1986 K League

The 1986 Korean Football Festival was the fourth season of the top football league in South Korea. Six teams participated in this season. Five of them were professional teams (Yukong Elephants, Daewoo Royals, POSCO Atoms, Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso and Hyundai Horang-i) and one was a semi-professional team (Hanil Bank). Hallelujah FC, the first South Korean first professional football club, changed its status to a semi-professional club and withdrew from the league afterwards. Sangmu FC, run by the Army also withdrew, leaving Hanil Bank as the only semi-professional team in the league.

Football Festival

Season	1986
Dates	First stage: 2 March – 20 April 1986 Second stage: 11 October – 16 November 1986 Championship: 22–23 November 1986
Champions	POSCO Atoms (1st title)
Asian Club Championship	Withdrew
Matches played	60
Goals scored	140 (2.33 per match)
Best Player	Lee Heung-sil
Top goalscorer	Chung Hae-won (10 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Kim Hyun-tae
← 1985 1987 →

It began on 2 March and ended on 16 November. It consisted of two stages and winners of each stage qualify for the championship playoffs. Between the two stages, the Korean Professional Football Championship in which only professional teams participated was held from May to September.

Regular season

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	POSCO Atoms	10	3	6	1	9	5	+4	12	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	10	3	5	2	9	8	+1	11
3	Yukong Elephants	10	4	2	4	11	10	+1	10
4	Daewoo Royals	10	4	2	4	8	10	−2	10
5	Hanil Bank	10	3	3	4	9	10	−1	9
6	Hyundai Horang-i	10	2	4	4	6	9	−3	8

Source: RSSSF

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	10	7	2	1	19	9	+10	16	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Hyundai Horang-i	10	5	4	1	16	8	+8	14
3	Daewoo Royals	10	6	0	4	18	14	+4	12
4	Yukong Elephants	10	3	3	4	18	16	+2	9
5	POSCO Atoms	10	2	2	6	9	18	−9	6
6	Hanil Bank	10	1	1	8	8	23	−15	3

Source: RSSSF

Championship playoffs

Main article: 1986 K League Championship

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
POSCO Atoms (C)	2–1	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	1–0	1–1

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals	Apps
1	Chung Hae-won	Daewoo Royals	10	19
2	Ham Hyun-gi	Hyundai Horang-i	8	20
3	Gu Bon-seok	Yukong Elephants	7	18
4	Kim Yong-se	Yukong Elephants	6	10
5	Cho Min-kuk	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	5	10
	Lee Heung-sil	POSCO Atoms		17
	Lee Sang-rae	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso		19
	Yoon Sung-hyo	Hanil Bank		20

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Lee Heung-sil	POSCO Atoms
Top goalscorer	Chung Hae-won	Daewoo Royals
Top assist provider	Kang Deuk-soo	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Rookie of the Year	Ham Hyun-gi	Hyundai Horang-i
Manager of the Year	Choi Eun-taek	POSCO Atoms
Best Goalkeeper	Kim Hyun-tae	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Fighting Spirit Award	Min Jin-hong	Yukong Elephants
Exemplary Award	Park Sung-hwa	POSCO Atoms
Best Referee	Shim Geon-taek	—
Special Award	Chung Hae-won	Daewoo Royals

Source:^[1]

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Kim Hyun-tae	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Defenders	Cho Young-jeung	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
	Kim Pyung-seok	Hyundai Horang-i
	Choi Kang-hee	Hyundai Horang-i
	Park No-bong	Daewoo Royals
Midfielders	Cho Min-kook	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
	Lee Heung-sil	POSCO Atoms
	Yoon Sung-hyo	Hanil Bank
Forwards	Kim Yong-se	Yukong Elephants
	Chung Hae-won	Daewoo Royals
	Ham Hyun-gi	Hyundai Horang-i

Source:^[2]

See also

• 1986 K League Championship
• Professional Football Championship (South Korea)

References

1. 포철,프로축구 첫패권. Naver (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 25 November 1986. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
2. 86 축구대제전 베스트11 선정. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 18 November 1986.

External links

• RSSSF