K League 1

**K League 1** (Hangul: K리그1) adalah divisi sepak bola profesional teratas dari sistem liga sepak bola Korea Selatan. Liga ini diikuti oleh dua belas klub.

## Pembentukan
K-League didirikan pada 1983 sebagai **Liga Super Korea**, dengan anggota lima klub. Lima klub pertama adalah Hallelujah FC, Yukong Kokkiri, POSCO Dolphins, Daewoo Royals, Kookmin Bank FC. Hallelujah FC memenangkan gelar perdananya, menyelesaikan satu poin di depan Daewoo FC untuk mengangkat mahkota.

Pada 1998, liga sepak bola Korea direformasi dan diganti namanya menjadi K-League. Sejak didirikan, liga telah berkembang dari 5 hingga 15 klub awal. Dari 5 klub pengukuhan, hanya Yukong Kokkiri, POSCO Dolphins, dan Daewoo Royals yang tersisa di K-League; Kookmin Bank FC keluar dari liga pada akhir 1984, dan Hallelujah FC mengikuti musim berikutnya.

## Struktur
Saat ini K-League adalah satu-satunya liga profesional di Korea. Ini berisi enam belas klub anggota.

Di bawah level K-League terdapat Liga Nasional, liga semi-profesional / amatir tertutup dengan lima belas klub, didirikan pada tahun 2003. Level ketiga sepak bola di Korea adalah Challengers League.

Saat ini, tidak ada sistem resmi promosi dan degradasi di antara ketiga liga. Namun, mulai tahun 2006, juara Liga Nasional telah memenuhi syarat untuk promosi ke Liga-K asalkan mereka telah memenuhi kriteria tertentu. Goyang Kookmin Bank dan Ulsan Mipo Dockyard, juara Liga Nasional pada tahun 2006 dan 2007, keduanya menolak kesempatan untuk naik ke K-League. Setelah penolakan promosi K-League back-to-back, komite Liga Nasional memutuskan untuk menghentikan sistem promosi bersyarat sebelum musim 2008.

## Kejadian Penting
K Liga Klasik didirikan pada tahun 1983 sebagai Korea Super League, dengan lima klub anggota. Lima klub awal adalah Hallelujah FC, Yukong Gajah, POSCO Dolphins, Daewoo Royals, Kookmin Bank FC. Haleluya FC memenangkan gelar perdana, menyelesaikan satu poin dari Daewoo Royals untuk mengangkat mahkota.

Pada tahun 1998, liga sepak bola Korea direformasi dan berganti nama menjadi Liga K. (K League adalah ortografi resmi tahun 2012) Sejak pembentukannya, liga telah berkembang dari awal 5 sampai 16 klub. Dari 5 klub perdana, hanya Yukong Gajah, POSCO Dolphins, dan Daewoo Royals tetap di Liga K; Kookmin Bank FC keluar dari liga pada akhir tahun 1984, dan Hallelujah FC diikuti musim ini setelah.

Pada tahun 2013, K League memperkenalkan sistem divisi. Nama divisi pertama adalah K Liga klasik, nama divisi kedua adalah K Liga Challenge dan nama merek komprehensif K League.

Di bawah K Liga klasik, ada K Liga Challenge, dan di bawah K Liga Challenge, ada Liga Nasional, liga semi-profesional tertutup dengan sepuluh klub, didirikan pada tahun 2003. Tingkat keempat sepak bola di Korea adalah K3.

Tidak ada sistem resmi promosi dan degradasi. Namun, mulai tahun 2013, juara K Liga Challenge memenuhi syarat untuk promosi ke K League Classic, asalkan mereka telah memenuhi kriteria tertentu. Pada musim 2012, dua tim dari K Liga Klasik diturunkan ke K Liga Challenge, dan pada tahun 2013, dua tim akan diturunkan ke K Liga Challenge, dan 11 ditempatkan tim dari K League Classic.

## Sejarah K-League

### Juara K-League
*Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma* are the most successful team in terms of championship victories, having lifted the title on no less than seven occasions. The roll-call of champions is as follows (present-date names included where teams have changed names previously):

* K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.

### Gelar berdasarkan Musim
**2000—sekarang**

#### Gelar berdasarkan Klub

#### Gelar brdasarkan Kota / Wilayah
* Since 1987 season: K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

### Sponsor Gelar

## Klub K-League Sepanjang Masa
There have been a total of 19 member clubs in the history of the K-League - those clubs are listed below with their current names (where applicable):

* K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.

[1] Yokong renamed to SK Energy
[2] GS Group is separated from LG Group
[3] Hanil Bank is merged by Woori Bank
Note: Kokkiri means elephant, Horang-i means tiger, Hwangso means bull, Chunma means pegasus, Bulsajo means phoenix.

### Franchise relocations in K-League
* Not Franchised Period (1983–1986): K-League Clubs had franchise but clubs played the all game of round at one stadium.
* Franchised Period (1987–present): K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.
* Clubs which are not listed in the table don't have franchise relocations.

[1] K-League officially began city franchise policy in 1990, But Pohang Stleeers began in 1988 and Busan I'Park began in 1989.
[2] Actually Bucheon SK held all home matches at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul until 2000. Because Bucheon Stadium was under construction.

### PEnghargaan K-League
* Penghargaan Pemain Terbaik K-League
* Penghargaan Pencetak Gol Terbanyak K-League
* Penghargaan Assist Terbanyak K-League
* K-League Rookie of the Year Award
* PEnghargaan Manajer Tahunan K-League
* Terbaik XI K-League
* Pemain 'FAN'tastis K-League
* K-League Players' Player of the Year YAAHAHAHAHAYUKKK

## Pemain

### Pencetak gol
Following list is all-time top scorers in the K-League. Goals are including league and league cup goals.



### Appearances
Following list is all-time most appearances in the K-League. Appearances are including league and league cup.

### Foreign Players

At the inception of the K-League in 1983, only two Brazilian players made rosters. At the time, rules allowed each club to have three foreign players and that the three could also play simultaneously in a game. From the 1996 season, each team had five foreign players among whom three could play in a game at the same time. Moreover,
from the 2000 season to the 2002 season, the limit on foreign players was expanded seven but only three could play in a game at the same time. The limit was lower to five in 2003, four in 2005, and three in 2007. From the 2009 season, the number of foreign players went back up to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.

In the 1985 season, Piyapong Pue-on of Thailand led foreign players in the league in scoring and assists. Other leading players were Rade Bogdanović, who had 10 goals and 10 assists in the 1996 season. Valeri Sarychev, the K-League's most famous foreign goalkeeper, played in 320 league games from 1992 to 2004. He was eventually naturalized as a Korean citizen and given the Korean name *Shin Eui-Son* which means *God's hand* because of his stellar play.

In the 1990s, the trend was for the K-League to get foreign players from Eastern Europe like Rade Bogdanović, Radivoje Manic, Saša Drakulić and Denis Laktionov. From 2000, Brazilians became the K-League's priority such as Tavares, Mota, Nádson, Adilson and Edu. Since 2009, players from AFC have been fairly popular especially those from Australia, China PR, Japan and Uzbekistan.

;Notable Foreign Players

; **Africa**
*  Michel Pensée
*  Jean-Kasongo Banza
*  Mutamba Kabongo
*  Derek Asamoah
*  Cheick Oumar Dabo
; **Asia**
*  Ahmad Elrich
*  Matt McKay
*  Saša Ognenovski
*  Li Weifeng
*  Feng Xiaoting
*  Huang Bowen
*  Abbas Obeid Jassim
*  Naohiro Takahara
*  Kazuyuki Toda
*  Akihiro Ienaga
*  Valeri Sarychev
*  Piyapong Pue-on
*  Server Djeparov
*  Alexander Geynrikh
*  Timur Kapadze

; **Europe**
*  Jasmin Agić
*  Mato Neretljak
*  Dalian Atkinson
*  Frank Lieberam
*  Paulo Rink
*  Slavčo Georgievski
*  Stevica Ristić
*  Ion Testemitanu
*  Dejan Damjanović
*  Dženan Radončić
*  Kiki Musampa
*  Ricardo Nascimento
*  Pavel Badea
*  Adrian Neaga

; **Europe (cont.)**
*  Gabriel Popescu
*  Ianis Zicu
*  Denis Laktionov
*  Andrei Solomatin
*  Rade Bogdanović
*  Saša Drakulić
*  Ognjen Koroman
*  Radivoje Manic
*  Dragan Mladenović
*  Alpay Özalan
*  Ceyhun Eriş
*  Rahim Zafer
*  Vitaliy Parakhnevych
*  Volodymyr Savchenko

; **South America**
*  Carlos Esteban Frontini
*  Juan Arce
*  Andrezinho
*  Dodô
*  Edmilson
*  Edu Gonçalves
*  Grafite
*  Itamar
*  Leandro Machado
*  Léomar Leiria
*  Magno Alves
*  Mota
*  Nádson
*  Renaldo
*  Roberto

; **South America (cont.)**
*  Juan Carlos Arce
*  Hugo Droguett
*  Mauricio Molina
*  Carmelo Valencia
*  Juan Estiven Vélez
*  José Ortigoza
*  Arsenio Luzardo

; **North America, Central America & Caribbean**
*  Jeaustin Campos

## Lihat juga
* K-League Championship
* Piala K-League
* R-League
* High School Club Challenge League
* Korean National Youth Football League
* Piala FA Korea
* Piala Super Korea
* Liga Champions AFC
* Liga Nasional Korea
* Challengers League
* U-League
* K-League All-Star Game
* Korean football league system
* Daftar klub sepak bola di Korea Selatan
* List of foreign K-League players

## Referensi


## Pranala luar
* Official K-League website 
* Official K-League Facebook 
* Official K-League Twitter 
* Official K-League YouTube channel 
* ROKfootball.com website 
* Footkorean.net website  
* Soccerphile K-League news 
* 2017 Korea League  (bahasa Indonesia)

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