2010 Korean League Cup

The 2010 Korean League Cup, also known as the POSCO Cup 2010, was the 23rd competition of the Korean League Cup. It began on 22 May 2010, and ended on 25 August 2010.

2010 POSCO Cup

Tournament details
Country	South Korea
Dates	22 May – 25 August 2010
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	FC Seoul (2nd title)
Runners-up	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	123 (3.32 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Dejan Damjanović (6 goals)
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The three matches of Gwangju Sangmu were revealed as fixed matches.

Group stage

Allocation

The participating teams were assigned to one of three groups according to the 2009 K League table.

Group A	Group B	Group C
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1) Jeonnam Dragons (4) Gyeongnam FC (7) Suwon Samsung Bluewings (10) Gangwon FC (13)	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2) FC Seoul (5) Ulsan Hyundai (8) Gwangju Sangmu (11) Jeju United (14)	Pohang Steelers (3) Incheon United (6) Daejeon Citizen (9) Busan IPark (12) Daegu FC (15)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		JHM	GNM	SSB	JND	GWN
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10		—	2–1	—	1–1	—
2	Gyeongnam FC	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9		—	—	4–1	1–0	—
3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6		1–3	—	—	—	2–0
4	Jeonnam Dragons	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4		—	—	2–3	—	3–0
5	Gangwon FC	4	0	0	4	2	11	−9	0		1–4	1–2	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SEO	JJU	USH	SIC	GWJ
1	FC Seoul	4	2	2	0	8	2	+6	8		—	5–1	—	2–0	—
2	Jeju United	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7		—	—	3–1	—	2–0
3	Ulsan Hyundai	4	1	2	1	7	7	0	5		1–1	—	—	—	2–0
4	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	4	0	3	1	5	7	−2	3		—	1–1	3–3	—	—
5	Gwangju Sangmu	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2		0–0	—	—	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BIP	DGU	PHS	ICU	DJC
1	Busan IPark	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	9		—	2–3	—	1–0	—
2	Daegu FC	4	2	0	2	9	9	0	6		—	—	1–2	—	3–2
3	Pohang Steelers	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5		1–2	—	—	—	1–1
4	Incheon United	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4		—	3–2	1–1	—	—
5	Daejeon Citizen	4	1	1	2	7	10	−3	4		1–4	—	—	3–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6
2	B	Ulsan Hyundai	4	1	2	1	7	7	0	5
3	C	Pohang Steelers	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A1

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

2

B3

Ulsan Hyundai

0

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

2

Gyeongnam FC

1

A2

Gyeongnam FC (p)

1 (4)

B2

Jeju United

1 (3)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

0

FC Seoul

3

B1

FC Seoul (p)

2 (5)

C2

Daegu FC

2 (3)

FC Seoul (a.e.t.)

4

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

2

C1

Busan IPark

3 (5)

A3

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)

3 (6)

Quarter-finals

14 July 2010

19:00 KST

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–0	Ulsan Hyundai
Kim Ji-woong 7' Kim Seung-yong 34'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Attendance: 6,980

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14 July 2010

19:00 KST

Gyeongnam FC	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Jeju United
Lúcio 90'		Kim Eun-jung 29'
Penalties
Kim Dong-chan Lee Hun Lee Yong-rae Kim In-han Lúcio	4–3	Kim Eun-jung Lee Sang-hyup Cho Yong-hyung Han Jae-man Hong Jeong-ho

Changwon Football Center, Changwon

Attendance: 5,106

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14 July 2010

19:00 KST

Busan IPark	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Park Hee-do 16', 57' Yoo Ho-joon 94'		Ha Tae-goon 23' Kim Do-heon 64' José Mota 103'
Penalties
Jeong Shung-hoon Kim Hyo-il Kim Geun-chol Park Hee-do Kim Sang-rok Kim Jong-hoon Lee Jung-ho	5–6	Yeom Ki-hun José Mota Baek Ji-hoon Cho Won-hee Kim Dae-eui Kwak Hee-ju Choi Sung-hwan

Busan Asiad Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 3,127

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14 July 2010

20:00 KST

FC Seoul	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Daegu FC
Adilson 22' Ha Dae-sung 28'		On Byung-hoon 36' An Sung-min 73'
Penalties
Hyun Young-min Jung Jo-gook Kim Jin-kyu Koh Myong-jin Damjanović	5–3	Anderson Lee Sang-duk Lee Hyun-chang Cho Hyung-ik

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 7,581

Semi-finals

28 July 2010

19:00 KST

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Gyeongnam FC
Lee Dong-gook 18' Luiz Henrique 38'		Sim Woo-yeon 81' (o.g.)

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Attendance: 7,267

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28 July 2010

20:00 KST

FC Seoul	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Damjanović 57', 110' Lee Seung-ryul 82', 115'		Kim Jin-kyu 62' (o.g.) Yeom Ki-hun 72'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 21,036

Final

25 August 2010

19:00 KST

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–3	FC Seoul
		Damjanović 47' Jung Jo-gook 55' Lee Seung-ryul 90+1'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Attendance: 15,891

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	6
2	Jeong Shung-hoon	Busan IPark	4
	Lee Jun-young	Incheon United
	Kim Eun-jung	Jeju United
	Krunoslav Lovrek	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	José Mota	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
6	On Byung-hoon	Daegu FC	3
	Park Sung-ho	Daejeon Citizen
	Yoon Bit-garam	Gyeongnam FC
	Ha Dae-sung	FC Seoul
	Lee Seung-ryul	FC Seoul
	Mota	Pohang Steelers
	Kim Shin-wook	Ulsan Hyundai

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Points
Top goalscorer	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	6 goals
Top assist provider	Jang Nam-seok	Daegu FC	4 assists

Source:^[1]

See also

• 2010 in South Korean football
• 2010 K League
• 2010 Korean FA Cup
• 2011 South Korean football match-fixing scandal