2013 K League Classic

Hyundai Oilbank
K League Classic
Season2013
Dates2 March – 1 December 2013
ChampionsPohang Steelers
(5th title)
RelegatedDaejeon Citizen
Daegu FC
Gangwon FC
Champions LeaguePohang Steelers
Ulsan Hyundai
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
FC Seoul
Matches played266
Goals scored676 (2.54 per match)
Best PlayerKim Shin-wook
Top goalscorerDejan Damjanović
Kim Shin-wook
(19 goals each)
Biggest home winGyeongnam 6–0 Daejeon
(23 June 2013)
Biggest away winGangwon 0–4 Jeju
(10 August 2013)
Highest scoringSuwon 5–4 Jeonbuk
(26 June 2013)
Longest winning run7 matches
FC Seoul
(7 July – 15 August 2013)
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
FC Seoul
(7 July – 6 October 2013)
Longest winless run19 matches
Daejeon Citizen
(7 April – 15 August 2013)
Longest losing run8 matches
Gangwon FC
(16 July – 1 September 2013)
Highest attendance43,681
Seoul 2–1 Suwon
(3 August 2013)
Lowest attendance749
Seongnam 0–1 Jeonnam
(1 September 2013)
Average attendance7,652
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The 2013 K League Classic was the 31st season of the top division of South Korean professional football. The South Korean professional football league, K League, was split into two divisions since this year, and the top division was named the "K League Classic". Its fixtures were announced on 30 January,[1] and began on 2 March.

Teams

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Locations of the 2013 K League Classic clubs

General information

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Club City Manager Stadium
Busan IPark Busan South Korea Yoon Sung-hyo Busan Asiad Stadium
Jeonnam Dragons Gwangyang South Korea Ha Seok-ju Gwangyang Football Stadium
Daegu FC Daegu South Korea Baek Jong-chul Daegu Stadium
Daejeon Citizen Daejeon South Korea Kim In-wan Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Gangwon FC Gangneung South Korea Kim Yong-kab Gangneung Stadium
Gyeongnam FC Changwon Serbia Ilija Petković Changwon Football Center
Incheon United Incheon South Korea Kim Bong-gil Incheon Football Stadium
Jeju United Seogwipo South Korea Park Kyung-hoon Jeju World Cup Stadium
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonju South Korea Choi Kang-hee Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Pohang Steelers Pohang South Korea Hwang Sun-hong Pohang Steel Yard
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam South Korea An Ik-soo Tancheon Sports Complex
FC Seoul Seoul South Korea Choi Yong-soo Seoul World Cup Stadium
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon South Korea Seo Jung-won Suwon World Cup Stadium
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan South Korea Kim Ho-kon Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing Manner Date Incoming Date Table
Daegu FC Brazil Moacir Pereira End of contract 2 December 2012[2] South Korea Dang Seong-jeung 2 December 2012[2] Pre-season
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Yoo Sang-chul End of contract 2 December 2012[2] South Korea Kim In-wan 2 December 2012[3]
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea Shin Tae-yong Resigned 11 December 2012 South Korea An Ik-soo 13 December 2012
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea Lee Heung-sil (caretaker) Resigned 11 December 2012 Brazil Fabio Lefundes (caretaker) 20 December 2012
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea Yoon Sung-hyo Resigned 12 December 2012 South Korea Seo Jung-won 12 December 2012
Busan IPark South Korea An Ik-soo Signed for Seongnam 13 December 2012 South Korea Yoon Sung-hyo 17 December 2012
Daegu FC South Korea Dang Seong-jeung Resigned 23 April 2013 South Korea Baek Jong-chul 23 April 2013 14th
Gyeongnam FC South Korea Choi Jin-han Resigned 22 May 2013[4] South Korea Song Kwang-hwan (caretaker) 22 May 2013[4] 11th
Gyeongnam FC South Korea Song Kwang-hwan (caretaker) Resigned 29 May 2013 Serbia Ilija Petković 29 May 2013[5] 11th
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Brazil Fabio Lefundes (caretaker) End of contract 28 June 2013 South Korea Choi Kang-hee 28 June 2013 7th
Gangwon FC South Korea Kim Hak-bum Sacked 10 August 2013 South Korea Kim Yong-kab 14 August 2013 13th

Foreign players

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Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Former player(s)
Busan IPark Brazil Fágner Brazil William Brazil Rodrigo
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Weslley Australia Robert Cornthwaite Brazil Marcinho
Australia Matt Simon
Daegu FC Brazil Leandrinho Brazil Sandro Ghana Derek Asamoah Brazil Adriano Pardal
Brazil Fábio Santos
Daejeon Citizen Brazil João Paulo Colombia Cesar Arias Colombia Anderson Plata Japan Yuta Baba Belgium Karel De Smet
Brazil Lúcio Flávio
Gangwon FC Brazil Wesley Romania Ianis Zicu Australia Brendan Hamill Brazil Patrik Silva
Russia Denis Laktionov
Gyeongnam FC Serbia Miloš Bosančić Serbia Sreten Sretenović Serbia Milan Bubalo Australia Luke DeVere
Incheon United Brazil Diogo Acosta Brazil Thiago Elias Australia Nathan Burns
Jeju United Brazil Pedro Júnior Brazil Maranhão Brazil Rodriguinho Australia Adrian Madaschi Brazil Waldison
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Belgium Kevin Oris Brazil Leonardo Brazil Thiago Potiguar Australia Alex Wilkinson Brazil Eninho
Pohang Steelers
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Brazil Edcarlos Montenegro Ivan Vuković Uruguay Federico Laens Uzbekistan Server Djeparov Colombia Javier Reina
Colombia Wilmar Jordán
FC Seoul Brazil Adilson Colombia Mauricio Molina Montenegro Dejan Damjanović Japan Sergio Escudero
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Brazil Júnior Santos North Korea Jong Tae-se[a] Brazil Rodrigo Pimpão
Montenegro Dženan Radončić
North Macedonia Stevica Ristić
Australia Eddy Bosnar
Ulsan Hyundai Brazil Caíque Brazil Rafinha Brazil Roberto César Japan Chikashi Masuda
  1. ^ North Korean player could be deemed as a native player by South Korean law and passport.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pohang Steelers (C) 38 21 11 6 63 38 +25 74 Qualification for Champions League[a]
2 Ulsan Hyundai 38 22 7 9 63 37 +26 73
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 38 18 9 11 61 49 +12 63
4 FC Seoul 38 17 11 10 59 46 +13 62
5 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 38 15 8 15 50 43 +7 53
6 Busan IPark 38 14 10 14 43 41 +2 52
7 Incheon United 38 12 14 12 48 46 +2 50
8 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 38 17 9 12 51 42 +9 60
9 Jeju United 38 16 10 12 51 46 +5 58
10 Jeonnam Dragons 38 9 13 16 34 45 −11 40
11 Gyeongnam FC 38 8 13 17 42 55 −13 37
12 Gangwon FC (R) 38 8 12 18 37 64 −27 36 Qualification for relegation play-offs
13 Daegu FC (R) 38 6 14 18 38 57 −19 32 Relegation to K League Challenge
14 Daejeon Citizen (R) 38 7 11 20 37 68 −31 32
Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Pohang Steelers won the league after qualifying for the Champions League as champions of the FA Cup. Therefore, the spot given to the league champions was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Positions by matchday

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  Leaders
  Qualification for Champions League
  Qualification for relegation play-offs
  Relegation to K League Challenge

Round 1–26

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Pohang Steelers53112211111111111222111111
Ulsan Hyundai27423524474322222111222322
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors11264636645657575433333233
FC Seoul581111101212109108998999766444444
Suwon Samsung Bluewings22531142323575646555656565
Incheon United94355453256434334344565656
Busan IPark59887877767769788988787777
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma11913121410988811886857899999888
Jeju United45646365532243463677878999
Jeonnam Dragons13131214139101111910101011101010101110101010101010
Gyeongnam FC9677878910119111110111111111011111111111111
Daegu FC11991011131314131414141413131313131212121212121212
Gangwon FC5991312141413141312121212121212121313131313131313
Daejeon Citizen14141499111112121213131314141414141414141414141414
Source: K League

Round 27–40

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Team ╲ Round2728293031323334353637383940
Pohang Steelers11112222222221
Ulsan Hyundai22231111111112
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors34323333333333
FC Seoul43444444444444
Suwon Samsung Bluewings55555555555555
Busan IPark77777777776666
Incheon United66666666667777
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma89888888899988
Jeju United98999999988899
Jeonnam Dragons1010101010101010101010101010
Gyeongnam FC1111111111111111111111111111
Gangwon FC1313131313131312121212121212
Daegu FC1212121212121213131313131313
Daejeon Citizen1414141414141414141414141414
Source: K League

Results

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Matches 1–26

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Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC GWN GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SEO SSB USH
Busan IPark — 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 5–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Jeonnam Dragons 2–2 — 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1
Daegu FC 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 5–3
Daejeon Citizen 0–0 1–2 1–3 — 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–3
Gangwon FC 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2
Gyeongnam FC 1–0 0–1 3–1 6–0 1–1 — 1–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–1
Incheon United 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–4 2–3 3–1 2–2
Jeju United 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 — 0–3 2–3 1–1 4–4 1–2 3–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 — 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–1
Pohang Steelers 1–2 2–1 4–2 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–2 — 2–1 1–2 3–1
FC Seoul 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 — 2–1 2–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 5–4 0–2 2–2 1–1 — 0–0
Ulsan Hyundai 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–2 4–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 27–40

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Relegation play-offs

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Sangju Sangmu4–1Gangwon FC
 Choi Seung-in 90+2'
Gangwon FC1–0Sangju Sangmu
Choi Seung-in 71'

Sangju Sangmu won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League Classic, while Gangwon FC were relegated to the K League Challenge.

Player statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 19
South Korea Kim Shin-wook Ulsan Hyundai
3 Brazil Pedro Júnior Jeju United
17
4 Belgium Kevin Oris Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 14
South Korea Kim Dong-sub Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
6 South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
13
7 Brazil Rafinha Ulsan Hyundai
11
8 North Korea Jong Tae-se Suwon Samsung Bluewings
10
9 Serbia Miloš Bosančić Gyeongnam FC 9
South Korea Cho Chan-ho Pohang Steelers
South Korea Lim Sang-hyub Busan IPark
Colombia Mauricio Molina FC Seoul

Top assist providers

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Rank Player Club Assists
1 Colombia Mauricio Molina FC Seoul 13
Brazil Leonardo Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
3 South Korea Hong Chul Suwon Samsung Bluewings
10
4 South Korea Han Sang-woon Ulsan Hyundai
8
5 South Korea Hwang Jin-sung Pohang Steelers 7
Brazil Maranhão Jeju United
Japan Sergio Escudero FC Seoul
8 Brazil Eninho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6
South Korea Kim Seung-dae Pohang Steelers
South Korea Seo Dong-hyeon Jeju United
South Korea Kang Seung-jo Gyeongnam FC
South Korea Bae Il-hwan Jeju United
South Korea Kim Shin-wook Ulsan Hyundai

Awards

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The 2013 K League Awards was held on 3 December 2013.

Main awards

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Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player South Korea Kim Shin-wook Ulsan Hyundai
Top goalscorer Montenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul
Top assist provider Colombia Mauricio Molina FC Seoul
Young Player of the Year South Korea Ko Moo-yeol Pohang Steelers
FANtastic Player South Korea Kim Shin-wook Ulsan Hyundai
Manager of the Year South Korea Hwang Sun-hong Pohang Steelers
Special Award South Korea Kwon Jung-hyuk Incheon United
Best Referee South Korea Yoo Seon-ho —
Best Assistant Referee South Korea Son Jae-seon —
Fair Play Award FC Seoul
Youth Team of the Year Pohang Jecheol High School
(Pohang Steelers)

Source:[6]

Best XI

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Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper South Korea Kim Seung-gyu Ulsan Hyundai
Defenders Brazil Adilson FC Seoul
South Korea Kim Chi-gon Ulsan Hyundai
South Korea Kim Won-il Pohang Steelers
South Korea Lee Yong Ulsan Hyundai
Midfielders South Korea Ko Moo-yeol Pohang Steelers
South Korea Lee Myung-joo Pohang Steelers
South Korea Ha Dae-sung FC Seoul
Brazil Leonardo Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Forwards South Korea Kim Shin-wook Ulsan Hyundai
Montenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul

Source:[6]

Attendance

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 336,068 37,879 4,861 17,689 −12.7%†
2 FC Seoul 315,540 43,681 5,434 16,607 −19.0%†
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 193,060 23,377 4,962 10,161 −0.8%†
4 Pohang Steelers 184,301 17,228 2,274 9,700 +10.2%†
5 Ulsan Hyundai 167,837 23,012 2,676 8,834 +17.8%†
6 Incheon United 134,472 15,595 1,902 7,077 +81.7%†
7 Daegu FC 130,251 39,871 978 6,855 −4.2%†
8 Jeju United 122,813 18,751 1,274 6,464 −1.1%†
9 Gyeongnam FC 113,257 16,286 1,789 5,961 +155.7%†
10 Daejeon Citizen 107,675 27,775 1,126 5,667 +30.3%†
11 Busan IPark 77,571 9,711 1,027 4,035 +0.6%†
12 Gangwon FC 56,588 10,456 896 2,978 −3.5%†
13 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 53,677 8,059 749 2,825 −3.2%†
14 Jeonnam Dragons 43,273 7,036 872 2,278 −24.9%†
League total 2,036,413 43,681 749 7,656 +8.7%†

Source: K League

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2013 K리그 클래식 경기 일정 확정 (in Korean). K League. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c 최만희 광주 감독도 사임…K리그 감독교체 칼바람. Naver (in Korean). Sports World. 2 December 2012.
  3. ^ 지동원 키운 대전출신 김인완, 시티즌 감독내정. Daejeon Ilbo (in Korean). 2 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b 경남 최진한 감독 자진사퇴… 송광환 코치 대행 체제 (in Korean). Sports Donga. 22 May 2013.
  5. ^ 경남, 페트코비치 감독 선임 공식 발표 (in Korean). Sportalkorea. 29 May 2013.
  6. ^ a b <프로축구> 김신욱, K리그 클래식 MVP…감독상은 황선홍(종합). Naver (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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