2011 in South Korean football

The 2011 season began on 5 March 2011 for the K-League and Challengers League, with the Korea National League starting 7 days later on 12 March 2011.

Honors

League
Competition	Start	End	Champions
K-League	5 March	4 December	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Korea National League	12 March	20 November	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins
Challengers League	5 March	13 November	Gyeongju Citizen
WK-League	21 March	29 September	Goyang Daekyo Kangaroos
Cup
Competition	Start	End	Winners
Korean FA Cup	12 March	15 October	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
K-League Cup	16 March	13 July	Ulsan Hyundai
National League Cup	19 June	30 June	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins
Challengers Cup	5 August	13 August	Icheon Citizen

League tables

K-League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)	30	18	9	3	67	32	+35	63	K League Championship and Champions League Group stage
2	Pohang Steelers	30	17	8	5	59	33	+26	59	K League Championship and Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
3	FC Seoul	30	16	7	7	56	38	+18	55	K League Championship and the winner of Playoffs among four qualifies to Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	30	17	4	9	51	33	+18	55
5	Busan I'Park	30	13	7	10	49	43	+6	46
6	Ulsan Hyundai	30	13	7	10	33	29	+4	46
7	Chunnam Dragons	30	11	10	9	33	29	+4	43
8	Gyeongnam FC	30	12	6	12	41	40	+1	42
9	Jeju United	30	10	10	10	44	45	−1	40
10	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	30	9	8	13	43	47	−4	35	Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
11	Gwangju FC	30	9	8	13	32	43	−11	35
12	Daegu FC	30	8	9	13	35	46	−11	33
13	Incheon United	30	6	14	10	31	40	−9	32
14	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	30	7	8	15	36	53	−17	29
15	Daejeon Citizen	30	6	9	15	31	59	−28	27
16	Gangwon FC	30	3	6	21	14	45	−31	15

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2011. Source: K-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Ulsan Hyundai, winner of 2011 K-League Championship semifinal, qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, while Pohang Steelers, the loser of the semifinal, qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma qualified for the Champions League group stage as 2011 Korean FA Cup winners.

Championship

First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals

			0	(bye)	0
			2	Pohang Steelers	0
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1	2	Pohang Steelers	0	2	Pohang Steelers	0
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1				2	Pohang Steelers	0
5	Busan I'Park	0				6	Ulsan Hyundai	1
5	Busan I'Park	0	4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1 (1)	6	Ulsan Hyundai	1
			4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1 (1)
3	FC Seoul	1	6	Ulsan Hyundai (p)	1 (3)
6	Ulsan Hyundai	3							6	Ulsan Hyundai	1	1	2
									1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	2	4


						0	(bye)	0
						0	(bye)	0
						1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0
						1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0

Korea National League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin (C)	26	17	2	7	53	34	+19	53	Championship playoff
2	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	26	13	8	5	37	25	+12	47
3	Gangneung City	26	12	10	4	40	25	+15	46
4	Busan Transportation Corporation	26	11	8	7	29	27	+2	41
5	Changwon City	26	11	7	8	37	36	+1	40
6	Incheon Korail	26	11	6	9	29	23	+6	39
7	Suwon City	26	8	11	7	28	23	+5	35
8	Daejeon KHNP	26	9	8	9	40	38	+2	35
9	Cheonan City	26	9	8	9	31	31	0	35
10	Gimhae City	26	10	3	13	39	44	−5	33
11	Yongin City	26	5	11	10	22	32	−10	26
12	Ansan Hallelujah	26	5	8	13	25	42	−17	23
13	Mokpo City	26	5	6	15	25	36	−11	21
14	Chungju Hummel	26	5	6	15	25	44	−19	21

Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2011. Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Championship playoff

First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals

			0	(bye)	0
			2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	0
3	Gangneung City	3	2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	0	2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	3
3	Gangneung City	3				2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	3
6	Incheon Korail	2				5	Changwon City	2
6	Incheon Korail	2	3	Gangneung City	1	5	Changwon City	2
			3	Gangneung City	1
4	Busan Transportation Co.	0	5	Changwon City	3
5	Changwon City	1							2	Goyang Kookmin Bank	1	0	1
									1	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	1	1	2


						0	(bye)	0
						0	(bye)	0
						1	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	0
						1	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	0

Challengers League

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yangju Citizen	22	15	5	2	52	28	+24	50	Championship playoff
2	Gyeongju Citizen	22	13	6	3	57	24	+33	45	Championship playoff
3	Bucheon FC 1995	22	8	5	9	37	31	+6	29
4	Jeonju FC	22	7	8	7	29	34	−5	29
5	Seoul United	22	7	5	10	44	46	−2	26
6	Namyangju United	22	5	5	12	40	56	−16	20
7	Yeonggwang FC	22	4	3	15	26	51	−25	15
8	Asan United	22	3	6	13	37	73	−36	15

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2011. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Icheon Citizen	22	15	4	3	72	25	+47	49	Championship playoff
2	FC Pocheon	22	14	6	2	49	22	+27	48	Championship playoff
3	Chuncheon FC	22	13	4	5	38	23	+15	43
4	Cheongju FC	22	11	7	4	43	25	+18	40
5	Seoul FC Martyrs	22	9	3	10	43	56	−13	30
6	Cheonan FC	22	6	2	14	37	55	−18	20
7	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	22	4	5	13	29	55	−26	17
8	Goyang Citizen	22	3	4	15	24	56	−32	13

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2011. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

A1	Yangju Citizen (pen.)	1 (4)
B2	FC Pocheon	1 (3)
			A1	Yangju Citizen	1	2	3
			A2	Gyeongju Citizen	1	3	4
B1	Icheon Citizen	0 (2)
A2	Gyeongju Citizen (pen.)	0 (4)

WK-League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi	21	19	1	1	64	16	+48	58	WK-League Championship
2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	21	12	5	4	37	18	+19	41	WK-League Playoff
3	Suwon FMC	21	12	4	5	39	21	+18	40	WK-League Playoff
4	Busan Sangmu	21	11	2	8	30	32	−2	35
5	Chungnam Ilhwa Chunma	21	8	3	10	24	35	−11	27
6	Seoul Amazones	21	5	9	7	19	26	−7	24
7	Jeonbuk KSPO	21	1	3	17	17	46	−29	6
8	Chungbuk Sportstoto	21	1	3	17	13	49	−36	6

Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2011. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

The playoff is played one leg and championship final is played over two legs.

Play-off			Championship final

1	Goyang Daekyo Kangaroos (Bye)

			1	Goyang Daekyo Kangaroos	2	3	5
			2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	2	1	3
2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (a.e.t.)	2
3	Suwon FMC	1

Cups

Korean FA Cup

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Incheon United	2
Yonsei University	1	Incheon United	0
Seongnam Ilhwa	3	Seongnam Ilhwa	2
Mokpo City	0			Seongnam Ilhwa	2
Jeonbuk Hyundai	2			Busan I'Park	1
Kyunghee University	1	Jeonbuk Hyundai	1
Cheonan City	1	Busan I'Park	2
Busan I'Park	2					Seongnam Ilhwa	3
Pohang Steelers	2					Pohang Steelers	1
Daejeon KHNP	0	Pohang Steelers	1
Daegu FC	2	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	0
Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	3			Pohang Steelers	4
Busan Kyotong	2			FC Seoul	2
Gyeongnam FC	1	Busan Kyotong	0
FC Seoul	4	FC Seoul	1
Yongin City	0							Seongnam Ilhwa	1
Gwangju FC	1							Suwon Bluewings	0
Suwon City	2	Suwon City	0
Suwon Bluewings	3	Suwon Bluewings	1
FC Pocheon	1			Suwon Bluewings	1
Chunnam Dragons	1			Chunnam Dragons	0
Konkuk University	0	Chunnam Dragons	1
Goyang Kookmin Bank	2	Jeju United	0
Jeju United	4					Suwon Bluewings	3
Ansan Hallelujah	0					Ulsan Hyundai	2
Ulsan Hyundai	1	Ulsan Hyundai	2
Gangneung City	1	Sangju Sangmu	1
Sangju Sangmu	2			Ulsan Hyundai	3
Chungju Hummel	0 (3)			Gangwon FC	0
Gangwon FC (pen)	0 (4)	Gangwon FC (pen)	1 (4)
Gimhae City	0	Daejeon Citizen	1 (3)
Daejeon Citizen	3

K-League Cup

Group Round

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pohang Steelers	5	4	0	1	11	3	+8	12
2	Gyeongnam FC	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	10
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8
4	Incheon United	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1	5
5	Daegu FC	5	1	2	2	2	5	−3	5
6	Daejeon Citizen	5	0	1	4	1	11	−10	1

Source:

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Busan I'Park	5	4	0	1	7	3	+4	12
2	Ulsan Hyundai	5	4	0	1	8	5	+3	12
3	Chunnam Dragons	5	3	1	1	4	1	+3	10
4	Gangwon FC	5	1	1	3	7	6	+1	4
5	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	5	1	0	4	6	9	−3	3
6	Gwangju FC	5	1	0	4	4	12	−8	3

Source:

Knockout Round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final


Ulsan Hyundai	4

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1
		Ulsan Hyundai	4

		Gyeongnam FC	2
Gyeongnam FC	1

FC Seoul	0
				Ulsan Hyundai	3

				Busan I'Park	2
Pohang Steelers	1

Busan I'Park	2
		Busan I'Park	2

		Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1
Jeju United FC	0 (2)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)	0 (4)

National League Cup

Group Round

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mokpo City	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
2	Cheonan City	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
3	Busan Transportation Corp	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source:

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Incheon Korail	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
2	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Suwon City	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Chungju Hummel	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Source:

Group C
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	National Police Agency	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
2	Changwon City	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Gimhae City	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source:

Group D
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gangneung City	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
2	Yongin City	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Goyang Kookmin Bank	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Daejeon KHNP	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Source:

Knockout Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A1

Mokpo City

1

C2

Changwon City

2

C2

Changwon City (a.e.t.)

3

B1

Incheon Korail

2

B1

Incheon Korail (p)

0 (4)

D2

Yongin City

0 (3)

C2

Changwon City

0

B2

Ulsan Mipo Dolphins

3

C1

National Police Agency

1

A2

Cheonan City

0

C1

National Police Agency

0

B2

Ulsan Mipo Dolphins

1

D1

Gangneung City

2 (3)

B2

Ulsan Mipo Dolphins (p)

2 (4)

Challengers Cup

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Bucheon FC 1995 (pen.)

0 (7)

Cheongju Jikji

0 (6)

Bucheon FC 1995

1

Asan Citizen

2

Jeonju EM

1 (2)

Asan Citizen (pen.)

1 (4)

Asan Citizen

0

Icheon Citizen

5

Yangju FC

1

FC Pocheon

3

FC Pocheon

2 (5)

Icheon Citizen (pen.)

2 (6)

Icheon Citizen

(bye)

Icheon Citizen (pen.)

1 (4)

Gyeongju Citizen

1 (3)

Cheonan FC

1

Chuncheon FC

0

Cheonan FC

2

Seoul United

1

Yeonggwang FC

1

Seoul United

4

Cheonan FC

0

Gyeongju Citizen

5

Namyangju United

1

Gyeongju Citizen

4

Gyeongju Citizen (pen.)

1 (4)

Goyang FC

1 (3)

Seoul FC Martyrs

1

Goyang FC

5

South Korean clubs' performance in Asia

Champions League

South Korean clubs' score displayed first

Team	Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Jeju United	Group Stage	Tianjin Teda	0–1	0–3	None
		Melbourne Victory	2–1	1–1
		Gamba Osaka	2–1	1–3
FC Seoul	Group Stage	Al-Ain	1–0	3–0	None
		Hangzhou Greentown	3–0	1–1
		Nagoya Grampus	1–1	0–2
	Round of 16	Kashima Antlers			3–0
	Quarter-finals	Al-Ittihad	1–3	1–0	2–3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Group Stage	Sydney	0–0	3–1	None
		Shanghai Shenhua	4–0	3–0
		Kashima Antlers	1–1	1–1
	Round of 16	Nagoya Grampus			2–0
	Quarter-finals	Zob Ahan	1–1	2–1	3–2
	Semi-finals	Al-Sadd	0–2	1–0	1–2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Group Stage	Shandong Luneng	1–0	2–1	None
		Arema	4–0	6–0
		Cerezo Osaka	0–1	1–0
	Round of 16	Tianjin Teda			3–0
	Quarter-finals	Cerezo Osaka	3–4	6–1	9–5
	Semi-finals	Al-Ittihad	3–2	2–1	5–3
	Final	Al-Sadd			2–2 (2–4p)

Asian Challenge Cup

Team	Round	Opponent	Score
Ulsan Hyundai	Semifinal	Tianjin Teda	0–4
Ulsan Hyundai	Third place match	South China	4–2

National team

2011 AFC Asian Cup

10 January 2011 Group Round	South Korea	2 – 1	Bahrain	Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
19:15 UTC+3	Koo Ja-Cheol 40', 52'	Report	Aaish 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,669 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

14 January 2011 Group Round	Australia	1 – 1	South Korea	Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:15 UTC+3	Jedinak 62'	Report	Koo Ja-Cheol 24'	Attendance: 15,526 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

18 January 2011 Group Round	South Korea	4 – 1	India	Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:15 UTC+3	Ji Dong-Won 6', 23' Koo Ja-Cheol 9' Son Heung-Min 81'	Report	Chhetri 12' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,366 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

22 January 2011 Quarterfinal	Iran	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
19:25 UTC+3		Report	Yoon Bit-Garam 105+2'	Attendance: 7,111 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

25 January 2011 Semifinal	Japan	2 - 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 0 p)	South Korea	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
16:25 UTC+3	Maeda 36' Hosogai 97' (pen.)		Ki Sung-Yueng 23' (pen.) Hwang Jae-Won 120'	Attendance: 16,171 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Penalties
	Kashiwagi Okazaki Nagatomo Konno		Koo Ja-Cheol Lee Yong-Rae Hong Jeong-Ho

28 January 2011 3rd place match	Uzbekistan	2 – 3	South Korea	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
18:00 UTC+3	Geynrikh 45' (pen.), 53'	Report	Koo Ja-Cheol 18' Ji Dong-Won 28', 39'	Attendance: 8,199 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

2 September Third Round	South Korea	6 – 0	Lebanon	Goyang Stadium, Goyang
20:00 KST	Park Chu-Young 8', 45', 67' Ji Dong-Won 66', 85' Kim Jung-Woo 82'	Report		Attendance: 37,655 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

6 September Third Round	Kuwait	1 – 1	South Korea	Peace & Friendship Stadium, Kuwait
20:00 UTC+03	Fadel 53'	Report	Park Chu-Young 8'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

11 October Third Round	South Korea	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
KST	Park Chu-Young 50' Al Kamali 63' (o.g.)	Report	Matar 90+1'	Attendance: 28,689 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

11 November Third Round	United Arab Emirates	0 – 2	South Korea	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
16:45 UTC+04		Report	Lee Keun-Ho 88' Park Chu-Young 90+3'	Attendance: 8,272 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

15 November Third Round	Lebanon	2 – 1	South Korea	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut
14:30 UTC+02	Al Saadi 5' Ali Atwi 31' (pen.)	Report	Koo Ja-Cheol 20' (pen.)	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Friendlies

9 February 2011	Turkey	0 – 0	South Korea	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
20:00 UTC+2				Referee: Sergii Boyko (Ukraine)

25 March 2011	South Korea	4 – 0	Honduras	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
20:00 UTC+9	Lee Jung-Soo 28' Kim Jung-Woo 43' Park Chu-Young 82' Lee Keun-Ho 90+2'			Attendance: 31,224 Referee: Sato Ryuji (Japan)

3 June 2011	South Korea	2 – 1	Serbia	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
20:00 UTC+9	Park Chu-Young 10' Kim Young-Kwon 53'		Petrović 87'	Attendance: 40,876 Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi (United Arab Emirates)

7 June 2011	South Korea	2 – 1	Ghana	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
20:00 UTC+9	Ji Dong-Won 10' Koo Ja-Cheol 90'		Gyan 62'	Attendance: 41,271 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

10 August 2011	Japan	3 – 0	South Korea	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
19:30 JST	Kagawa 35', 55' Honda 53'			Attendance: 38,263 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

7 October 2011	South Korea	2 – 2	Poland	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
KST	Park Chu-Young 65', 76'		Lewandowski 29' Błaszczykowski 82'	Attendance: 33,225 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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gollark: Bye then, enjoy your whatever.

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References

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[table_note_res_KLCCLP0.87177577981342-1] Ulsan Hyundai, winner of 2011 K-League Championship semifinal, qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, while Pohang Steelers, the loser of the semifinal, qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

[table_note_res_CLGS0.87177577981342-2] Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma qualified for the Champions League group stage as 2011 Korean FA Cup winners.

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