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K-League
	Berkas:K-League.png
Negara	Korea Selatan
Konfederasi	AFC
Dibentuk	1983
Jumlah tim	16
Tingkat pada piramida	1
Degradasi ke	Liga Nasional Korea; (belum diterapkan relegasi)
Piala domestik	Piala FA
Piala internasional	Liga Champions AFC
Juara bertahan liga	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ; (2011)
Klub tersukses	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (7)
Televisi penyiar	KBS, SBS, tbs
Situs web	Situs web resmi
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Liga Sepakbola Profesional Korea (K-League) adalah satu-satunya liga sepakbola profesional di Korea Selatan. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.

Pembentukan

K-League didirikan pada 1983 sebagai Liga Super Korea, dengan anggota lima klub. Lima klub pertama adalah Hallelujah FC, Yukong Kokkiri, POSCO Dolphins, Daewoo Royals, Kookmin Bank FC. Hallelujah FC won the inaugural title, finishing one point ahead of Daewoo FC to lift the crown.

Pada 1998, Korea's football league was reformed and renamed the K-League. Since its creation, the league has expanded from an initial 5 to 15 clubs. Of the 5 inaugural clubs, only Yukong Kokkiri, POSCO Dolphins, and Daewoo Royals remain in the K-League; Kookmin Bank FC dropped out of the league at the end of 1984, and Hallelujah FC followed the season after.

Struktur

At present the K-League is the only professional league in Korea. It contains sixteen member clubs.

Below the level of the K-League there is the National League, a closed semi-professional/amateur league with fifteen clubs, established in 2003. The third level of football in Korea is the Challengers League.

There is, at present, no official system of promotion and relegation between any of the three leagues. However, beginning in 2006, the champions of the National League had been eligible for promotion to the K-League provided they had met certain criteria. Goyang Kookmin Bank and Ulsan Mipo Dockyard, National League champions in 2006 and 2007 respectively, both rejected the opportunity to move up to the K-League. After back-to-back K-League promotion refusals, the National League committee decided to discontinue the conditional promotion system prior to the 2008 season.

Ringkasan mengenai liga

The K-League season typically begins around March/April and runs to late November each year. The number of games, clubs and the systems used have varied through the years, but for 2009 the league will operate with a full stage regular season followed by a top six championship playoff system.

The sixteen member clubs play each other twice in the regular season giving a total of 30 matches. The top six sides at the end of the regular season will enter the championship playoffs, which decide final standings of the season among the six. In the first two matches, the third-placed team will face the sixth-placed team and the fourth-placed team will face the fifth-placed team, with the two winners then playing off for the right to face the second-placed team. The winner of that match will then progress to the two-legged championship playoff final where the first-placed side lie in wait, with the overall winner of the home and away series being crowned champions for 2009.

The K-League champions, runner-up and third place gain entry to the AFC Champions League the following season, with the exception of Sangmu, due to their unique status as an army team, and therefore non-professional.

A number of the member clubs are owned by major Korean Chaebols, and the club names reflect that fact. Clubs have adopted local city names in an effort to integrate themselves more with the local communities; for example, Daewoo evolved over the years into Daewoo Royals, Busan Daewoo Royals, Busan I'cons and latterly Busan I'Park.

Following the 2002 FIFA World Cup, leaders of the K-League had hoped to transfer South Korea’s passion for its National Team to the domestic league. However, the K-League continued to flounder.^[1] Although a number of K-League clubs have relocated in the past, the Lucky Goldstar (LG) corporation caused a huge controversyTemplat:Nonspecific at the end of 2003 when they made the decision to uproot their Anyang LG Cheetahs from the Seoul satellite city of Anyang and move into the empty Seoul World Cup stadium, becoming FC Seoul. Then following the 2005 season SK announced it was moving the Bucheon SK FC to the island of Jeju, where they became Jeju United.

In the 2009 season, Gangwon FC (Head Coach: Choi Sun-Ho, former Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Chosun head coach) joined the K-League as its 15th member club. As such, the K-League had one or more club in every Korean Province (Gyeonggi, Gyeongsang, Jeolla, Chungcheong, Gangwon, and Jeju). This is the first time in domestic Korean professional sports history that there has been at least two clubs in each Korean province.

On April 5, 2010, Gwangju City has announced a plan to establish a football club by end of 2010 & to join the league from the 2011 season. On October 12, 2010, the club was approved to join the league as 16th member club.

On October 5, 2011, the league announced a plan to introduce a relegation system from 2012 season. A number of teams of the league will decreased to 12 teams from 2013 season. 4 teams will be relegated to next level league based on the standing of 2012 season. And, the league introduced a split system like Scottish Premier League from the 2012 season.

The league introduced the relegation system from the 2012 season. According to new relegation rule, 2 teams each will be relegated to lower level league based on the standing of 2012 and 2013 season, respectively (total: 4 teams). The league also changed the amount of entrance fee from 1 billion to 500 million Korean won.

Musim 2012

Klub Peserta (2012)

As of 2012 Season, K-League Clubs by Province

Province (Population)	City / Area (Population)	Clubs
Capital Region (25,003,017)	Seoul (10,250,134)	FC Seoul
	Incheon (2,804,287)	Incheon United
	Suwon (1,091,934)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Seongnam (979,556)	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Gyeongsang Region (13,200,998)	Busan (3,549,501)	Busan IPark
	Daegu (2,508,370)	Daegu FC
	Ulsan (1,136,464)	Ulsan Hyundai
	Gyeongnam (3,309,559)	Gyeongnam FC
	Pohang (517,307)	Pohang Steelers
	Sangju (104,636)	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix
Jeolla Region (5,251,529)	Gwangju (1,465,313)	Gwangju FC
	Jeonnam (1,912,725)	Chunnam Dragons
	Jeonbuk(1,873,491)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Chungcheong Region (5,183,451)	Daejeon (1,517,299)	Daejeon Citizen
Gangwon Region (1,535,335)	Gangwon (1,535,335)	Gangwon FC
Jeju Region (576,507)	Jeju (576,507)	Jeju United

^* Population - 2012 census

Location of teams in 2012 K-League

The following 16 clubs will compete in the K-League during the 2012 season.

K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.
K-League Official Club Profiles Page

Club	City / Area	Manager	Joined	Owner(s) / Sponsor(s)
0 Busan IPark	0 Busan	Ahn Ik-Soo	1983 -	Owner : IPark Sports in Hyundai Development Company
0 Templat:Fb team Chunnam Dragons	0 Jeonnam	Jung Hae-Seong	1995 -	Owner : Gwangyang Steelworks in POSCO
0 Templat:Fb team Daegu FC	0 Daegu	Moacir Pereira	2003 -	Owners : Government of Daegu, Citizen Stockholder Sponsors : Doosan Group, Daegu Bank
0 Templat:Fb team Daejeon Citizen	0 Daejeon	Wang Sun-Jae	1997 -	Owners : Government of Daejeon, Citizen Stockholder Sponsors : Kyeryong Construction Co.,Ltd, Hanwha Group
0 Templat:Fb team Gangwon FC	0 Gangwon	Choi Soon-Ho	2009 -	Owners : Government of Gangwon-do, Citizen Stockholder Sponsors : High1 Resort, Nonghyup
0 Templat:Fb team Gwangju FC	0 Gwangju	Choi Man-Hee	2011 -	Owners : Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder Sponsors : Gwangju Bank
0 Templat:Fb team Gyeongnam FC	0 Gyeongnam	Choi Jin-Han	2006 -	Owners : Government of Gyeongsangnam-do, Citizen Stockholder Sponsors : STX Corporation, Gyeongnam Bank
0 Templat:Fb team Incheon United	0 Incheon	Huh Jung-Moo	2004 -	Owners : Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder Sponsors : Daewoo E&C, Shinhan Bank, GM Korea
0 Templat:Fb team Jeju United FC	0 Jeju	Park Kyung-Hoon	1983 -	Owner : SK Energy in SK Group
0 Templat:Fb team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0 Jeonbuk	Lee Heung-Sil (C)	1995 -	Owner : Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group
0 Templat:Fb team Pohang Steelers	0 Pohang, Gyeongbuk	Hwang Sun-Hong	1983 -	Owner : Pohang Steelworks in POSCO
0 Templat:Fb team Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	0 Sangju, Gyeongbuk	Park Hang-Seo	1985 2003 -	Owners : Government of Sangju, Ministry of National Defence Sponsors :
0 Templat:Fb team Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0 Seongnam, Gyeonggi	Shin Tae-Yong	1989 -	Owner : Ilhwa in Tongil Group
0 Templat:Fb team FC Seoul	0 Seoul	Choi Yong-Soo	1984 -	Owner : GS Sports in GS Group
0 Templat:Fb team Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0 Suwon, Gyeonggi	Yoon Sung-Hyo	1996 -	Owner : Samsung Electronics in Samsung Group
0 Templat:Fb team Ulsan Hyundai FC	0 Ulsan	Kim Ho-Gon	1984 -	Owner : Hyundai Heavy Industries in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group

Stadion (2012)

Primary venues used in the K-League:

Busan IPark	Chunnam Dragons	Daegu FC	Daejeon Citizen	Gangwon FC	Gwangju FC
Stadion Busan Asiad	Stadion Gwangyang	Stadion Daegu	Stadion Piala Dunia Daejeon	Stadion Gangneung	Stadion Piala Dunia Gwangju
Kapasitas: 53.864	Kapasitas: 20.009	Kapasitas: 66.422	Kapasitas: 40.535	Kapasitas: 22.333	Kapasitas: 40.245
Berkas:Busanasiasutadium1.jpg		Berkas:DaeguStadium.jpg	Berkas:Daejeon Worldcup Stadium.jpg		Berkas:GWANGJU-W4.JPG
Gyeongnam FC	Incheon United	Jeju United	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Pohang Steelers	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix
Stadion Pusat Sepakbola Changwon	Stadion Incheon	Stadion Piala Dunia Jeju	Stadion Piala Dunia Jeonju	Pohang Steel Yard	Stadion Rakyat Sangju
Kapasitas: 15.116	Kapasitas: 20.891	Kapasitas: 35.657	Kapasitas: 42.477	Kapasitas: 25.000	Kapasitas: 15.042
		Berkas:Jeju Worldcup Stadium 201107092.JPG	Berkas:Jeonju WC Stadium E-Sector.jpg
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	FC Seoul	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Ulsan Hyundai
Kompleks Olahraga Tancheon	Stadion Piala Dunia Seoul	Stadion Piala Dunia Suwon	Stadion Ulsan Munsu
Kapasitas: 16.250	Kapasitas: 66.806	Kapasitas: 43.959	Kapasitas: 44.474
	Berkas:Seoul-Sports-Stadium-01.jpg	Berkas:Suwon World Cup Stadium 20120520 4.JPG	Berkas:Ulsan 20030717 1.JPG

Sejarah K-League

Juara K-League

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma are the most successful team in terms of championship victories, having lifted the title on no less than seven occasions.
The roll-call of champions is as follows (present-date names included where teams have changed names previously):

K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.

Gelar berdasarkan Musim

1983-1999

Musim	Pemenang	Juara Dua
1983	Hallelujah FC	Daewoo Royals
1984	Daewoo Royals	Yukong Kokkiri
1985	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	POSCO Atoms
1986	POSCO Atoms	Luck-Goldstar Hwangso
1987	Daewoo Royals	POSCO Atoms
1988	POSCO Atoms	Hyundai Horang-i
1989	Yukong Kokkiri	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
1990	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	Daewoo Royals
1991	Daewoo Royals	Hyundai Horang-i
1992	POSCO Atoms	Ilhwa Chunma
1993	Ilhwa Chunma	LG Cheetahs
1994	Ilhwa Chunma	Yukong Kokkiri
1995	Ilhwa Chunma	Pohang Atoms
1996	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
1997	Pusan Daewoo Royals	Chunnam Dragons
1998	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
1999	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Pusan Daewoo Royals

2000—sekarang

Musim	Pemenang	Juara Dua
2000	Anyang LG Cheetahs	Bucheon SK
2001	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Anyang LG Cheetahs
2002	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2003	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2004	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Pohang Steelers
2005	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Incheon United
2006	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2007	Pohang Steelers	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2008	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	FC Seoul
2009	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2010	FC Seoul	Jeju United
2011	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Ulsan Hyundai
2012	FC Seoul	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Gelar berdasarkan Klub

Club	Champions	Runners-Up	Winning Seasons	Runners-Up Seasons
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7	3	1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006	1992, 2007, 2009
FC Seoul	5	5	1985, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2012	1986, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2008
Pohang Steelers	4	4	1986, 1988, 1992, 2007	1985, 1987, 1995, 2004
Busan IPark	4	3	1984, 1987, 1991, 1997	1983, 1990, 1999
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4	2	1998, 1999, 2004, 2008	1996, 2006
Ulsan Hyundai	2	6	1996, 2005	1988, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	0	2009, 2011
Jeju United	1	4	1989	1984, 1994, 2000, 2010
Hallelujah FC	1	0	1983
Chunnam Dragons	0	1		1997
Incheon United	0	1		2005

Gelar brdasarkan Kota / Wilayah

Since 1987 season : K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

City / Area	Titles	Clubs
Seoul	6	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (1990), FC Seoul (2010, 2012)
Seoul	6	Ilhwa Chunma (1993, 1994, 1995)
Seongnam	4	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
Suwon	4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008)
Pohang	3	POSCO Atoms (1988, 1992), Pohang Steelers (2007)
Busan	2	Daewoo Royals (1991), Busan Daewoo Royals (1997)
Jeonbuk	2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2009, 2011)
Ulsan	2	Ulsan Hyundai Horangi (1996, 2005)
Anyang	1	Anyang LG Cheetahs (2000)
Busan+Gyeongnam	1	Daewoo Royals (1987)
Incheon+Gyeonggi	1	Yukong Kokkiri (1989)

Gelar Berdasarkan Provinsi

Since 1987 season : K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

Province	Titles	City / Area	Clubs
Capital Region	16	(6) Seoul	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (1990), FC Seoul (2010, 2012)
		(6) Seoul	Ilhwa Chunma (1993, 1994, 1995)
		(4) Suwon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008)
		(4) Seongnam	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
		(1) Anyang	Anyang LG Cheetahs (2000)
		(1) Incheon+Gyeonggi	Yukong Kokkiri (1989)
Gyeongsang Region	8	(3) Pohang	POSCO Atoms (1988, 1992), Pohang Steelers (2007)
		(2) Busan	Daewoo Royals (1991), Busan Daewoo Royals (1997)
		(2) Ulsan	Ulsan Hyundai Horangi (1996, 2005)
		(1) Busan+Gyeongnam	Daewoo Royals (1987)
Jeolla Region	2	(2) Jeonbuk	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2009, 2011)
Chungcheong Region	0
Gangwon Region	0
Jeju Region	0

^*Kokkiri means elephant, Hwangso means bull, Horang-i means tiger, Chunma means pegasus

Sponsor Gelar

Start	End	Name
1983	1993	None
1994	1995	Hite
1996	1997	Rapido
1998	-	Hyundai
1999	-	Buy Korea
2000	-	Samsung DigiTall
2001	-	POSCO
2002	2008	Samsung Hauzen
2009	-	None
2010	-	Hyundai Motor Company Sonata
2011	2012	Hyundai Oilbank

Klub K-League Sepanjang Masa

There have been a total of 19 member clubs in the history of the K-League - those clubs are listed below with their current names (where applicable):

K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.

Club (Duration)	Owner(s)	Sponsor(s)	Note
POSCO Dolphins (1983–1984) POSCO Atoms (1985–1994) Pohang Atoms (1995–1996) Pohang Steelers (1997–present)	Pohang Steelworks in POSCO		Founded as a Semi-Professional FC on April 1973 Transferred into a Professional FC on February 1984
Hallelujah FC (1983–1985)	defunct Shindongah Group		Inauguration Date - 20 December 1980
Yukong Kokkiri (1983–1995) Bucheon Yukong (1996–1997.09.30) Bucheon SK (1997.10.01–2005) Jeju United (2006–present)	SK Energy^[1] in SK Group		Inauguration Date - 17 December 1982
Daewoo Royals (1983–1995) Busan Daewoo Royals (1996–1999) Pusan I'Cons (2000–2004) Busan I'Park (2005–2011) Busan IPark (2012–present)	defunct Daewoo Group (1983–1999) IPark Sports in Hyundai Development Company (2000–present)		Founded as a Semi-Professional FC in 1979 Refounded as a Professional FC Inauguration Date - 3 December 1983
Kookmin Bank FC (1983–1984)	Kookmin Bank		Played as a Semi-Professional FC
Hyundai Horang-i (1984–1995) Ulsan Hyundai Horangi (1996–2008) Ulsan Hyundai (2008–present)	Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group (1984–1997) Hyundai Heavy Industries in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (1998–present)		Inauguration Date - 6 December 1983
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (1984–1990) LG Cheetahs (1991–1995) Anyang LG Cheetahs (1996–2003) FC Seoul (2004–present)	LG Sports in LG Group (1984–2004) GS Sports in GS Group^[2] (2004–present)		Inauguration Date - 22 December 1983
Hanil Bank FC (1984–1986)	Hanil Bank^[3]		Played as a Semi-Professional FC
Ilhwa Chunma (1989–1995) Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma (1996–1999) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2000–present)	Ilhwa in Tongil Group		Inauguration Date - 18 March 1989
Jeonbuk Buffalo (1994)		Bobaesoju (1994)	Inauguration Date - 1993 Dissolution Date - 1994
Jeonbuk Dinos (1995–1996) Jeonbuk Hyundai Dinos (1997–1999) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2000–present)	Consortium of Hyunyang & Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group and (1995–1998) Hyundai Motor Company in Hyundai Motor Group (1999–present)		Inauguration Date - 12 December 1994
Chunnam Dragons (1995–present)	Gwangyang Steelworks in POSCO		Inauguration Date - 16 December 1994
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1996–present)	Samsung Electronics in Samsung Group		Inauguration Date - 15 December 1995
Daejeon Citizen (1997–present)	Government of Daejeon Citizen Stockholder	Kyeryong Construction Hanwha Group	Inauguration Date - 12 March 1997
Daegu FC (2003–present)	Government of Daegu Citizen Stockholder	Doosan Group Daegu Bank	Inauguration Date - 19 March 2003
Sangmu FC (1985) Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo (2003–2007) Gwangju Sangmu FC (2008–2010) Sangju Sangmu Phoenix (2011–present)	Ministry of National Defence (1985) Government of Gwangju & Ministry of National Defence (2003–2010) Government of Sangju & Ministry of National Defence (2011–present)		Official statistics of Sangmu FC, Gwangju Sangmu, Sanju Sangmu are separated by K-League. Because They are special clubs for military service.
Incheon United (2004–present)	Government of Incheon Citizen Stockholder	Daewoo E&C Shinhan Bank GM Daewoo	Inauguration Date - 1 March 2004
Gyeongnam FC (2006–present)	Government of Gyeongsangnam-do Citizen Stockholder	STX Corporation Gyeongnam Bank	Inauguration Date - 17 January 2006
Gangwon FC (2009–present)	Government of Gangwon-do Citizen Stockholder	High1 Resort Nong Hyup	Inauguration Date - 18 December 2008
Gwangju FC (2011–present)	Government of Gwangju Citizen Stockholder	Gwangju Bank	Inauguration Date - 16 December 2010

^[1] Yokong renamed to SK Energy
^[2] GS Group is separated from LG Group
^[3] Hanil Bank is merged by Woori Bank
Note : Kokkiri means elephant, Horang-i means tiger, Hwangso means bull, Chunma means pegasus, Bulsajo means phoenix.

Franchise relocations in K-League

Not Franchised Period (1983–1986) : K-League Clubs had franchise but clubs played the all game of round at one stadium.
Franchised Period (1987–present) : K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.
Clubs which are not listed in the table don't have franchise relocations.

Club	Original City / Area (Joined Year)	Not Franchised Period 1983-1986	Franchised Period 1987–present
Pohang Steelers	Daegu+Gyeongbuk (1983)	N/A	Pohang (1990 / 1988^[1]-present)
Jeju United	Seoul+Incheon+Gyeonggi (1983)	Seoul (1984)	Incheon+Gyeonggi (1987) ▶ Seoul (1991) ▶ Bucheon / Mok-dong, Seoul (1996)^[2] ▶ Bucheon (2001) ▶ Jeju (2006–present)
Busan IPark	Busan+Gyeongnam (1983)	N/A	Busan (1990 / 1989^[1]-present)
Ulsan Hyundai	Incheon+Gyeonggi (1984)	Incheon+Gyeonggi+Gangwon(1986)	Gangwon (1987) ▶ Ulsan (1990–present)
FC Seoul	Chungcheong (1984)	N/A	Chungcheong (1987) ▶ Seoul (1990) ▶ Anyang (1996) ▶ Seoul (2004–present)
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Seoul (1989)	N/A	Cheonan (1996) ▶ Seongnam (2000–present)
Sangju Sangmu Phoenix	Gwangju (2003)	N/A	Gwangju (2003) ▶ Sangju (2011–present)

^[1] K-League officially began city franchise policy in 1990, But Pohang Stleeers began in 1988 and Busan I'Park began in 1989.
^[2] Actually Bucheon SK held all home matches at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000. Because Bucheon Stadium was under construction.

PEnghargaan K-League

Pemain

Pencetak gol

Following list is all-time top scorers in the K-League. Goals are including league and league cup goals.

Per 13 April 2012.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Lee Dong-Gook	121
2	Woo Sung-Yong	116
3	Kim Do-Hoon	114
4	Kim Hyun-Seok	110
5	Kim Eun-Jung	107
6	Saša Drakulić	104
7	Yoon Sang-Chul	101
8	Shin Tae-Yong	99
9	Dejan Damjanović	93
10	Roh Sang-Rae	76
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football, Bold denotes players still playing in the K-League).

Appearances

Following list is all-time most appearances in the K-League. Appearances are including league and league cup.

Rank	Player	Appearances
1	Kim Byung-Ji	568
2	Kim Gi-Dong	501
3	Choi Eun-Sung	464
4	Woo Sung-Yong	439
5	Kim Sang-Sik	411
6	Shin Tae-Yong	401
7	Kim Hyun-Soo	383
8	Lee Woon-Jae	377
9	Kim Hyun-Seok	371
10	Kim Han-Yoon	367
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football, Bold denotes players still playing in the K-League).

Foreign Players

Season	Squad	Play in match	Note
1983–1993	2	2
1994	3	2	If three players chosen to South Korea in one club, three foreign players can play.
1995	3	3
1996–2000	5	3	From 1997 season, foreign goalkeepers were restricted in play the match. * 1997 season : Two-third of all matches * 1998 season : one-third of all matches * From 1999 season : foreign goalkeepers were restricted in K-League
2001–2002	7	3	Temporary operation due to support the World Cup
2003–2004	5	3
2005	4	3
2006–2008	3	3
2009–	3+1	3+1	'+1' is Asian quota.

At the inception of the K-League in 1983, only two Brazilian players made rosters. At the time, rules allowed each club to have three foreign players and that the three could also play simultaneously in a game. From the 1996 season, each team had five foreign players among whom three could play in a game at the same time. Moreover, from the 2000 season to the 2002 season, the limit on foreign players was expanded seven but only three could play in a game at the same time. The limit was lower to five in 2003, four in 2005, and three in 2007. From the 2009 season, the number of foreign players went back up to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.

In the 1985 season, Piyapong Pue-on of Thailand led foreign players in the league in scoring and assists. Other leading players were Rade Bogdanović, who had 10 goals and 10 assists in the 1996 season. Valeri Sarychev, the K-League's most famous foreign goalkeeper, played in 320 league games from 1992 to 2004. He was eventually naturalized as a Korean citizen and given the Korean name Shin Eui-Son which means God's hand because of his stellar play.

In the 1990s, the trend was for the K-League to get foreign players from Eastern Europe like Rade Bogdanović, Radivoje Manic, Saša Drakulić and Denis Laktionov. From 2000, Brazilians became the K-League's priority such as Tavares, Mota, Nádson, Adilson and Edu. Since 2009, players from AFC have been fairly popular especially those from Australia, China PR, Japan and Uzbekistan.