{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football league season | image = | season = 1987 | dates = {{nowrap|28 March – 8 November 1987}} | competition = {{nowrap|Korean Professional Football League}} | winners = Daewoo Royals<br />(2nd title) | continentalcup1 = Asian Club Championship | continentalcup1 qualifiers = ''Withdrew'' | continentalcup2 = | continentalcup2 qualifiers = | matches = 80 | total goals = 199 | relegated = | best player = Chung Hae-won | league topscorer = Choi Sang-kook<br>(15 goals) | best goalkeeper = Cho Byung-deuk | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | longest wins = | longest unbeaten = | longest winless = | longest losses = | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = 1986 | nextseason = 1988 }}
The '''1987 Korean Professional Football League''' was the fifth season of the K League. Before the start of this season, the Korean Professional Football Committee was separated from the Korea Football Association. A total of 5 professional teams participated in the league. Hanil Bank withdrew the league from this season. It began on 28 March and ended on 8 November 1987. It was operated with the home and away system for the first time.
==Foreign players== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Team ! Player 1 |- | Daewoo Royals | |- | Hyundai Horang-i | |- | Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso | |- | POSCO Atoms | |- | Yukong Elephants | {{flagicon|BRA}} Perivaldo |}
==League table== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_limit=5 |res_col_header=Result |winpoints=2
|team1=DWR|name_DWR=Daewoo Royals|status_DWR=C |team2=PSA|name_PSA=POSCO Atoms |team3=YKE|name_YKE=Yukong Elephants |team4=HHI|name_HHI=Hyundai Horang-i |team5=LGH|name_LGH=Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso |win_DWR=16|draw_DWR=14|loss_DWR=2|gf_DWR=41|ga_DWR=20 |win_PSA=16|draw_PSA=8|loss_PSA=8|gf_PSA=64|ga_PSA=41 |win_YKE=9|draw_YKE=9|loss_YKE=14|gf_YKE=34|ga_YKE=43 |win_HHI=7|draw_HHI=12|loss_HHI=13|gf_HHI=34|ga_HHI=40 |win_LGH=7|draw_LGH=7|loss_LGH=18|gf_LGH=26|ga_LGH=55
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skor87.html RSSSF] }}</onlyinclude>
==Top scorers== {| class="wikitable" |- !Rank !Scorer !Club !Goals !Apps |- |rowspan=1 align=center|1 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Sang-kook |POSCO Atoms |rowspan=1 align=center|15 |align=center|30 |- |rowspan=2 align=center|2 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Heung-sil |POSCO Atoms |rowspan=2 align=center|12 |align=center|29 |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Noh Soo-jin |Yukong Elephants |align=center|30 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|4 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Joo-sung |Daewoo Royals |rowspan=1 align=center|10 |align=center|28 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|5 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Hong-woon |POSCO Atoms |rowspan=1 align=center|9 |align=center|26 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|6 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Sang-cheol |Hyundai Horang-i |rowspan=1 align=center|8 |align=center|28 |- |rowspan=1 align=center|7 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Park Hang-seo |Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso |rowspan=1 align=center|7 |align=center|28 |}
==Awards== ===Main awards=== {| class="wikitable" !Award !Winner !Club |- |Most Valuable Player |{{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hae-won |Daewoo Royals |- |Top goalscorer |{{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Sang-kook |POSCO Atoms |- |Top assist provider |{{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Sang-kook |POSCO Atoms |- |Rookie of the Year |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Joo-sung |Daewoo Royals |- |Manager of the Year |{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Cha-man |Daewoo Royals |- |Best Goalkeeper |{{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Byung-deuk |POSCO Atoms |- |Fighting Spirit Award |{{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Ki-bong |Yukong Elephants |- |Exemplary Award |{{flagicon|KOR}} Park No-bong |Daewoo Royals |- |Best Referee |{{flagicon|KOR}} Park Kyung-in |align="center"|— |} Source:<ref name="Awards">{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1987111900209208015&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1987-11-19&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=20348&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:87프로축구 MVP 丁海遠 |date=1987-11-19 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo |language=ko |website=Naver |access-date=2020-12-31}}</ref>
===Best XI=== {| class="wikitable" !Position !Winner !Club |- |Goalkeeper |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Poong-joo |Daewoo Royals |- |rowspan="4"|Defenders |{{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Ki-bong |Yukong Elephants |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Yong-hwan |Daewoo Royals |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Park Kyung-hoon |POSCO Atoms |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Gu Sang-bum |Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso |- |rowspan="3"|Midfielders |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Sam-soo |Hyundai Horang-i |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Noh Soo-jin |Yukong Elephants |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Heung-sil |POSCO Atoms |- |rowspan="3"|Forwards |{{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Sang-kook |POSCO Atoms |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hae-won |Daewoo Royals |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Joo-sung |Daewoo Royals |} Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1987111100209208003&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1987-11-11&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=20341&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:프로축구 베스트11 선정 |website=Naver |language=ko |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo |date=11 November 1987}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skor87.html RSSSF] * [http://www.kleaguei.com/kleague/time/1980/list.aspx?y=1987 Official website]{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ko}}
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