2008 Korea National League

The Korea National League 2008 season operates its season in two stages, with the winners of each stage and the two runners-up advancing to the post-season championship playoffs.

Korea National League 2008

Season	2008
Dates	5 April 2008 – 8 November 2008
Champions	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins (2nd title)
Matches played	186
Goals scored	556 (2.99 per match)
← 2007 2009 →

In the event of the same team winning both stages, there will be no playoff.

League standing

First stage Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Ulsan Mipo Dolphins 13 11 2 0 29 8 +21 35 2 Busan Kyotong 13 8 3 2 27 18 +9 27 3 Suwon City 13 7 3 3 21 11 +10 24 4 Gangneung City FC 13 7 3 3 22 18 +4 24 5 Gimhae FC 13 7 1 5 16 17 −1 22 6 Kookmin Bank FC 13 6 3 4 23 14 +9 21 7 Cheonan City FC 13 5 4 4 18 15 +3 19 8 Daejeon HNP FC 13 4 4 5 16 17 −1 16 9 Changwon City FC 13 4 4 5 16 19 −3 16 10 Ansan Hallelujah 13 4 2 7 18 21 −3 14 11 Nowon Hummel Korea 13 2 6 5 14 21 −7 12 12 Incheon Korail 13 2 3 8 12 21 −9 9 13 Yesan FC 13 1 4 8 11 24 −13 7 14 Hongcheon Idu FC 13 0 4 9 15 34 −19 4 Source:

Second stage Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Suwon City 13 11 1 1 33 15 +18 34 2 Gangneung City FC 13 7 4 2 20 11 +9 25 3 Ansan Hallelujah 13 7 4 2 22 15 +7 25 4 Ulsan Mipo Dolphins 13 7 3 3 40 25 +15 24 5 Gimhae FC 13 7 1 5 25 19 +6 22 6 Daejeon HNP FC 13 6 2 5 18 13 +5 20 7 Kookmin Bank FC 13 5 4 4 12 12 0 19 8 Changwon City FC 13 5 3 5 23 15 +8 18 9 Busan Kyotong 13 5 2 6 22 19 +3 17 10 Nowon Hummel Korea 13 3 5 5 15 18 −3 14 11 Cheonan City FC 13 3 4 6 22 27 −5 13 12 Incheon Korail 13 3 3 7 13 24 −11 12 13 Hongcheon Idu FC 13 2 0 11 20 51 −31 6 14 Yesan FC 13 0 4 9 13 34 −21 4 Source:

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ulsan Mipo Dolphins	26	18	5	3	69	33	+36	59	First Stage Winner
2	Suwon City	26	18	4	4	54	26	+28	58	Second Stage Winner
3	Gangneung City FC	26	14	7	5	42	29	+13	49	Second Stage Runner-up
4	Busan Kyotong	26	13	5	8	49	37	+12	44	First Stage Runner-up
5	Gimhae FC	26	14	2	10	41	36	+5	44
6	Kookmin Bank FC	26	11	7	8	35	26	+9	40
7	Ansan Hallelujah	26	11	6	9	40	36	+4	39
8	Daejeon HNP FC	26	10	6	10	34	30	+4	36
9	Changwon City FC	26	9	7	10	39	34	+5	34
10	Cheonan City FC	26	8	8	10	40	42	−2	32
11	Nowon Hummel Korea	26	5	11	10	29	39	−10	26
12	Incheon Korail	26	5	6	15	25	45	−20	21
13	Yesan FC	26	1	8	17	24	58	−34	11
14	Hongcheon Idu FC	26	2	4	20	35	85	−50	10

Source:

Championship Playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 November – Ulsan
	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard0	3
					12 & 16 November – Suwon & Ulsan
	Gangneung City FC	0
					Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (pen)0	010102 (5)0
	8 November - Suwon
					Suwon City	010102 (4)0
	Suwon City	2
	Busan Kyotong	0

Semifinals

November 8

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	3 – 0	Gangneung City FC
Kim Bong-Kyum  78' Choi Young-Nam  84' Kim Young-Hoo  87'	Report

Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 324

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November 8

Suwon City	2 – 0	Busan Kyotong
Park Hee-Wan  55' Jung Jae-Woon  90+3'	Report

Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 2,813

Final

1st leg

November 12

Suwon City	1 – 1	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Lee Joon-Young  81'	Report	Cho Sung-Yoon  80'

Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 3,251

2nd leg

November 16

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Suwon City
Kim Ki-Hyung  57'	Report	Ha Jung-Heon  90'
Penalties
	5 – 4

Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 1,513

Ulsan Mipo 2–2 Suwon City on aggregate. Ulsan Mipo won 5–4 on penalties.

Winner

Korea National League 2008 Winners
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard 2nd title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Pld
1	Kim Young-Hoo	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	31	29
2	Kim Jin-Il	Busan Kyotong	18	24
3	Kim Min-Goo	Gangneung City FC	13	21
4	Lee Kil-Yong	Changwon City FC	13	25
5	Gu Hyun-Seo	Cheonan City FC	13	25
=	Park Dong-Il	Hongcheon Idu FC	13	25
7	Ha Jung-Heon	Suwon City	11	14
8	Cho Joo-Young	Daejeon HNP FC	10	22
9	Yang Dong-Chul	Gimhae FC	9	26

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• The Most Valuable Player award was won by Yoo Hyun (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)

Top Scorer

• The Top Scorer award was won by Kim Young-Hoo (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)

Top Assistor

• The Top Assistor award was won by Kim Yo-Hwan (Goyang Kookmin Bank)

Best XI

• Goalkeeper: Yoo Hyun (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)
• Defence: Kim Do-Yong (Busan Transportation Corporation), Lee Young-Kyun (Suwon City), Kim Bong-Kyum (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard), Kim Jung-Kyum (Daejeon KHNP)
• Midfield: Park Hee-Wan (Suwon City), Cha Jong-Yoon (Goyang Kookmin Bank), Na Il-Kyun (Gangneung City), Jo Joo-Young (Daejeon KHNP)
• Attack: Kim Young-Hoo (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard), Kim Jin-Il (Busan Transportation Corporation)

Manager of the Year

• The Manager of the Year award was won by Choi Soon-Ho (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)

Club of the Year

• The Club of the Year award was won by Ansan Hallelujah

Fair Play Award

• The Fair Play award was won by Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

See also

• 2008 K League