K League 1 2018

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K League 1 2018
master Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Champions League Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Gyeongnam FC
Daegu FC
Champions League
qualification		 Ulsan Hyundai
Cup winners Daegu FC
Relegation ↓ FC Seoul
Relegated Jeonnam Dragons
Teams 12
Games 228 + 2 relegation games
Gates 618  (ø 2.71 per game)
spectator 1,273,121  (ø 5584 per game)
Top scorer BrazilBrazil Marcão
(Gyeongnam FC, 26 goals)
← K League Classic 2017

The K League 1 2018 was the first season of the highest South Korean football league under this name and the 36th season since its official introduction in 1983. The season started on March 1st and ended in early December. The defending champion was Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors . Climber was Gyeongnam FC .

Attendees

Clubs of the K League 1 2018
team city Trainer Home stadium capacity In the league since Previous year's placement
Daegu FC Daegu André Daegu Stadium 69,104 2017 8th place
Gangwon FC Chuncheon Kim Byeong-su Chuncheon Songam Leports Town Stadium 20,000 2017 6th place
Gyeongnam FC Changwon Kim Jong-bu Changwon Football Center 15,116 2018 Climbers
Incheon United Incheon Jørn Andersen Incheon football stadium 20,891 2004 9th place
Jeju United Jeju-si Cho Seong-han Jeju World Cup Stadium 35,657 1983 2nd place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonju Choi Kang-hee Jeonju World Cup Stadium 42,477 1995 master
Jeonnam Dragons Gwangyang Kim In-wan (Interim) Gwangyang Football Stadium 14,284 1995 10th place
Pohang Steelers Pohang Choi Soon-ho Steel Yard Stadium 25,000 1983 7th place
Sangju Sangmu FC Sangju Kim Tae-wan Sangju Stadium 15,042 2016 11th place
FC Seoul Seoul Choi Yong-su Seoul World Cup Stadium 66,704 1984 5th place
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon Seo Young-won Suwon World Cup Stadium 43,959 1996 3rd place
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Kim Do-hoon Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium 44,466 1984 4th Place

Venues

Daegu FC Gangwon FC Gyeongnam FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Daegu Stadium Chuncheon Stadium Changwon Football Center Incheon football stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 69,104 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 35,657 Capacity: 42,477
Daegu.Stadium.original.2167.jpg Changwon Soccer Center 2.JPG Incheon Soccer Stadium 2.JPG Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju Island.jpg Jeonju World Cup Stadium 2016.jpg
Jeonnam Dragons Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung Bluewings Ulsan Hyundai
Gwangyang Football Stadium Steel Yard Stadium Sangju Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 14,284 Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 43,959 Capacity: 44,466
Gwangyangstadium1.jpg Pohang080413 1.jpg Sangju.jpeg Seoul World Cup Stadium.jpg Suwon World Cup Stadium from outside.jpg Munsu 20121110 204310 5.jpg

Closing tables

Regular season

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (M)  33  24  5  4th 068:280 +40 77
 2. Gyeongnam FC (N)  33  16  10  7th 054:390 +15 58
 3. Ulsan Hyundai (P)  33  15th  11  7th 053:370 +16 56
 4th Suwon Samsung Bluewings  33  13  10  10 048:420  +6 49
 5. Pohang Steelers  33  13  8th  12 041:410  ± 0 47
 6th Jeju United  33  11  11  11 038:390  −1 44
 7th Gangwon FC  33  10  9  14th 051:550  −4 39
 8th. Daegu FC  33  11  6th  16 042:540 −12 39
 9. FC Seoul  33  8th  11  14th 035:420  −7 35
10. Sangju Sangmu FC (R)  33  8th  9  16 037:480 −11 33
11. Jeonnam Dragons  33  8th  8th  17th 039:590 −20 32
12. Incheon United  33  6th  12  15th 046:650 −19 30th
To the 33rd matchday:
  • Participation in the championship round
  • Participation in the relegation round
    • At the end of the 2017 season:
    (M) Reigning Master
    (P) Reigning cup winner
    (R) Winner of the relegation games
    (N) Newcomers from the K League Challenge 2017

    Championship round

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (M)  38  26th  8th  4th 075:310 +44 86
     2. Gyeongnam FC (N)  38  18th  11  9 059:440 +15 65
     3. Ulsan Hyundai (P)  38  17th  12  9 061:450 +16 63
     4th Pohang Steelers  38  15th  9  14th 049:490  ± 0 54
     5. Jeju United  38  14th  12  12 043:410  +2 54
     6th Suwon Samsung Bluewings  38  13  11  14th 053:540  −1 50
    At the end of the 2018 season:
  • South Korean champion and participation in the group stage of the 2019 AFC Champions League
  • Participation in the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2019
  • Participation in the play-off round of the AFC Champions League 2019
    		•
    At the end of the 2017 season:
    (M) Reigning Master
    (P) Reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers from the K League Challenge 2017

    Relegation round

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     7th Daegu FC  38  14th  8th  16 047:560  −9 50
     8th. Gangwon FC  38  12  10  16 056:600  −4 46
     9. Incheon United  38  10  12  16 055:700 −15 42
    10. Sangju Sangmu FC (R)  38  10  10  18th 040:510 −11 40
    11. FC Seoul  38  9  13  16 040:480  −8 40
    12. Jeonnam Dragons  38  8th  8th  22nd 043:690 −26 32
    At the end of the 2018 season:
  • Participation in the relegation
  • Relegation to the K League 2 2019
  • Cup winners and participation in the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2019
    • At the end of the 2017 season:
    (R) Winner of the relegation games

    Relegation

    The relegation was played between the 11th place in the K League 1, FC Seoul and the K League 2 play-off winner, Busan IPark . The first leg took place on December 6th in Busan , and the second leg on December 9th in Seoul . The winner of the relegation will play in the K League 1 next season .

    First leg

    pairing Busan IPark - FC Seoul
    Result 1: 3 (1: 0)
    date December 6, 2018; 11 a.m. CET
    Stadion Busan Gudeok Stadium , Busan
    10,127 spectators
    referee Kim Uh-seong
    Gates 22 "1: 0 Romulo, 58" 1: 1 Jo Yeong-uk , 78 "1: 2 Ko Yo-han ,
    88" 1: 3 Jeong Hyeon-cheol


    Return leg

    pairing FC Seoul - Busan IPark
    Result 1: 1 (0: 1)
    date December 9, 2018; 6 a.m. CET
    Stadion Seoul World Cup Stadium , Seoul
    8,554 spectators
    referee Kim Dae-yong
    Gates 32 "0-1 Kim Jin-kyu , 90 + 3" 1-1 Park Chu-young


    statistics

    Table history

    The championship round and the relegation round will take place from the 34th to the 38th matchday. The table is divided into two halves of six teams each.

    1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
    Daegu FC 12 12 11 11 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8th 7th 8th 8th 8th 7th 8th 7th 7th 7th
    Gangwon FC 4th 3 2 4th 4th 5 7th 5 8th 8th 5 7th 8th 7th 7th 7th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 8th 8th 5 6th 6th 7th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 8th 7th 8th 8th 8th
    Gyeongnam FC 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 4th 4th 3 2 4th 4th 3 4th 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
    Incheon United 8th 6th 5 6th 6th 8th 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 10 11 11 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 9
    Jeju United 6th 10 7th 8th 8th 6th 5 6th 3 3 4th 4th 3 3 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 5 5 7th 8th 8th 7th 6th 7th 7th 8th 7th 6th 6th 5 6th 6th 5 5
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3 4th 4th 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Jeonnam Dragons 4th 6th 9 7th 7th 10 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12
    Pohang Steelers 1 1 3 2 3 4th 4th 4th 6th 6th 7th 8th 7th 8th 8th 9 9 8th 7th 7th 6th 6th 5 6th 5 5 5 5 5 4th 4th 4th 5 6th 4th 4th 4th 4th
    Sangju Sangmu FC 11 8th 8th 9 9 6th 8th 7th 5 5 6th 5 5 5 6th 6th 7th 9 9 8th 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10
    FC Seoul 6th 9 10 10 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8th 8th 7th 8th 9 8th 7th 6th 7th 7th 8th 8th 8th 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 11
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings 8th 5 6th 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 4th 3 3 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5 5 5 4th 4th 5 5 6th 6th
    Ulsan Hyundai 10 11 12 12 10 11 6th 8th 7th 7th 8th 6th 6th 6th 5 5 6th 5 5 5 4th 4th 4th 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3

    Spectator table

    space team Home games spectator per game
    01. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 19th 240.408 12,653
    02. FC Seoul 19th 214,446 11,287
    03. Pohang Steelers 19th 152.602 8,032
    04th Ulsan Hyundai 19th 148,894 7,837
    05. Suwon Samsung Bluewings 19th 126,757 6,671
    06th Incheon United 19th 84,150 4,429
    07th Daegu FC 19th 66,350 3,492
    08th. Jeju United 19th 65,862 3,466
    09. Jeonnam Dragons 19th 60.219 3,169
    10. Gyeongnam FC 19th 57,669 3,035
    11. Sangju Sangmu FC 19th 25,050 1,318
    12. Gangwon FC 19th 24,458 1,287
    total 2280 1,273,1210 05,584

    Change of coach

    date team Table position Trainer reason successor
    4th December 2017 Coats of arms of None.svg Jeonnam Dragons Winter break Korea SouthSouth Korea No Sang-rae End of contract Korea SouthSouth Korea Yu Sang-cheol
    April 30, 2018 Fc seoul.svg FC Seoul 9th place Korea SouthSouth Korea Hwang Sun-hong Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Eul-yong (Interim)
    May 11, 2018 Incheon united fc.svg Incheon United 11th place Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Ki-hyung Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Park Seong-cheol (Interim)
    June 9, 2018 Incheon united fc.svg Incheon United 11th place Korea SouthSouth KoreaPark Seong-cheol (Interim) Replaced by a new trainer NorwayNorway Jørn Andersen
    11th August 2018 Coats of arms of None.svg Gangwon FC 7th place Korea SouthSouth Korea Song Kyeong-seob Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Byeong-su
    August 16, 2018 Coats of arms of None.svg Jeonnam Dragons 12th place Korea SouthSouth Korea Yu Sang-cheol Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim In-wan (Interim)
    August 28, 2018 Suwon samsung bluewings.svg Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4th Place Korea SouthSouth Korea Seo Young-won resignation Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Byeong-keun (Interim)
    October 11, 2018 Fc seoul.svg FC Seoul 9th place Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Eul-yong (Interim) Replaced by a new trainer Korea SouthSouth Korea Choi Yong-su
    15th October 2018 Suwon samsung bluewings.svg Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4th Place Korea SouthSouth KoreaLee Byeong-keun (Interim) Discharge Korea SouthSouth Korea Seo Young-won

    Sponsors

    society Shirt sponsor Main sponsor
    Gangwon FC Astore High 1 Resort
    Gyeongnam FC bumblebee Gyeongsangnam-do
    Daegu FC Kelme Daegu Bank
    Sangju Sangmu FC Atemi Sangju
    FC Seoul Le Coq Sportif GS SHOP
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings Adidas Samsung Electronics
    Ulsan Hyundai Adidas Hyundai Oilbank
    Incheon United FC bumblebee Incheon , Incheon Airport , Shinhan Bank
    Jeonnam Dragons Joma POSCO
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors bumblebee Hyundai Motor Company
    Jeju United KIKA SK Energy
    Pohang Steelers bumblebee POSCO

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ https://www.liveticker.com/fussball/sudkorea/k-league-1/?t=2wMKjXpa&ts=4YS2iYDO Relegation match reports
    2. ↑ http://kleague.com/match?vw=record&gs_idx=605 game report; Relegation 1/2 KLeague.com (kor)
    3. ↑ http://www.kleague.com/match?vw=live&gs_idx=604 game report; Relegation 2/2 KLeague.com