Football league
K League 1Hangul
K리그 원
Reading: K League 1
Revised RomanizationK rigeu oneMcCune–ReischauerK rigŭ wŏn
For comprehensive examination South Korean professional football league including first part and second class, see K League The K League 1 ( Hangul : K리그1 ) is the men ‘s exceed master football division of the south korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs .
history [edit ]
The south korean professional football league was founded in 1983 as the “ korean Super League ”, with five penis clubs. The initial five clubs were Hallelujah FC, Yukong Elephants, Pohang Steelworks, Daewoo Royals, Kookmin Bank. Hallelujah FC won the inaugural address title, finishing one distributor point ahead of Daewoo Royals to lift the crown. The Super League was renamed the “ korean Professional Football League ”, and introduced the home and away organization in 1987. It was once again renamed the “ K League ” in 1998. It had the current format by abolishing the K League Championship and the Korean League Cup after the 2011 season, and being split into two divisions in 2013. The first division was named the “ K League Classic ” while the newly created second class was named the “ K League Challenge “ and both are now part of the K League structure. Since its creation, the league has expanded from an initial 5 to 22 clubs. Of the five inaugural clubs, alone Yukong, Pohang and Daewoo hush compete in the K League ; Kookmin Bank dropped out of the league at the end of 1984, and Hallelujah followed the temper after. On 22 January 2018 the official diagnose was changed to “ K League 1 ”. [ 1 ]
structure [edit ]
On 5 October 2011, the league announced a design to introduce a delegating system from the 2012 season, when two teams were relegated. In 2013, the bottom two teams were directly relegated, while the 12th team played a relegation playoff equal against the achiever of the newly formed K League Challenge. From the 2013 temper, as the numeral of teams of K League was reduced, only the 12th team is mechanically relegated, with the 11th team playing a match against the winner of the K League 2 promotion playoffs. The league besides introduced a schism system like the Scottish Premier League in the 2012 season, where each club plays each early three times in the regular round of golf, then the top and bottom six teams are split into Split A and Split B, in which a team plays every other team in the rip once, to decide the final standings .
early information [edit ]
The K League temper typically begins around March and runs to late November each class. The number of games, clubs and the systems used have varied through the years. A number of the member clubs are owned by south korean major conglomerates “ chaebols “. Those clubs have adopted local city names in an campaign to integrate themselves more with the local communities. All early teams are owned by local governments. The K League champions, runner-up, and third-placed team advance introduction to the AFC Champions League the following season, with the exception of Sangmu FC due to their singular status as a military team. If the winners of Korean FA Cup can not qualify for the AFC Champions League or already qualified for it, fourth home besides can participate. In the 2009 season, Gangwon FC joined the K League as its 15th penis club. As such, the K League had one or more clubs in every provinces of South Korea. This was the first clock in domestic South Korean professional sports history that there has been at least one cabaret in each province .
current clubs [edit ]
- ^ As of the start of the 2021 temper
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Champions [edit ]
Titles by season [edit ]
Titles by club [edit ]
- As of 5 December 2021
- K League’s principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club’s history and records.[2]
- ^ Including Ilhwa Chunma, and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
- ^ Including Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso, LG Cheetahs, and Anyang LG Cheetahs
- ^ Including POSCO Atoms, and Pohang Atoms
- ^ Including Daewoo Royals, and Busan Daewoo Royals
- ^ Including Hyundai Horang-i, and Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
- ^ Including Yukong Elephants, and Bucheon SK
Broadcasters [edit ]
South Korea [edit ]
Broadcaster
Summary
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JTBC Golf&Sports
Broadcast most matches live.
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Sky Sports (South Korea)
Broadcast one match live on every Saturday and Sunday respectively.
IB Sports
Broadcast one match live on every Saturday.
KBS1 (terrestrial)
Broadcast one match on every Sunday from 1:00 a.m.
Outside South Korea [edit ]
^UK – one opening match alone .