2006 K League

The 2006 K League was the 24th season of the K League, which kicked off on March 12. The format of the regular season and playoffs was the same as the one used in the 2005 season. It took a break for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in June and July. The playoff games were held in November.

Samsung Hauzen
K League

Season	2006
Dates	Regular season: 12 March – 5 November 2006 Championship: 11–25 November 2006
Champions	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (7th title)
Champions League	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonnam Dragons
Matches played	182
Goals scored	403 (2.21 per match)
Best Player	Kim Do-heon
Top goalscorer	Woo Sung-yong (16 goals)
← 2005 2007 →

SK Group, the owners of Bucheon SK, moved their club to Jeju, and renamed the club Jeju United. The club was based in the Jeju World Cup Stadium of Seogwipo. Gyeongnam FC joined the K League, increasing the number of clubs to fourteen.

Teams

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former players
Busan IPark	Luciano	Popó	Somália	Gefferson
Jeonnam Dragons	Sandro Hiroshi	Selmir		Adrian Neaga
Daegu FC	Eduardo Marques	Gabriel Lima
Daejeon Citizen	Adriano Chuva	Denílson	Róbson	Eduardo Rato Régis Pitbull
FC Seoul	Adilson	Ricardo Nascimento
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam FC	Harry Castillo	Rogério Pinheiro
Incheon United	Dženan Radončić	Blazhe Ilijoski	Dragan Mladenović	Selmir Jasmin Agić
Jeju United	Nikola Vasiljević	Irineu	Marquinhos
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Raphael Botti	Zé Carlos		Milton Rodríguez
Pohang Steelers	Carlos Frontini	André Luiz Tavares	Luciano Henrique
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Mota	Adrian Neaga		Dudu Jefferson Feijão
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Itamar	Mato Neretljak	Juan Manuel Olivera	Nádson Denis Laktionov
Ulsan Hyundai	Leandrão	Leandro Machado	Vinícius	Zé Carlos

Regular season

First stage

League table

The first place team qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	13	10	2	1	21	9	+12	32	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Pohang Steelers	13	6	4	3	21	15	+6	22
3	Daejeon Citizen	13	4	7	2	13	10	+3	19
4	FC Seoul	13	3	7	3	13	10	+3	16
5	Jeonnam Dragons	13	2	10	1	14	12	+2	16
6	Busan IPark	13	4	4	5	24	25	−1	16
7	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	13	3	7	3	13	14	−1	16
8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	13	3	7	3	11	13	−2	16
9	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	13	3	6	4	9	13	−4	15
10	Incheon United	13	2	8	3	11	13	−2	14
11	Daegu FC	13	2	7	4	14	16	−2	13
12	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	13	2	7	4	10	13	−3	13
13	Gyeongnam FC	13	3	4	6	10	15	−5	13
14	Jeju United	13	1	6	6	8	14	−6	9

Source: RSSSF

Results

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

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

Second stage

League table

The first place team qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	13	8	3	2	18	9	+9	27	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Pohang Steelers	13	7	4	2	21	13	+8	25
3	FC Seoul	13	6	5	2	18	12	+6	23
4	Daegu FC	13	6	3	4	18	14	+4	21
5	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	13	5	5	3	12	9	+3	20
6	Incheon United	13	5	4	4	13	14	−1	19
7	Jeonnam Dragons	13	5	3	5	14	13	+1	18
8	Busan IPark	13	5	3	5	16	17	−1	18
9	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	13	4	5	4	21	16	+5	17
10	Jeju United	13	4	4	5	15	16	−1	16
11	Gyeongnam FC	13	4	1	8	12	20	−8	13
12	Daejeon Citizen	13	3	3	7	15	22	−7	12
13	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	13	2	4	7	11	20	−9	10
14	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	13	3	1	9	7	16	−9	10

Source: RSSSF

Results

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

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

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	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	26	14	7	5	42	25	+17	49	First stage winners
2	Pohang Steelers	26	13	8	5	42	28	+14	47	Qualification for the playoffs
3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	26	11	10	5	29	22	+7	43	Second stage winners
4	FC Seoul	26	9	12	5	31	22	+9	39	Qualification for the playoffs
5	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	26	8	11	7	21	22	−1	35
6	Jeonnam Dragons	26	7	13	6	28	25	+3	34	Qualification for the Champions League[a]
7	Daegu FC	26	8	10	8	32	30	+2	34
8	Busan IPark	26	9	7	10	40	42	−2	34
9	Incheon United	26	7	12	7	24	27	−3	33
10	Daejeon Citizen	26	7	10	9	28	32	−4	31
11	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	26	5	11	10	24	34	−10	26	Qualification for the Champions League[b]
12	Gyeongnam FC	26	7	5	14	22	35	−13	26
13	Jeju United	26	5	10	11	23	30	−7	25
14	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	26	5	8	13	17	29	−12	23

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.
2. Qualified as defending champions of the Champions League.

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2006 K League Championship

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma		1
	FC Seoul		0
						Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma		1	2	3
						Suwon Samsung Bluewings		0	1	1
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings		1
	Pohang Steelers		0

Final table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (C)	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
3	Pohang Steelers
4	FC Seoul

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Apps
1	Woo Sung-yong	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	16	28
2	Popo	Busan IPark	13	24
3	Kim Eun-jung	FC Seoul	9	25
4	Ko Ki-gu	Pohang Steelers	8	22
5	Lee Dong-gook	Pohang Steelers	7	10
	Somália	Busan IPark	7	16
	Denilson	Daejeon Citizen	7	18
	Mota	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7	19
	Selmir	Jeonnam Dragons	7	20
	Itamar	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	7	25
	Park Chu-young	FC Seoul	7	26

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player[1]	Kim Do-heon	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Top goalscorer[2]	Woo Sung-yong	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Top assist provider[2]	Adriano Chuva	Daejeon Citizen
Rookie of the Year[1]	Yeom Ki-hun	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Manager of the Year[1]	Kim Hak-bum	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Special Award	Kim Byung-ji	FC Seoul
	Choi Eun-sung	Daejeon Citizen
	Lee Jung-rae	Gyeongnam FC
Best Referee	Lee Young-chul	—
Best Assistant Referee	Ahn Sang-gi	—

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Park Ho-jin	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defenders	Jang Hak-young	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
	Mato Neretljak	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Choi Jin-cheul	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Kim Young-chul	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Midfielders	Kim Do-heon	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
	Lee Kwan-woo	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Baek Ji-hoon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Popó	Busan IPark
Forwards	Woo Sung-yong	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
	Kim Eun-jung	FC Seoul

Source:^[1]

See also

• 2006 in South Korean football
• 2006 K League Championship
• 2006 Korean League Cup
• 2006 Korean FA Cup