2008 K League

Samsung Hauzen
K League
Season	2008
Dates	Regular season:; 8 March – 9 November 2008; Championship:; 22 November – 7 December 2008
Champions	Suwon Samsung Bluewings; (4th title)
Champions League	Suwon Samsung Bluewings; FC Seoul; Ulsan Hyundai; Pohang Steelers
Matches played	182
Goals scored	485 (2.66 per match)
Best Player	Lee Woon-jae
Top goalscorer	Dudu; (15 goals)
Average attendance	2,347,897
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 K League was the 26th season of the K League. The regular season and playoffs' format was the same as the one used in the 2007 season. It began on March 8, and the final of the playoffs finished on 7 December.

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

On 2 August 2008, the first ever Jomo Cup kicked off. The K League All-Stars squared off against the J.League All-Stars at the Japan National Stadium. Lee Woon-jae was selected as the K League All-Star Team's captain and Cha Bum-kun managed the squad. The K League All-Stars won the game by a score of 3–1.^[1]

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Club	Manager	City	Stadium	2007 season
Busan IPark	Hwang Sun-hong	Busan	Busan Asiad Stadium	13th place
Jeonnam Dragons	Park Hang-seo	Gwangyang	Gwang-Yang Stadium	10th place
Daegu FC	Byun Byung-joo	Daegu	Daegu World Cup Stadium	12th place
Daejeon Citizen	Kim Ho	Daejeon	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	6th place
FC Seoul	Şenol Güneş	Seoul	Seoul World Cup Stadium	7th place
Gwangju Sangmu	Lee Kang-jo	Gwangju	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	14th place
Gyeongnam FC	Cho Kwang-rae	Changwon	Changwon Civil Stadium	5th place
Incheon United	Chang Woe-ryong	Incheon	Incheon Munhak Stadium	9th place
Jeju United	Arthur Bernardes	Seogwipo	Jeju World Cup Stadium	11th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Choi Kang-hee	Jeonju	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	8th place
Pohang Steelers	Sérgio Farias	Pohang	Steelyard Stadium	Champions
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Kim Hak-bum	Seongnam	Seongnam 2 Stadium	Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Cha Bum-kun	Suwon	Suwon World Cup Stadium	3rd place
Ulsan Hyundai	Kim Jung-nam	Ulsan	Munsu Cup Stadium	4th place

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former player(s)
Busan IPark	Di Fábio	Paulinho Guará	Pingo	Reinaldo Zé Augusto
Jeonnam Dragons	Adriano Chuva	Renato	Victor Simões	Sandro Hiroshi
Daegu	Eninho	Leandro	Geovane	Alexsandro Jorge Santos
Daejeon Citizen	Walter Minhoca	Selmir	Eric Obinna	Edson Araújo
FC Seoul	Adilson	Dejan Damjanović	Ceyhun Eriş	Kiki Musampa
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam	Almir	Índio		Wellington Silva
Incheon United	Dženan Radončić	Dragan Mladenović	Borko Veselinović
Jeju United	Ednilton Souza	Rômulo		Rafael Paty Ricardinho
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Luiz Henrique	Jusuf Dajić	Aleksandar Petrović	Zé Carlos Antonio Franja Stevica Ristić
Pohang Steelers	Denílson	Stevica Ristić		Clodoaldo
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Juan Carlos Arce	Dudu	Mota
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Edu	Lucas Pereira	Mato Neretljak	Luiz Henrique
Ulsan Hyundai	Almir	Brasília	Luizinho	Ferreira Pedrão

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	26	17	3	6	46	24	+22	54	Qualification for the playoffs final
2	FC Seoul	26	15	9	2	44	25	+19	54	Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	26	15	6	5	45	21	+24	51	Qualification for the playoffs first round
4	Ulsan Hyundai	26	14	7	5	39	26	+13	49
5	Pohang Steelers	26	13	5	8	43	34	+9	44
6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	26	11	4	11	39	37	+2	37
7	Incheon United	26	9	9	8	29	30	−1	36
8	Gyeongnam FC	26	10	5	11	35	39	−4	35
9	Jeonnam Dragons	26	8	5	13	26	40	−14	29
10	Jeju United	26	7	7	12	23	31	−8	28
11	Daegu FC	26	8	2	16	46	58	−12	26
12	Busan IPark	26	5	7	14	30	39	−9	22
13	Daejeon Citizen	26	3	12	11	18	35	−17	21
14	Gwangju Sangmu	26	3	7	16	22	46	−24	16

Home \ Away	BIP	JND	DGU	DJC	SEO	GWJ	GNM	ICU	JJU	JHM	PHS	SIC	SSB	USH
Busan IPark	—	2–0	0–4	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1
Jeonnam Dragons	2–1	—	2–3	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–2
Daegu FC	3–2	1–2	—	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–4	2–4	2–4	1–3	1–4	0–1	1–2	3–1
Daejeon Citizen	2–2	0–1	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–2
FC Seoul	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	—	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	0–2	1–1
Gwangju Sangmu	0–2	3–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	—	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–5	1–2
Gyeongnam FC	1–0	2–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–4	3–4	0–1	1–0
Incheon United	2–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–3
Jeju United	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	—	0–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	2–1	0–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2
Pohang Steelers	3–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–0	3–1
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–0	4–0	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–3	—	2–2	0–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–5	1–0	0–1	—	2–0
Ulsan Hyundai	1–0	1–2	3–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	—


First round			Second round		Semifinal			Final



3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1						1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1	2	3

6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (a.e.t.)	2			2	FC Seoul (a.e.t.)	4		FC Seoul	1	1	2

			Ulsan Hyundai	1		Ulsan Hyundai	2

			Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0

4	Ulsan Hyundai (p)	0 (4)

5	Pohang Steelers	0 (2)

2008 K League

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