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List of South Korean football champions

List of South Korean football champions

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The South Korean football champions are the winners of the highest league in South Korean football, which is currently the K League 1.

Since the league turned professional in 1983, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have won nine titles, the record for most titles won. Seongnam FC have won the league seven times, followed by FC Seoul on six occasions, and Pohang Steelers with five titles. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are also the only team that won the title for five consecutive seasons.

National Semi-professional League (1964–1982)

Main article: Korean National Semi-Professional Football League
  • Before a professional football league was founded in South Korea, there was a semi-professional league held twice a year. South Korean companies, banks and militaries' football clubs qualified for the Semi-professional League, but university clubs didn't participate in it unlike the National Football Championship. Instead, they could enter the National University League.
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  1. There is an article about the second round of Autumn season,[1] but no record after that. It might be stopped because of many international football matches.
  2. Park Byung-chul, Lee Kang-min, and Shin Dong-min became top goalscorers with three goals each, but the award was not presented officially.
  3. All South Korean sports events were ceased at that time because of president's assassination on 26 October 1979.[2]

K League (1983–2012)

Main article: K League
  • Professional and semi-professional clubs competed together between 1983 and 1986. Since 1987, only professional clubs competed in the league.
  • The league was initially called Super League. It was renamed as Football Festival in 1986, Korean Professional Football League in 1987, Korean League in 1994, Professional Football League in 1996, and K League in 1998.
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K League 1 (2013–present)

Main article: K League 1
  • The K League was split into two divisions in 2013.
  • The first division was originally named K League Classic, and was renamed K League 1 in 2018.
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Statistics

All-time (1964–present)

  • In South Korea, professional era records are generally accepted.

Titles by club

  • Clubs in green background are extant.
  • Clubs in bold are competing in the K League.
  • The asterisk means co-winners.
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  1. Including POSCO FC and POSCO Atoms
  2. Including Ilhwa Chunma and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
  3. Including Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso and Anyang LG Cheetahs
  4. Including Daewoo FC, Daewoo Royals, and Busan Daewoo Royals
  5. Including Hyundai Horang-i, Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, and Ulsan Hyundai
  6. Including Seoul Police Department
  7. Including ROK Marine Corps
  8. Including Yukong Elephants

Professional era (1983–present)

Titles by club

Titles won by club (%)

  Jeonbuk – 9 (22%)
  Seongnam – 7 (17%)
  Seoul – 6 (14.6%)
  Pohang – 5 (12.2%)
  Busan – 4 (9.8%)
  Suwon – 4 (9.8%)
  Ulsan – 4 (9.8%)
  Others – 2 (4.9%)

  • In accordance with the official K League policy, the current clubs inherit the history and records of the predecessor clubs.[3]
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  1. Including Ilhwa Chunma and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
  2. Including Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso, LG Cheetahs, and Anyang LG Cheetahs
  3. Including POSCO Atoms and Pohang Atoms
  4. Including Hyundai Horang-i, Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, and Ulsan Hyundai
  5. Including Daewoo Royals and Busan Daewoo Royals
  6. Including Yukong Elephants and Bucheon SK

Titles by city/province

  • In early years, hometowns of K League clubs were determined, but they were pointless in substance because the clubs played games by going around all stadiums together.
  • The current home and away system is being operated since the 1987 season.
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Titles by region

  • In early years, hometowns of K League clubs were determined, but they were pointless in substance because the clubs played games by going around all stadiums together.
  • The current home and away system is being operated since 1987 season.
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    See also

    References

    1. [1]
      陸軍,一毛를 零封. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 16 August 1969. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
    2. [2]
      11월의 스포츠. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 1 November 1979. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
    3. [3]
      "The Official K League Annual Report" (in Korean). K League editorial division.
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