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2007 K League

Field	Value
season	2007
dates	Regular season:
3 March – 14 October 2007
Championship:
20 October – 11 November 2007
competition	Samsung Hauzen
K League
winners	Pohang Steelers
(4th title)
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Pohang Steelers
Jeonnam Dragons
matches	182
total goals	424
best player	André Luiz Tavares
league topscorer	Cabore
(17 goals)
prevseason	2006
nextseason	2008

3 March – 14 October 2007 Championship: 20 October – 11 November 2007 K League (4th title) Jeonnam Dragons (17 goals)

The 2007 K League was the 25th season of the K League. The format of the league was changed from two stages to single league since this season. Each team played 26 matches against every other teams under the home and away system. After the regular league was finished, the top six clubs qualified for the championship playoffs to determine champions.

It took a break after the Round 13 on 23 June due to the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, and resumed with the Round 14 on 8 August.

Teams

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former player(s)
Busan IPark	Brazil Ciel	Brazil Luciano Tanque	Croatia Frane Čačić	Brazil Luiz Fernando
Brazil William
Jeonnam Dragons	Brazil Leandrão	Brazil Sandro Hiroshi	Brazil Victor Simões	Brazil Sandro
Daegu FC	Brazil Eninho	Brazil Luizinho	Brazil Selmir
Daejeon Citizen	Brazil Adriano Chuva	Brazil Cristiano Pereira	Brazil Denílson	Argentina Fabián Caballero
Brazil Fernandinho
FC Seoul	Brazil Adilson	Brazil Dudu	Portugal Ricardo Nascimento
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam FC	Brazil Cabore	Brazil Rogério Pinheiro	Brazil Popó
Incheon United	Montenegro Dejan Damjanović	Serbia Dragan Mladenović	Serbia Željko Kalajdžić	Montenegro Dženan Radončić
Jeju United	Brazil Irineu	Brazil Ricardinho		Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola Vasiljević
Serbia Ivan Perić
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Croatia Antonio Franja	Brazil Zé Carlos	North Macedonia Stevica Ristić
Pohang Steelers	Brazil Jonhes	Brazil Schwenck	Brazil André Luiz Tavares	Argentina Carlos Frontini
Brazil Maurício
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Brazil Itamar	Brazil Mota		Romania Adrian Neaga
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Brazil Edu	Brazil Nádson	Croatia Mato Neretljak	Brazil Elpídio Silva
Ulsan Hyundai	Brazil Almir	Brazil Leandro Machado	Chile José Luis Villanueva

Regular season

League table

The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Results

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2007 K League Championship

Bracket

Final table

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Cabore won the award with 17 goals.

Pos	Player	Team	Goals	Apps
1	Brazil Cabore	Gyeongnam FC	18	26
2	Brazil Denilson	Daejeon Citizen	14	24
Montenegro Dejan Damjanović	Incheon United	14	26
4	Macedonia Stevica Ristić	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	13	25
5	Brazil Luizinho	Daegu FC	11	23
6	Brazil Mota	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	9	21
7	Brazil Adriano Chuva	Daejeon Citizen	8	14
South Korea Lee Keun-ho	Daegu FC	8	20
Brazil Sandro Hiroshi	Jeonnam Dragons	8	26
South Korea Woo Sung-yong	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	8	26

Awards

Main awards

The K League Players' Player of the Year was published by Korean edition of FourFourTwo in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 100 players participated in the selection process.

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	BRA André Luiz Tavares	Pohang Steelers
Top goalscorer	BRA Cabore	Gyeongnam FC
Top assist provider	BRA André Luiz Tavares	Pohang Steelers
Rookie of the Year	KOR Ha Tae-goon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Manager of the Year	BRA Sérgio Farias	Pohang Steelers
Players' Player of the Year	KOR Kim Do-heon	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	KOR Kim Byung-ji	FC Seoul
Defenders	BRA Adilson	FC Seoul
CRO Mato Neretljak	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
KOR Hwang Jae-won	Pohang Steelers
KOR Jang Hak-young	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Midfielders	BRA André Luiz Tavares	Pohang Steelers
KOR Lee Kwan-woo	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
KOR Kim Gi-dong	Pohang Steelers
KOR Kim Do-heon	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Forwards	KOR Lee Keun-ho	Daegu FC
BRA Cabore	Gyeongnam FC

Source:

Attendance

At the end of the 2007 season, the K League attracted 2,073,808 fans and an average of 11,786 fans per game. That puts the K League at 15th in the world for average attendances for domestic premier leagues for association football.

Team	Average	Minimum	Maximum	Total
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	25,194	16,213	41,819	327,526
FC Seoul	21,513	10,574	55,397	279,670
Incheon United	16,671	6,217	25,686	216,728
Daegu FC	15,007	2,085	44,215	180,090
Daejon Citizen	14,659	5,423	28,074	175,914
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	11,312	4,328	29,112	135,754
Gwangju Sangmu	8,861	2,678	28,637	115,196
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	8,706	3,628	14,763	113,184
Gyeongnam FC	8,625	3,051	23,192	103,503
Jeonnam Dragons	8,565	3,859	13,800	102,780
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7,677	4,236	10,508	99,794
Jeju United	6,636	1,231	20,499	79,635
Pohang Steelers	6,572	1,735	12,596	78,873
Busan IPark	5,012	1,505	11,075	65,161

References

link. JoyNews24. (2007-10-14)
link. KBS. (2007-12-06)
link. Osen. (May 30, 2007)
link. [[YTN]]. (27 November 2007)

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