2005 in South Korean football

This article shows the summary of 2005 football season in South Korea. Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors became champions of the 2005 K League and 2005 Korean FA Cup respectively, and Busan IPark reached the semi-finals of the 2005 AFC Champions League. The South Korean national team qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Football in South Korea

Season	2005
Men's football
K League	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
K2 League	Incheon Korail
Korean FA Cup	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Korean League Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Korean Super Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
← 2004 2006 →

National teams

Main article: South Korea national football team results (2000–2009)

FIFA World Cup qualification

See also: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

South Korea  v  Kuwait

9 February AFC third round, Group 1	South Korea	2–0	Kuwait	Seoul, South Korea
	Lee Dong-gook 23' Lee Young-pyo 80'

Saudi Arabia  v  South Korea

25 March AFC third round, Group 1	Saudi Arabia	2–0	South Korea	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
	Kariri 29' Al-Qahtani 75'

South Korea  v  Uzbekistan

30 March AFC third round, Group 1	South Korea	2–1	Uzbekistan	Seoul, South Korea
	Lee Young-pyo 54' Lee Dong-gook 62'		Geynrikh 78'

Uzbekistan  v  South Korea

3 June AFC third round, Group 1	Uzbekistan	1–1	South Korea	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Shatskikh 63'		Park Chu-young 90'

Kuwait  v  South Korea

8 June AFC third round, Group 1	Kuwait	0–4	South Korea	Kuwait City, Kuwait
			Park Chu-young 18' Lee Dong-gook 28' (pen.) Chung Kyung-ho 54' Park Ji-sung 60'

South Korea  v  Saudi Arabia

17 August AFC third round, Group 1	South Korea	0–1	Saudi Arabia	Seoul, South Korea
			Al-Anbar 4'

AFC third round, Group 1 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14	Qualification for World Cup
2	South Korea	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
3	Uzbekistan	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5	Advance to AFC fourth round
4	Kuwait	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4

Source: ^[1]

EAFF Championship

See also: 2005 EAFF Championship

South Korea  v  China

31 July	South Korea	1–1	China	Daejeon, South Korea
	Kim Jin-kyu 73'		Sun Xiang 52'

South Korea  v  North Korea

4 August

South Korea

0–0

North Korea

Jeonju, South Korea

South Korea  v  Japan

8 August	South Korea	0–1	Japan	Daegu, South Korea
			Nakazawa 86'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China (C)	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	North Korea	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: EAFF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Friendlies

Senior team

South Korea  v  Colombia

15 January	South Korea	1–2	Colombia	Los Angeles, United States
	Chung Kyung-ho 2'		Castillo 41' Perea 75'

South Korea  v  Paraguay

19 January	South Korea	1–1	Paraguay	Los Angeles, United States
	Kim Jin-kyu 46'	Report	Cardozo 45+1' (pen.)

South Korea  v  Sweden

22 January	South Korea	1–1	Sweden	Carson, United States
	Chung Kyung-ho 70'		Rosenberg 86'

South Korea  v  Egypt

4 February	South Korea	0–1	Egypt	Seoul, South Korea
			Moteab 14'

South Korea  v  Burkina Faso

20 March	South Korea	1–0	Burkina Faso	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Kim Sang-sik 65'

South Korea  v  North Korea

14 August	South Korea	3–0[a]	North Korea	Seoul, South Korea
	Chung Kyung-ho 34' Kim Jin-yong 36' Park Chu-young 68'

South Korea  v  Iran

12 October	South Korea	2–0	Iran	Seoul, South Korea
	Cho Won-hee 1' Kim Jin-kyu 90'

South Korea  v  Sweden

12 November	South Korea	2–2	Sweden	Seoul, South Korea
	Ahn Jung-hwan 7' Kim Young-chul 51'		Linderoth 8' Rosenberg 56'

South Korea  v  Serbia and Montenegro

16 November	South Korea	2–0	Serbia and Montenegro	Seoul, South Korea
	Choi Jin-cheul 4' Lee Dong-gook 66'

1. Not recognised as international "A" match.

Leagues

K League

Regular season

Main article: 2005 K League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon United	24	13	6	5	36	26	+10	45	Qualification for playoffs
2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	24	12	7	5	40	24	+16	43	Second stage winners
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	24	13	4	7	31	24	+7	43	Qualification for playoffs
4	Bucheon SK	24	12	6	6	26	18	+8	42
5	Pohang Steelers	24	11	7	6	28	22	+6	40
6	FC Seoul	24	8	8	8	37	32	+5	32
7	Daejeon Citizen	24	6	12	6	19	20	−1	30
8	Daegu FC	24	8	6	10	29	36	−7	30
9	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	24	6	10	8	29	32	−3	28
10	Busan IPark	24	7	7	10	28	31	−3	28	First stage winners
11	Jeonnam Dragons	24	7	6	11	23	29	−6	27
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	24	4	6	14	24	41	−17	18	Qualification for Champions League[a]
13	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	24	4	5	15	23	38	−15	17

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

1. Qualified as champions of FA Cup.

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2005 K League Championship

	Semi-finals					Final
	Busan IPark		0
	Incheon United		2
						Incheon United		1	2	3
						Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i		5	1	6
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma		1
	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i		2

Final table

Pos	Team	0	Qualification
1	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (C)		Qualification for Champions League
2	Incheon United
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
4	Busan IPark

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

K2 League

Main article: 2005 K2 League

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Suwon City	10	7	1	2	19	10	+9	22	Qualification for playoff
2	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	10	6	3	1	25	15	+10	21
3	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	10	6	2	2	15	6	+9	20
4	Gangneung City	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17
5	Gimpo Hallelujah	10	5	2	3	11	12	−1	17
6	Icheon Sangmu	10	4	3	3	11	8	+3	15
7	Incheon Korail	10	4	1	5	10	11	−1	13
8	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	10	3	3	4	10	12	−2	12
9	Changwon City	10	2	3	5	7	13	−6	9
10	Daejeon KHNP	10	1	2	7	7	14	−7	5
11	Seosan Citizen	10	1	0	9	4	20	−16	3

Source: RSSSF

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Incheon Korail	10	6	3	1	14	7	+7	21	Qualification for playoff
2	Icheon Sangmu	10	5	3	2	11	6	+5	18
3	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	10	4	3	3	13	7	+6	15
4	Gimpo Hallelujah	10	4	3	3	19	15	+4	15
5	Changwon City	10	4	3	3	16	15	+1	15
6	Suwon City	10	3	5	2	16	13	+3	14
7	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	10	2	7	1	7	6	+1	13
8	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	10	3	3	4	13	14	−1	12
9	Gangneung City	10	2	3	5	7	12	−5	9
10	Seosan Citizen	10	1	6	3	8	15	−7	9
11	Daejeon KHNP	10	0	3	7	6	20	−14	3

Source: RSSSF

Championship playoff

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Incheon Korail (C)	4–2	Suwon City	2–1	2–1

Domestic cups

Korean FA Cup

Main article: 2005 Korean FA Cup

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Korea University	0
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2
					Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2
					FC Seoul	1
	FC Seoul	2
	Gimpo Hallelujah	1
									Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (p)	3 (4)
									Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3 (2)
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)	1 (5)
	Suwon City	1 (3)
					Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3
					Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1
	Chung-Ang University	2
													14 December – Seoul
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3
													Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	030
													Incheon Korail	1
	Uijeongbu Hummel	1
	Incheon Korail (a.e.t.)	2
					Incheon Korail	4
					Bucheon SK	2
	Bucheon SK (a.e.t.)	3
	Gangneung City	0
									Incheon Korail	2
									Goyang Kookmin Bank	1
	Goyang Kookmin Bank	4
	Bongshin Club	0
					Goyang Kookmin Bank	2
					Incheon United	1
	Ajou University	2
																	17 December – Seoul
	Incheon United	3
																	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	010
																	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	0
	Busan IPark	1
	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	2
					Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (p)	1 (3)
					Daejeon Citizen	1 (2)
	Daejeon Citizen (a.e.t.)	3
	Daegu University	1
									Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (p)	0 (4)
									Pohang Steelers	0 (3)
	Pohang Steelers	2
	Honam University	1
					Pohang Steelers (p)	0 (4)
					Gwangju Sangmu	0 (3)
	Gwangju Sangmu	6
													14 December – Seoul
	Konkuk University	1
													Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	3
													Jeonnam Dragons	1
	Jeonnam Dragons	w/o
	Seosan Citizen	—
					Jeonnam Dragons (a.e.t.)	2
					Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1
	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	3
	Honam University	1
									Jeonnam Dragons	2
									Daegu FC	1
	Daegu FC	1
	Hongik University	0
					Daegu FC	4
					Daejeon KHNP	1
	Daejeon KHNP	1
	Changwon City	0

Korean League Cup

Main article: 2005 Korean League Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)	12	7	4	1	20	11	+9	25
2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	6	5	1	17	11	+6	23
3	Pohang Steelers	12	4	8	0	13	9	+4	20
4	Bucheon SK	12	5	3	4	14	13	+1	18
5	FC Seoul	12	5	2	5	18	18	0	17
6	Incheon United	12	4	3	5	9	10	−1	15
7	Daegu FC	12	4	3	5	16	18	−2	15
8	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	3	5	4	9	9	0	14
9	Jeonnam Dragons	12	3	5	4	11	12	−1	14
10	Daejeon Citizen	12	3	4	5	9	11	−2	13
11	Gwangju Sangmu	12	3	3	6	7	13	−6	12
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	2	5	5	12	14	−2	11
13	Busan IPark	12	2	4	6	8	14	−6	10

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Korean Super Cup

Main article: Korean Super Cup

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	Busan IPark
Nádson 28'

1 March

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 21,784

International cups

AFC Champions League

Main article: South Korean football clubs in the AFC Champions League

Team	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
Busan IPark	Semi-finals	Group G	Winners	8–0	Home	Bình Định
				4–0	Away
				2–0	Away	Krung Thai Bank
				4–0	Home
				4–0	Home	Persebaya Surabaya
				3–0	Away
		Quarter-finals	5–1	3–0	Home	Al-Sadd
				2–1	Away
		Semi-finals	0–7	0–5	Home	Al-Ittihad
				0–2	Away
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Group stage	Group E	Runners-up	5–1	Away	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
				6–0	Home
				0–0	Home	Shenzhen Jianlibao
				0–1	Away
				2–1	Home	Júbilo Iwata
				1–0	Away

See also

• Football in South Korea