2014 in South Korean football

The 2014 season involves the domestic leagues of South Korean football and the National team.

2014 season

Honors

League
Competition	Start	End	Champions
K League Classic	8 March	30 November	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
K League Challenge	22 March	16 November	Daejeon Citizen
Korea National League	8 March	22 November	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin
Challengers League	2 March	9 November	Hwaseong FC
WK-League	17 March	18 August	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Cup
Competition	Start	End	Winners
Korean FA Cup	30 April	23 November	Seongnam FC
National League Cup	30 May	12 June	Gyeongju KHNP

Leagues

K League Classic

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Q, C)	38	24	9	5	60	22	+38	81	Qualification for Champions League Group stage
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Q)	38	19	10	9	52	37	+15	67
3	FC Seoul (Q)	38	15	13	10	42	28	+14	58	Qualification for Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Pohang Steelers	38	16	10	12	50	39	+11	58
5	Jeju United	38	14	12	12	39	36	+3	54
6	Ulsan Hyundai	38	13	11	14	44	43	+1	50
7	Jeonnam Dragons	38	14	9	15	48	53	−5	51
8	Busan IPark	38	10	13	15	37	49	−12	43
9	Seongnam FC (Q)	38	9	13	16	32	39	−7	40	Qualification for Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
10	Incheon United	38	8	16	14	33	46	−13	40
11	Gyeongnam FC (R)	38	7	15	16	30	52	−22	36	Qualification for relegation play-offs
12	Sangju Sangmu (R)	38	7	13	18	39	62	−23	34	Relegation to 2015 K League Challenge

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Seongnam FC qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage as 2014 Korean FA Cup winners.

K League Challenge

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Daejeon Citizen (C, P)	36	20	10	6	64	36	+28	70	Promotion to 2015 K League Classic
2	Ansan Police	36	16	11	9	58	48	+10	59	Qualification for K League Challenge play-offs
3	Gangwon FC	36	16	6	14	48	50	−2	54
4	Gwangju FC (O, P)	36	13	12	11	40	35	+5	51
5	FC Anyang	36	15	6	15	49	52	−3	51
6	Suwon FC	36	12	12	12	52	49	+3	48
7	Daegu FC	36	13	8	15	50	47	+3	47
8	Goyang Hi FC	36	11	14	11	36	41	−5	47
9	Chungju Hummel	36	6	16	14	37	57	−20	34
10	Bucheon FC 1995	36	6	9	21	33	52	−19	27

Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2014. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Relegation/Promotion Playoff

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gwangju FC	4–2	Gyeongnam FC	3–1	1–1

Korea National League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Daejeon Korail	27	14	7	6	41	28	+13	49	Championship playoff[lower-alpha 1]
2	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin (C)	27	14	6	7	44	28	+16	48
3	Gyeongju KHNP	27	14	6	7	41	28	+13	48
4	Gangneung City	27	10	11	6	41	33	+8	41
5	Busan Transportation Corporation	27	12	4	11	30	32	−2	40
6	Changwon City	27	11	3	13	38	38	0	36
7	Cheonan City	27	10	4	13	25	30	−5	34
8	Mokpo City	27	8	8	11	28	39	−11	32
9	Gimhae City	27	6	8	13	25	42	−17	26
10	Yongin City	27	4	7	16	30	45	−15	19

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2014. Source: Korea National League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. The winner of the 2014 Korean FA Cup, will qualify for the 2015 AFC Champions League.

Championship Playoff

	Play-off							Semifinal							Final
															1	Daejeon Korail	0	1	1
								2	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	1	2	3			2	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	2	1	3
	3	Gyeongju KHNP	2	4	6			3	Gyeongju KHNP	1	1	2
	4	Gangneung City	1	2	3

Challengers League

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Pocheon (Q)	25	21	3	1	68	23	+45	66	Championship playoff
2	Icheon Citizen (Q)	25	17	3	5	70	32	+38	54
3	Jungnang Chorus Mustang (Q)	25	14	6	5	53	28	+25	48
4	Chungbuk Cheongju FC	25	12	6	7	60	38	+22	42
5	Gyeongju Citizen	25	12	2	11	51	36	+15	38
6	Yeonggwang FC	25	8	5	12	31	37	−6	29
7	Seoul United	25	6	4	15	28	52	−24	22
8	Goyang Citizen	25	3	3	19	29	60	−31	12
9	Seoul FC Martyrs	25	1	0	24	23	167	−144	3

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2014. Source: www.joinkfa.com (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hwaseong (Q)	25	19	2	4	64	27	+37	59	Championship playoff
2	Paju Citizen (Q)	25	13	8	4	45	23	+22	47
3	Chuncheon FC (Q)	25	11	9	5	49	29	+20	42
4	Jeonju FC	25	10	7	8	49	33	+16	37
5	Yangju Citizen	25	10	5	10	43	46	−3	35
6	Uijeongbu	25	8	6	11	49	50	−1	30
7	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	25	6	7	12	38	40	−2	25
8	Gimpo Citizen	25	9	2	14	53	51	+2	20[lower-alpha 1]
9	Cheonan FC	25	4	4	17	19	50	−31	16

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2014. Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. Gimpo Citizen FC had nine points deducted

Championship Playoff

Play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Icheon (A2)	3–1	Chuncheon (B3)
Jungnang CM (A3)	1–2	Paju (B2)

Play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Icheon (A2)	2–1	Paju (B2)

Semifinal

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hwaseong (B1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Icheon (A2)

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hwaseong (B1)	3–1	Pocheon (A1)

WK League

Playoff and championship

The playoff is played one leg and championship final is played over two legs.

	Play-off						Championship final
	1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
		(bye)
							1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	1	0	1
							2	Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi	0	0	0
	2	Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi	1
	3	Seoul Metropolitan Government	0

Cups

Korean FA Cup

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Seoul	0–0 (2–4 p)	Seongnam FC

Korea National League Championship

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gyeongju KHNP	2–1	Gangneung FC

South Korean clubs performance in Asia

Champions League

South Korean clubs' score displayed first

Team	Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
Ulsan Hyundai	Group Stage	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–1	0–2	None
		Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	1–3
		Guizhou Renhe	1–1	1–3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Group Stage	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–0	1–2	None
		Melbourne Victory	2–2	0–0
		Guangzhou Evergrande	1–3	1–0
	Round of 16	Pohang Steelers	1–2	0–1	1–3
Pohang Steelers	Group Stage	Cerezo Osaka	1–1	2–0	None
		Buriram United	2–1	0–0
		Shandong Luneng Taishan	2–2	4–2
	Round of 16	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	1–0	3–1
	Quarter-finals	FC Seoul	0–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	0-0 (0–3 p)
FC Seoul	Group Stage	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	1–0	None
		Beijing Guoan	1–1	2–1
		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2	2–2
	Round of 16	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2 (A)	1–2 (H)	4–4 (a)
	Quarter-finals	Pohang Steelers	0–0 (A)	0–0 (H)	0-0 (3–0 p)
	Semi-finals	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–0	0–2	0–2

National team

Men's

2014 FIFA World Cup

17 June 2014 Group Round	Russia	1 – 1	South Korea	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá
18:00 UTC−4	Kerzhakov  74'	Report	Lee Keun-Ho  68'	Attendance: 37,603 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

22 June 2014 Group Round	South Korea	2 – 4	Algeria	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
16:00 UTC−3	Son Heung-Min  50' Koo Ja-Cheol  72'	Report	Slimani  26' Halliche  28' Djabou  38' Brahimi  62'	Attendance: 42,732 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

26 June 2014 Group Round	South Korea	0 – 1	Belgium	Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo
17:00 UTC−3		Report	Vertonghen  78'	Attendance: 61,397 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Friendlies

25 January 2014	Costa Rica	0 – 1	South Korea	LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
		Report	Kim Shin-Wook  9'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

29 January 2014	Mexico	4 – 0	South Korea	Alamodome, San Antonio
	Peralta  37' Pulido  45+1', 86', 89'	Report		Attendance: 54,313 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

1 February 2014	United States	2 – 0	South Korea	StubHub Center, Carson
14:00 PST	Wondolowski  4', 60'	Report		Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

5 March 2014	Greece	0 – 2	South Korea	Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens
		Report	Park Chu-Young  18' Son Heung-Min  55'	Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan

28 May 2014	South Korea	0 – 1	Tunisia	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
		Report	Dhaouadi  44'	Attendance: 57,112 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

9 June 2014	South Korea	0 – 4	Ghana	Sun Life Stadium, Miami
19:00 UTC−5		Report	J. Ayew  11', 53', 89' Gyan  44'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

5 September 2014	South Korea	3 – 1	Venezuela	Bucheon Sports Complex, Bucheon
20:00 UTC+9	Lee Myung-Joo  33' Lee Dong-Gook  53', 64'	Report	M. Rondón  21'	Attendance: 34,456 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

8 September 2014	South Korea	0 – 1	Uruguay	Goyang Sports Complex, Goyang
20:00 UTC+9		Report	Giménez  70'	Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

10 October 2014	South Korea	2 – 0	Paraguay	Cheonan Stadium, Cheonan
20:00 UTC+9	Kim Min-woo  27' Nam Tae-hee  32'	Report		Attendance: 25,156 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

14 October 2014	South Korea	1 – 3	Costa Rica	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
20:00 UTC+9	Lee Dong-gook  45+1'	Report	Borges  37', 47' Duarte  78'	Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

14 November 2014	Jordan	0 – 1	South Korea	Amman International Stadium, Amman
			Han Kyo-won  34'

18 November 2014	Iran	1 – 0	South Korea	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
	Azmoun  83'			Attendance: 52,000

2014 Asian Games

September 14, 2014 Group Round	South Korea	3–0	Malaysia	Incheon Munhak Stadium
17:00	Rim Chang-woo  27' Kim Shin-wook  78' Kim Seung-dae  82'	Report		Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

September 17, 2014 Group Round	South Korea	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Ansan Wa~ Stadium
20:00	Kim Seung-dae  12'	Report		Referee: Ma Ning (China)

September 21, 2014 Group Round	Laos	0–2	South Korea	Hwaseong Stadium
17:00		Report	Lee Jong-ho  42' Kim Seung-dae  89'	Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

September 25, 2014 Round of 16	South Korea	3–0	Hong Kong	Goyang Stadium
20:00	Lee Yong-jae  59' Park Joo-ho  76' Kim Jin-su  90+3'	Report		Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

September 28, 2014 Quarter-finals	South Korea	1–0	Japan	Incheon Munhak Stadium
17:00	Jang Hyun-soo  88' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

September 30, 2014 Semi-finals	South Korea	2–0	Thailand	Incheon Munhak Stadium
20:00	Lee Jong-ho  41' Jang Hyun-soo  45+1' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

October 2, 2014 Final	South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	North Korea	Incheon Munhak Stadium
20:00	Rim Chang-woo  120+1'	Report		Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Women's

2014 Cyprus Cup

5 March 2014 Group Round	Switzerland	1 – 1	South Korea	Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
17:30	Dickenmann  6'	Report	Ji So-Yun  48'	Referee: Nina Lehtovaara (Finland)

7 March 2014 Group Round	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	South Korea	Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
14:30	Quinn  24'	Report	Ji So-Yun  38'	Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)

10 March 2014 Group Round	South Korea	4 – 0	New Zealand	Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
17:30	Kwon Hah-Nul  8', 71' Yoo Young-A  36' Park Hee-young  52'	Report		Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)

12 March 2014 Third place match	Scotland	1 – 1 (1 – 3 p)	South Korea	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
14:30	Little  87'	Report	Yoo Young-A  64'	Referee: Linn Andersson (Sweden)
	Penalties
	Corsie J. Ross Beattie Sneddon		Ji So-Yun Park Hee-young Kwon Hah-Nul

2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup

15 May 2014 Group Round	South Korea	12 – 0	Myanmar	Thống Nhất Stadium
17:15	Ji So-yun  4' Park Eun-sun  17' (pen.), 43' Park Hee-young  33' Jeon Ga-eul  36', 40' (pen.), 63' Cho So-hyun  45+3', 61', 82' Kwon Hah-nul  58' Yeo Min-ji  76'	Report		Attendance: 300 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

17 May 2014 Group Round	Thailand	0 – 4	South Korea	Thống Nhất Stadium
20:15		Report	Ji So-yun  11' Park Eun-sun  12', 47', 84'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Công Thị Dung (Vietnam)

19 May 2014 Group Round	South Korea	0 – 0	China PR	Thống Nhất Stadium
19:15		Report		Attendance: 350 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

22 May 2014 Semi-finals	South Korea	1 – 2	Australia	Thống Nhất Stadium
20:45	Park Eun-sun  53' (pen.)	Report	Gorry  47' Kellond-Knight  77'	Attendance: 700 Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

19 May 2014 Third place match	South Korea	0 – 0	China PR	Thống Nhất Stadium
19:15		Report		Attendance: 350 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

2014 Asian Games

September 14, 2014 Group Round	South Korea	5 – 0	Thailand	Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
20:00	Jung Seol-bin  11' Park Hee-young  25' Yoo Young-a  60' Jeon Ga-eul  80' Choe Yu-ri  90+3'	Report		Referee: Wang Jia (China)

September 17, 2014 Group Round	South Korea	10 – 0	India	Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
20:00	Jeon Ga-eul  7', 40', 61' (pen.) Yoo Young-a  9', 45', 63', 65' Park Hee-young  36' Jung Seol-bin  49', 79'	Report		Referee: Kajiyama Fusako (Japan)

September 21, 2014 Group Round	Maldives	0 – 13	South Korea	Incheon Munhak Stadium
17:00		Report	Jung Seol-bin  9' Aminath  24' (o.g.) Lee So-dam  33' Song Su-ran  36' Park Hee-young  38' Shin Dam-yeong  61' Jeon Ga-eul  62' Kwon Hah-nul  66', 84' Yoo Young-a  69', 82' Cho So-hyun  75' Choe Yu-ri  88'	Referee: Li Juan (China)

September 26, 2014 Quarter-finals	South Korea	1 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Incheon Munhak Stadium
20:00	Jeon Ga-eul  73'	Report		Referee: Kajiyama Fusako (Japan)

September 29, 2014 Semi-finals	South Korea	1 – 2	North Korea	Incheon Munhak Stadium
20:00	Jung Seol-bin  12'	Report	Ri Ye-gyong  36' Ho Un-byol  90+3'	Referee: Jia Wang (China)

October 01, 2014 Bronze medal match	South Korea	3 – 0	Vietnam	Incheon Football Stadium
17:00	Kwon Hah-nul  55' Jung Seol-bin  57' Park Hee-young  66'	Report		Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup Qualification

12 November 2014 Preliminary round 2	South Korea	15 − 0	Guam	Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu
10:30 UTC+8	Ji So-yun  26', 66' Yoo Young-a  30' Kim Hye-yeong  36' Jeon Ga-eul  39', 56', 70', 90+1' Kim Hye-ri  43' Park Hee-young  49' Yeo Min-ji  73' Lee Jung-eun  76', 79', 83', 90+2'			Attendance: 70 Referee: Ho Sun Hui

15 November 2014 Preliminary round 2	Hong Kong	0 – 9	South Korea	Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu
10:30 UTC+8			Ji So-yun  16' (pen.) Jeon Ga-eul  18' Lee Jung-eun  25', 42' Yeo Min-ji  26', 36', 45+2', 77' Kim Do-yeon  58'

18 November 2014 Preliminary round 2	Chinese Taipei	0 – 2	South Korea	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei
19:00 UTC+8			Kwon Hah-nul  32' Jeon Ga-eul  53'

References

1. http://joinkfa.com/league2/league_single_info_list2.php?match_idx=MzUyNQ==&Search=Y&page=1&league_type=7&s_year=2014&keyword= www.joinkfa.com
2. https://us.soccerway.com/national/korea-republic/k3-league/2014/regular-season/r24298/