2004 K League

The 2004 K League was the 22nd season of the K League. The previous single format of the league was replaced by two regular stages and playoffs in this season. Each team played a total of 12 matches against every other team in each stage. After both stages were finished, two winners and the top two clubs in the overall table qualified for the playoffs.

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K League

Season	2004
Dates	Regular season: 3 April – 20 November 2004 Championship: 5–12 December 2004
Champions	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (3rd title)
Champions League	Suwon Samsung Bluewings Busan I'Cons
Matches played	156
Goals scored	297 (1.9 per match)
Best Player	Nádson
Top goalscorer	Mota (14 goals)
← 2003 2005 →

Regular season

First stage

The first place team qualify for the championship playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pohang Steelers	12	6	5	1	16	12	+4	23	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	5	5	2	16	9	+7	20
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	5	5	2	11	8	+3	20
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	12	5	3	4	19	16	+3	18
5	FC Seoul	12	3	7	2	12	10	+2	16
6	Jeonnam Dragons	12	3	6	3	17	13	+4	15
7	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	12	3	6	3	11	12	−1	15
8	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	4	3	5	13	16	−3	15
9	Busan I'Cons	12	2	8	2	7	8	−1	14
10	Daegu FC	12	3	3	6	19	19	0	12
11	Daejeon Citizen	12	2	6	4	9	11	−2	12
12	Bucheon SK	12	1	8	3	7	12	−5	11
13	Incheon United	12	2	3	7	9	20	−11	9

Source: RSSSF

Second stage

The first place team qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	12	7	2	3	12	8	+4	23	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Jeonnam Dragons	12	6	4	2	12	7	+5	22
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	6	3	3	11	6	+5	21
4	Incheon United	12	4	5	3	11	9	+2	17
5	FC Seoul	12	4	5	3	8	7	+1	17
6	Busan I'Cons	12	4	4	4	14	11	+3	16
7	Daegu FC	12	4	4	4	11	12	−1	16
8	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	12	3	5	4	7	8	−1	14
9	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	3	5	4	10	12	−2	14
10	Bucheon SK	12	3	5	4	12	15	−3	14
11	Daejeon Citizen	12	4	2	6	9	15	−6	14
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	3	3	6	7	9	−2	12
13	Pohang Steelers	12	2	3	7	7	12	−5	9

Source: RSSSF

Overall table

The top two teams in the overall table qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	24	11	8	5	22	14	+8	41	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	24	12	5	7	31	24	+7	41	Second stage winners
3	Jeonnam Dragons	24	9	10	5	29	20	+9	37	Qualification for the playoffs
4	FC Seoul	24	7	12	5	20	17	+3	33
5	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	24	8	8	8	23	18	+5	32
6	Pohang Steelers	24	8	8	8	23	24	−1	32	First stage winners
7	Busan I'Cons	24	6	12	6	21	19	+2	30	Qualification for the Champions League[a]
8	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	24	6	11	7	18	20	−2	29
9	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	24	7	8	9	23	28	−5	29
10	Daegu FC	24	7	7	10	30	31	−1	28
11	Daejeon Citizen	24	6	8	10	18	26	−8	26
12	Incheon United	24	6	8	10	20	29	−9	26
13	Bucheon SK	24	4	13	7	19	27	−8	25

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2004 K League Championship

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings		1
	Jeonnam Dragons		0
						Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)		0	0	0 (4)
						Pohang Steelers		0	0	0 (3)
	Pohang Steelers		1
	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i		0

Final table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Pohang Steelers
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
4	Jeonnam Dragons

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Apps
1	Mota	Jeonnam Dragons	14	22
2	Nonato	Daegu FC	13	23
3	Nadson	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	12	26
4	Woo Sung-yong	Pohang Steelers	10	26
5	Kim Eun-jung	FC Seoul	8	24
	Marcel	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	8	26
7	Zé Carlos	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	7	12
	Ricardo Irineu	Bucheon SK	7	22
9	Cheick Oumar Dabo	Bucheon SK	6	15
	Andy Cooke	Busan I'Cons	6	20
	Itamar	Jeonnam Dragons	6	22
	André Luiz Tavares	Pohang Steelers	6	23

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player[1]	Nádson	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Top goalscorer[2]	Mota	Jeonnam Dragons
Top assist provider[3]	Hong Soon-hak	Daegu FC
Rookie of the Year[1]	Moon Min-kui	Pohang Steelers
Manager of the Year[1]	Cha Bum-kun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Lee Woon-jae	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defenders	Rogério Pinheiro	Pohang Steelers
	Yoo Kyoung-youl	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
	Javier Martín Musa	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Kwak Hee-ju	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Midfielders	Kim Dong-jin	FC Seoul
	André Luiz Tavares	Pohang Steelers
	Kim Do-heon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Kim Dae-eui	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Forwards	Nádson	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Mota	Jeonnam Dragons

Source:^[1]

See also

• 2004 K League Championship
• 2004 Korean League Cup
• 2004 Korean FA Cup