top division in south korean football

Football league
K League 1Hangul

K리그 원

Reading: K League 1

Revised RomanizationK rigeu oneMcCune–ReischauerK rigŭ wŏn
For comprehensive examination South Korean professional football league including beginning division and second division, see K League The K League 1 ( Hangul : K리그1 ) is the men ‘s circus tent professional football division of the south korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs .

history [edit ]

The south korean professional football league was founded in 1983 as the “ korean Super League ”, with five penis clubs. The initial five clubs were Hallelujah FC, Yukong Elephants, Pohang Steelworks, Daewoo Royals, Kookmin Bank. Hallelujah FC won the inaugural address title, finishing one point ahead of Daewoo Royals to lift the crown. The Super League was renamed the “ korean Professional Football League ”, and introduced the home and aside system in 1987. It was once again renamed the “ K League ” in 1998. It had the current format by abolishing the K League Championship and the Korean League Cup after the 2011 season, and being split into two divisions in 2013. The first base division was named the “ K League Classic ” while the newly created second part was named the “ K League Challenge “ and both are now function of the K League structure. Since its creation, the league has expanded from an initial 5 to 22 clubs. Of the five inaugural clubs, lone Yukong, Pohang and Daewoo still compete in the K League ; Kookmin Bank dropped out of the league at the end of 1984, and Hallelujah followed the season after. On 22 January 2018 the official name was changed to “ K League 1 ”. [ 1 ]

structure [edit ]

On 5 October 2011, the league announced a plan to introduce a delegating system from the 2012 season, when two teams were relegated. In 2013, the bottom two teams were immediately relegated, while the 12th team played a relegation playoff match against the winner of the newly formed K League Challenge. From the 2013 temper, as the number of teams of K League was reduced, only the 12th team is mechanically relegated, with the 11th team playing a match against the winner of the K League 2 promotion playoffs. The league besides introduced a split organization like the Scottish Premier League in the 2012 season, where each club plays each early three times in the even cycle, then the lead and bottom six teams are split into Split A and Split B, in which a team plays every other team in the split once, to decide the final standings .

other information [edit ]

The K League season typically begins around March and runs to late November each class. The count of games, clubs and the systems used have varied through the years. A number of the member clubs are owned by confederacy korean major conglomerates “ chaebols “. Those clubs have adopted local anesthetic city names in an attempt to integrate themselves more with the local communities. All other teams are owned by local governments. The K League champions, runner-up, and third-placed team gain entrance to the AFC Champions League the following season, with the exception of Sangmu FC due to their unique status as a military team. If the winners of Korean FA Cup can not qualify for the AFC Champions League or already qualified for it, one-fourth place besides can participate. In the 2009 season, Gangwon FC joined the K League as its 15th penis baseball club. As such, the K League had one or more clubs in every provinces of South Korea. This was the first base clock in domestic South Korean professional sports history that there has been at least one club in each province .

current clubs [edit ]

  1. ^ As of the start of the 2021 season

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Champions [edit ]

Titles by season [edit ]

Titles by cabaret [edit ]

As of 1 November 2020
  • K League’s principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club’s history and records.[2]
  1. ^ Including Ilhwa Chunma, and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
  2. ^ Including Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso, LG Cheetahs, and Anyang LG Cheetahs
  3. ^ Including POSCO Atoms, and Pohang Atoms
  4. ^ Including Daewoo Royals, and Busan Daewoo Royals
  5. ^ Including Hyundai Horang-i, and Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
  6. ^ Including Yukong Elephants, and Bucheon SK

Broadcasters [edit ]

South Korea [edit ]

Broadcaster

Summary

Ref.

JTBC Golf&Sports

Broadcast most matches live.

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Sky Sports (South Korea)

Broadcast one match live on every Saturday and Sunday respectively.

IB Sports

Broadcast one match live on every Saturday.

KBS1 (terrestrial)

Broadcast one match on every Sunday from 1:00 a.m.

Outside South Korea [edit ]

^UK – one opening match alone .

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]