Competition: | Samsung Hauzen K League |
Season: | 2008 |
Winners: | (4th title) |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC Seoul Ulsan Hyundai Pohang Steelers |
Best Player: | Lee Woon-jae |
League Topscorer: | Dudu (15 goals) |
Matches: | 182 |
Total Goals: | 485 |
Average Attendance: | 2,347,897 |
Prevseason: | 2007 |
Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 K League was the 26th season of the K League. The regular season and playoffs' format was the same as the one used in the 2007 season. It began on March 8, and the final of the playoffs finished on 7 December.
On 2 August 2008, the first ever Jomo Cup kicked off. The K League All-Stars squared off against the J.League All-Stars at the Japan National Stadium. Lee Woon-jae was selected as the K League All-Star Team's captain and Cha Bum-kun managed the squad. The K League All-Stars won the game by a score of 3–1.[1]
Top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.
See main article: 2008 K League Championship.
This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Dudu won the award with 15 goals.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Apps |
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1 | Dudu | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 16 | 27 |
2 | Dejan Damjanović | FC Seoul | 15 | 29 |
3 | Dženan Radončić | Incheon United | 13 | 26 |
Edu | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 13 | 27 | |
5 | Lee Keun-ho | Daegu FC | 11 | 26 |
6 | Jang Nam-seok | Daegu FC | 10 | 24 |
7 | Luizinho | Ulsan Hyundai | 9 | 19 |
Seo Dong-hyeon | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 9 | 22 | |
9 | Jung Jo-gook | FC Seoul | 8 | 14 |
Eninho | Daegu FC | 8 | 19 | |
Adriano Chuva | Jeonnam Dragons | 8 | 19 | |
Rômulo Marques Macedo | Jeju United | 8 | 21 | |
Mota | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 8 | 22 | |
Cho Jae-jin | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 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 124 players participated in the selection process.[2]
The records were calculated for the regular season.
Club | Matches | Total | Average | |
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 13 | 309,623 | 23,817 | |
FC Seoul | 13 | 271,290 | 20,868 | |
Daegu FC | 13 | 221,623 | 17,048 | |
Daejeon Citizen | 13 | 188,892 | 14,530 | |
Incheon United | 13 | 175,023 | 13,463 | |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 13 | 166,625 | 12,817 | |
Gyeongnam FC | 13 | 153,853 | 11,835 | |
Pohang Steelers | 13 | 153,540 | 11,811 | |
Jeonnam Dragons | 13 | 150,156 | 11,550 | |
Ulsan Hyundai | 13 | 130,758 | 10,058 | |
Gwangju Sangmu FC | 13 | 128,630 | 9,895 | |
Busan IPark | 13 | 107,830 | 8,295 | |
Jeju United | 13 | 96,377 | 7,414 | |
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 13 | 93,677 | 7,206 | |
Total | 182 | 2,347,897 | 12,901 |