2013 K League Classic

The 2013 K League Classic was the 31st season of the top division of South Korean professional football. The South Korean professional football league, K League, was split into two divisions since this year, and the top division was named the "K League Classic". Its fixtures were announced on 30 January,^[1] and began on 2 March.

Hyundai Oilbank
K League Classic

Season	2013
Dates	2 March – 1 December 2013
Champions	Pohang Steelers (5th title)
Relegated	Daejeon Citizen Daegu FC Gangwon FC
Champions League	Pohang Steelers Ulsan Hyundai Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC Seoul
Matches played	266
Goals scored	676 (2.54 per match)
Best Player	Kim Shin-wook
Top goalscorer	Dejan Damjanović Kim Shin-wook (19 goals each)
Biggest home win	Gyeongnam 6–0 Daejeon (23 June 2013)
Biggest away win	Gangwon 0–4 Jeju (10 August 2013)
Highest scoring	Suwon 5–4 Jeonbuk (26 June 2013)
Longest winning run	7 matches FC Seoul (7 July – 15 August 2013)
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches FC Seoul (7 July – 6 October 2013)
Longest winless run	19 matches Daejeon Citizen (7 April – 15 August 2013)
Longest losing run	8 matches Gangwon FC (16 July – 1 September 2013)
Highest attendance	43,681 Seoul 2–1 Suwon (3 August 2013)
Lowest attendance	749 Seongnam 0–1 Jeonnam (1 September 2013)
Average attendance	7,652
← 2012 2014 →

Teams

Busan IPark

Jeonnam Dragons

Daegu FC

Daejeon Citizen

FC Seoul

Gyeongnam FC

Incheon United

Jeju United

Jeonbuk Hyundai
Motors

Pohang Steelers

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Ulsan Hyundai

Gangwon FC
(Gangneung)

Gangwon FC
(Chuncheon)

Locations of the 2013 K League Classic clubs

General information

Club	City	Manager	Stadium
Busan IPark	Busan	Yoon Sung-hyo	Busan Asiad Stadium
Jeonnam Dragons	Gwangyang	Ha Seok-ju	Gwangyang Football Stadium
Daegu FC	Daegu	Baek Jong-chul	Daegu Stadium
Daejeon Citizen	Daejeon	Kim In-wan	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Gangwon FC	Gangneung	Kim Yong-kab	Gangneung Stadium
Gyeongnam FC	Changwon	Ilija Petković	Changwon Football Center
Incheon United	Incheon	Kim Bong-gil	Incheon Football Stadium
Jeju United	Seogwipo	Park Kyung-hoon	Jeju World Cup Stadium
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Jeonju	Choi Kang-hee	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Pohang Steelers	Pohang	Hwang Sun-hong	Pohang Steel Yard
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Seongnam	An Ik-soo	Tancheon Sports Complex
FC Seoul	Seoul	Choi Yong-soo	Seoul World Cup Stadium
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon	Seo Jung-won	Suwon World Cup Stadium
Ulsan Hyundai	Ulsan	Kim Ho-kon	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Incoming	Date	Table
Daegu FC	Moacir Pereira	End of contract	2 December 2012[2]	Dang Seong-jeung	2 December 2012[2]	Pre-season
Daejeon Citizen	Yoo Sang-chul	End of contract	2 December 2012[2]	Kim In-wan	2 December 2012[3]
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Shin Tae-yong	Resigned	11 December 2012	An Ik-soo	13 December 2012
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Lee Heung-sil (caretaker)	Resigned	11 December 2012	Fabio Lefundes (caretaker)	20 December 2012
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Yoon Sung-hyo	Resigned	12 December 2012	Seo Jung-won	12 December 2012
Busan IPark	An Ik-soo	Signed for Seongnam	13 December 2012	Yoon Sung-hyo	17 December 2012
Daegu FC	Dang Seong-jeung	Resigned	23 April 2013	Baek Jong-chul	23 April 2013	14th
Gyeongnam FC	Choi Jin-han	Resigned	22 May 2013[4]	Song Kwang-hwan (caretaker)	22 May 2013[4]	11th
Gyeongnam FC	Song Kwang-hwan (caretaker)	Resigned	29 May 2013	Ilija Petković	29 May 2013[5]	11th
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Fabio Lefundes (caretaker)	End of contract	28 June 2013	Choi Kang-hee	28 June 2013	7th
Gangwon FC	Kim Hak-bum	Sacked	10 August 2013	Kim Yong-kab	14 August 2013	13th

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former player(s)
Busan IPark	Fágner	William	Rodrigo
Jeonnam Dragons	Weslley			Robert Cornthwaite	Marcinho Matt Simon
Daegu FC	Leandrinho	Sandro	Derek Asamoah		Adriano Pardal Fábio Santos
Daejeon Citizen	João Paulo	Cesar Arias	Anderson Plata	Yuta Baba	Karel De Smet Lúcio Flávio
Gangwon FC	Wesley	Ianis Zicu		Brendan Hamill	Patrik Silva Denis Laktionov
Gyeongnam FC	Miloš Bosančić	Sreten Sretenović	Milan Bubalo	Luke DeVere
Incheon United	Diogo Acosta	Thiago Elias			Nathan Burns
Jeju United	Pedro Júnior	Maranhão	Rodriguinho	Adrian Madaschi	Waldison
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Kevin Oris	Leonardo	Thiago Potiguar	Alex Wilkinson	Eninho
Pohang Steelers
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Edcarlos	Ivan Vuković	Federico Laens	Server Djeparov	Javier Reina Wilmar Jordán
FC Seoul	Adilson	Mauricio Molina	Dejan Damjanović	Sergio Escudero
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Júnior Santos			Jong Tae-se[a]	Rodrigo Pimpão Dženan Radončić Stevica Ristić Eddy Bosnar
Ulsan Hyundai	Caíque	Rafinha	Roberto César	Chikashi Masuda

1. North Korean player could be deemed as a native player by South Korean law and passport.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pohang Steelers (C)	38	21	11	6	63	38	+25	74	Qualification for Champions League[a]
2	Ulsan Hyundai	38	22	7	9	63	37	+26	73
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	38	18	9	11	61	49	+12	63
4	FC Seoul	38	17	11	10	59	46	+13	62
5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	38	15	8	15	50	43	+7	53
6	Busan IPark	38	14	10	14	43	41	+2	52
7	Incheon United	38	12	14	12	48	46	+2	50
8	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	38	17	9	12	51	42	+9	60
9	Jeju United	38	16	10	12	51	46	+5	58
10	Jeonnam Dragons	38	9	13	16	34	45	−11	40
11	Gyeongnam FC	38	8	13	17	42	55	−13	37
12	Gangwon FC (R)	38	8	12	18	37	64	−27	36	Qualification for relegation play-offs
13	Daegu FC (R)	38	6	14	18	38	57	−19	32	Relegation to K League Challenge
14	Daejeon Citizen (R)	38	7	11	20	37	68	−31	32

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Pohang Steelers won the league after qualifying for the Champions League as champions of the FA Cup. Therefore, the spot given to the league champions was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Positions by matchday

  Leaders
  Qualification for Champions League
  Qualification for relegation play-offs
  Relegation to K League Challenge

Round 1–26

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Pohang Steelers	5	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ulsan Hyundai	2	7	4	2	3	5	2	4	4	7	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	1	2	6	4	6	3	6	6	4	5	6	5	7	5	7	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
FC Seoul	5	8	11	11	10	12	12	10	9	10	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2	2	5	3	1	1	4	2	3	2	3	5	7	5	6	4	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	6	5
Incheon United	9	4	3	5	5	4	5	3	2	5	6	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	6
Busan IPark	5	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	9	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	11	9	13	12	14	10	9	8	8	8	11	8	8	6	8	5	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Jeju United	4	5	6	4	6	3	6	5	5	3	2	2	4	3	4	6	3	6	7	7	8	7	8	9	9	9
Jeonnam Dragons	13	13	12	14	13	9	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Gyeongnam FC	9	6	7	7	8	7	8	9	10	11	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Daegu FC	11	9	9	10	11	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Gangwon FC	5	9	9	13	12	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Daejeon Citizen	14	14	14	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: K League

Round 27–40

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Pohang Steelers	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Ulsan Hyundai	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
FC Seoul	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Busan IPark	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Incheon United	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8
Jeju United	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9
Jeonnam Dragons	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Gyeongnam FC	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Gangwon FC	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Daegu FC	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Daejeon Citizen	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: K League

Results

Matches 1–26

Home \ Away	BIP	JND	DGU	DJC	GWN	GNM	ICU	JJU	JHM	PHS	SIC	SEO	SSB	USH
Busan IPark	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Jeonnam Dragons	2–2	—	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1
Daegu FC	0–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	5–3
Daejeon Citizen	0–0	1–2	1–3	—	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–4	0–3
Gangwon FC	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	0–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2
Gyeongnam FC	1–0	0–1	3–1	6–0	1–1	—	1–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–1
Incheon United	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–4	2–3	3–1	2–2
Jeju United	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	—	0–3	2–3	1–1	4–4	1–2	3–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–4	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	—	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	2–1
Pohang Steelers	1–2	2–1	4–2	3–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–2	—	2–1	1–2	3–1
FC Seoul	1–0	3–0	4–0	3–2	3–2	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	—	2–1	2–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	5–4	0–2	2–2	1–1	—	0–0
Ulsan Hyundai	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	—

Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 27–40

Group A Home \ Away BIP ICU JHM PHS SEO SSB USH Busan IPark — 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 Incheon United 1–2 — 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–2 2–0 — 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 Pohang Steelers 0–0 2–1 2–1 — 3–1 2–2 1–1 FC Seoul 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–0 — 2–1 0–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 — 1–2 Ulsan Hyundai 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 — Source: K League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B Home \ Away JND DGU DJC GWN GNM JJU SIC Jeonnam Dragons — 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 Daegu FC 0–1 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 Daejeon Citizen 2–0 3–2 — 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 Gangwon FC 2–1 2–2 1–3 — 2–1 3–0 0–2 Gyeongnam FC 4–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 — 1–2 1–2 Jeju United 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 1–0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 — Source: K League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

4 December 2013

19:00

Sangju Sangmu	4–1	Gangwon FC
Lee Sang-hyup 29', 89' Lee Seung-hyun 71' Lee Sang-ho 77'		Choi Seung-in 90+2'

Sangju Civic Stadium

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7 December 2013

14:00

Gangwon FC	1–0	Sangju Sangmu
Choi Seung-in 71'

Gangneung Stadium

Sangju Sangmu won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League Classic, while Gangwon FC were relegated to the K League Challenge.

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	19
	Kim Shin-wook	Ulsan Hyundai
3	Pedro Júnior	Jeju United	17
4	Kevin Oris	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	14
	Kim Dong-sub	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
6	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	13
7	Rafinha	Ulsan Hyundai	11
8	Jong Tae-se	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	10
9	Miloš Bosančić	Gyeongnam FC	9
	Cho Chan-ho	Pohang Steelers
	Lim Sang-hyub	Busan IPark
	Mauricio Molina	FC Seoul

Top assist providers

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Mauricio Molina	FC Seoul	13
	Leonardo	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
3	Hong Chul	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	10
4	Han Sang-woon	Ulsan Hyundai	8
5	Hwang Jin-sung	Pohang Steelers	7
	Maranhão	Jeju United
	Sergio Escudero	FC Seoul
8	Eninho	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6
	Kim Seung-dae	Pohang Steelers
	Seo Dong-hyeon	Jeju United
	Kang Seung-jo	Gyeongnam FC
	Bae Il-hwan	Jeju United
	Kim Shin-wook	Ulsan Hyundai

Awards

The 2013 K League Awards was held on 3 December 2013.

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Kim Shin-wook	Ulsan Hyundai
Top goalscorer	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul
Top assist provider	Mauricio Molina	FC Seoul
Young Player of the Year	Ko Moo-yeol	Pohang Steelers
FANtastic Player	Kim Shin-wook	Ulsan Hyundai
Manager of the Year	Hwang Sun-hong	Pohang Steelers
Special Award	Kwon Jung-hyuk	Incheon United
Best Referee	Yoo Seon-ho	—
Best Assistant Referee	Son Jae-seon	—
Fair Play Award	FC Seoul
Youth Team of the Year	Pohang Jecheol High School (Pohang Steelers)

Source:^[6]

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Kim Seung-gyu	Ulsan Hyundai
Defenders	Adilson	FC Seoul
	Kim Chi-gon	Ulsan Hyundai
	Kim Won-il	Pohang Steelers
	Lee Yong	Ulsan Hyundai
Midfielders	Ko Moo-yeol	Pohang Steelers
	Lee Myung-joo	Pohang Steelers
	Ha Dae-sung	FC Seoul
	Leonardo	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forwards	Kim Shin-wook	Ulsan Hyundai
	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul

Source:^[6]

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	336,068	37,879	4,861	17,689	−12.7%†
2	FC Seoul	315,540	43,681	5,434	16,607	−19.0%†
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	193,060	23,377	4,962	10,161	−0.8%†
4	Pohang Steelers	184,301	17,228	2,274	9,700	+10.2%†
5	Ulsan Hyundai	167,837	23,012	2,676	8,834	+17.8%†
6	Incheon United	134,472	15,595	1,902	7,077	+81.7%†
7	Daegu FC	130,251	39,871	978	6,855	−4.2%†
8	Jeju United	122,813	18,751	1,274	6,464	−1.1%†
9	Gyeongnam FC	113,257	16,286	1,789	5,961	+155.7%†
10	Daejeon Citizen	107,675	27,775	1,126	5,667	+30.3%†
11	Busan IPark	77,571	9,711	1,027	4,035	+0.6%†
12	Gangwon FC	56,588	10,456	896	2,978	−3.5%†
13	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	53,677	8,059	749	2,825	−3.2%†
14	Jeonnam Dragons	43,273	7,036	872	2,278	−24.9%†
	League total	2,036,413	43,681	749	7,656	+8.7%†

Source: K League

See also

• 2013 in South Korean football
• 2013 K League Challenge
• 2013 Korean FA Cup