List of South Korean football champions
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The South Korean football champions are the winners of the highest league in South Korean football, which is currently the K League Classic.
Seongnam FC have seven titles, the record for most titles won. Pohang Steelers five titles and FC Seoul, Busan IPark and Suwon Samsung Bluewings are third by four times. Seongnam FC in 1993–95 and 2001–03 are the only teams to have won the League title for three consecutive seasons.
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Seoul Semi-Professional Football League (1939–1963)
- Prior to launching the National Semi-Professional Football League, Seoul Semi-Professional Football League was the top of the South Korean football league system.
- Works teams are competed.
National Semi-Professional Football League (1964–1982)
- National Semi-Professional Football League was operated semi-professional league. The Korea Football League consisted of many stage tournaments and didn't have aggregate champions in one season.
- Many works teams, Bank teams, Military teams are compedted.
Korean Super League (1983–1986)
- Professional football clubs and Semi-professional football clubs are competed together during this era.
| Season | Winners (number of titles) | Runners-up | Top Scorer |
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| 1983 | Hallelujah FC (1) | Daewoo Royals |  Park Yoon-Gi (Yukong Elephants) (9 goals) |
| 1984 | Daewoo Royals (2) | Yukong Elephants | Baek Jong-Chul (Hyundai Horangi) (16) |
| 1985 | Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (1) | POSCO Atoms |  Piyapong Pue-On (Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso) (12) |
| 1986 | POSCO Atoms (4) | Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso | Chung Hae-Won (Daewoo Royals) (10) |
Korean Professional Football League (1987–1997)
- Only Professional football clubs are competed since 1987.
| Season | Winners (number of titles) | Runners-up | Top Scorer |
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| 1987 | Daewoo Royals (3) | POSCO Atoms | Choi Sang-Kuk (POSCO Atoms) (15 goals) |
| 1988 | POSCO Atoms (5) | Hyundai Horang-i | Lee Kee-Keun (POSCO Atoms) (12) |
| 1989 | Yukong Elephants (1) | Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso | Cho Keung-Yeon (POSCO Atoms) (20) |
| 1990 | Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (2) | Daewoo Royals | Yoon Sang-Chul (Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso) (12) |
| 1991 | Daewoo Royals (4) | Hyundai Horang-i | Lee Kee-Keun (POSCO Atoms) (16) |
| 1992 | POSCO Atoms (6) | Ilhwa Chunma | Lim Keun-Jae (LG Cheetahs) (10) |
| 1993 | Ilhwa Chunma (1) | LG Cheetahs | Cha Sang-Hae (POSCO Atoms) (10) |
| 1994 | Ilhwa Chunma (2) | Yukong Elephants | Yoon Sang-Chul (LG Cheetahs) (21) |
| 1995 | Ilhwa Chunma (3) | Pohang Atoms | Roh Sang-Rae (Jeonnam Dragons) (15) |
| 1996 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1) | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Shin Tae-Yong (Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma) (18) |
| 1997 | Pusan Daewoo Royals[A] (5) | Jeonnam Dragons | Kim Hyun-Seok (Ulsan Hyundai Horangi) (9) |
K League (1998–2012)
- League name was changed to K-League officially in 1998.
K League Classic (2013–present)
| Season | Winners (number of titles) | Runners-up | Top Scorer |
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| 2013 | Pohang Steelers (8) | Ulsan Hyundai |  Dejan Damjanović (FC Seoul) (19) |
| 2014 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (3) | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |  Santos (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) (14) |
| 2015 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (4) | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Kim Shin-wook (Ulsan Hyundai) (18) |
Total titles won
- In South Korea, Professional era records are generally accepted. All-time records are not mentioned generally.
All-time (1964–present)
- Bold text is competing in Korea Republic football league system.
- Italic text is co-winners or co-runnerups.
- s means spring season and a means autumn season.
Professional era (1983–present)
- K League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.[5]
| Club | Champions | Runners-up | Winning Seasons | Runners-up Seasons |
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| Seongnam FC |
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1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 | 1992, 2007, 2009 |
| FC Seoul |
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1985, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2012 | 1986, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2008 |
| Pohang Steelers |
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1986, 1988, 1992, 2007, 2013 | 1985, 1987, 1995, 2004 |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
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1998, 1999, 2004, 2008 | 1996, 2006, 2014, 2015 |
| Busan IPark |
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1984, 1987, 1991, 1997 | 1983, 1990, 1999 |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 | 2012 |
| Ulsan Hyundai |
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1996, 2005 | 1988, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013 |
| Jeju United |
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1989 | 1984, 1994, 2000, 2010 |
| Hallelujah FC |
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1983 | |
| Jeonnam Dragons |
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1997 | |
| Incheon United |
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2005 |
Titles By City / Area (1987–present)
- Since 1987 season : K League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.
| City / Area | Titles | Clubs |
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Lucky-Goldstar Bulls (1990), FC Seoul (2010, 2012) |
| Ilhwa Chunma (1993, 1994, 1995) | ||
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POSCO Atoms (1988, 1992), Pohang Steelers (2007, 2013) |
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008) |
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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006) |
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2009, 2011, 2014, 2015) |
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Daewoo Royals (1991), Pusan Daewoo Royals (1997) |
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Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1996, 2005) |
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Anyang LG Cheetahs (2000) |
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Daewoo Royals (1987) |
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Yukong Elephants (1989) |
Titles By Province (1987–present)
- Since 1987 season : K League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.
| Province | Titles | City / Area | Clubs |
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| Capital Region |
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(6) Seoul | Lucky-Goldstar Bulls (1990), FC Seoul (2010, 2012) |
| 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 Elephants (1989) | ||
| Gyeongsang Region |
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(4) Pohang | POSCO Atoms (1988, 1992), Pohang Steelers (2007, 2013) |
| (2) Busan | Daewoo Royals (1991), Pusan Daewoo Royals (1997) | ||
| (2) Ulsan | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1996, 2005) | ||
| (1) Busan+Gyeongnam | Daewoo Royals (1987) | ||
| Jeolla Region |
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(4) Jeonbuk | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 ) |
| Chungcheong Region |
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| Gangwon Region |
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| Jeju Region |
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See also
- List of K League Classic champions
- List of Korean FA Cup winners
- K League Classic
- Korean League Cup
- Korean FA Cup
- Korea Republic football league system
References
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- Hwangso, Horangi and Chunma means Bull, pegasus and tiger respectively.
- ↑ There is an article about the second match of KFL, but no record after that. It might be stopped because of many international football matches.
- ↑ '76스포츠의 明暗(명암) (下(하)) 못다푼 宿題(숙제)들 The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1976-12-27.
- ↑ Every sports game was ceased because of president’s assassination on 26 October 1979. 11월의 스포츠 The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1979-11-01.
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