2005 K League

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K League
Season	2005
Dates	Regular season:; 15 May – 9 November 2005; Championship:; 20 November – 4 December 2005
Champions	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i; (2nd title)
Champions League	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i; Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Matches played	156
Goals scored	373 (2.39 per match)
Best Player	Lee Chun-soo
Top goalscorer	Leandro Machado; (13 goals)
	← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 K League was the 23rd season of the K League. It kicked off on May 15, and was finished on 4 December. The format of the regular season and championship playoffs was the same as the one used in the 2004 season.

Busan IPark won the first stage, and the second stage was won by Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. Two winners were guaranteed their slot in the end-of-season playoffs. Incheon United and Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i also joined the playoffs according to the overall table after two stages. In the semi-finals Ulsan defeated Seongnam 2–1, and Incheon defeated Busan 2–0. The two victorious teams faced each other in the two-legged championship final. Ulsan won the first leg 5–1 at the Incheon stadium, and though Incheon won the second leg 2–1, Ulsan lifted their second league title 6–3 on aggregate.

Regular season

First stage

The first place team qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Busan IPark	12	7	4	1	17	10	+7	25	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Incheon United	12	7	3	2	20	13	+7	24
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	7	1	4	16	13	+3	22
4	Pohang Steelers	12	6	3	3	14	11	+3	21
5	FC Seoul	12	5	4	3	22	19	+3	19
6	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	4	4	4	18	15	+3	16
7	Bucheon SK	12	4	4	4	10	10	0	16
8	Daejeon Citizen	12	2	8	2	11	11	0	14
9	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	12	3	5	4	18	19	−1	14
10	Jeonnam Dragons	12	3	5	4	13	14	−1	14
11	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	2	3	7	13	19	−6	9
12	Daegu FC	12	2	3	7	14	25	−11	9
13	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	12	1	3	8	16	23	−7	6

Source: RSSSF

Second stage

The first place team qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	8	3	1	22	9	+13	27	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Bucheon SK	12	8	2	2	16	8	+8	26
3	Daegu FC	12	6	3	3	15	11	+4	21
4	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	6	3	3	15	11	+4	21
5	Incheon United	12	6	3	3	16	13	+3	21
6	Pohang Steelers	12	5	4	3	14	11	+3	19
7	Daejeon Citizen	12	4	4	4	8	9	−1	16
8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	12	3	5	4	11	13	−2	14
9	FC Seoul	12	3	4	5	15	13	+2	13
10	Jeonnam Dragons	12	4	1	7	10	15	−5	13
11	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	12	3	2	7	7	15	−8	11
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	2	3	7	11	22	−11	9
13	Busan IPark	12	0	3	9	11	21	−10	3

Source: RSSSF

Overall table

The top two teams in the overall table qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon United	24	13	6	5	36	26	+10	45	Qualification for the 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 the 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 the Champions League^[a]
13	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	24	4	5	15	23	38	−15	17

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

^ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

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

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Apps
1	Leandro Machado	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	13	17
2	Park Chu-young	FC Seoul	12	19
3	Dudu	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	10	24
3	Sandro Hiroshi	Daegu FC	10	24
5	Kim Do-hoon	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	9	20
	Dženan Radončić	Incheon United	9	22
	Luciano Valente	Busan IPark	9	22
	Da Silva	Pohang Steelers	9	24
9	Mota	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7	9
	Lee Chun-soo	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	7	14
	Adrian Neaga	Jeonnam Dragons	7	15
	Leandrão	Daejeon Citizen	7	19
	Nam Ki-il	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7	20
	Kim Eun-jung	FC Seoul	7	20
	Selmir	Incheon United	7	25

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player^[1]	Lee Chun-soo	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Top goalscorer^[2]	Leandro Machado	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Top assist provider^[2]	Ricardo Nascimento	Daegu FC
Rookie of the Year^[1]	Park Chu-young	FC Seoul
Manager of the Year^[1]	Chang Woe-ryong	Incheon United

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Kim Byung-ji	Pohang Steelers
Defenders	Lim Joong-yong	Incheon United
	Yoo Kyoung-youl	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
	Cho Yong-hyung	Bucheon SK
	Kim Young-chul	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Midfielders	Lee Chun-soo	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
	Lee Ho	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
	Kim Do-heon	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
	Cho Won-hee	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Forwards	Park Chu-young	FC Seoul
Forwards	Leandro Machado	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i