# 2004 K League Championship

The 2004 K League Championship was the eighth competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 22nd champions of the K League. After the regular season was finished, the first stage winners, the second stage winners, and the top two clubs in the overall table qualified for the championship. Each semi-final was played as a single match, and the final consisted of two matches.

## Qualified teams

| Club | Placement |
| Pohang Steelers | First stage winners |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Second stage winners Overall table 2nd place |
| Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | Overall table 1st place |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Overall table 3rd place |

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1 | | | | | |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Jeonnam Dragons | 0 | | | | | |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Jeonnam Dragons | 0 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p) | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) |
| | | | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) |
| Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | 1 | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) |
| Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 0 | | | | | |

## Semi-finals
### Pohang vs Ulsan

| Pohang Steelers | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i |
| GK | 1 | Kim Byung-ji |
| DF | 5 | Lee Min-sung |
| DF | 4 | Rogério Pinheiro | 4' |
| DF | 14 | Kim Sung-keun |
| MF | 17 | Moon Min-kui |
| MF | 6 | Kim Gi-dong | | 84' |
| MF | 2 | Nam Young-hun | | 62' |
| MF | 23 | Hwang Ji-soo |
| MF | 32 | Oh Beom-seok |
| FW | 22 | Woo Sung-yong |
| FW | 10 | Tavares | | 90+1' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Shin Hwa-yong |
| DF | 12 | Kang Yong | | 62' |
| DF | 33 | Park Won-jae |
| MF | 8 | Hwang Jin-sung |
| FW | 9 | Goran Petreski | | 84' |
| FW | 19 | Nam Ik-kyung | | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Choi Soon-ho ||
| GK | 1 | Seo Dong-myung |
| DF | 2 | Park Jin-sub |
| DF | 4 | Cho Se-kwon |
| DF | 5 | Yoo Kyoung-youl |
| DF | 13 | Hyun Young-min | ?' |
| MF | 23 | Byun Sung-hwan | 54' | 57' |
| MF | 22 | Lee Ho |
| MF | 7 | Kim Jung-woo | | 83' |
| MF | 46 | Daniel Mendes | | 69' |
| FW | 11 | Choi Sung-kuk |
| FW | 15 | Zé Carlos | 43' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Choi Moo-lim |
| MF | 14 | Jang Sang-won |
| MF | 17 | Chun Jae-woon | | 83' |
| MF | 28 | Kim Dong-kyu |
| FW | 6 | Santana Souza | | 57' |
| FW | 18 | Kim Jin-yong | | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Kim Jung-nam ||
* Assistant referees:
* Kim Sun-jin (South Korea)
* Won Chang-ho (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Park Jong-gyu (South Korea)

### Suwon vs Jeonnam

| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Jeonnam Dragons |
| GK | 1 | Lee Woon-jae |
| DF | 29 | Kwak Hee-ju | 20' |
| DF | 18 | Park Kun-ha | 42' |
| DF | 6 | Javier Martín Musa |
| MF | 20 | Choi Sung-yong |
| MF | 4 | Kim Do-heon |
| MF | 7 | Kim Jin-woo |
| MF | 14 | Seo Jung-won |
| FW | 12 | Nádson | 72' | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Kim Dae-eui |
| FW | 9 | Marcel |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Kim Dae-hwan |
| DF | 2 | Cho Byung-kuk |
| DF | 5 | Cho Sung-hwan |
| MF | 3 | Lee Byung-keun |
| FW | 27 | Kim Dong-hyun | | 79' |
| FW | 44 | Zoran Urumov |
| Manager: ||
| Cha Bum-kun ||
| GK | 41 | Kim Young-kwang |
| DF | 3 | Yoo Sang-soo |
| DF | 7 | Kim Tae-young |
| DF | 36 | Kim Jin-kyu |
| MF | 14 | Kim Hyo-il |
| MF | 17 | Kim Hong-chul |
| MF | 19 | Nam Ki-il | | 79' |
| MF | 13 | Kim Jung-kyum |
| FW | 27 | Kim Tae-su | | 45' |
| FW | 11 | Mota | 66' |
| FW | 18 | Itamar | 48' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Park Jong-mun |
| DF | 4 | Lee Chang-won |
| DF | 29 | Kim Ho-yoo |
| MF | 23 | Lee Jung-woon |
| FW | 22 | No Byung-jun | | 45' |
| FW | 30 | Ju Kwang-youn | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Lee Jang-soo ||
* Assistant referees:
* Kim Ke-soo (South Korea)
* An Sang-ki (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Lee Jong-kuk (South Korea)

## Final
### First leg

| Pohang Steelers | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| GK | 1 | Kim Byung-ji |
| DF | 5 | Lee Min-sung |
| DF | 4 | Rogério Pinheiro |
| DF | 14 | Kim Sung-keun |
| DF | 32 | Oh Beom-seok |
| MF | 17 | Moon Min-kui |
| MF | 6 | Kim Gi-dong | 57' |
| MF | 2 | Nam Young-hun | 45' |
| MF | 23 | Hwang Ji-soo |
| FW | 22 | Woo Sung-yong |
| FW | 10 | Tavares | 85' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Shin Hwa-yong |
| DF | 12 | Kang Yong | 45' |
| DF | 33 | Park Won-jae |
| MF | 8 | Hwang Jin-sung |
| FW | 9 | Goran Petreski | 57' |
| FW | 19 | Nam Ik-kyung | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Choi Soon-ho ||
| GK | 1 | Lee Woon-jae |
| DF | 29 | Kwak Hee-ju |
| DF | 18 | Park Kun-ha |
| DF | 6 | Javier Martín Musa |
| MF | 20 | Choi Sung-yong | 83' |
| MF | 4 | Kim Do-heon |
| MF | 7 | Kim Jin-woo | | 84' |
| MF | 14 | Seo Jung-won | | 63' |
| FW | 12 | Nádson |
| FW | 11 | Kim Dae-eui |
| FW | 9 | Marcel | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Kim Dae-hwan |
| DF | 2 | Cho Byung-kuk |
| DF | 5 | Cho Sung-hwan | | 63' |
| MF | 3 | Lee Byung-keun |
| FW | 27 | Kim Dong-hyun | | 76' |
| FW | 44 | Zoran Urumov | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Cha Bum-kun ||
* Assistant referees:
* Lee Young-chul (South Korea)
* Kang Chang-gu (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Choi Gwang-bo (South Korea)

### Second leg

| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Pohang Steelers |
| GK | 1 | Lee Woon-jae |
| DF | 29 | Kwak Hee-ju | 40' |
| DF | 5 | Cho Sung-hwan |
| DF | 6 | Javier Martín Musa | | 117' |
| MF | 20 | Choi Sung-yong |
| MF | 4 | Kim Do-Heon | |
| MF | 7 | Kim Jin-woo |
| MF | 3 | Lee Byung-keun | | 64' |
| FW | 12 | Nádson | | 68' |
| FW | 11 | Kim Dae-eui |
| FW | 9 | Marcel | |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Kim Dae-hwan |
| DF | 2 | Cho Byung-kuk |
| DF | 18 | Park Kun-ha | | 117' |
| MF | 14 | Seo Jung-won | | 64' 109' |
| FW | 27 | Kim Dong-hyun | | 68' |
| FW | 44 | Zoran Urumov | | 109' |
| Manager: ||
| Cha Bum-kun ||
| GK | 1 | Kim Byung-ji |
| DF | 5 | Lee Min-sung |
| DF | 4 | Rogério Pinheiro |
| DF | 14 | Kim Sung-keun |
| DF | 32 | Oh Beom-seok |
| MF | 17 | Moon Min-kui | 118' |
| MF | 12 | Kang Yong | 83' |
| MF | 23 | Hwang Ji-soo | 60' |
| MF | 10 | Tavares | 109' |
| FW | 9 | Goran Petreski |
| FW | 22 | Woo Sung-yong |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Shin Hwa-yong |
| DF | 33 | Park Won-jae | 118' |
| MF | 6 | Kim Gi-dong | 60' |
| MF | 2 | Nam Young-hun | 83' |
| MF | 8 | Hwang Jin-sung |
| FW | 19 | Nam Ik-kyung | 109' |
| Manager: ||
| Choi Soon-ho ||
* Assistant referees:
* Won Chang-ho (South Korea)
* Kim Kye-su (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Kim Sung-ho (South Korea)
0–0 on aggregate. Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 4–3 on penalties.

## Final table

| Pos | Teamvte | Qualification |
| 1 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C) | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | |
| 3 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | |
| 4 | Jeonnam Dragons | |