2009 K League Championship Explained

Country:	South Korea
Num Teams:	6
Champion Other:	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Second Other:	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Matches:	6
Goals:	10
Top Scorer:	Mauricio Molina Eninho (2 goals each)
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010

The 2009 K League Championship was the 13th competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 27th champions of the K League. The top six clubs of the regular season qualified for the championship. The winners of the regular season directly qualified for the final, and second place team qualified for the semi-final. The other four clubs entered the first round, and the winners of the second round advanced to the semi-final. Each match was played as a single match, excluding the final which consisted of two matches. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors became the champions for the first time by defeating Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3–1 on aggregate in the final.

Qualified teams

See main article: 2009 K League.

Bracket

First round

Seoul vs Jeonnam

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GK	1	Kim Ho-jun
RB	17	Lee Jong-min
CB	6
CB	22	Kim Chi-gon (c)
LB	8	Adilson
RM	21	Ki Sung-yueng
CM	14
CM	16
LM	7
FW	9
FW	28
Substitutes:
GK	41	Park Dong-suk
DF	4	Park Yong-ho
MF	20
FW	11
FW	18
FW	19
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

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GK	21	Yeom Dong-gyun (c)
CB	5	Kwak Tae-hwi
CB	32	Kim Hyung-ho
CB	3	Park Ji-yong
RM	12
CM	45	Song Han-bok
CM	14	Baek Seung-min
LM	43
RW	15
LW	19
ST	10
Substitutes:
GK	31	Ryu Won-woo
DF	4
DF	28
MF	11
MF	25	Yoo Hong-youl
FW	18
Manager:
Park Hang-seo

Man of the Match:
Yeom Dong-gyun (Jeonnam Dragons)

Assistant referees:
Kim Sun-jin (South Korea)
Son Jae-sun (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Choi Myung-yong (South Korea)

Seongnam vs Incheon

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GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	16
CB	4
CB	6
LB	33	Jang Hak-young
DM	8	Lee Ho
DM	14	Kim Jung-woo (c)
CM	11
RW	23
LW	20
FW	10	Dženan Radončić
Substitutes:
GK	44
DF	2	Ko Jae-sung
DF	5
MF	17	Kim Cheol-ho
FW	15	Han Dong-won
FW	18
Manager:
Shin Tae-yong

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GK	25	Song Yoo-geol
CB	2	Kim Young-bin
CB	20
CB	3
DM	28	Lee Se-joo
DM	17
RM	44
CM	4
LM	34	Lee Jun-young (c)
FW	21
FW	15	Yoo Byung-soo
Substitutes:
GK	1	Kim Lee-sub
DF	27
MF	29
MF	39	Yoon Won-il
FW	9
FW	31
Manager:
Ilija Petković

Man of the Match:
Mauricio Molina (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)

Assistant referees:
Won Chang-ho (South Korea)
Kim Jung-sik (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Lee Young-chul (South Korea)

Second round

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GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	16	Kim Sung-hwan
CB	40	Park Woo-hyun
CB	6
LB	33	Jang Hak-young
DM	8
CM	14	Kim Jung-woo (c)
CM	17
RW	18
LW	11	Mauricio Molina
FW	10
Substitutes:
GK	44	Kim Yong-dae
DF	2
DF	39	Kim Tae-yoon
MF	9	Hong Jin-sub
FW	15	Han Dong-won
FW	20
Manager:
Shin Tae-yong

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GK	21	Yeom Dong-gyun (c)
DF	5	Kwak Tae-hwi
DF	32	Kim Hyung-ho
DF	43	Lee Wan
MF	12	Lee Kyu-ro
MF	14	Baek Seung-min
MF	26
MF	45
FW	15	Wesley
FW	10	Adriano Chuva
FW	19
Substitutes:
GK	31	Ryu Won-woo
DF	3	Park Ji-yong
DF	4	Jung In-whan
MF	8
MF	11
FW	18
Manager:
Park Hang-seo

Man of the Match:
Mauricio Molina (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)

Assistant referees:
Kim Sun-jin (South Korea)
Won Chang-ho (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Lee Sam-ho (South Korea)

Semi-final

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GK	1	Shin Hwa-yong
RB	2
CB	24	Hwang Jae-won (c)
CB	32	Kim Hyung-il
LB	16	Kim Jung-kyum
MF	20
MF	5	Kim Tae-su
MF	7
FW	10
FW	22	No Byung-jun
FW	99
Substitutes:
GK	21	Song Dong-jin
DF	30	Kazunari Okayama
MF	6	Kim Gi-dong
MF	8
MF	28
FW	23	Yoo Chang-hyun
Manager:
Sérgio Farias

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GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	16	Kim Sung-hwan
CB	40
CB	5
LB	33
RM	11	Mauricio Molina
CM	8
CM	14	Kim Jung-woo (c)
LM	17	Kim Cheol-ho
FW	18
FW	10
Substitutes:
GK	44	Kim Yong-dae
DF	2	Ko Jae-sung
DF	39	Kim Tae-yoon
MF	9	Hong Jin-sub
FW	15	Han Dong-won
FW	20
Manager:
Shin Tae-yong

Man of the Match:
Jung Sung-ryong (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)

Assistant referees:
Son Jae-sun (South Korea)
Jung Hae-sang (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Lee Sang-yong (South Korea)

Final

First leg

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GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	16	Kim Sung-hwan
CB	4	Saša Ognenovski (c)
CB	5	Cho Byung-kuk
LB	40	Park Woo-hyun
DM	6	Jeon Kwang-jin
DM	17
RM	8
CM	11	Mauricio Molina
LM	20
FW	18	Cho Dong-geon
Substitutes:
GK	44	Kim Yong-dae
DF	2	Ko Jae-sung
MF	9
MF	12	Choi Jae-young
MF	19	Shin Young-chul
FW	15
Manager:
Shin Tae-yong

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GK	1	Kwon Sun-tae
RB	2	Choi Chul-soon
CB	4	Kim Sang-sik (c)
CB	17	Lim You-hwan
LB	6
CM	13	Jung Hoon
CM	7
CM	10	Luiz Henrique
RW	11	Choi Tae-uk
LW	33
FW	20	Lee Dong-gook
Substitutes:
GK	21	Kim Min-sik
DF	16	Shin Kwang-hoon
DF	29	Lee Kwang-hyun
MF	8
MF	26	Seo Jung-jin
FW	15	Lee Gwang-jae
Manager:
Choi Kang-hee

Man of the Match:
Lee Dong-gook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)

Assistant referees:
Kim Sun-jin (South Korea)
Kim Yong-soo (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Choi Gwang-bo (South Korea)

Second leg

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GK	1
RB	2	Choi Chul-soon
CB	17	Lim You-hwan
CB	5	Son Seung-joon
LB	6	Jin Kyung-sun
CM	4	Kim Sang-sik (c)
CM	13
CM	10	Luiz Henrique
RW	11
LW	8
FW	20	Lee Dong-gook
Substitutes:
GK	21	Kim Min-sik
DF	29
MF	7
MF	26
FW	15	Lee Gwang-jae
FW	33	Brasília
Manager:
Choi Kang-hee

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GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	16
CB	4	Saša Ognenovski
CB	5
LB	40	Park Woo-hyun
CM	6
CM	17
LM	8	Lee Ho (c)
RW	23
LW	11
FW	10	Dženan Radončić
Substitutes:
GK	44	Kim Yong-dae
DF	2	Ko Jae-sung
MF	9	Hong Jin-sub
FW	15
FW	18
FW	20
Manager:
Shin Tae-yong

Man of the Match:
Eninho (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)

Assistant referees:
Won Chang-ho (South Korea)
Jung Hae-sang (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Ko Keum-bok (South Korea)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final table