# 2009 Korean League Cup

The 2009 Korean League Cup, also known as the Peace Cup Korea 2009, was the 22nd competition of the Korean League Cup. It began on 25 March 2009, and ended on 16 September 2009.

## Group stage

All K League clubs excluding participating clubs of the 2009 AFC Champions League entered the group stage. Clubs ranked odd-numbered places in the 2008 K League were assigned to the Group A, and even-numbered clubs were assigned to the Group B. The fledgling club Gangwon FC entered the Group A. The top two clubs of each group qualified for the knockout stage.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SIC | ICU | DGU | JND | DJC | GWN |
| 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 11 | — | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Incheon United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Daegu FC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Jeonnam Dragons | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Daejeon Citizen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | — |
| 6 | Gangwon FC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | 0–2 | — | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | JJU | BIP | JHM | GNM | GWJ |
| 1 | Jeju United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 2 | Busan IPark | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | 1–1 | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 | — | 2–4 | — | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Gyeongnam FC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Gwangju Sangmu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | — | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Teams

| Team | Placement |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Champions League qualified team |
| FC Seoul | Champions League qualified team |
| Ulsan Hyundai | Champions League qualified team |
| Pohang Steelers | Champions League qualified team |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | Group A winners |
| Jeju United | Group B winners |
| Incheon United | Group A runners-up |
| Busan IPark | Group B runners-up |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| B2 | Busan IPark (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (5) | | | | | | | | | | |
| A1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2 | 1 | 3 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| A1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2 | 1 | 3 (4) | Busan IPark | Busan IPark | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Ulsan Hyundai | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| B1 | Jeju United | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ulsan Hyundai | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| CL | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| CL | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | Busan IPark | Busan IPark | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| CL | FC Seoul (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | | | | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| A2 | Incheon United | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Incheon United | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | FC Seoul | FC Seoul | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| CL | Pohang Steelers | 3 | 1 | 4 | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| CL | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Goalscorers

4 goals
* Yoo Chang-hyun (Pohang)
* No Byung-jun (Pohang)
* Park Hee-do (Busan)
3 goals
* Yang Dong-hyen (Busan)
* Adriano Chuva (Jeonnam)
* Cho Hyung-ik (Daegu)
* Eninho (Jeonbuk)
* Han Dong-won (Seongnam)
2 goals
* Lee Seung-ryul (Seoul)
* Chung Kyung-ho (Gangwon)
* Lee Sung-min (Gangwon)
* Kim Tae-min (Gwangju)
* Park Min (Gyeongnam)
* Yoo Byung-soo (Incheon)
* Jóbson (Jeju)
* Ricardinho (Jeju)
* Denilson (Pohang)
* Hwang Jin-sung (Pohang)
* Cho Dong-geon (Seongnam)
* Kim Jin-yong (Seongnam)
* Kim Jung-woo (Seongnam)
* Mota (Seongnam)
* Rômulo Marques Macedo (Busan)
* Lee Sang-duk (Daegu)
* Ko Chang-hyun (Daejeon)
1 goal
* Han Sang-woon (Busan)
* Jeong Shung-hoon (Busan)
* Lee Gang-jin (Busan)
* Lee Jung-ho (Busan)
* Lee Seung-hyun (Busan)
* Min Young-ki (Busan)
* Jung Yoon-sung (Jeonnam)
* Kim Myung-woon (Jeonnam)
* Ko Cha-won (Jeonnam)
* Lee Kyu-ro (Jeonnam)
* Lee Jung-youl (Jeonnam)
* Lazar Popović (Daegu)
* Park Sung-ho (Daejeon)
* Ricardo Costa (Daejeon)
* Anderson (Seoul)
* Adilson (Seoul)
* Ki Sung-yueng (Seoul)
* Moon Joo-won (Gangwon)
* Park Jong-jin (Gangwon)
* Kang Jin-kyu (Gwangju)
* Kim Tae-wook (Gyeongnam)
* Seo Sang-min (Gyeongnam)
* Borko Veselinović (Incheon)
* Dragan Čadikovski (Incheon)
* Kang Soo-il (Incheon)
* Kim Sang-rok (Incheon)
* Woo Sung-yong (Incheon)
* Choi Hyun-yeon (Jeju)
* Koo Ja-cheol (Jeju)
* Oh Bong-jin (Jeju)
* Shim Young-sung (Jeju)
* Ha Dae-sung (Jeonbuk)
* Jung Hoon (Jeonbuk)
* Lee Dong-gook (Jeonbuk)
* Lee Hyun-seung (Jeonbuk)
* Luiz Henrique (Jeonbuk)
* Kim Gi-dong (Pohang)
* Kim Tae-su (Pohang)
* Song Chang-ho (Pohang)
* Stevica Ristić (Pohang)
* Ko Jae-sung (Seongnam)
* Cho Jin-soo (Ulsan)
* Hyun Young-min (Ulsan)
* Lee Dong-won (Ulsan)
* Lee Jin-ho (Ulsan)
* Slavčo Georgievski (Ulsan)
* Yeom Ki-hun (Ulsan)
1 own goal
* Kim Hyung-ho (Jeonnam)
* Kim Sang-sik (Jeonbuk)

## Awards

| Award | Player | Team | Points |
| Top goalscorer | Yoo Chang-hyun | Pohang Steelers | 4 goals |
| Top assist provider | Cho Chan-ho | Pohang Steelers | 3 assists |
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