2014 K League Classic

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The 2014 K League Classic was the 32nd season of the top division of South Korean professional football, and the second season of the K League Classic.

Hyundai Oilbank
K League Classic
Season2014
Dates8 March – 30 November 2014
ChampionsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(3rd title)
RelegatedGyeongnam FC
Sangju Sangmu
Champions LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Seongnam FC
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
FC Seoul
Matches played228
Goals scored503 (2.21 per match)
Best PlayerLee Dong-gook
Top goalscorerJúnior Santos
(14 goals)
Biggest home winJeonbuk 6–0 Sangju
(20 July 2014)
Biggest away winGyeongnam 1–4 Jeonbuk
(13 July 2014)
Highest scoringJeju 6–2 Jeonnam
(6 September 2014)
Longest winning run9 matches
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Longest winless run16 matches
Gyeongnam FC
Longest losing run4 matches
Gyeongnam FC
Jeonnam Dragons
Highest attendance46,549
Seoul 2–0 Suwon
(12 July 2014)
Lowest attendance858
Jeonnam 1–1 Seongnam
(1 November 2014)
Average attendance7,932
2013
2015

Teams

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General information

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Club City/Province Manager Owner(s) Other sponsor(s)
Busan IPark Busan   Yoon Sung-hyo HDC Hyundai Development Company
Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam   Branko Babić (caretaker) Gyeongnam Provincial Government DSME
Gyeongnam Bank
Incheon United Incheon   Kim Bong-gil Incheon Government Shinhan Bank
Incheon International Airport
Jeju United Jeju   Park Kyung-hoon SK Energy
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk   Choi Kang-hee Hyundai Motor Company
Jeonnam Dragons Jeonnam   Ha Seok-ju POSCO
Pohang Steelers Pohang, Gyeongbuk   Hwang Sun-hong POSCO
Sangju Sangmu Sangju, Gyeongbuk   Park Hang-seo Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
Seongnam FC Seongnam, Gyeonggi   Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) Seongnam Government
FC Seoul Seoul   Choi Yong-soo GS Group
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon, Gyeonggi   Seo Jung-won Cheil Worldwide Samsung Electronics
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan   Cho Min-kook Hyundai Heavy Industries

Stadiums

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Busan IPark Gyeongnam FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonnam Dragons
Busan Asiad Stadium Changwon Football Center Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Gwangyang Football Stadium
Capacity: 53,864 Capacity: 15,116 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477 Capacity: 20,009
           
Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,250 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 43,959 Capacity: 44,474
           

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing Manner Date Incoming Date Table
Daegu FC   Baek Jong-chul Resigned 30 November 2013   Choi Duck-joo 20 December 2013 Pre-season
Ulsan Hyundai   Kim Ho-kon Resigned 4 December 2013   Cho Min-kook 6 December 2013
Gyeongnam FC   Ilija Petković Sacked 11 December 2013   Lee Cha-man 17 December 2013
Seongnam FC   An Ik-soo Resigned 20 December 2013   Park Jong-hwan 20 December 2013
Seongnam FC   Park Jong-hwan Resigned 22 April 2014   Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) 22 April 2014 8th
Gyeongnam FC   Lee Cha-man Resigned 11 August 2014   Branko Babić (caretaker) 14 August 2014 12th
Seongnam FC   Lee Sang-yoon (caretaker) Sacked 26 August 2014   Lee Young-jin (caretaker) 26 August 2014 10th
Seongnam FC   Lee Young-jin (caretaker) Caretaker 6 September 2014   Kim Hak-bum 6 September 2014 10th

Foreign players

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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. Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

As of 1 August 2014
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Former player
Busan IPark   Fágner   Nilson   Jacio   Nikola Komazec
Gyeongnam FC   Edin Junuzović   Sreten Sretenović   Miloš Stojanović   Luke DeVere   Miloš Bosančić
Incheon United   Ivo   Diogo Acosta   João Paulo
  Stefan Nikolić
  Nathan Burns
Jeju United   Thiago Alagoano   Hugo Droguett   Aleksandar Jovanović   Jovica Stokić
  Julián Estiven Vélez
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Leonardo   Kaio   Vinícius Reche   Alex Wilkinson   Marcos Aurélio
Jeonnam Dragons   Leandrinho   Sandi Križman   Stevica Ristić   Robert Cornthwaite
Pohang Steelers
Seongnam FC   Valdivia   Server Djeparov   Brendan Hamill
  Ivan Vuković
FC Seoul   Éverton Santos   Mauricio Molina   Osmar   Sergio Escudero   Rafael Costa
Suwon Samsung Bluewings   Júnior Santos   Roger   Reiner Ferreira   Jong Tae-se[a]
Ulsan Hyundai   Wander Luiz   Tartá   Filip Kasalica   Caíque
  Rafinha
  Almir
  1. ^ Jong Tae-se represented North Korea at international level, but he was deemed as a native player in the K League by South Korean law and passport.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) 38 24 9 5 60 22 +38 81 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 38 19 10 9 52 37 +15 67
3 FC Seoul 38 15 13 10 42 28 +14 58 Qualification for Champions League play-off round
4 Pohang Steelers 38 16 10 12 50 39 +11 58
5 Jeju United 38 14 12 12 39 36 +3 54
6 Ulsan Hyundai 38 13 11 14 44 43 +1 50
7 Jeonnam Dragons 38 14 9 15 48 53 −5 51
8 Busan IPark 38 10 13 15 37 49 −12 43
9 Seongnam FC 38 9 13 16 32 39 −7 40 Qualification for Champions League group stage[a]
10 Incheon United 38 8 16 14 33 46 −13 40
11 Gyeongnam FC (R) 38 7 15 16 30 52 −22 36 Qualification for relegation play-offs
12 Sangju Sangmu (R) 38 7 13 18 39 62 −23 34 Relegation to K League Challenge
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as champions of FA Cup.

Positions by matchday

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

Round 1–33

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors112322542222222221111111111111111
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2361156624656645553333333333332222
Pohang Steelers8128544211111111112222222222223333
FC Seoul8101099911111110119997777777777655555554
Jeju United844675363343354434444554444444445
Ulsan Hyundai211111155565566666656666767777766
Jeonnam Dragons243233436434433345565445576666677
Incheon United69121212121212121212121212121212111099888888888888
Busan IPark12654577777771010101010101111101112111111121212121199
Seongnam FC810109101089911888899889101110109910101091091010
Sangju Sangmu6878111110101089117788998889910109991111101111
Gyeongnam FC27978898891010111111111112121212121112121211111010121212
Source: K League

Round 34–38

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Source: K League

Results

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Matches 1–22

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Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away BIP GNM ICU JJU JHM JND PHS SJS SEN SEO SSB USH
Busan IPark 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0
Gyeongnam FC 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1
Incheon United 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–0
Jeju United 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 6–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–0
Jeonnam Dragons 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 4–3 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0
Pohang Steelers 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Sangju Sangmu 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Seongnam FC 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
FC Seoul 0–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–2
Ulsan Hyundai 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

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Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away BIP GNM ICU JJU JHM JND PHS SJS SEN SEO SSB USH
Busan IPark 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3
Gyeongnam FC 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
Incheon United 3–0 0–2 3–3 2–1 1–0
Jeju United 0–2 6–2 3–0 0–0 1–0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Jeonnam Dragons 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1
Pohang Steelers 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1
Sangju Sangmu 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1
Seongnam FC 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–4
FC Seoul 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0
Ulsan Hyundai 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–3
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

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After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Relegation play-offs

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The promotion-relegation play-offs were held between the winners of the 2014 K League Challenge play-offs and the 11th-placed club of the 2014 K League Classic. The winners on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2015 K League Classic.

Gwangju FC3–1Gyeongnam FC
Report Stojanović   32'

Gyeongnam FC1–1Gwangju FC
Song Soo-young   70' Report Kim Ho-nam   75'

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

Player statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Júnior Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings
14
2   Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13
  Stevica Ristić Jeonnam Dragons
4   Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 11
  Lim Sang-hyub Busan IPark
6   Kim Seung-dae Pohang Steelers 10
  Lee Jong-ho Jeonnam Dragons
  Fágner Busan IPark
  Hugo Droguett Jeju United
10   Kim Shin-wook Ulsan Hyundai 9
  Yang Dong-hyun Ulsan Hyundai
  Kaio Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Top assist providers

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Rank Players Club Assists
1   Lee Seung-gi Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10
  Leonardo Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
3   Lee Myung-joo Pohang Steelers
9
4   Kim Seung-dae Pohang Steelers 8
  Yeom Ki-hun Suwon Samsung Bluewings
6   Hyun Young-min Jeonnam Dragons 7
  Júnior Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings
8   Han Sang-woon Sangju Sangmu 6
  Ahn Yong-woo Jeonnam Dragons
  Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  Ivo Incheon United

Awards

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The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014.

Main awards

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Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player   Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Top goalscorer   Júnior Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Top assist provider   Lee Seung-gi Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Young Player of the Year   Kim Seung-dae Pohang Steelers
FANtastic Player   Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Manager of the Year   Choi Kang-hee Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Special Award   Kim Byung-ji Jeonnam Dragons
Best Referee   Choi Myung-yong
Best Assistant Referee   Noh Tae-sik
Fair Play Award FC Seoul
Youth Team of the Year Maetan Middle School
(Suwon Samsung Bluewings)

Source:[1]

Best XI

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Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper   Kwon Sun-tae Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defenders   Hong Chul Suwon Samsung Bluewings
  Alex Wilkinson Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  Kim Ju-young FC Seoul
  Cha Du-ri FC Seoul
Midfielders   Lim Sang-hyub Busan IPark
  Koh Myong-jin FC Seoul
  Lee Seung-gi Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forwards   Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  Júnior Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Source:[1]

Attendance

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Attendance by club

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Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 372,551 34,029 6,527 19,608 +10.8%
2 FC Seoul 323,244 46,549 4,336 17,013 +2.4%
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 250,134 30,597 6,142 13,165 +29.6%
4 Pohang Steelers 186,216 17,424 4,487 9,801 +1.0%
5 Ulsan Hyundai 126,572 16,216 2,016 7,032 −20.4%
6 Jeju United 127,520 17,484 1,125 6,712 +3.8%
7 Incheon United 86,815 11,238 2,086 4,569 −35.4%
8 Gyeongnam FC 86,285 10,943 1,554 4,541 −23.8%
9 Seongnam FC 71,344 8,624 1,282 3,755 +32.9%
10 Jeonnam Dragons 67,294 10,022 858 3,365 +47.7%
11 Busan IPark 61,819 7,008 1,134 3,254 −19.4%
12 Sangju Sangmu 48,606 6,469 867 2,558 −7.7%
League total 1,808,400 46,549 858 7,932 +3.6%

Updated to games played on 30 November 2014
Source: K League
Notes:
Team played previous season in K League Challenge.

Top matches

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Rank Date Home Score Away Venue Attendance Round Day of week
1 12 July 2014 FC Seoul 2–0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seoul World Cup Stadium 46,549 15 Saturday
2 5 October 2014 FC Seoul 0–1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seoul World Cup Stadium 41,297 30 Sunday
3 9 November 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 FC Seoul Suwon World Cup Stadium 34,029 35 Sunday
4 23 August 2014 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–2 FC Seoul Jeonju World Cup Stadium 30,597 22 Saturday
5 27 April 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 FC Seoul Suwon World Cup Stadium 29,318 10 Sunday
6 24 August 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 Seongnam FC Suwon World Cup Stadium 27,558 22 Sunday
7 16 August 2014 FC Seoul 5–1 Incheon United Seoul World Cup Stadium 24,027 21 Saturday
8 19 July 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–2 Incheon United Suwon World Cup Stadium 23,835 16 Saturday
9 30 March 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 Busan IPark Suwon World Cup Stadium 23,767 5 Sunday
10 3 May 2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Suwon World Cup Stadium 23,466 11 Saturday

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 이동국, K리그 클래식 MVP 수상…통산 3번째'역대 최다'(종합2보). Naver.com (in Korean). News1. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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