2011 in South Korean football
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The 2010 season began on 5 March 2011 for the K-League
and Challengers League, with the Korea National League starting 7 days later on 12 March 2011.
and
AFC Champions League group stage
|rowspan=4|K-League Championship 2011
and
the winner of Playoffs among four
qualifies to
AFC Champions League group stage
|rowspan=3 style=background-color:white|
|rowspan=1|AFC Champions League group stage
1
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1: Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
qualified for the group stage of the 2012 AFC Champions League
as 2011 Korean FA Cup
winners.
Championship
Challengers League
Group A
|rowspan=2|Championship playoff
Group B
|rowspan=2|Championship playoff
Play-offs
|rowspan=2|WK-League Playoff
Korean FA Cup
Group B
Group B
Group C
Group D
Challengers Cup
K-League
The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
and Challengers League, with the Korea National League starting 7 days later on 12 March 2011.
Honors
| League | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Competition | Start | End | Champions |
| K-League 2011 K-League The 2011 edition of the K-League is the twenty-ninth since its establishment in 1983. The 2011 season is known as Hyundai Oilbank K-League 2011 due to the competition's sponsorship by Hyundai Oilbank... |
5 March | 4 December | |
| Korea National League 2011 Korea National League The Korea National League 2011 season is the ninth season of Korea National League. 2011 season operates its season as K-League. The postseason playoff's teams were expanded by 6 teams. Playoff will be operate same format as K-League Championship... |
12 March | 20 November | Ulsan Mipo Dolphins |
| Challengers League 2011 Challengers League The 2011 Challengers League is the fifth season of the K3 League. The league announced its new name as Challengers League from this season. Playoff systems were used as the same as last season and league was divided two groups and play with home and away each other, with the winners of each stage... |
5 March | 13 November | Gyeongju Citizen |
| WK-League 2011 WK-League 2011 WK-League was third season of WK-League, South Korea's top level women's football league.Two new clubs joined the league this season, so now 8 clubs are competing in the 2011 season The teams play each other three times in the regular season, giving a total of 21 matches... |
21 March | 29 September | Goyang Daekyo Kangaroos |
| Cup | |||
| Competition | Start | End | Winners |
| Korean FA Cup 2011 Korean FA Cup Korean FA Cup 2011 is the 16th edition of Korean FA Cup. 2011 KFA Cup began on 12 March 2011.-Schedule:-K-League:All of K-League teams are entered in round of 32... |
12 March | 15 October | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is a South Korean professional football club, based in Seongnam, South Korea, that plays in the K-League... |
| K-League Cup 2011 K-League Cup The 2011 K-League Cup is South Korea's league cup competition for K-League's 16 football clubs. The competition will begin on 16 March 2011, and end with the one-legged final on 13 July 2011.-Format:Group stage... |
16 March | 13 July | Ulsan Hyundai |
| National League Cup 2011 Korea National League Championship The 2011 Korea National League Championship was cup competition of Korea National League in South Korea. The 8th edition of Korea National League Championship will be hold from June 19 to 30 in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do... |
19 June | 30 June | Ulsan Mipo Dolphins |
| Challengers Cup 2011 Challengers Cup The 2011 Challengers Cup is South Korea's league cup competition for the Challengers League clubs. 2011 season is first ever season of Challengers Cup... |
5 August | 13 August | Icheon Citizen |
Regular season
|rowspan=2|K-League Championship 20112011 K-League Championship
2011 K-League Championship is postseason championship playoff of 2011 K-League. The championship are a series of playoff matches contested by the teams 1st to 6th in the 2011 K-League table. All matches are played one leg, except final is played two legs. With 6th playing 3rd and 5th playing 4th,...
and
AFC Champions League group stage
2012 AFC Champions League
The 2012 AFC Champions League will be the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. The winner will participate in 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.-Allocation of entries per...
|rowspan=4|K-League Championship 2011
2011 K-League Championship
2011 K-League Championship is postseason championship playoff of 2011 K-League. The championship are a series of playoff matches contested by the teams 1st to 6th in the 2011 K-League table. All matches are played one leg, except final is played two legs. With 6th playing 3rd and 5th playing 4th,...
and
the winner of Playoffs among four
qualifies to
AFC Champions League group stage
2012 AFC Champions League
The 2012 AFC Champions League will be the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. The winner will participate in 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.-Allocation of entries per...
|rowspan=3 style=background-color:white|
|rowspan=1|AFC Champions League group stage
2012 AFC Champions League
The 2012 AFC Champions League will be the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. The winner will participate in 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.-Allocation of entries per...
1
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1: Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is a South Korean professional football club, based in Seongnam, South Korea, that plays in the K-League...
qualified for the group stage of the 2012 AFC Champions League
2012 AFC Champions League
The 2012 AFC Champions League will be the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. The winner will participate in 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.-Allocation of entries per...
as 2011 Korean FA Cup
2011 Korean FA Cup
Korean FA Cup 2011 is the 16th edition of Korean FA Cup. 2011 KFA Cup began on 12 March 2011.-Schedule:-K-League:All of K-League teams are entered in round of 32...
winners.
Championship2011 K-League Championship2011 K-League Championship is postseason championship playoff of 2011 K-League. The championship are a series of playoff matches contested by the teams 1st to 6th in the 2011 K-League table. All matches are played one leg, except final is played two legs. With 6th playing 3rd and 5th playing 4th,...
Regular season
|rowspan=6|Championship playoffChampionship playoff
Challengers League2011 Challengers LeagueThe 2011 Challengers League is the fifth season of the K3 League. The league announced its new name as Challengers League from this season. Playoff systems were used as the same as last season and league was divided two groups and play with home and away each other, with the winners of each stage...
Group A|rowspan=2|Championship playoff
Group B
|rowspan=2|Championship playoff
Play-offs
Regular season
|rowspan=1|WK-League Championship|rowspan=2|WK-League Playoff
Playoffs
The playoff is played one leg and championship final is played over two legs.Korean FA Cup2011 Korean FA CupKorean FA Cup 2011 is the 16th edition of Korean FA Cup. 2011 KFA Cup began on 12 March 2011.-Schedule:-K-League:All of K-League teams are entered in round of 32...
Group Round
Group A| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pohang Steelers Pohang Steelers Pohang Steelers are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. They were originally called POSCO, after the Pohang Iron and Steel Company that owned it... |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2 | Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam FC is a South Korean football club. Based in Changwon, the capital city of Gyeongsangnam-do, Gyeongnam FC joined the K-League as its 14th club for the 2006 season and was founded in 2005.-2006 season:... |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is a South Korean professional football club, based in Seongnam, South Korea, that plays in the K-League... |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Incheon United Incheon United Incheon United is a professional Korean football team currently playing in the K-League. The team's home town is Incheon, the third biggest city in the country, and the team's home stadium is the Incheon Munhak Stadium, one of the ten venues built in Korea for the 2002 FIFA World... |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 5 |
| 5 | Daegu FC Daegu FC Daegu Football Club, commonly referred to as Daegu FC , is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community team at the end of 2002, and the club made their K-League debut in 2003. Historically, Daegu have always placed in the lower reaches of the... |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 5 |
| 6 | Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Citizen Football Club is a South Korean professional football team, currently playing in the K-League.Daejeon Citizen Football Club are famous for being the first community-club in Korea. Daejeon first entered the K-League for the 1997 season, finishing 7th out of the 10 teams... |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | –10 | 1 |
Group B
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Busan I'Park | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2 | Ulsan Hyundai FC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | |
| 3 | Chunnam Dragons Chunnam Dragons Chunnam Dragons is a football club founded in 1995 in the Korean city of Gwangyang, which joined the K-League for the 1995 season at the same time as Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, their Jeolla province rivals.-History:... |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| 4 | Gangwon FC Gangwon FC Gangwon FC is a South Korean football club. Based in Gangwon Province of South Korea, Gangwon FC joined the K-League as its 15th club for the 2009 season.- Foundation :... |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sangju Sangmu FC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 3 |
| 6 | Gwangju FC Gwangju FC Gwangju FC is a South Korean football club. Based in Gwangju of South Korea, Gwangju FC joined the K-League as its 16th club for the 2011 season.-Squad for 2011 season:... |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | –8 | 3 |
Knockout Round
Group Round
Group A| Pos | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mokpo City Mokpo City FC Mokpo City FC is a South Korean association football club based in Mokpo, South Jeolla. From 2010 season, Mokpo City plays in the National League, the second tier of Korean football.-Current team squad:-Statistics:... |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | Cheonan City Cheonan City FC Cheonan City is a South Korean soccer club based in the city of Cheonan. It was founded in 2007, and has competed in the National League since the 2008 season. The team plays their home games at the 30,000+ seat Baekseok Stadium, built in 2008, in Baekseok-dong in Cheonan... |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Busan Transportation Corp | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Incheon Korail | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2 | Ulsan Mipo Dolphins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Suwon City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Chungju Hummel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Police Agency National Police Agency FC National Police Agency FC is a South Korean football club. NPA's players comprise of young Korean footballers serving their two year military duty.Currently NPA FC plays in the Reserve League of K-League.-Current squad:... |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | Changwon City Changwon City FC Changwon City FC or Changwon City Office, is a South Korean football club based in the city of Changwon.Currently Changwon plays in the National League.-Coaching staff:*Head coach: Park Mal-bong*Assistant coach: Seo Dong-won*Trainer: Kim Hae-gook... |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Gimhae City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1 |
Group D
| Pos | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gangneung City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2 | Yongin City Yongin City FC Yongin City FC is a South Korean association football club based in Yongin, Gyeonggi. Founded in 2010, they currently play in the National League, the second tier of South Korean football. They play their home games at the Yongin Football Center.... |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Goyang Kookmin Bank | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Daejeon KHNP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 |
Knockout Round
Challengers Cup2011 Challengers CupThe 2011 Challengers Cup is South Korea's league cup competition for the Challengers League clubs. 2011 season is first ever season of Challengers Cup...
Champions League
South Korean clubs' score displayed first| Team | Round | Opponent | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeju United Jeju United FC Jeju United Football Club is a South Korean professional football club. The club is based in Seogwipo, Jeju of South Korea.-History:... |
Group Stage 2011 AFC Champions League group stage A total of 32 teams, 16 from West Asia and 16 from East Asia, competed in the 2011 AFC Champions League group stage. They included 30 direct entries and 2 winners of the qualifying play-off .... |
 Tianjin Teda |
0–1 | 0–3 | None |
 Melbourne Victory |
2–1 | 1–1 | |||
 Gamba OsakaGamba Osaka is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70... |
2–1 | 1–3 | |||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are a professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea. They won their first K-League title in 2009. Prior to this, the club won the AFC Champions League title in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since the AFC Champions... |
Group Stage | Shandong Luneng |
1–0 | 2–1 | None |
 Arema |
4–0 | 6–0 | |||
| Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city.... |
0–1 | 1–0 | |||
| Round of 16 | Tianjin Teda |
3–0 | |||
| Quarter-finals | Cerezo Osaka Cerezo Osaka is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city.... |
3–4 | 6–1 | 9–5 | |
| Semi-finals |  Al-Ittihad |
3–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | |
| Final 2011 AFC Champions League Final The 2011 AFC Champions League Final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 5 November 2011. It was the 30th final of the AFC Champions League.... |
 Al-Sadd |
2–2 (2–4p) | |||
| FC Seoul FC Seoul FC Seoul is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. It is currently owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS Group.... |
Group Stage |  Al-Ain |
1–0 | 3–0 | None |
| Hangzhou Greentown |
3–0 | 1–1 | |||
| Nagoya Grampus Nagoya Grampus are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp... |
1–1 | 0–2 | |||
| Round of 16 | Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island".... |
3–0 | |||
| Quarter-finals | Al-Ittihad |
1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours... |
Group Stage | Sydney Sydney FC Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League... |
0–0 | 3–1 | None |
| Shanghai Shenhua |
4–0 | 3–0 | |||
| Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island".... |
1–1 | 1–1 | |||
| Round of 16 | Nagoya Grampus Nagoya Grampus are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp... |
2–0 | |||
| Quarter-finals |  Zob Ahan |
1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Semi-finals | Al-Sadd |
0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Asian Challenge Cup
| Team | Round | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulsan Hyundai | Semifinal 2011 Asian Challenge Cup 2011 Asian Challenge Cup is the annual football event held in Hong Kong in Lunar New Year. The name of this event in 2011 is changed from Lunar New Year Cup to Asian Challenge Cup.-Teams:-Guangzhou Evergrande:-South China:... |
Tianjin Teda |
0–4 |
| Third place match |  South China |
4–2 |