Korean League Cup

Rush & Cash Cup 2011
Founded	1992
Region	Korea Republic
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Ulsan Hyundai (2011)
Most successful club(s)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings; (6th title)
	2011 K-League Cup

The K-League Cup or Korean League Cup is a Korean professional football competition.

The origin competition is the 'Professional Football Championship'. This tournament played in 1986 can be seen as a forerunner of this competition.

Since 1992, K-League Cup has been named after its sponsor, giving it the following names:

Adidas Cup (1992–2002), sponsored by the Adidas
Samsung Hauzen Cup (2004–2008), sponsored by the Samsung Electronics
Peace Cup Korea (2009), sponsored by the Peace Cup Organizing Committee
Posco Cup (2010), sponsored by the POSCO
Rush & Cash Cup (2011), sponsored by the A&P Financial

During 1997-2000, There were supplementary K-League Cups

Prospecs Cup (1997), sponsored by the LS Networks Company
Phillip Morris Korea Cup (1998), sponsored by the Phillip Morris Korea
Daehanhwajae Cup (1999–2000), sponsored by the now Lotte Insurance

Previous winners

Titles By Season

Season	Cup Titles	Winners	Runners-up
1986	Professional Football Championship	Hyundai Horangi	Daewoo Royals
1992	Adidas Cup	Ilhwa Chunma	LG Cheetahs
1993	Adidas Cup	POSCO Atoms	Hyundai Horang-i
1994	Adidas Cup	Yukong Kokkiri	LG Cheetahs
1995	Adidas Cup	Hyundai Horang-i	Ilhwa Chunma
1996	Adidas Cup	Bucheon Yukong	Pohang Atoms
1997	Adidas Cup	Busan Daewoo Royals	Chunnam Dragons
1997s	Prospecs Cup	Busan Daewoo Royals	Pohang Steelers
1998	Adidas Korea Cup	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Bucheon SK
1998s	Philip Morris Korea Cup	Busan Daewoo Royals	Bucheon SK
1999	Adidas Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Anyang LG Cheetahs
1999s	Daehanhwajae Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Busan Daewoo Royals
2000	Adidas Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2000s	Daehanhwajae Cup	Bucheon SK	Chunnam Dragons
2001	Adidas Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Busan I'cons
2002	Adidas Cup	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2003	No Competition
2004	Samsung Hauzen Cup	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Daejeon Citizen
2005	Samsung Hauzen Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2006	Samsung Hauzen Cup	FC Seoul	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2007	Samsung Hauzen Cup	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	FC Seoul
2008	Samsung Hauzen Cup	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Chunnam Dragons
2009	Peace Cup Korea	Pohang Steelers	Busan I'Park
2010	Posco Cup	FC Seoul	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2011	Rush & Cash Cup	Ulsan Hyundai	Busan I'Park

Titles By Club

K-League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.^[1]

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6 (1999, 1999s, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008)	0
Ulsan Hyundai	5 (1986, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2011)	3 (1993, 2002, 2005)
Busan I'Park	3 (1997, 1997s, 1998s)	5 (1986, 1999s, 2001, 2009, 2011)
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3 (1992, 2002, 2004)	3 (1995, 2000, 2006)
Jeju United	3 (1994, 1996, 2000s)	2 (1998, 1998s)
FC Seoul	2 (2006, 2010)	4 (1992, 1994, 1999, 2007)
Pohang Steelers	2 (1993, 2009)	2 (1996, 1997s)
Chunnam Dragons	0	3 (1997, 2000s, 2008)
Daejeon Citizen	0	1 (2004)
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0	1 (2010)

Titles By City / Area

Since 1987 season : K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

City / Area	Titles	Clubs
Suwon	6	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1999, 1999s, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008)
Seoul	4	Ilhwa Chunma (1992)
		Yukong Kokkiri (1994)
		FC Seoul (2006, 2010)
Ulsan	4	Hyundai Horangi (1995), Ulsan Hyundai Horangi (1998, 2007, 2011)
Busan	3	Busan Daewoo Royals (1997, 1997s, 1998s)
Bucheon	2	Bucheon Yukong (1996), Bucheon SK, (2000s)
Seongnam	2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2002, 2004)
Pohang	2	POSCO Atoms (1993), Pohang Steelers (2009)

Titles By Province

Since 1987 season : K-League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

Province	Titles	City / Area	Clubs
Capital Region	14	(6) Suwon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1999, 1999s, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008)
		(4) Seoul	Ilhwa Chunma (1992)
			Yukong Kokkiri (1994)
			FC Seoul (2006, 2010 )
		(2) Bucheon	Bucheon Yukong (1996), Bucheon SK (2000s)
		(2) Seongnam	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2002, 2004)
Gyeongsang Region	9	(4) Ulsan	Hyundai Horangi (1995), Ulsan Hyundai Horangi (1998, 2007, 2011 )
		(3) Busan	Busan Daewoo Royals (1997, 1997s, 1998s)
		(2) Pohang	POSCO Atoms (1993), Pohang Steelers (2009)
Jeolla Region	0
Chungcheong Region	0
Gangwon Region	0
Jeju Region	0

^*Kokkiri means elephant, Horang-i means tiger, Chunma means pegasus

References

^ "The Official K-League Annual Report Template:Ko icon". K-League editorial division.

External links

[1] "The Official K-League Annual Report Template:Ko icon". K-League editorial division.

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