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Samsung Hauzen K League Season 2007 Dates Regular season: 3 March – 14 October 2007 Championship: 20 October – 11 November 2007 Champions Pohang Steelers (4th title) Champions League Pohang Steelers Jeonnam Dragons Matches 182 Goals 424 (2.33 per match) Best Player André Luiz Tavares Top goalscorer Cabore (17 goals) ← 2006 2008 →

The **2007 K League** was the 25th season of the [K League](/source/K_League). The format of the league was changed from two stages to single league since this season. Each team played 26 matches against every other teams under the home and away system. After the regular league was finished, the top six clubs qualified for the championship playoffs to determine champions.

It took a break after the Round 13 on 23 June due to the [2007 AFC Asian Cup](/source/2007_AFC_Asian_Cup), and resumed with the Round 14 on 8 August.

## Teams

### Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former player(s) Busan IPark Ciel Luciano Tanque Frane Čačić Luiz Fernando William Jeonnam Dragons Leandrão Sandro Hiroshi Victor Simões Sandro Daegu FC Eninho Luizinho Selmir Daejeon Citizen Adriano Chuva Cristiano Pereira Denílson Fabián Caballero Fernandinho FC Seoul Adilson Dudu Ricardo Nascimento Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo Gyeongnam FC Cabore Rogério Pinheiro Popó Incheon United Dejan Damjanović Dragan Mladenović Željko Kalajdžić Dženan Radončić Jeju United Irineu Ricardinho Nikola Vasiljević Ivan Perić Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Antonio Franja Zé Carlos Stevica Ristić Pohang Steelers Jonhes Schwenck André Luiz Tavares Carlos Frontini Maurício Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Itamar Mota Adrian Neaga Suwon Samsung Bluewings Edu Nádson Mato Neretljak Elpídio Silva Ulsan Hyundai Almir Leandro Machado José Luis Villanueva

## Regular season

### League table

The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 26 16 7 3 43 18 +25 55 Qualification for the playoffs final 2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 26 15 6 5 36 24 +12 51 Qualification for the playoffs semi-final 3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 26 12 9 5 34 22 +12 45 Qualification for the playoffs first round 4 Gyeongnam FC 26 13 4 9 41 31 +10 43 5 Pohang Steelers 26 12 5 9 27 31 −4 41 6 Daejeon Citizen 26 10 7 9 34 27 +7 37 7 FC Seoul 26 8 13 5 23 16 +7 37 8 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 26 9 9 8 36 32 +4 36 9 Incheon United 26 8 9 9 30 32 −2 33 10 Jeonnam Dragons 26 7 9 10 24 27 −3 30 Qualification for the Champions League[a] 11 Jeju United 26 8 6 12 27 35 −8 30 12 Daegu FC 26 6 6 14 35 46 −11 24 13 Busan IPark 26 4 8 14 20 39 −19 20 14 Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo 26 2 6 18 14 44 −30 12

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skor07.html)
Notes:

1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_res_FAC0.78890135315661_1-0)** Qualified as champions of the [FA Cup](/source/2007_Korean_FA_Cup).

### Results

Home \ Away BIP JND DGU DJC SEO GWJ GNM ICU JJU JHM PHS SIC SSB USH Busan IPark — 1–3 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 Jeonnam Dragons 0–0 — 3–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 Daegu FC 1–1 2–2 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 Daejeon Citizen 2–2 1–1 4–1 — 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 FC Seoul 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 — 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 Gwangju Sangmu 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 Gyeongnam FC 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–4 Incheon United 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 Jeju United 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 — 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 — 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 Pohang Steelers 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 — 2–1 0–0 1–0 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 — 3–1 1–1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 5–3 1–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 — 1–2 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 —

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skor07.html)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Championship playoffs

Main article: [2007 K League Championship](/source/2007_K_League_Championship)

### Bracket

First round Second round Semifinal Final 3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2 1 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1 0 1 6 Daejeon Citizen 0 2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Pohang Steelers 3 1 4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 Pohang Steelers 1 Pohang Steelers 2 4 Gyeongnam FC 1 (3) 5 Pohang Steelers (p) 1 (4)

### Final table

Pos Team Qualification 1 Pohang Steelers (C) Qualification for the Champions League 2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 5 Gyeongnam FC 6 Daejeon Citizen

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skor07.html)
(C) Champions

## Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official [top goalscorer](/source/K_League_Top_Scorer_Award) was decided with records of only regular season, and [Cabore](/source/Cabore) won the award with 17 goals.[1]

Pos Player Team Goals Apps 1 Cabore Gyeongnam FC 18 26 2 Denilson Daejeon Citizen 14 24 Dejan Damjanović Incheon United 14 26 4 Stevica Ristić Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 25 5 Luizinho Daegu FC 11 23 6 Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 9 21 7 Adriano Chuva Daejeon Citizen 8 14 Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC 8 20 Sandro Hiroshi Jeonnam Dragons 8 26 Woo Sung-yong Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 8 26

## Awards

### Main awards

The [K League Players' Player of the Year](/source/K_League_Players'_Player_of_the_Year) was published by Korean edition of *[FourFourTwo](/source/FourFourTwo)* in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 100 players participated in the selection process.[2]

Award Winner Club Most Valuable Player[3] André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers Top goalscorer[1] Cabore Gyeongnam FC Top assist provider[1] André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers Rookie of the Year[3] Ha Tae-goon Suwon Samsung Bluewings Manager of the Year[4] Sérgio Farias Pohang Steelers Players' Player of the Year[2] Kim Do-heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

### Best XI

Position Winner Club Goalkeeper Kim Byung-ji FC Seoul Defenders Adilson FC Seoul Mato Neretljak Suwon Samsung Bluewings Hwang Jae-won Pohang Steelers Jang Hak-young Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Midfielders André Luiz Tavares Pohang Steelers Lee Kwan-woo Suwon Samsung Bluewings Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers Kim Do-heon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Forwards Lee Keun-ho Daegu FC Cabore Gyeongnam FC

Source:[4]

## Attendance

At the end of the 2007 season, the K League attracted 2,073,808 fans and an average of 11,786 fans per game. That puts the K League at 15th in the world for average attendances for domestic premier leagues for association football.

Team Average Minimum Maximum Total Suwon Samsung Bluewings 25,194 16,213 41,819 327,526 FC Seoul 21,513 10,574 55,397 279,670 Incheon United 16,671 6,217 25,686 216,728 Daegu FC 15,007 2,085 44,215 180,090 Daejon Citizen 14,659 5,423 28,074 175,914 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 11,312 4,328 29,112 135,754 Gwangju Sangmu 8,861 2,678 28,637 115,196 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 8,706 3,628 14,763 113,184 Gyeongnam FC 8,625 3,051 23,192 103,503 Jeonnam Dragons 8,565 3,859 13,800 102,780 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7,677 4,236 10,508 99,794 Jeju United 6,636 1,231 20,499 79,635 Pohang Steelers 6,572 1,735 12,596 78,873 Busan IPark 5,012 1,505 11,075 65,161

## See also

- [2007 in South Korean football](/source/2007_in_South_Korean_football)

- [2007 K League Championship](/source/2007_K_League_Championship)

- [2007 Korean League Cup](/source/2007_Korean_League_Cup)

- [2007 Korean FA Cup](/source/2007_Korean_FA_Cup)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Awards1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Awards1_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Awards1_2-2) [까보레, K-리그 득점왕 등극](https://www.inews24.com/view/288168) (in Korean). JoyNews24. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Awards4_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Awards4_3-1) [김두현, K리거 100명이 선정한 최고 선수](https://web.archive.org/web/20110722140213/http://osen.mt.co.kr/news/view.html?gid=G0705300147) (in Korean). Osen. 30 May 2007. Archived from [the original](http://osen.mt.co.kr/news/view.html?gid=G0705300147) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Awards2_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Awards2_4-1) [따바레즈 MVP·하태균 신인상 영예](https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=1471897) (in Korean). KBS. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Awards3_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Awards3_5-1) [K-리그 베스트11 선정 발표…감독상은 파리아스](https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=115&oid=052&aid=0000172622). *[Naver](/source/Naver)* (in Korean). [YTN](/source/YTN). 27 November 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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