2009 Korea National League

Kyobo Life
Korea National League
Season	2009
Dates	10 April – 14 November 2009
Champions	Gangneung City; (1st title)
Matches played	173
Goals scored	483 (2.79 per match)
Best Player	Na Il-kyun
Top goalscorer	Lee Yong-seung; (16 goals)
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Korea National League was the seventh season of the Korea National League. It was divided in two stages, and the top two clubs of the overall table qualified for the championship playoffs in addition to the winners of each stage. The first stage began on 11 April, and ended on 11 July. The second stage started on 21 August, and ended on 22 November.

Regular season

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gimhae City	13	8	2	3	26	20	+6	26	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Busan Transportation Corporation	13	7	2	4	25	15	+10	23
3	Incheon Korail	13	6	5	2	20	13	+7	23
4	Changwon City	13	6	5	2	21	15	+6	23
5	Gangneung City	13	6	4	3	21	15	+6	22
6	Ansan Hallelujah	13	6	4	3	19	14	+5	22
7	Suwon City	13	5	6	2	25	16	+9	21
8	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	13	4	4	5	18	16	+2	16
9	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	13	4	3	6	18	17	+1	15
10	Cheonan City	13	4	3	6	14	18	−4	15
11	Daejeon KHNP	13	3	5	5	21	23	−2	14
12	Yesan FC	13	3	4	6	13	25	−12	13
13	Nowon Hummel Korea	13	3	1	9	12	21	−9	10
14	Hongcheon Idu	13	1	2	10	11	36	−25	5

Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Changwon City	12	8	3	1	23	13	+10	27	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Suwon City	12	7	4	1	21	7	+14	25
3	Gangneung City	12	7	3	2	20	15	+5	24
4	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	12	6	3	3	21	14	+7	21
5	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	12	5	4	3	17	15	+2	19
6	Gimhae City	12	4	4	4	19	17	+2	16
7	Incheon Korail	12	5	1	6	11	15	−4	16
8	Ansan Hallelujah	12	4	3	5	11	10	+1	15
9	Daejeon KHNP	12	3	5	4	14	18	−4	14
10	Cheonan City	12	4	1	7	15	13	+2	13
11	Busan Transportation Corporation	12	4	1	7	17	20	−3	13
12	Nowon Hummel Korea	12	3	3	6	16	21	−5	12
13	Yesan FC	12	0	1	11	11	38	−27	1
14	Hongcheon Idu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawal^[a]

Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Withdrew due to financial problem.

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Changwon City	25	14	8	3	44	28	+16	50	Second stage winners
2	Suwon City	25	12	10	3	46	23	+23	46	Qualification for the playoffs
3	Gangneung City	25	13	7	5	41	30	+11	46	Qualification for the playoffs
4	Gimhae City	25	12	6	7	45	37	+8	42	First stage winners
5	Incheon Korail	25	11	6	8	31	28	+3	39
6	Ansan Hallelujah	25	10	7	8	30	24	+6	37
7	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	25	10	6	9	39	31	+8	36
8	Busan Transportation Corporation	25	11	3	11	42	35	+7	36
9	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	25	9	8	8	35	31	+4	35
10	Cheonan City	25	8	4	13	29	31	−2	28
11	Daejeon KHNP	25	6	10	9	35	41	−6	28
12	Nowon Hummel Korea	25	6	4	15	28	42	−14	22
13	Yesan FC	25	3	5	17	24	63	−39	14
14	Hongcheon Idu	13	1	2	10	11	36	−25	5	Withdrawal^[a]

Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Withdrew due to financial problem.

Result

Home \ Away	ASH	BTC	CWC	CAC	DHN	GNC	GHC	GKB	HOC	HMD	ICK	NWH	SWC	YES
Ansan Hallelujah	—	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	4–1
Busan Transportation Corporation	1–3	—	1–2	2–3	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–3	2–2
Changwon City	2–1	1–4	—	1–0	3–2	1–2	3–3	3–0	—	0–0	1–0	4–3	1–1	3–1
Cheonan City	0–1	1–3	1–1	—	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	—	0–2	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–0
Daejeon KHNP	2–2	1–3	2–4	1–0	—	1–1	1–4	0–0	5–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1
Gangneung City	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	—	3–0	2–4	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0
Gimhae City	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	—	2–0	3–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1
Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	—	4–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–1
Hongcheon Idu	—	—	0–0	1–2	—	1–5	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–6	1–2
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	3–0	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2
Incheon Korail	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	—	2–1	0–2	1–0
Nowon Hummel Korea	0–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	—	1–3	2–2	—	0–2	1–0
Suwon City	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–0	4–0	2–4	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	—	1–1
Yesan FC	0–0	0–3	1–4	0–2	3–3	2–1	1–4	0–3	—	1–4	1–1	2–3	2–6	—

Source: Korea National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

Gimhae City	2

Suwon City	1
		Gimhae City	0	2	2

		Gangneung City	1	3	4
Changwon City	1

Gangneung City	3

Semi-finals

14 November

15:00 UTC+9

Gimhae City	2–1	Suwon City
Yang Dong-cheol 79' Jo Jae-hyun 84'	Report	Park Jong-chan 3'

Gimhae Stadium, Gimhae

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Kim Sang-woo

14 November

17:00 UTC+9

Changwon City	1–3	Gangneung City
Song Geun-soo 9'	Report	Na Il-gyun 28', 81' An Seong-hoon 62'

Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon

Attendance: 800

Referee: Kim Jong-hyuk

Final

18 November

19:00 UTC+9

Gimhae City	0–1	Gangneung City
	Report	Lee Dong-joon 29'

Gimhae Stadium, Gimhae

Attendance: 1,000

21 November

19:00 UTC+9

Gangneung City	3–2	Gimhae City
Ko Min-ki 22' An Sung-hoon 74' Kim Jun-beom 89'	Report	Choi Hyung-joon 53' Kim Hyo-joon 90+4'

Gangneung Stadium, Gangneung

Gangneung City won 4–2 on aggregate.

Awards

Main awards

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Na Il-kyun	Gangneung City
Top goalscorer	Lee Yong-seung	Busan Transportation Corporation
Top assist provider	Kim Jung-kyum	Daejeon KHNP
Manager of the Year	Park Mun-young	Gangneung City
Club of the Year	Ansan Hallelujah
Fair Play Award	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank

Source:^[1]

Best XI

Position	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper	Na Kyung-man	Ansan Hallelujah
Defenders	Kim Jung-kyum	Daejeon KHNP
	Don Ji-deok	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank
	Kim Ho-yoo	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
	Jung Jae-woon	Suwon City
Midfielders	Na Il-kyun	Gangneung City
	Lee Seung-hwan	Gimhae City
	Nam Ki-il	Cheonan City
	Choi Myung-sung	Changwon City
Forwards	Ko Min-ki	Gangneung City
Forwards	Lee Yong-seung	Busan Transportation Corporation