2009 R League

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox football league season | competition = R League | season = 2009 | dates = 30 March – 22 October 2009 | winners = ''Group A:'' Incheon United ''Group B:'' Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ''Group C:'' Pohang Steelers ''Championship:'' Incheon United | matches = | total goals = | best player = Kim Sun-woo<ref>{{cite news |url=https://v.daum.net/v/M0M7CzaJPD |script-title=ko:인천 2군, R-리그 2연패..MVP 김선우 |lang=ko |website=Daum |publisher=Newsis |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2023-04-20}}</ref> | league topscorer = Song Je-heon (8 goals)<ref name="Data">{{cite web |url=https://data.kleague.com/ |title=K League Data Portal |publisher=K League |access-date=2021-06-19 |language=ko}}</ref> | prevseason = 2008 | nextseason = 2010 }}

The '''2009 R League''' was the eleventh season of the R League.

== Group A == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=20 |Pos !width=200 |Team !width=30 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=30 abbr="Won" |W !width=30 abbr="Draw" |D !width=30 abbr="Lost" |L !width=35 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=35 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=35 abbr="Goal difference" |GD !width=40 abbr="Points" |Pts !Qualification |- bgcolor=#ffffbb |1 |align="left"|Incheon United '''(C)''' |12||6||4||2||19||15||+4||'''22''' |rowspan=2|Qualification for the Championship |- bgcolor=#ffffbb |2 |align="left"|Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |12||7||1||4||17||14||+3||'''22''' |- |3 |align="left"|Suwon Samsung Bluewings |12||5||2||5||26||15||+11||'''17''' |rowspan=3| |- |4 |align="left"|Korean Police |12||3||5||4||12||15||−3||'''14''' |- |5 |align="left"|FC Seoul |12||1||4||7||11||26||−15||'''7''' |}

== Group B == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=20 |Pos !width=200 |Team !width=30 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=30 abbr="Won" |W !width=30 abbr="Draw" |D !width=30 abbr="Lost" |L !width=35 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=35 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=35 abbr="Goal difference" |GD !width=40 abbr="Points" |Pts !Qualification |- bgcolor=#ffffbb |1 |align="left"|Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors '''(C)''' |12||7||3||2||19||11||+8||'''24''' |Qualification for the Championship |- |2 |align="left"|Gwangju Sangmu |12||5||3||4||20||15||+5||'''18''' |rowspan=3| |- |3 |align="left"|Jeonnam Dragons |12||4||3||5||21||27||−6||'''15''' |- |4 |align="left"|Daejeon Citizen |12||3||1||8||13||20||−7||'''10''' |}

== Group C == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=20 |Pos !width=200 |Team !width=30 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=30 abbr="Won" |W !width=30 abbr="Draw" |D !width=30 abbr="Lost" |L !width=35 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=35 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=35 abbr="Goal difference" |GD !width=40 abbr="Points" |Pts !Qualification |- bgcolor=#ffffbb |1 |align="left"|Pohang Steelers '''(C)''' |12||7||3||2||25||17||+8||'''24''' |Qualification for the Championship |- |2 |align="left"|Gyeongnam FC |12||6||1||5||22||18||+4||'''19''' |rowspan=4| |- |3 |align="left"|Busan IPark |12||5||2||5||19||15||+4||'''17''' |- |4 |align="left"|Ulsan Hyundai |12||3||4||5||17||21||−4||'''13''' |- |5 |align="left"|Daegu FC |12||2||4||6||15||27||−12||'''10''' |}

== Championship playoffs == === Bracket === {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=2 |score-boxes=3|3rdplace=no|short_brackets=no|flex_tree=no|widescore=no   |8 October – Pohang |Pohang Steelers|1|||'''Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma'''|'''2'''|| |8 October – Jeonju |Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors|0|||'''Incheon United'''|'''4'''||  |15, 22 October – Seongnam, Incheon |Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|0|2|2|'''Incheon United'''|1|3|'''4'''}}

===Semi-finals=== {{footballbox |date = 8 October 2009 |time = 14:00 UTC+9 |team1 = Pohang Steelers |score = 1–2 |report = |team2 = Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |goals1 = Yoo Chang-hyun {{goal|51}} |goals2 = *Choi Jae-young {{goal|11}} *Kim Deok-il {{goal|88}} |stadium = Song-ra Stadium, Pohang }} ---- {{footballbox |date = 8 October 2009 |time = 14:00 UTC+9 |team1 = Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |score = 0–4 |report = |team2 = Incheon United |goals1 = |goals2 = *Veselinović {{goal|7}} *Lee Sung-jae {{goal|35||54}} *Kim Jeong-hyun {{goal|90}} |stadium = Jeonju World Cup Stadium Subground, Jeonju }}

===Final=== {{footballbox |date = 15 October 2009 |time = 14:00 UTC+9 |team1 = Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |score = 0–1 |report = |team2 = Incheon United |goals1 = |goals2 = Lee Sung-jae {{goal|86}} |stadium = Seongnam 1 Stadium, Seongnam }} ---- {{footballbox |date = 22 October 2009 |time = 14:00 UTC+9 |team1 = Incheon United |score = 3–2 |report = |team2 = Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |goals1 = *Yoo Byung-soo {{goal|46}} *Jeong Hyuk {{goal|72}} *Kim Jeong-hyun {{goal|74}} |goals2 = *Kim Deok-il {{goal|41}} *Choi Jae-young {{goal|67}} |stadium = Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon }} ''Incheon United won 4–2 on aggregate.''

== See also == *2009 in South Korean football

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==External links== *[http://www.kleaguei.com/record/record_2/rank_10.aspx?year=2009 Official website]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ko}}

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