2006 in South Korean football

National teams

Main article: South Korea national football team results (2000–2009)

Main article: South Korea national under-23 football team results (2000–2009)

FIFA World Cup

Main article: South Korea at the FIFA World Cup

Former manager Jo Bonfrère qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but failed to satisfy the expectations of the Korea Football Association. Dick Advocaat replaced Bonfrère to participate in the World Cup, but Advocaat secretly contracted with a Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg just before the tournament, for which he was criticized.

Despite controversies about managers, South Korea defeated Togo 2–1 and drew 1–1 with eventual finalists France. However, they were eliminated in the group stage after losing 2–0 to Switzerland in the last match.

Ahn Jung-hwan Frei

AFC Asian Cup qualification

• Al-Khatib
• Kim Do-heon
• Lee Chun-soo
• Ahn Jung-hwan
• Jung Jo-gook
• Kim Do-heon
• Seol Ki-hyeon
• Hashemian
• Seol Ki-hyeon
• Jung Jo-gook
• Cho Jae-jin
• Kim Do-heon
• Cho Jae-jin
• Al-Sayed
• Enayati
• Badamaki

Asian Games

• Lee Chun-soo

• Park Chu-young

• Lee Ho

• Kim Jin-kyu

• Kim Chi-woo

• Yeom Ki-hun

• Jung Jo-gook

Friendlies

Senior team

• Khalil
• Park Chu-young
• Zagorakis
• Park Chu-young
• Kim Dong-jin
• Lee Chun-soo
• Cho Jae-jin
• Jacobsen
• Bech
• Silberbauer
• Saborío
• Lee Dong-gook
• Park Chu-young
• Kim Do-heon
• N'Diaye
• Seol Ki-hyeon
• Cho Jae-jin
• Lee Eul-yong
• Gyan
• Muntari
• Essien
• Kim Dong-hyun
• Gyan
• Essien

Under-23 team

• Oh Jang-eun
• Yeom Ki-hun

Leagues

K League

Regular season

Main article: 2006 K League

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2006 K League Championship

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Final table

Korea National League

Main article: 2006 Korea National League

First stage

Second stage

Championship playoff

Domestic cups

Korean FA Cup

Main article: 2006 Korean FA Cup

|score-boxes=1|3rdplace=no|short_brackets=yes|bold_winner=high|flex_tree=yes|widescore=yes|nowrap=yes ||Goyang Kookmin Bank |0 (3)|Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i|0 (2) ||Gwangju Sangmu|1|Dongguk University|0 ||Gyeongnam FC|2|Bongshin Club|1 ||Suwon City|2 (4)|Incheon Korail |2 (5) ||FC Seoul|4|Hongik University|0 ||Changwon City|1|Pohang Steelers|2 ||Suwon Samsung Bluewings|2|Soongsil University|0 ||Seosan Citizen|1|Daejeon Citizen|4 ||Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors|2|Gimpo Hallelujah|0 ||Icheon Hummel|0|Incheon United|2 ||Hyundai Mipo Dockyard|2|Gangneung City|1 ||Jeju United|2 (1)|Honam University |2 (3) ||Jeonnam Dragons|2|Hannam University|1 ||Daejeon KHNP|0|Busan IPark|1 ||Daegu FC|2|Daegu University|1 ||Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|1 (2)|Chung-Ang University |1 (4) ||Goyang Kookmin Bank |0 (4)|Gwangju Sangmu|0 (1) ||Gyeongnam FC|2|Incheon Korail|1 ||FC Seoul|3|Pohang Steelers|1 ||Suwon Samsung Bluewings |1 (4)|Daejeon Citizen|1 (2) ||Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors|0 (3)|Incheon United |0 (4) ||Hyundai Mipo Dockyard|1|Honam University|2 ||Jeonnam Dragons|1|Busan IPark|0 ||Daegu FC|6|Chung-Ang University|0

||Goyang Kookmin Bank |1 (5)|Gyeongnam FC|1 (3) ||FC Seoul|2 (5)|Suwon Samsung Bluewings |2 (6) ||Incheon United|2|Honam University|1 ||Jeonnam Dragons|2|Daegu FC|0

|8 November – Seoul|Goyang Kookmin Bank|0|Suwon Samsung Bluewings|2 |8 November – Seoul|Incheon United|0 (3)|Jeonnam Dragons |0 (4)

|3 December – Seoul|Suwon Samsung Bluewings|0|Jeonnam Dragons|2

Korean League Cup

Main article: 2006 Korean League Cup

Korea National League Championship

Main article: 2006 Korea National League Championship

Group stage

Knockout stage

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||**Hyundai Mipo Dockyard **|2 (9)|Suwon City|2 (8) ||Busan Transportation Corporation|3|Daejeon KHNP|1 ||Changwon City|3|Goyang KB Kookmin Bank|2 ||Icheon Hummel Korea|2|Incheon Korail|0

||Hyundai Mipo Dockyard|2|Busan Transportation Corporation|1 ||Changwon City|4|Icheon Hummel Korea|1

||Hyundai Mipo Dockyard|1|Changwon City|2

Korean Super Cup

Main article: Korean Super Cup

date = 4 March | team1 = Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | score = 1–0| team2 = Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | goals1 = Jang Sang-won | goals2 = | stadium = Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan | attendance = 7,356 }}

International cups

AFC Champions League

Main article: South Korean football clubs in Asian competitions

FIFA Club World Cup

Diary of the season

• 13 June: South Korean national team earned its first-ever World Cup victory by defeating Togo 2–1. Ahn Jung-hwan scored his third World Cup goal and became the top scoring Asian player in World Cup history.
• 26 June: Pim Verbeek was appointed as the manager of the South Korean national team, replacing Dick Advocaat who left to Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.
• 8 July: Choi Jin-cheul retired as a player after a Korean League Cup match against Incheon United.

References

References

1. link. [[Yonhap News Agency]]. (2005-09-13)
2. link. [[Pressian]]. (2006-06-08)