2011 K-League

The 2011 K League, officially known as Hyundai Oilbank K-League 2011, was the 29th season of the K League. It was sponsored by Hyundai Oilbank.

Hyundai Oilbank
K League

Season	2011
Dates	Regular season: 5 March – 30 October 2011 Championship: 19 November – 4 December 2011
Champions	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2nd title)
Champions League	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Ulsan Hyundai Pohang Steelers Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Matches played	246
Goals scored	669 (2.72 per match)
Best Player	Lee Dong-gook
Top goalscorer	Dejan Damjanović (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Pohang 7–0 Daejeon (9 July 2011)
Biggest away win	Incheon 2–6 Jeonbuk (30 April 2011)
Highest scoring	Seoul 6–3 Gangwon (27 August 2011)
Longest winning run	7 matches FC Seoul
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Longest winless run	14 matches Daejeon Citizen
Longest losing run	8 matches Gangwon FC
Highest attendance	51,606 Seoul 0–2 Suwon (6 March 2011)
Lowest attendance	1,027 Daegu 2–3 Busan (9 July 2011)
Average attendance	11,634
← 2010 2012 →

Teams

Busan IPark

Jeonnam Dragons

Daegu FC

Daejeon Citizen

FC Seoul

Gwangju FC

Gyeongnam FC

Incheon United

Jeju United

Jeonbuk Hyundai
Motors

Pohang Steelers

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Ulsan Hyundai

Gangwon FC
(Gangneung)

Gangwon FC
(Chuncheon)

Sangju Sangmu

Locations of the 2011 K League clubs

General information

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	2010 season
Busan IPark	An Ik-soo	Busan	Busan Asiad Stadium	8th place
Jeonnam Dragons	Jung Hae-seong	Gwangyang	Gwangyang Football Stadium	10th place
Daegu FC	Lee Young-jin	Daegu	Daegu Stadium Daegu Civic Stadium	15th place
Daejeon Citizen	Yoo Sang-chul	Daejeon	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	13th place
Gangwon FC	Kim Sang-ho	Gangneung Chuncheon	Gangneung Stadium Chuncheon Stadium	12th place
Gwangju FC	Choi Man-hee	Gwangju	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	—
Gyeongnam FC	Choi Jin-han	Changwon	Changwon Football Center	6th place
Incheon United	Huh Jung-moo	Incheon	Incheon Munhak Stadium	11th place
Jeju United	Park Kyung-hoon	Seogwipo	Jeju World Cup Stadium	Runners-up
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Choi Kang-hee	Jeonju	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	3rd place
Pohang Steelers	Hwang Sun-hong	Pohang	Pohang Steel Yard	9th place
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	Kim Tae-wan	Sangju	Sangju Civic Stadium	14th place
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Shin Tae-yong	Seongnam	Tancheon Sports Complex	4th place
FC Seoul	Choi Yong-soo	Seoul	Seoul World Cup Stadium	Champions
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Yoon Sung-hyo	Suwon	Suwon World Cup Stadium	7th place
Ulsan Hyundai	Kim Ho-kon	Ulsan	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium	5th place

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Incoming	Date	Table
Jeonnam Dragons	Park Hang-seo	Resigned	5 November 2010	Jung Hae-seong	10 November 2010	Pre-season
Busan IPark	Hwang Sun-hong	End of contract	9 November 2010	An Ik-soo	8 December 2010
Pohang Steelers	Park Chang-hyun	Caretaker	9 November 2010	Hwang Sun-hong	9 November 2010
FC Seoul	Nelo Vingada	Resigned	12 December 2010	Hwangbo Kwan	28 December 2010
Gangwon FC	Choi Soon-ho	Resigned	4 April 2011[1]	Kim Sang-ho	4 April 2011	16th
FC Seoul	Hwangbo Kwan	Resigned	26 April 2011[2]	Choi Yong-soo	26 April 2011	14th
Daejeon Citizen	Wang Sun-jae	Sacked	4 July 2011	Yoo Sang-chul	17 July 2011[3]	15th
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	Lee Soo-chul	Resigned	11 July 2011	Kim Tae-wan	14 July 2011	13th

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former player(s)
Busan IPark	Éder Baiano	Fágner		Iain Fyfe	Felipe Azevedo Bas van den Brink
Chunnam Dragons	Índio	Weslley	Javier Reina	Robert Cornthwaite
Daegu FC	Juninho	Matheus	Thiago Quirino
Daejeon Citizen	Wagner Querino	Bai Zijian		Yuta Baba	Wésley Brasilia
Gangwon FC	Muhamed Džakmić	Mateas Delić			Stipe Lapić Masahiro Ohashi
Gwangju FC	Alessandro Celin	João Paulo			Vinícius Lopes
Gyeongnam FC	Morato	Roni	Wilmar Jordán	Luke DeVere	Lúcio Curió
Incheon United	Almir	Elionar Bombinha	Fábio Bahia	Timur Kapadze	Luizinho Diego Giaretta
Jeju United		Jair	Júnior Santos		Felipinho
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Eninho	Luiz Henrique	Krunoslav Lovrek	Huang Bowen
Pohang Steelers	Adriano Chuva	Mota	Derek Asamoah
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Éverton Santos	Héverton	Dženan Radončić	Sasa Ognenovski	Jean Carlos
FC Seoul	Adilson	Mauricio Molina	Dejan Damjanović		Server Djeparov
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Diego Oliveira	Mato Neretljak	Stevica Ristić	Alexander Geynrikh	Bergson Marcel
Ulsan Hyundai	Lúcio Curió	Vinicius	Juan Velez		Magnum Naji Majrashi

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	30	18	9	3	67	32	+35	63	Qualification for the K League playoffs final
2	Pohang Steelers	30	17	8	5	59	33	+26	59	Qualification for the K League playoffs semi-final
3	FC Seoul	30	16	7	7	56	38	+18	55	Qualification for the K League playoffs first round
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	30	17	4	9	51	33	+18	55
5	Busan IPark	30	13	7	10	49	43	+6	46
6	Ulsan Hyundai	30	13	7	10	33	29	+4	46
7	Jeonnam 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	Qualification for the Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
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

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Positions by matchday

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	13	9	5	9	9	5	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pohang Steelers	8	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
FC Seoul	15	13	15	11	12	12	14	13	10	7	9	11	12	9	9	10	6	7	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1	1	7	3	4	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	11	7	5	9	8	9	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Busan IPark	11	11	14	15	15	15	13	12	9	9	6	7	8	12	8	6	5	5	3	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5
Ulsan Hyundai	11	15	11	13	10	10	11	10	13	14	13	9	7	7	11	11	12	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	8	7	7	6	5	6
Jeonnam Dragons	6	9	6	8	8	7	9	9	7	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	7
Gyeongnam FC	6	2	8	4	7	9	7	5	4	6	8	8	10	8	12	12	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	8
Jeju United	4	5	4	6	6	8	6	7	5	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	8	12	13	10	11	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	12	13	11	10	10	10	10
Gwangju FC	3	7	10	12	13	14	12	11	14	11	14	13	11	10	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	13	13	11	11	11
Daegu FC	10	8	9	7	3	4	8	8	12	13	11	10	9	13	10	8	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	11	11	12	11	12	12	12
Incheon United	15	14	12	14	14	11	10	14	11	10	7	6	6	6	5	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	12	13	13	13
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	1	3	1	5	5	6	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	6	9	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Daejeon Citizen	4	4	2	1	1	3	5	6	8	12	12	14	13	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Gangwon FC	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: K League

Results

Home \ Away	BIP	JND	DGU	DJC	GWN	GWJ	GNM	ICU	JJU	JHM	PHS	SSP	SIC	SEO	SSB	USH
Busan IPark	—	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–3	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	4–3	2–0
Jeonnam Dragons	1–1	—	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–1
Daegu FC	2–3	1–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0
Daejeon Citizen	1–3	4–4	2–2	—	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–0
Gangwon FC	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	—	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–4	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2
Gwangju FC	2–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	—	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Gyeongnam FC	3–2	1–2	3–0	7–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–3	0–1	2–2	0–3	0–2	1–0
Incheon United	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	—	0–0	2–6	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
Jeju United	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	—	0–0	1–3	3–3	2–1	0–3	3–2	1–2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	5–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	6–1	2–0	4–2	3–2	—	3–1	5–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0
Pohang Steelers	3–2	1–1	2–2	7–0	0–0	5–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	—	4–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–3	—	1–3	3–4	1–0	1–2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–3	2–3	—	2–0	1–1	3–2
FC Seoul	2–1	1–0	0–2	4–1	6–3	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	—	0–2	1–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–2	1–2	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	—	2–1
Ulsan Hyundai	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	—

Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2011 K League Championship

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinal					Final
	3	FC Seoul	1													1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	2	4
	6	Ulsan Hyundai	3								2	Pohang Steelers	0				Ulsan Hyundai	1	1	2
						Ulsan Hyundai (p)		1 (3)				Ulsan Hyundai	1
						Suwon Samsung Bluewings		1 (1)
	4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1
	5	Busan IPark	0

Final table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Ulsan Hyundai
3	Pohang Steelers	Qualification for the Champions League playoff round
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
5	FC Seoul
6	Busan IPark

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	23
2	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	16
3	Kim Jung-woo	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	15
4	Júnior Santos	Jeju United	14
5	Mota	Pohang Steelers	13
6	Kim Dong-chan	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	10
	Mauricio Molina	FC Seoul
8	Han Sang-woon	Busan IPark	9
	Lim Sang-hyub	Busan IPark
	Yang Dong-hyun	Busan IPark
	Ko Moo-yeol	Pohang Steelers
	Stevica Ristić	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Yeom Ki-hun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Top assist providers

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	15
2	Yeom Ki-hun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	13
3	Mauricio Molina	FC Seoul	12
4	Kim Eun-jung	Jeju United	8
	Mota	Pohang Steelers
6	Han Sang-woon	Busan IPark	7
	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul
	Koh Myong-jin	FC Seoul
	Choi Jae-soo	Ulsan Hyundai
10	Yoon Bit-garam	Gyeongnam FC	6
	Yun Il-lok	Gyeongnam FC
	Bae Ki-jong	Jeju United
	Hwang Jin-sung	Pohang Steelers

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player[4]	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Top goalscorer[5]	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul
Top assist provider[5]	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Rookie of the Year[4]	Yoon Bit-garam	Gyeongnam FC
FANtastic Player[4]	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Manager of the Year[4]	Choi Kang-hee	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Kim Young-kwang	Ulsan Hyundai
Defenders	Park Won-jae	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Cho Sung-hwan	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Choi Chul-soon	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Kwak Tae-hwi	Ulsan Hyundai
Midfielders	Yeom Ki-hun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Ha Dae-sung	FC Seoul
	Eninho	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Yoon Bit-garam	Gyeongnam FC
Forwards	Lee Dong-gook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul

Source:^[4]

Attendance

Attendance by club

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	FC Seoul	447,397	51,606	9,797	27,962	−9.4%†
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	400,073	44,537	13,004	23,534	−11.6%†
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	259,790	33,554	8,334	16,237	+13.5%†
4	Ulsan Hyundai	254,164	34,758	3,376	15,885	+104.0%†
5	Daejeon Citizen	213,653	32,340	4,771	14,244	+66.1%†
6	Pohang Steelers	226,527	21,317	5,473	14,158	+26.7%†
7	Gyeongnam FC	136,021	22,468	1,214	9,068	−27.5%†
8	Gwangju FC	131,844	36,241	2,515	8,790	n/a†
9	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	126,594	16,400	3,245	8,440	+123.2%†
10	Incheon United	113,432	27,831	1,127	7,562	−11.8%†
11	Busan IPark	108,630	29,267	2,336	7,242	+64.9%†
12	Jeonnam Dragons	102,810	19,247	1,368	6,854	−42.9%†
13	Daegu FC	97,157	20,187	1,027	6,477	+31.0%†
14	Gangwon FC	87,676	15,497	2,017	5,845	−38.7%†
15	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	86,952	12,131	2,893	5,797	+40.4%†
16	Jeju United	69,138	12,775	1,191	4,609	−14.7%†
	League total	2,861,858	51,606	1,027	11,634	+6.3%†

Updated to games played on 4 December 2011
Source: K League
Notes:
^† First season in K League.
* Including K League Championship matches.

Top matches

Rank	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Attendance	Matchday	Day of week
1	6 March 2011	FC Seoul	0–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Seoul World Cup Stadium	51,606	Round 1	Sunday
2	3 October 2011	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	FC Seoul	Suwon World Cup Stadium	44,537	Round 27	Monday
3	11 June 2011	FC Seoul	1–1	Pohang Steelers	Seoul World Cup Stadium	44,358	Round 13	Saturday
4	23 October 2011	FC Seoul	3–1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Seoul World Cup Stadium	42,909	Round 29	Sunday
5	7 May 2011	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–2	Jeonnam Dragons	Suwon World Cup Stadium	38,068	Round 9	Saturday
6	5 March 2011	Gwangju FC	3–2	Daegu FC	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	36,241	Round 1	Saturday
7	6 March 2011	Ulsan Hyundai	1–2	Daejeon Citizen	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium	34,758	Round 1	Sunday
8	18 September 2011	FC Seoul	2–1	Busan IPark	Seoul World Cup Stadium	33,663	Round 25	Sunday
9	4 December 2011	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Ulsan Hyundai	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	33,554	Final 2nd leg	Sunday
10	12 March 2011	Daejeon Citizen	1–1	FC Seoul	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	32,340	Round 2	Saturday

See also

• 2011 in South Korean football
• 2011 K League Championship
• 2011 Korean League Cup
• 2011 Korean FA Cup

References

1. "Choi quits as coach". FIFA. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
2. "Kwan quits as Seoul coach". FIFA. 26 April 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
3. 대전 신임 감독에 유상철, 23일 홈서 데뷔전. Naver (in Korean). Osen. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
4. [K리그]전북 이동국 2년 만에 MVP…신인왕은 이승기. Naver (in Korean). Newsis. 6 December 2011.
5. 2011년 K-리그 결산, 승부조작의 빛과 그림자 (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Review at K League (in Korean)