2011 in South Korean football

Football in South Korea
Season	2011
Men's football
K League	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
National League	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Challengers League	Gyeongju Citizen
Korean FA Cup	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Korean League Cup	Ulsan Hyundai
Women's football
WK League	Goyang Daekyo Kangaroos

Season2011

K LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors

National LeagueHyundai Mipo Dockyard

Challengers LeagueGyeongju Citizen

This article shows a summary of the 2011 football season in South Korea.

10 January Group C	South Korea	2–1	Bahrain	Doha, Qatar
19:15	Koo Ja-cheol 40', 52'	Report	Aaish 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 6,669 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

14 January Group C	Australia	1–1	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
16:15	Jedinak 62'	Report	Koo Ja-cheol 24'	Stadium: Al Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 15,526 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

18 January Group C	South Korea	4–1	India	Doha, Qatar
16:15	Ji Dong-won 6', 23' Koo Ja-cheol 9' Son Heung-min 81'	Report	Chhetri 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 11,366 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Group C table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

22 January Quarter-finals	Iran	0–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
19:25		Report	Yoon Bit-garam 105'	Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium Attendance: 7,111 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

25 January Semi-finals	Japan	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
16:25	Maeda 36' Hosogai 97'	Report	Ki Sung-yueng 23' (pen.) Hwang Jae-won 120'	Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 16,171 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	Penalties
	K. Honda Okazaki Nagatomo Konno		Koo Ja-cheol Lee Yong-rae Hong Jeong-ho

28 January Third place match	Uzbekistan	2–3	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
18:00	Geynrikh 45' (pen.), 53'	Report	Koo Ja-cheol 18' Ji Dong-won 28', 39'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 8,199 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

2 September AFC third round, Group B	South Korea	6–0	Lebanon	Goyang, South Korea
20:00 UTC+09:00	Park Chu-young 8', 45+1', 67' Ji Dong-won 66', 85' Kim Jung-woo 85'	Report		Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 37,655 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

6 September AFC third round, Group B	Kuwait	1–1	South Korea	Kuwait City, Kuwait
20:00 UTC+03:00	Fadel 53'	Report	Park Chu-young 8'	Stadium: Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

11 October AFC third round, Group B	South Korea	2–1	United Arab Emirates	Suwon, South Korea
20:00 UTC+09:00	Park Chu-young 50' Al Kamali 63' (o.g.)	Report	Matar 90+1'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 28,689 Referee: Tan Hai (China)

11 November AFC third round, Group B	United Arab Emirates	0–2	South Korea	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:45 UTC+4		Report	Lee Keun-ho 88' Park Chu-young 90+3'	Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 8,272 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

15 November AFC third round, Group B	Lebanon	2–1	South Korea	Beirut, Lebanon
14:30 UTC+2	Al Saadi 5' Ali Atwi 31' (pen.)	Report	Koo Ja-cheol 21' (pen.)	Stadium: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

19 June AFC second round	South Korea	3–1	Jordan	Seoul, South Korea
15:00 KST (UTC+09)	Kim Tae-hwan 54' Yoon Bit-garam 75' (pen.) Kim Dong-sub 85'		Za'tara 45'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 35,224 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

23 June AFC second round	Jordan	1–1	South Korea	Amman, Jordan
18:00 AST (UTC+03)	Al-Daradreh 42'		Hong Chul 71'	Stadium: Amman International Stadium Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

21 September AFC third round, Group A	South Korea	2–0	Oman	Changwon, South Korea
20:00 KST (UTC+09)	Yoon Bit-garam 23' Kim Bo-kyung 73'			Stadium: Changwon Football Center Attendance: 13,704 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

9 February	Turkey	0–0	South Korea	Trabzon, Turkey
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Referee: Sergii Boyko (Ukraine)

10 August	Japan	3–0	South Korea	Sapporo, Japan
19:30 JST	Kagawa 35', 55' Honda 53'	Report		Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 38,263 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	30	18	9	3	67	32	+35	63	Qualification for K League playoffs final
2	Pohang Steelers	30	17	8	5	59	33	+26	59	Qualification for K League playoffs semi-final
3	FC Seoul	30	16	7	7	56	38	+18	55	Qualification for K League playoffs first round
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	30	17	4	9	51	33	+18	55
5	Busan IPark	30	13	7	10	49	43	+6	46
6	Ulsan Hyundai	30	13	7	10	33	29	+4	46
7	Jeonnam Dragons	30	11	10	9	33	29	+4	43
8	Gyeongnam FC	30	12	6	12	41	40	+1	42
9	Jeju United	30	10	10	10	44	45	−1	40
10	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	30	9	8	13	43	47	−4	35	Qualification for Champions League group stage^[a]
11	Gwangju FC	30	9	8	13	32	43	−11	35
12	Daegu FC	30	8	9	13	35	46	−11	33
13	Incheon United	30	6	14	10	31	40	−9	32
14	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	30	7	8	15	36	53	−17	29
15	Daejeon Citizen	30	6	9	15	31	59	−28	27
16	Gangwon FC	30	3	6	21	14	45	−31	15


First round			Second round		Semifinal			Final



3	FC Seoul	1						1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	2	4

6	Ulsan Hyundai	3			2	Pohang Steelers	0		Ulsan Hyundai	1	1	2

			Ulsan Hyundai (p)	1 (3)		Ulsan Hyundai	1

			Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1 (1)

4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1

5	Busan IPark	0

23 November AFC third round, Group A	Qatar	1–1	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+03	Majid 43' (pen.)	Report	Kim Hyun-sung 68'	Stadium: Al-Sadd Stadium Attendance: 5,051 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

27 November AFC third round, Group A	South Korea	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Seoul, South Korea
14:00 KST (UTC+09)	Cho Young-cheol 33' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 27,224 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

25 March	South Korea	4–0	Honduras	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Lee Jung-soo 28' Kim Jung-woo 43' Park Chu-young 82' Lee Keun-ho 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 31,224 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

3 June	South Korea	2–1	Serbia	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Park Chu-young 10' Kim Young-gwon 53'	Report	Petrović 87'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 40,876 Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

7 June	South Korea	2–1	Ghana	Jeonju, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Ji Dong-won 10' Koo Ja-cheol 90'	Report	Gyan 62'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 41,271 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

7 October	South Korea	2–2^[a]	Poland	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Park Chu-young 65', 76'	Report	Lewandowski 29' Błaszczykowski 82'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 33,225 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

27 March	South Korea	1–0	China	Ulsan, South Korea
15:00 KST (UTC+09)	Kim Dong-sub 13'			Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 31,274 Referee: Sato Ryuji (Japan)

1 June	South Korea	3–1	Oman	Gangneung, South Korea
19:00 KST (UTC+09)	Hwang Do-yeon 47' Bae Chun-suk 57', 81'		Al-Hadhri 23'	Stadium: Gangneung Stadium Attendance: 18,729 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

7 October	South Korea	5–1	Uzbekistan	Seoul, South Korea
17:30 KST (UTC+09)	Kim Tae-hwan 2' Yun Il-lok 16' Park Jong-woo 33' Baek Sung-dong 61' Park Yong-ji 67'		Abdukhaliqov 55'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 33,225 Referee: Apisit Aonrak (Thailand)

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Ulsan Hyundai	Qualification for Champions League group stage
3	Pohang Steelers	Qualification for Champions League playoff round
4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
5	FC Seoul
6	Busan IPark

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Summer Olympics qualification

Friendlies

Senior team

Under-23 team

K League

Regular season

Championship playoffs

Final table

Korea National League

Regular season

Championship playoffs

Challengers League

Group A

Group B

Championship playoffs

Final table

WK League

Regular season

Championship playoffs

Korean FA Cup

Korean League Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

Korea National League Championship

Group stage

Knockout stage

Challengers Cup

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (C)	26	17	2	7	53	34	+19	53	Qualification for playoffs final
2	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	26	13	8	5	37	25	+12	47	Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3	Gangneung City	26	12	10	4	40	25	+15	46	Qualification for playoffs first round
4	Busan Transportation Corporation	26	11	8	7	29	27	+2	41
5	Changwon City	26	11	7	8	37	36	+1	40
6	Incheon Korail	26	11	6	9	29	23	+6	39
7	Suwon City	26	8	11	7	28	23	+5	35
8	Daejeon KHNP	26	9	8	9	40	38	+2	35
9	Cheonan City	26	9	8	9	31	31	0	35
10	Gimhae City	26	10	3	13	39	44	−5	33
11	Yongin City	26	5	11	10	22	32	−10	26
12	Ansan Hallelujah	26	5	8	13	25	42	−17	23
13	Mokpo City	26	5	6	15	25	36	−11	21
14	Chungju Hummel	26	5	6	15	25	44	−19	21

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yangju Citizen	22	15	5	2	52	28	+24	50	Qualification for playoffs
2	Gyeongju Citizen	22	13	6	3	57	24	+33	45	Qualification for playoffs
3	Bucheon FC 1995	22	8	5	9	37	31	+6	29	Qualification for FA Cup first round
4	Jeonju EM	22	7	8	7	28	34	−6	29
5	Seoul United	22	7	5	10	44	46	−2	26
6	Namyangju United	22	5	5	12	41	57	−16	20
7	Yeonggwang FC	22	4	3	15	26	51	−25	15
8	Asan Citizen	22	3	6	13	37	72	−35	15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Icheon Citizen	22	15	4	3	75	26	+49	49	Qualification for playoffs
2	FC Pocheon	22	14	6	2	49	22	+27	48	Qualification for playoffs
3	Chuncheon FC	22	13	4	5	38	23	+15	43	Qualification for FA Cup first round
4	Cheongju FC	22	11	7	4	43	25	+18	40
5	Seoul FC Martyrs	22	9	3	10	43	56	−13	30
6	Cheonan FC	22	6	2	14	38	54	−16	20
7	Gwangju Gwangsan	22	4	5	13	29	56	−27	17
8	Goyang Citizen	22	3	4	15	24	56	−32	13

Semi-finals		Final

Yangju Citizen (p)	1 (4)

FC Pocheon	1 (3)
		Yangju Citizen	1	2	3

		Gyeongju Citizen	1	3	4
Icheon Citizen	0 (2)

Gyeongju Citizen (p)	0 (4)

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Gyeongju Citizen (C)	Qualification for the FA Cup second round
2	Yangju Citizen	Qualification for the FA Cup first round
3	Icheon Citizen
4	FC Pocheon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi (C)	21	19	1	1	64	16	+48	58	Qualification for playoffs final
2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	21	12	5	4	37	18	+19	41	Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3	Suwon FMC	21	12	4	5	39	21	+18	40	Qualification for playoffs semi-final
4	Busan Sangmu	21	11	2	8	30	32	−2	35
5	Chungnam Ilhwa Chunma	21	8	3	10	24	35	−11	27
6	Seoul City Amazones	21	5	9	7	19	26	−7	24
7	Jeonbuk KSPO	21	1	3	17	17	46	−29	6
8	Chungbuk Sportstoto	21	1	3	17	13	49	−36	6

Semi-final			Final

			1	Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi	2	3	5
2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (a.e.t.)	2		Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	2	1	3
3	Suwon FMC	1

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Pohang Steelers	2

Daejeon KHNP	0
		Pohang Steelers	1

		Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	0
Daegu FC	2

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (a.e.t.)	3
				Pohang Steelers (a.e.t.)	4

				FC Seoul	2
Gyeongnam FC	1

Busan Transportation Corporation	2
		Busan Transportation Corporation	0

		FC Seoul	1
FC Seoul	4
						24 August – Seongnam
Yongin City	0
						Pohang Steelers	0

						Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3
Incheon United	2

Yonsei University	1
		Incheon United	0

		Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3

Mokpo City	0
				Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2

				Busan IPark	1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2

Kyung Hee University	1
		Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1

		Busan IPark	2
Busan IPark	2
								15 October – Seongnam
Cheonan City	1
								Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1

								Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0
Ulsan Hyundai	1

Ansan Hallelujah	0
		Ulsan Hyundai (a.e.t.)	2

		Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	1
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix (a.e.t.)	2

Gangneung City	1
				Ulsan Hyundai	3

				Gangwon FC	0
Gangwon FC (p)	0 (4)

Chungju Hummel	0 (3)
		Gangwon FC (p)	1 (4)

		Daejeon Citizen	1 (3)
Daejeon Citizen	3
						24 August – Suwon
Gimhae City	0
						Ulsan Hyundai	2

						Suwon Samsung Bluewings (a.e.t.)	3
Gwangju FC	1

Suwon City (a.e.t.)	2
		Suwon City	0

		Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3

FC Pocheon	1
				Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1

				Jeonnam Dragons	0
Jeonnam Dragons	1

Konkuk University	0
		Jeonnam Dragons (a.e.t.)	1

		Jeju United	0
Jeju United	4

Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	2

Team	Result	Round	Aggregate	Score	Venue	Opponent
FC Seoul	Quarter-finals	Group F	Winners	1–0	Away	Al-Ain
				3–0	Home	Al-Ain
				3–0	Home	Hangzhou Greentown
				1–1	Away	Hangzhou Greentown
				1–1	Away	Nagoya Grampus
				0–2	Home	Nagoya Grampus
		Round of 16	3–0	3–0	—	Kashima Antlers
		Quarter-finals	2–3	1–3	Away	Al-Ittihad
		Quarter-finals	2–3	1–0	Home	Al-Ittihad
Jeju United	Group stage	Group E	Third place	0–1	Home	Tianjin TEDA
				0–3	Away	Tianjin TEDA
				2–1	Away	Melbourne Victory
				1–1	Home	Melbourne Victory
				2–1	Home	Gamba Osaka
				1–3	Away	Gamba Osaka
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Runners-up	Group G	Winners	1–0	Home	Shandong Luneng
				2–1	Away	Shandong Luneng
				4–0	Away	Arema
				6–0	Home	Arema
				0–1	Away	Cerezo Osaka
				1–0	Home	Cerezo Osaka
		Round of 16	3–0	3–0	—	Tianjin TEDA
		Quarter-finals	9–5	3–4	Away	Cerezo Osaka
		Quarter-finals	9–5	6–1	Home	Cerezo Osaka
		Semi-finals	5–3	3–2	Away	Al-Ittihad
		Semi-finals	5–3	2–1	Home	Al-Ittihad
		Final	2–2 (2–4 p)	2–2 (a.e.t.)	—	Al-Sadd
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Semi-finals	Group H	Winners	0–0	Away	Sydney FC
				3–1	Home	Sydney FC
				4–0	Home	Shanghai Shenhua
				3–0	Away	Shanghai Shenhua
				1–1	Home	Kashima Antlers
				1–1	Away	Kashima Antlers
		Round of 16	2–0	2–0	—	Nagoya Grampus
		Quarter-finals	3–2	1–1	Home	Zob Ahan
		Quarter-finals	3–2	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Away	Zob Ahan
		Semi-finals	1–2	0–2	Home	Al-Sadd
		Semi-finals	1–2	1–0	Away	Al-Sadd

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National teams	AFC Asian Cup FIFA World Cup qualification Summer Olympics qualification Friendlies
Leagues	K League Playoffs National League Challengers League U-League R League WK League FK-League '10–'11 '11–'12
Domestic cups	FA Cup Final League Cup National League Championship Challengers Cup FK Cup
International cups	AFC Champions League
Club seasons	Busan IPark Jeonnam Dragons Daegu FC Daejeon Citizen Gangwon FC Gwangju FC Gyeongnam FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Phoenix Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC Seoul Suwon Samsung Bluewings Ulsan Hyundai
Miscellaneous	Match-fixing scandal