The 2009 K League was the 27th season of the

K League K League (Hangul: K리그) is South Korea's professional football league. It includes first division K League 1 and second division K League 2. History Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the National S ...

. It was held from 7 March to 6 December 2009, and a total of 15 teams contested, including newly formed

Gangwon FC Gangwon FC (Hangul:강원 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. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort. History Foundation Gangw ...

Teams

General information

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by matchday

Results

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Final table

Top scorers

This list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and

Lee Dong-gook Lee Dong-gook (, ; born 29 April 1979) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a record scorer in the K League 1, and had brief spells in Europe with Werder Bremen and Middlesbrough. He also played for ...

won the award with 20 goals.

Awards

Main awards

The

K League Players' Player of the Year The K League Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in South Korea. The award has been presented since 2007 and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the ...

was published by Korean edition of ''

FourFourTwo ''FourFourTwo'' is a football magazine published by Future. Issued monthly, it published its 300th edition in May 2019. It takes its name from the football formation of the same name, 4-4-2. In 2008, it was announced that ''FourFourTwo'' had e ...

'' in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 143 players participated in the selection process.

Best XI

Source:

Attendance

Source
K League

References

External links

Official website

Review
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