2005 K League

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K League
Season	2005
Dates	Regular season:; 15 May – 9 November 2005; Championship:; 20 November – 4 December 2005
Champions	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i; (2nd title)
Champions League	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i; Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Matches played	156
Goals scored	373 (2.39 per match)
Best Player	Lee Chun-soo
Top goalscorer	Leandro Machado; (13 goals)
	← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 K League was the 23rd season of the K League. It kicked off on May 15, and was finished on 4 December. The format of the regular season and championship playoffs was the same as the one used in the 2004 season.

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Busan IPark won the first stage, and the second stage was won by Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. Two winners were guaranteed their slot in the end-of-season playoffs. Incheon United and Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i also joined the playoffs according to the overall table after two stages. In the semi-finals Ulsan defeated Seongnam 2–1, and Incheon defeated Busan 2–0. The two victorious teams faced each other in the two-legged championship final. Ulsan won the first leg 5–1 at the Incheon stadium, and though Incheon won the second leg 2–1, Ulsan lifted their second league title 6–3 on aggregate.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Bucheon SK	Agostinho	Irineu	Sérgio Júnior	-	-
Busan IPark	Luciano Valente	Popó	Felix Nzeina	-	Da Silva
Chunnam Dragons	Fabio Pereira	Ricardo Villar	Adrian Mihalcea	Adrian Neaga	Fábio Júnior Marian Aliuță
Daegu	Índio	Sandro Hiroshi	Thiago Gentil	-	Santiago
Daejeon Citizen	Alison	Leandrão	Luciano Ratinho	Henrique Dias	-
FC Seoul	Da Silva	Nonato	Pedro Franco	Ricardo Nascimento	-
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	-	-	-	-	-
Incheon United	Selmir	Jasmin Agić	Dženan Radončić	Sebastjan Cimirotič	Radivoje Manić
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Edmilson	Neto Baiano	Raphael Botti	Milton Rodríguez	Marco Antônio Paulo César
Pohang Steelers	Andrezinho	Da Silva	Rogério Pinheiro	Wellington Amorim	André Gomes Itamar
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Dudu	Fabrício	Mota	Ricardo	Jefferson Feijão
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Itamar	Nádson	Sandro	Mato Neretljak	Javier Musa
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Javier Musa	Leandro Machado	-	-	Barbieri Reinaldo Zé Carlos

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Busan IPark	12	7	4	1	17	10	+7	25	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Incheon United	12	7	3	2	20	13	+7	24
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	7	1	4	16	13	+3	22
4	Pohang Steelers	12	6	3	3	14	11	+3	21
5	FC Seoul	12	5	4	3	22	19	+3	19
6	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	4	4	4	18	15	+3	16
7	Bucheon SK	12	4	4	4	10	10	0	16
8	Daejeon Citizen	12	2	8	2	11	11	0	14
9	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	12	3	5	4	18	19	−1	14
10	Jeonnam Dragons	12	3	5	4	13	14	−1	14
11	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	2	3	7	13	19	−6	9
12	Daegu FC	12	2	3	7	14	25	−11	9
13	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	12	1	3	8	16	23	−7	6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	8	3	1	22	9	+13	27	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Bucheon SK	12	8	2	2	16	8	+8	26
3	Daegu FC	12	6	3	3	15	11	+4	21
4	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	6	3	3	15	11	+4	21
5	Incheon United	12	6	3	3	16	13	+3	21
6	Pohang Steelers	12	5	4	3	14	11	+3	19
7	Daejeon Citizen	12	4	4	4	8	9	−1	16
8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	12	3	5	4	11	13	−2	14
9	FC Seoul	12	3	4	5	15	13	+2	13
10	Jeonnam Dragons	12	4	1	7	10	15	−5	13
11	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	12	3	2	7	7	15	−8	11
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	2	3	7	11	22	−11	9
13	Busan IPark	12	0	3	9	11	21	−10	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon United	24	13	6	5	36	26	+10	45	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	24	12	7	5	40	24	+16	43	Second stage winners
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	24	13	4	7	31	24	+7	43	Qualification for the playoffs
4	Bucheon SK	24	12	6	6	26	18	+8	42
5	Pohang Steelers	24	11	7	6	28	22	+6	40
6	FC Seoul	24	8	8	8	37	32	+5	32
7	Daejeon Citizen	24	6	12	6	19	20	−1	30
8	Daegu FC	24	8	6	10	29	36	−7	30
9	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	24	6	10	8	29	32	−3	28
10	Busan IPark	24	7	7	10	28	31	−3	28	First stage winners
11	Jeonnam Dragons	24	7	6	11	23	29	−6	27
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	24	4	6	14	24	41	−17	18	Qualification for the Champions League^[a]
13	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	24	4	5	15	23	38	−15	17

Semi-finals		Final

Busan IPark	0

Incheon United	2
		Incheon United	1	2	3

		Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	5	1	6
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2

2005 K League

Foreign players

Regular season

First stage

Second stage

Overall table

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Final table

Top scorers

Awards

Main awards

Best XI

See also

References

External links

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