# 2007 K League

The 2007 K League was the 25th season of the K League. The format of the league was changed from two stages to single league since this season. Each team played 26 matches against every other teams under the home and away system. After the regular league was finished, the top six clubs qualified for the championship playoffs to determine champions.
It took a break after the Round 13 on 23 June due to the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, and resumed with the Round 14 on 8 August.

## Teams
### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Former player(s) |
| Busan IPark | Ciel | Luciano Tanque | Frane Čačić | Luiz Fernando William |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Leandrão | Sandro Hiroshi | Victor Simões | Sandro |
| Daegu FC | Eninho | Luizinho | Selmir | |
| Daejeon Citizen | Adriano Chuva | Cristiano Pereira | Denílson | Fabián Caballero Fernandinho |
| FC Seoul | Adilson | Dudu | Ricardo Nascimento | |
| Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo | | | | |
| Gyeongnam FC | Cabore | Rogério Pinheiro | Popó | |
| Incheon United | Dejan Damjanović | Dragan Mladenović | Željko Kalajdžić | Dženan Radončić |
| Jeju United | Irineu | Ricardinho | | Nikola Vasiljević Ivan Perić |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Antonio Franja | Zé Carlos | Stevica Ristić | |
| Pohang Steelers | Jonhes | Schwenck | André Luiz Tavares | Carlos Frontini Maurício |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | Itamar | Mota | | Adrian Neaga |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Edu | Nádson | Mato Neretljak | Elpídio Silva |
| Ulsan Hyundai | Almir | Leandro Machado | José Luis Villanueva | |

## Regular season
### League table

The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 55 | Qualification for the playoffs final |
| 2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 51 | Qualification for the playoffs semi-final |
| 3 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 45 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 4 | Gyeongnam FC | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 41 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 6 | Daejeon Citizen | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 7 | FC Seoul | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 37 | |
| 8 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 36 | |
| 9 | Incheon United | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 33 | |
| 10 | Jeonnam Dragons | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 30 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 11 | Jeju United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 30 | |
| 12 | Daegu FC | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 24 | |
| 13 | Busan IPark | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 20 | |
| 14 | Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 44 | −30 | 12 | |
* ↑ Qualified as champions of the FA Cup.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BIP | JND | DGU | DJC | SEO | GWJ | GNM | ICU | JJU | JHM | PHS | SIC | SSB | USH |
| Busan IPark | — | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Daegu FC | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Daejeon Citizen | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| FC Seoul | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Gwangju Sangmu | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Gyeongnam FC | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Incheon United | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Jeju United | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pohang Steelers | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 |
| Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | — |

## Championship playoffs
### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Daejeon Citizen | 0 | | | | 2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0 | | Pohang Steelers | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 1 | | Pohang Steelers | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | Pohang Steelers | Pohang Steelers | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Gyeongnam FC | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Pohang Steelers (C) | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
| 3 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | |
| 4 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | |
| 5 | Gyeongnam FC | |
| 6 | Daejeon Citizen | |

## Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Cabore won the award with 17 goals.
| Pos | Player | Team | Goals | Apps |
| 1 | Cabore | Gyeongnam FC | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Denilson | Daejeon Citizen | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Dejan Damjanović | Incheon United | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Stevica Ristić | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | Luizinho | Daegu FC | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Mota | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Adriano Chuva | Daejeon Citizen | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | Lee Keun-ho | Daegu FC | 8 | 20 |
| 7 | Sandro Hiroshi | Jeonnam Dragons | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Woo Sung-yong | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 8 | 26 |

## Awards
### Main awards

The K League Players' Player of the Year was published by Korean edition of FourFourTwo in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 100 players participated in the selection process.
| Award | Winner | Club |
| Most Valuable Player | André Luiz Tavares | Pohang Steelers |
| Top goalscorer | Cabore | Gyeongnam FC |
| Top assist provider | André Luiz Tavares | Pohang Steelers |
| Rookie of the Year | Ha Tae-goon | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| Manager of the Year | Sérgio Farias | Pohang Steelers |
| Players' Player of the Year | Kim Do-heon | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |

### Best XI

| Position | Winner | Club |
| Goalkeeper | Kim Byung-ji | FC Seoul |
| Defenders | Adilson | FC Seoul |
| Defenders | Mato Neretljak | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| Defenders | Hwang Jae-won | Pohang Steelers |
| Defenders | Jang Hak-young | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
| Midfielders | André Luiz Tavares | Pohang Steelers |
| Midfielders | Lee Kwan-woo | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| Midfielders | Kim Gi-dong | Pohang Steelers |
| Midfielders | Kim Do-heon | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
| Forwards | Lee Keun-ho | Daegu FC |
| Forwards | Cabore | Gyeongnam FC |
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## Attendance

At the end of the 2007 season, the K League attracted 2,073,808 fans and an average of 11,786 fans per game. That puts the K League at 15th in the world for average attendances for domestic premier leagues for association football.
| Team | Average | Minimum | Maximum | Total |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 25,194 | 16,213 | 41,819 | 327,526 |
| FC Seoul | 21,513 | 10,574 | 55,397 | 279,670 |
| Incheon United | 16,671 | 6,217 | 25,686 | 216,728 |
| Daegu FC | 15,007 | 2,085 | 44,215 | 180,090 |
| Daejon Citizen | 14,659 | 5,423 | 28,074 | 175,914 |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 11,312 | 4,328 | 29,112 | 135,754 |
| Gwangju Sangmu | 8,861 | 2,678 | 28,637 | 115,196 |
| Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 8,706 | 3,628 | 14,763 | 113,184 |
| Gyeongnam FC | 8,625 | 3,051 | 23,192 | 103,503 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | 8,565 | 3,859 | 13,800 | 102,780 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 7,677 | 4,236 | 10,508 | 99,794 |
| Jeju United | 6,636 | 1,231 | 20,499 | 79,635 |
| Pohang Steelers | 6,572 | 1,735 | 12,596 | 78,873 |
| Busan IPark | 5,012 | 1,505 | 11,075 | 65,161 |