Season: | 2007 |
Competition: | Samsung Hauzen K League |
Winners: | Pohang Steelers (4th title) |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Pohang Steelers Jeonnam Dragons |
Matches: | 182 |
Total Goals: | 424 |
Best Player: | André Luiz Tavares |
League Topscorer: | Cabore (17 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2006 |
Nextseason: | 2008 |
The 2007 K League was the 25th season of the K League. The format of the league was changed from two stages to single league since this season. Each team played 26 matches against every other teams under the home and away system. After the regular league was finished, the top six clubs qualified for the championship playoffs to determine champions.
It took a break after the Round 13 on 23 June due to the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, and resumed with the Round 14 on 8 August.
The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.
See main article: 2007 K League Championship.
This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Cabore won the award with 17 goals.[1]
Pos | Player | Team | Goals | Apps |
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1 | Cabore | Gyeongnam FC | 18 | 26 |
2 | Denilson | Daejeon Citizen | 14 | 24 |
Dejan Damjanović | Incheon United | 14 | 26 | |
4 | Stevica Ristić | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 13 | 25 |
5 | Luizinho | Daegu FC | 11 | 23 |
6 | Mota | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 9 | 21 |
7 | Adriano Chuva | Daejeon Citizen | 8 | 14 |
Lee Keun-ho | Daegu FC | 8 | 20 | |
Sandro Hiroshi | Jeonnam Dragons | 8 | 26 | |
Woo Sung-yong | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 8 | 26 |
The K League Players' Player of the Year was published by Korean edition of FourFourTwo in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 100 players participated in the selection process.
Award | Winner | Club | |
---|---|---|---|
Most Valuable Player[2] | André Luiz Tavares | Pohang Steelers | |
Top goalscorer | Cabore | Gyeongnam FC | |
Top assist provider | André Luiz Tavares | Pohang Steelers | |
Rookie of the Year | Ha Tae-goon | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | |
Manager of the Year | Sérgio Farias | Pohang Steelers | |
Players' Player of the Year[3] | Kim Do-heon | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
Position | Winner | Club |
---|---|---|
Goalkeeper | Kim Byung-ji | FC Seoul |
Defenders | Adilson | FC Seoul |
Mato Neretljak | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | |
Hwang Jae-won | Pohang Steelers | |
Jang Hak-young | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
Midfielders | André Luiz Tavares | Pohang Steelers |
Lee Kwan-woo | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | |
Kim Gi-dong | Pohang Steelers | |
Kim Do-heon | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
Forwards | Lee Keun-ho | Daegu FC |
Cabore | Gyeongnam FC |
At the end of the 2007 season, the K League attracted 2,073,808 fans and an average of 11,786 fans per game. That puts the K League at 15th in the world for average attendances for domestic premier leagues for association football.
Team | Average | Minimum | Maximum | Total | |
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 25,194 | 16,213 | 41,819 | 327,526 | |
FC Seoul | 21,513 | 10,574 | 55,397 | 279,670 | |
Incheon United | 16,671 | 6,217 | 25,686 | 216,728 | |
Daegu FC | 15,007 | 2,085 | 44,215 | 180,090 | |
Daejon Citizen | 14,659 | 5,423 | 28,074 | 175,914 | |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 11,312 | 4,328 | 29,112 | 135,754 | |
Gwangju Sangmu | 8,861 | 2,678 | 28,637 | 115,196 | |
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 8,706 | 3,628 | 14,763 | 113,184 | |
Gyeongnam FC | 8,625 | 3,051 | 23,192 | 103,503 | |
Jeonnam Dragons | 8,565 | 3,859 | 13,800 | 102,780 | |
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 7,677 | 4,236 | 10,508 | 99,794 | |
Jeju United | 6,636 | 1,231 | 20,499 | 79,635 | |
Pohang Steelers | 6,572 | 1,735 | 12,596 | 78,873 | |
Busan IPark | 5,012 | 1,505 | 11,075 | 65,161 |