]], [[Pohang Steelers]] [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Yoo Sang-Chul]]}} - Formerly of [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]].
*{{Player||South Korea|[[Yoon Jung-Hwan]]}} - Formerly of [[Bucheon FC|Bucheon SK]], [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]] and [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]].
==See also==
*[[List of football clubs in South Korea]]
*[[List of South Korean footballers]]
*[[List of Korea-related topics]]
*[[Sports league attendances]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.kleaguei.com Official K-League website (Korean only)]
*[http://www.rokfootball.com ROKfootball.com website (English only)]
*[http://www.footcoreen.com Footcoreen.com website (French only)]
*[http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/korean-soccer/index.html Regular K-League news and player profiles]
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