2010 K-League

The 2010 K League, officially known as Sonata K-League 2010, was the 28th season of the K League. It was sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company, and was held from 27 February to 5 December 2010.

Sonata
K League

Season	2010
Dates	Regular season: 27 February – 7 November 2010 Championship: 20 November – 5 December 2010
Champions	FC Seoul (4th title)
Champions League	FC Seoul Jeju United Suwon Samsung Bluewings Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Matches played	210
Goals scored	604 (2.88 per match)
Best Player	Kim Eun-jung
Top goalscorer	Yoo Byung-soo (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Seongnam 6–0 Incheon (14 March 2010)
Biggest away win	Suwon 1–5 Jeonbuk (7 November 2010)
Highest scoring	Busan 5–3 Jeonnam (29 August 2010)
Longest winning run	6 matches Jeju United
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches FC Seoul
Longest losing run	6 matches Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Highest attendance	60,747 Seoul 4–0 Seongnam (5 May 2010)
Lowest attendance	1,019 Gwangju 0–1 Jeonnam (3 November 2010)
Average attendance	10,941
← 2009 2011 →

The K League match-fixing scandal, the biggest incident in history of South Korean football, occurred in this season, and was revealed in 2011. 15 matches were fixed by 47 players, and they were banned for life from working in football.

Teams

Busan IPark

Jeonnam Dragons

Daegu FC

Daejeon Citizen

FC Seoul

Gwangju Sangmu

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 2009 K League clubs

General information

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	2009 season
Busan IPark	Hwang Sun-hong	Busan	Busan Asiad Stadium	12th place
Jeonnam Dragons	Park Hang-seo	Gwangyang	Gwangyang Stadium	4th place
Daegu FC	Lee Young-jin	Daegu	Daegu Stadium Daegu Civil Stadium	15th place
Daejeon Citizen	Wang Sun-jae	Daejeon	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	9th place
FC Seoul	Nelo Vingada	Seoul	Seoul World Cup Stadium	5th place
Gangwon FC	Choi Soon-ho	Gangneung Chuncheon	Gangneung Stadium Chuncheon Stadium	13th place
Gwangju Sangmu	Lee Soo-chul	Gwangju	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	11th place
Gyeongnam FC	Kim Gwi-hwa	Changwon	Changwon Football Center	7th place
Incheon United	Huh Jung-moo	Incheon	Incheon Munhak Stadium	6th place
Jeju United	Park Kyung-hoon	Seogwipo	Jeju World Cup Stadium	14th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Choi Kang-hee	Jeonju	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	Champions
Pohang Steelers	Park Chang-hyun	Pohang	Pohang Steel Yard	3rd place
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Shin Tae-yong	Seongnam	Seongnam 2 Stadium	Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Yoon Sung-hyo	Suwon	Suwon World Cup Stadium	10th place
Ulsan Hyundai	Kim Ho-kon	Ulsan	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium	8th place

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Incoming	Date	Table
FC Seoul	Şenol Güneş	End of contract	25 November 2009[1]	Nelo Vingada	14 December 2009[2]	Pre-season
Daegu FC	Byun Byung-joo	Resigned	8 December 2009[3]	Lee Young-jin	22 December 2009[4]
Pohang Steelers	Sérgio Farias	Signed for Al-Ahli	27 December 2009[5]	Waldemar Lemos	3 January 2010[6]
Pohang Steelers	Waldemar Lemos	Sacked	10 May 2010[7]	Park Chang-hyun	10 May 2010[8]	12th
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Cha Bum-kun	Resigned	6 June 2010[9]	Yoon Sung-hyo	15 June 2010[10]	15th
Incheon United	Ilija Petković	Resigned	8 June 2010[11]	Kim Bong-gil	24 June 2010	6th
Gyeongnam FC	Cho Kwang-rae	Signed for South Korea	28 July 2010[12]	Kim Gwi-hwa	28 July 2010[13]	5th
Incheon United	Kim Bong-gil	Caretaker	22 August 2010	Huh Jung-moo	22 August 2010[14]	9th
Gwangju Sangmu	Lee Kang-jo	Resigned	31 October 2010	Lee Soo-chul	31 October 2010	15th

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former player(s)
Busan IPark	Felipe Azevedo				Di Fábio Rômulo
Jeonnam Dragons	Adriano Chuva	Índio
Daegu	Isaac Acosta	Léo Paulista			Anderson
Daejeon Citizen	Alexandre	Fábio Lopes	Zacarias		Válber
FC Seoul	Adilson	Dejan Damjanović		Server Djeparov	Ricardo Esteves
Gangwon	Renato Medeiros	Stipe Lapić	Blazhe Ilijoski	Li Chunyu
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam FC	Camilo	Marcinho			Lúcio Curió Marcelo Brás Alex Asamoah
Incheon United	Samir Bekrić	Bruno Correa	Dušan Savić		Dragan Čadikovski Ognjen Koroman
Jeju United	Eraldo	Júnior Santos		Yan Song	Léo Mineiro
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Eninho	Luiz Henrique	Krunoslav Lovrek	Feng Xiaoting
Pohang Steelers	Almir	Mota	Zulu	Kazunari Okayama	Alexandro
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Fabrício Souza	Mauricio Molina	Dženan Radončić	Sasa Ognenovski
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	José Mota	Márcio Diogo		Naohiro Takahara	Juninho Reinaldo Li Weifeng
Ulsan Hyundai	Carmelo Valencia	Julián Estiven Vélez	José Ortigoza

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Seoul	28	20	2	6	58	26	+32	62	Qualification for the playoffs final
2	Jeju United	28	17	8	3	54	25	+29	59	Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	28	15	6	7	54	36	+18	51	Qualification for the playoffs first round
4	Ulsan Hyundai	28	15	5	8	47	30	+17	50
5	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	28	13	9	6	46	26	+20	48
6	Gyeongnam FC	28	13	9	6	41	32	+9	48
7	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	28	12	5	11	39	44	−5	41	Qualification for the Champions League[a]
8	Busan IPark	28	8	9	11	36	37	−1	33
9	Pohang Steelers	28	8	9	11	39	48	−9	33
10	Jeonnam Dragons	28	8	8	12	40	49	−9	32
11	Incheon United	28	8	7	13	42	51	−9	31
12	Gangwon FC	28	8	6	14	36	50	−14	30
13	Daejeon Citizen	28	5	7	16	27	50	−23	22
14	Gwangju Sangmu	28	3	10	15	17	43	−26	19
15	Daegu FC	28	5	4	19	28	57	−29	19

Source: K League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Positions by matchday

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	27	28	29	30
FC Seoul	1	1	3	6	2	2	2	1	3	4	1	4	3	3	1	4	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Jeju United	5	5	5	2	3	5	6	5	4	6	4	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3	3	1	1	5	4	5	4	6	5	7	8	6	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3
Ulsan Hyundai	5	4	9	5	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	1	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	4
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2	6	2	3	4	6	4	6	5	3	5	3	2	2	5	6	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5
Gyeongnam FC	10	7	7	11	6	3	3	2	1	1	2	5	4	5	4	3	1	1	3	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	13	9	12	8	9	9	10	12	14	15	15	15	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Busan IPark	10	12	11	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Pohang Steelers	8	8	8	4	7	7	9	10	10	13	11	12	12	12	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Incheon United	5	2	4	9	10	12	12	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11
Jeonnam Dragons	10	11	6	10	11	13	13	13	15	11	9	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10
Gangwon FC	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	12	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Daejeon Citizen	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	14	11	14	13	11	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Gwangju Sangmu	4	10	10	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14
Daegu FC	9	13	15	15	14	10	11	11	13	12	14	14	15	14	12	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15

Source: K League

Results

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

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

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2010 K League Championship

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinal					Final
	3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2													1	FC Seoul	2	2	4
	6	Gyeongnam FC	0								2	Jeju United	1				Jeju United	2	1	3
						Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors		1				Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0
						Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma		0
	4	Ulsan Hyundai	1
	5	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3

Final table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	FC Seoul (C)	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Jeju United
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
4	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
5	Ulsan Hyundai
6	Gyeongnam FC

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link]}
(C) Champions

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yoo Byung-soo	Incheon United	22
2	José Ortigoza	Ulsan Hyundai	17
3	Eninho	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	15
4	Kim Young-hoo	Gangwon FC	13
	Lúcio Curió	Gyeongnam FC
	Kim Eun-jung	Jeju United
7	Dejan Damjanovic	FC Seoul	12
	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
9	Jung Jo-gook	FC Seoul	11
	Dženan Radončić	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Top assist providers

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Koo Ja-cheol	Jeju United	11
2	Kim Eun-jung	Jeju United	9
3	Yeom Ki-hun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	8
4	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	7
	Choi Tae-uk	FC Seoul Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Lúcio Curió	Gyeongnam FC
	Mauricio Molina	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
8	Park Hee-do	Busan IPark	6
	Eninho	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Choi Jae-soo	Ulsan Hyundai

Awards

Main awards

The K League Players' Player of the Year was published by Korean edition of FourFourTwo in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 148 players participated in the selection process.^[15]

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Kim Eun-jung	Jeju United
Top goalscorer	Yoo Byung-soo	Incheon United
Top assist provider	Koo Ja-cheol	Jeju United
Rookie of the Year	Yoon Bit-garam	Gyeongnam FC
FANtastic Player	Koo Ja-cheol	Jeju United
Manager of the Year	Park Kyung-hoon	Jeju United
Special Award	Kim Yong-dae	FC Seoul
	Kim Byung-ji	Gyeongnam FC
	Back Min-chul	Daegu FC
	Yoo Byung-seop	—
	Ahn Sang-gi	—
Best Referee	Choi Myung-yong	—
Best Assistant Referee	Jung Hae-sang	—
Team of the Year	FC Seoul
Fair Play Award	Gangwon FC
Youth Team of the Year	Maetan High School (Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
Players' Player of the Year[15]	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul

Source:^[16]

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Kim Yong-dae	FC Seoul
Defenders	Choi Hyo-jin	FC Seoul
	Adilson	FC Seoul
	Saša Ognenovski	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
	Hong Jeong-ho	Jeju United
Midfielders	Koo Ja-cheol	Jeju United
	Mauricio Molina	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
	Eninho	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Yoon Bit-garam	Gyeongnam FC
Forwards	Kim Eun-jung	Jeju United
	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul

Source:^[16]

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Matches	Highest	Lowest	Average
Busan IPark	Asiad Main Stadium	14			4,393
Jeonnam Dragons	Gwang-Yang Stadium	14			12,004
Daegu FC	Daegu Stadium Daegu Civil Stadium	14			4,946
Daejeon Citizen	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	14			8,577
FC Seoul	Seoul World Cup Stadium	14			30,849
Gangwon FC	Gangneung Stadium Chuncheon Stadium	14			9,537
Gwangju Sangmu	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	14			3,782
Gyeongnam FC	Changwon Football Center	14			12,501
Incheon United	Incheon Munhak Stadium	14			8,571
Jeju United	Jeju World Cup Stadium	14			5,404
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	14			14,300
Pohang Steelers	Pohang Steel Yard	14			11,174
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Tancheon Sports Complex	14			4,129
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon World Cup Stadium	14			26,163
Ulsan Hyundai	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium	14			7,786
Total		210			10,941

Source: K League (in Korean)

See also

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