2005 in South Korean football

In 2005, the main football competitions in South Korea were the K League, won by Ulsan Hyundai FC; the Korean FA Cup, won by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC; and the Korean League Cup, won by Suwon Samsung Bluewings. The South Korean team Busan IPark reached the semifinals of the AFC Champions League. The national team qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup by coming second in Group 1.

Honors

League competition
Competition	Start	End	Winner
2005 K-League	May 15	December 4	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2005 K2 League		November 13	Incheon Korail
Cup competition
2005 Korean FA Cup	October 26	December 17	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2005 K-League Cup	March 6	May 8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2005 K2 League Championship	June 22	July 1	Suwon City FC
2005 Korean President's Cup	January 27	February 22	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin

League competitions

Regular season

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[lower-alpha 1]
13	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	24	4	5	15	23	38	−15	17

Source: RSSSF

Championship

	Semifinals					Final
	Busan I'Park		0
	Incheon United		2
						Incheon United		01020agg 30
						Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i		05010agg 60
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma		1
	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i		2

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Suwon City	10	7	1	2	19	10	+9	22
2	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	10	6	3	1	25	15	+10	21
3	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	10	6	2	2	15	6	+9	20
4	Gangneung City	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17
5	Gimpo Hallelujah	10	5	2	3	11	12	−1	17
6	Icheon Sangmu	10	4	3	3	11	8	+3	15
7	Incheon Korail	10	4	1	5	10	11	−1	13
8	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	10	3	3	4	10	12	−2	12
9	Changwon City	10	2	3	5	7	13	−6	9
10	Daejeon KHNP	10	1	2	7	7	14	−7	5
11	Seosan Citizen	10	1	0	9	4	20	−16	3

Source:

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Incheon Korail	10	6	3	1	14	7	+7	15
2	Icheon Sangmu	10	5	3	2	11	6	+5	13
3	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	10	4	3	3	13	7	+6	11
4	Gimpo Hallelujah	10	4	3	3	19	15	+4	11
5	Changwon City	10	4	3	3	16	15	+1	11
6	Suwon City	10	3	5	2	16	13	+3	11
7	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	10	2	7	1	7	6	+1	11
8	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	10	3	3	4	13	14	−1	9
9	Gangneung City	10	2	3	5	7	12	−5	7
10	Seosan Citizen	10	1	6	3	8	15	−7	8
11	Daejeon KHNP	10	0	3	7	6	20	−14	3

Source:

Championship Playoff

1st leg

November 10

Incheon Korail	2 – 1	Suwon City
Cho Sung-Won  80' Jung Suk-Keun  88'		Kim Han-Won  40'

Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon

2nd leg

November 13

Suwon City	1 – 2	Incheon Korail
Lee Young-Kyun  45+2'		Na Kwang-Hyun  7' (pen.) Jung Suk-Keun  75'

Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon

Incheon Korail won 4–2 on aggregate.

Cup competitions

Round 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Busan I'Park	1–2	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin
Daejeon Citizen	3–1	Daegu University
Pohang Steelers	2–1	Honam University
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	6–1	Konkuk University
Daegu FC	1–0	Hongik University
Daejeon KHNP	1–0	Changwon City
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	3–1	Hannam University
Korea University	0–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
FC Seoul	2–1	Gimpo Hallelujah
Chung-Ang University	2–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–1 (5–3p)	Suwon City FC
Ajou University	2–3	Incheon United
Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	1–2	Incheon Korail
Uijeongbu Hummel	1–2	Incheon United
Bucheon SK	3–0	Gangneung City

Round 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pohang Steelers	0–0 (4–3p)	Gwangju Sangmu FC
Daegu FC	4–1	Daejeon KHNP
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1–2	Chunnam Dragons
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	FC Seoul
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Incheon United	1–2	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank
Incheon Korail	4–2	Bucheon SK
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	1–1 (3–2p)	Daejeon Citizen

Quarterfinal

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	0–0 (4–3p)	Pohang Steelers
Daegu FC	1–2	Chunnam Dragons
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–3 (4–2p)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	1–2	Incheon Korail

Semifinal

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	3–1	Chunnam Dragons
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–1	Incheon Korail

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Final standing

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

Source:

Group round

Group 1 Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts 1 Police 2 2 0 7 2 +5 6 2 Daejeon KHNP 2 1 1 3 5 −2 3 3 Seosan Citizen 2 0 2 0 3 −3 0 Source:

Group 2 Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts 1 Suwon City 2 2 0 4 3 +1 6 2 Incheon Korail 2 1 1 3 3 0 3 3 Gimpo Hallelujah 2 0 2 4 5 −1 0 Source:

Group 3 Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts 1 Icheon Sangmu 2 2 0 4 3 +1 6 2 Gangneung City 2 1 1 3 4 −1 3 3 Uijeongbu Hummel Korea 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 Source:

Group 4 Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts 1 Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin 2 1 1 5 2 +3 3 2 Goyang KB Kookmin Bank 2 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 Changwon City 2 1 1 1 4 −3 3 Source:

Knockout Round

	Semifinals					Final
	Police		2
	Icheon Sangmu		1
						Police		1
						Suwon City		2
	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin		1 (1)
	Suwon City		1 (4)

International club competitions

Group stage

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Shenzhen Jianlibao	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13
Jubilo Iwata	6	3	0	3	11	4	+7	9
Hoang Anh GL	6	0	0	6	1	25	−24	0

Source:

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Busan I'Park	6	6	0	0	25	0	+25	18
Krung Thai	6	3	0	3	5	9	−4	9
Persebaya	6	1	1	4	2	10	−8	4
Binh Dinh	6	1	1	4	2	15	−13	4

Source:

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Busan I'Park	5–1	Al Sadd	3–0	2–1

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad	7–0	Busan I'Park	5–0	2–0

A3 Champions Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Pohang Steelers	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Yokohama F. Marinos	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Shenzhen Jianlibao	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source:

National teams

National team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[lower-alpha 2]	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
15 Jan	Los Angeles (N)	Colombia	1–2	Friendly	Chung Kyung-Ho
19 Jan	Los Angeles (N)	Paraguay	1–1	Friendly	Kim Jin-Kyu
22 Jan	Los Angeles (N)	Sweden	1–1	Friendly)	Chung Kyung-Ho
4 Feb	Seoul (H)	Egypt	0–1	Friendly
9 Feb	Seoul (H)	Kuwait	2–0	WCQ (Round 3)	Lee Dong-Gook, Lee Young-Pyo
20 Mar	Dubai (N)	Burkina Faso	1–0	Friendly	Kim Sang-Sik
25 Mar	Dammam (A)	Saudi Arabia	0–2	WCQ (Round 3)
30 Mar	Seoul (H)	Uzbekistan	2–1	WCQ (Round 3)	Lee Young-Pyo, Lee Dong-Gook
3 Jun	Tashkent (A)	Uzbekistan	1–1	WCQ (Round 3)	Park Chu-Young
8 Jun	Kuwait City (A)	Kuwait	4–0	WCQ (Round 3)	Park Chu-Young, Lee Dong-Gook, Chung Kyung-Ho, Park Ji-Sung
31 Jul	Daejeon (H)	China PR	1–1	2005 EAFF Championship	Kim Jin-Kyu
4 Aug	Jeonju (H)	North Korea	0–0	2005 EAFF Championship
7 Aug	Daegu (H)	Japan	0–1	2005 EAFF Championship
17 Aug	Seoul (H)	Saudi Arabia	0–1	WCQ (Round 3)
12 Oct	Seoul (H)	Iran	2–0	Friendly	Cho Won-Hee, Kim Jin-Kyu
12 Nov	Seoul (H)	Sweden	2–2	Friendly	Ahn Jung-Hwan, Kim Young-chul
16 Nov	Seoul (H)	Serbia and Montenegro	2–0	Friendly	Choi Jin-Chul, Lee Dong-Gook

Notes

1. Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.
2. South Korea's score is shown first

References