1987 K League

The 1987 Korean Professional Football League was the fifth season of the K League. Before the start of this season, the Korean Professional Football Committee was separated from the Korea Football Association. A total of 5 professional teams participated in the league. Hanil Bank withdrew the league from this season. It began on 28 March and ended on 8 November 1987. It was operated with the home and away system for the first time.

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals	Apps
1	Choi Sang-kook	POSCO Atoms	15	30
2	Lee Heung-sil	POSCO Atoms	12	29
	Noh Soo-jin	Yukong Elephants		30
4	Kim Joo-sung	Daewoo Royals	10	28
5	Kim Hong-woon	POSCO Atoms	9	26
6	Lee Sang-cheol	Hyundai Horang-i	8	28
7	Park Hang-seo	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	7	28

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Chung Hae-won	Daewoo Royals
Top goalscorer	Choi Sang-kook	POSCO Atoms
Top assist provider	Choi Sang-kook	POSCO Atoms
Rookie of the Year	Kim Joo-sung	Daewoo Royals
Manager of the Year	Lee Cha-man	Daewoo Royals
Best Goalkeeper	Cho Byung-deuk	POSCO Atoms
Fighting Spirit Award	Choi Ki-bong	Yukong Elephants
Exemplary Award	Park No-bong	Daewoo Royals
Best Referee	Park Kyung-in	—

Source:^[1]

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Kim Poong-joo	Daewoo Royals
Defenders	Choi Ki-bong	Yukong Elephants
	Chung Yong-hwan	Daewoo Royals
	Park Kyung-hoon	POSCO Atoms
	Gu Sang-bum	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Midfielders	Kim Sam-soo	Hyundai Horang-i
	Noh Soo-jin	Yukong Elephants
	Lee Heung-sil	POSCO Atoms
Forwards	Choi Sang-kook	POSCO Atoms
	Chung Hae-won	Daewoo Royals
	Kim Joo-sung	Daewoo Royals

Source:^[2]

• RSSSF
• Official website^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Korean)