2008 R League
Appearance
The 2008 edition of R League (the Korea Professional Football Reserve League for the reserve teams of the top football clubs in South Korea) was held during K League season. Since 2008 season, Daegu FC and Daejeon Citizen participated for the first time.
Incheon United won the competition by defeating Pohang Steelers in final on penalties on 23 October 2008.
League standing
Central League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 42 |
2 | Incheon United | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 33 |
3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 32 |
4 | Daejeon Citizen | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 22 |
5 | FC Seoul | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 22 |
6 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 15 |
7 | Police | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 13 |
Southern League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Gyeongnam FC | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 43 |
2 | Pohang Steelers | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 41 |
3 | Busan I'Park | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 35 |
4 | Chunnam Dragons | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 33 |
5 | Jeju United | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 33 |
6 | Gwangju Sangmu | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 31 |
7 | Daegu FC | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 12 |
8 | Ulsan Hyundai | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 34 | −21 | 9 |
Championship playoff
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
2 October – Seongnam | ||||||
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1 (2) | |||||
16 Oct & 23 Oct – Pohang & Incheon | ||||||
Pohang Steelers (pen) | 1 (4) | |||||
Pohang Steelers | 0 2 2(agg) | |||||
2 October - Haman | ||||||
Incheon United | 1 3 4(agg) | |||||
Gyeongnam FC | 1 | |||||
Incheon United | 3 | |||||
Semifinals
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Pohang Steelers |
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Kim Yeon-Keon ![]() |
Yoo Chang-Hyun ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
2 – 4 |
Gyeongnam FC | 1 – 3 | Incheon United |
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Jung Yoon-Sung ![]() |
Park Jae-Hyun ![]() ![]() Kang Su-Il ![]() |
Final
First leg
Second leg
Incheon United | 3 – 2 | Pohang Steelers |
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Ahn Jae-Gon ![]() Borko ![]() Kang Su-Il ![]() |
Lee Gwang-Jae ![]() ![]() |