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2008 K League

Field	Value
competition	Samsung Hauzen
K League
logo	Samsung Hauzen K-League 2008.png
season	2008
dates	Regular season:
8 March – 9 November 2008
Championship:
22 November – 7 December 2008
winners	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
(4th title)
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
FC Seoul
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steelers
best player	Lee Woon-jae
league topscorer	Dudu
(15 goals)
matches	182
total goals	485
average attendance	2,347,897
prevseason	2007
nextseason	2009

K League 8 March – 9 November 2008 Championship: 22 November – 7 December 2008 (4th title) FC Seoul Ulsan Hyundai Pohang Steelers (15 goals) The 2008 K League was the 26th season of the K League. The regular season and playoffs' format was the same as the one used in the 2007 season. It began on March 8, and the final of the playoffs finished on 7 December.

On 2 August 2008, the first ever Jomo Cup kicked off. The K League All-Stars squared off against the J.League All-Stars at the Japan National Stadium. Lee Woon-jae was selected as the K League All-Star Team's captain and Cha Bum-kun managed the squad. The K League All-Stars won the game by a score of 3–1.

Teams

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General information

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	2007 season
Busan IPark	South Korea Hwang Sun-hong	Busan	Busan Asiad Stadium	13th place
Jeonnam Dragons	South Korea Park Hang-seo	Gwangyang	Gwang-Yang Stadium	10th place
Daegu FC	South Korea Byun Byung-joo	Daegu	Daegu World Cup Stadium	12th place
Daejeon Citizen	South Korea Kim Ho	Daejeon	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	6th place
FC Seoul	Turkey Şenol Güneş	Seoul	Seoul World Cup Stadium	7th place
Gwangju Sangmu	South Korea Lee Kang-jo	Gwangju	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	14th place
Gyeongnam FC	South Korea Cho Kwang-rae	Changwon	Changwon Civil Stadium	5th place
Incheon United	South Korea Chang Woe-ryong	Incheon	Incheon Munhak Stadium	9th place
Jeju United	Brazil Arthur Bernardes	Seogwipo	Jeju World Cup Stadium	11th place
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	South Korea Choi Kang-hee	Jeonju	Jeonju World Cup Stadium	8th place
Pohang Steelers	Brazil Sérgio Farias	Pohang	Steelyard Stadium	Champions
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	South Korea Kim Hak-bum	Seongnam	Seongnam 2 Stadium	Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	South Korea Cha Bum-kun	Suwon	Suwon World Cup Stadium	3rd place
Ulsan Hyundai	South Korea Kim Jung-nam	Ulsan	Munsu Cup Stadium	4th place

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former player(s)
Busan IPark	Brazil Di Fábio	Brazil Paulinho Guará	Brazil Pingo	Brazil Reinaldo
Brazil Zé Augusto
Jeonnam Dragons	Brazil Adriano Chuva	Brazil Renato	Brazil Victor Simões	Brazil Sandro Hiroshi
Daegu	Brazil Eninho	Brazil Leandro	Brazil Geovane	Brazil Alexsandro
Brazil Jorge Santos
Daejeon Citizen	Brazil Walter Minhoca	Brazil Selmir	Nigeria Eric Obinna	Brazil Edson Araújo
FC Seoul	Brazil Adilson	Montenegro Dejan Damjanović	Turkey Ceyhun Eriş	Holland Kiki Musampa
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo
Gyeongnam	Brazil Almir	Brazil Índio		Brazil Wellington Silva
Incheon United	Montenegro Dženan Radončić	Serbia Dragan Mladenović	Serbia Borko Veselinović
Jeju United	Brazil Ednilton Souza	Brazil Rômulo		Brazil Rafael Paty
Brazil Ricardinho
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Brazil Luiz Henrique	Bosnia and Herzegovina Jusuf Dajić	Serbia Aleksandar Petrović	Brazil Zé Carlos
Croatia Antonio Franja
North Macedonia Stevica Ristić
Pohang Steelers	Brazil Denílson	North Macedonia Stevica Ristić		Brazil Clodoaldo
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Bolivia Juan Carlos Arce	Brazil Dudu	Brazil Mota
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Brazil Edu	Brazil Lucas Pereira	Croatia Mato Neretljak	Brazil Luiz Henrique
Ulsan Hyundai	Brazil Almir	Brazil Brasília	Brazil Luizinho	Brazil Ferreira
Brazil Pedrão

Regular season

League table

Top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Results

Championship playoffs

Main article: 2008 K League Championship

Bracket

Final table

Suwon Samsung Bluewings celebrating winning the 2008 season.

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Dudu won the award with 15 goals.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Apps
1	Brazil Dudu	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	16	27
2	Montenegro Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	15	29
3	Montenegro Dženan Radončić	Incheon United	13	26
Brazil Edu	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	13	27
5	South Korea Lee Keun-ho	Daegu FC	11	26
6	South Korea Jang Nam-seok	Daegu FC	10	24
7	Brazil Luizinho	Ulsan Hyundai	9	19
South Korea Seo Dong-hyeon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	9	22
9	South Korea Jung Jo-gook	FC Seoul	8	14
Brazil Eninho	Daegu FC	8	19
Brazil Adriano Chuva	Jeonnam Dragons	8	19
Brazil Rômulo Marques Macedo	Jeju United	8	21
Brazil Mota	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	8	22
South Korea Cho Jae-jin	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	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 124 players participated in the selection process.

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	KOR Lee Woon-jae	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Top goalscorer	BRA Dudu	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Top assist provider	BRA Brasília	Ulsan Hyundai
Rookie of the Year	KOR Lee Seung-yeoul	FC Seoul
Manager of the Year	KOR Cha Bum-kun	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Players' Player of the Year	BRA Mota	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	KOR Lee Woon-jae	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Defenders	BRA Adilson	FC Seoul
CRO Mato Neretljak	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
KOR Park Dong-hyuk	Ulsan Hyundai
KOR Choi Hyo-jin	Pohang Steelers
Midfielders	KOR Kim Hyeung-bum	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
KOR Cho Won-hee	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
KOR Ki Sung-yueng	FC Seoul
KOR Lee Chung-yong	FC Seoul
Forwards	KOR Lee Keun-ho	Daegu FC
BRA Edu	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Source:

Attendance

The records were calculated for the regular season.

Club	Matches	Total	Average
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	13	309,623	23,817
FC Seoul	13	271,290	20,868
Daegu FC	13	221,623	17,048
Daejeon Citizen	13	188,892	14,530
Incheon United	13	175,023	13,463
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	13	166,625	12,817
Gyeongnam FC	13	153,853	11,835
Pohang Steelers	13	153,540	11,811
Jeonnam Dragons	13	150,156	11,550
Ulsan Hyundai	13	130,758	10,058
Gwangju Sangmu FC	13	128,630	9,895
Busan IPark	13	107,830	8,295
Jeju United	13	96,377	7,414
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	13	93,677	7,206

References

"K-Allstars outshine J-Allstars". J.League.
link. Sportalkorea. (2008-05-30)
link. [[The Dong-a Ilbo]]. (2008-11-10)
link. [[Sports Chosun]]. (9 December 2008)

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