2008 Korea National League

The 2008 Korea National League was the sixth season of the Korea National League. It was divided in two stages, and the top two clubs of the overall table qualified for the championship playoffs in addition to the winners of each stage.

KB Kookmin Bank
Korea National League

Season	2008
Dates	5 April – 8 November 2008
Champions	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (2nd title)
Matches played	186
Goals scored	556 (2.99 per match)
Best Player	Yoo Hyun
Top goalscorer	Kim Young-hoo (30 goals)
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Regular season

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	13	11	2	0	29	8	+21	35	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Busan Transportation Corporation	13	8	3	2	27	18	+9	27
3	Suwon City	13	7	3	3	21	11	+10	24
4	Gangneung City	13	7	3	3	22	18	+4	24
5	Gimhae City	13	7	1	5	16	17	−1	22
6	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	13	6	3	4	23	14	+9	21
7	Cheonan City	13	5	4	4	18	15	+3	19
8	Daejeon KHNP	13	4	4	5	16	17	−1	16
9	Changwon City	13	4	4	5	16	19	−3	16
10	Ansan Hallelujah	13	4	2	7	18	21	−3	14
11	Nowon Hummel Korea	13	2	6	5	14	21	−7	12
12	Incheon Korail	13	2	3	8	12	21	−9	9
13	Yesan FC	13	1	4	8	11	24	−13	7
14	Hongcheon Idu	13	0	4	9	15	34	−19	4

Source: RSSSF

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Suwon City	13	11	1	1	33	15	+18	34	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Gangneung City	13	7	4	2	20	11	+9	25
3	Ansan Hallelujah	13	7	4	2	22	15	+7	25
4	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	13	7	3	3	40	25	+15	24
5	Gimhae City	13	7	1	5	25	19	+6	22
6	Daejeon KHNP	13	6	2	5	18	13	+5	20
7	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	13	5	4	4	12	12	0	19
8	Changwon City	13	5	3	5	23	15	+8	18
9	Busan Transportation Corporation	13	5	2	6	22	19	+3	17
10	Nowon Hummel Korea	13	3	5	5	15	18	−3	14
11	Cheonan City	13	3	4	6	22	27	−5	13
12	Incheon Korail	13	3	3	7	13	24	−11	12
13	Hongcheon Idu	13	2	0	11	20	51	−31	6
14	Yesan FC	13	0	4	9	13	34	−21	4

Source: RSSSF

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	26	18	5	3	69	33	+36	59	First stage winners
2	Suwon City	26	18	4	4	54	26	+28	58	Second stage winners
3	Gangneung City FC	26	14	7	5	42	29	+13	49	Qualification for the playoffs
4	Busan Transportation Corporation	26	13	5	8	49	37	+12	44
5	Gimhae City	26	14	2	10	41	36	+5	44
6	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	26	11	7	8	35	26	+9	40
7	Ansan Hallelujah	26	11	6	9	40	36	+4	39
8	Daejeon KHNP	26	10	6	10	34	30	+4	36
9	Changwon City	26	9	7	10	39	34	+5	34
10	Cheonan City	26	8	8	10	40	42	−2	32
11	Nowon Hummel Korea	26	5	11	10	29	39	−10	26
12	Incheon Korail	26	5	6	15	25	45	−20	21
13	Yesan FC	26	1	8	17	24	58	−34	11
14	Hongcheon Idu	26	2	4	20	35	85	−50	10

Source: RSSSF

Championship playoffs

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard		3
	Gangneung City		0
						Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (p)		1	1	2 (5)
						Suwon City		1	1	2 (4)
	Suwon City		2
	Busan Transportation Corporation		0

Semi-finals

November 8

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	3–0	Gangneung City
Kim Bong-kyum 78' Choi Young-nam 84' Kim Young-hoo 87'	Report

Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 324

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November 8

Suwon City	2–0	Busan Transportation Corporation
Park Hee-wan 55' Jung Jae-woon 90+3'	Report

Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 2,813

Final

November 12

Suwon City	1–1	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Lee Joon-young} 81'	Report	Cho Sung-yoon 80'

Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 3,251

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November 16

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Suwon City
Kim Ki-hyung 57'	Report	Ha Jung-heon 90'
Penalties
	5–4

Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 1,513

2–2 on aggregate. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won 5–4 on penalties.

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Kim Young-hoo won the award with 30 goals.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Apps
1	Kim Young-hoo	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	31	29
2	Kim Jin-il	Busan Transportation Corporation	18	24
3	Kim Min-goo	Gangneung City	13	21
4	Lee Kil-yong	Changwon City	13	25
5	Gu Hyun-seo	Cheonan City	13	25
	Park Dong-il	Hongcheon Idu	13	25
7	Ha Jung-heon	Suwon City	11	14
8	Cho Joo-young	Daejeon KHNP	10	22
9	Yang Dong-chul	Gimhae City	9	26

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Yoo Hyun	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Top goalscorer	Kim Young-hoo	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Top assist provider	Kim Yo-hwan	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank
Manager of the Year	Choi Soon-ho	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Club of the Year	Ansan Hallelujah
Fair Play Award	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

Source:^[1]

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Yoo Hyun	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Defenders	Kim Do-yong	Busan Transportation Corporation
	Lee Young-kyun	Suwon City
	Kim Bong-kyum	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
	Kim Jung-kyum	Daejeon KHNP
Midfielders	Park Hee-wan	Suwon City
	Cha Jong-yoon	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank
	Na Il-kyun	Gangneung City
	Jo Joo-young	Daejeon KHNP
Forwards	Kim Young-hoo	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
	Kim Jin-il	Busan Transportation Corporation

Source:^[1]

See also

• 2008 in South Korean football
• 2008 Korea National League Championship
• 2008 Korean FA Cup