2010 Korea National League

Daehan Life 2010 National League

Season	2010
Dates	26 March 2010 – 12 November 2010
Champions	Suwon City FC (1st title)
Matches played	210
Goals scored	574 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kim Young-Nam (Daejeon) (18 goals)
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Ansan Hallelujah

Busan Transportation Corporation

Changwon City

Cheonan City

Chungju Hummel

Daejeon HNP

Gangneung City

Gimhae City

Goyang Kookmin Bank

Incheon Korail

Mokpo City

Suwon City

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

Yesan FC

Yongin City

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Locations of the Korea National League 2010 teams

The Korea National League 2010 season was the eighth season of Korea National League. The 2010 season was known as Daehan Life Korea National League 2010 due to the competition's sponsorship by Hanwha Daehan Life Insurance. It was two stages, with the winners of each stage and the two final rank 1 and 2 clubs except the winners of each stage advancing to the post-season championship playoffs. In the event of the same team winning both stages, no playoff would have taken place.

The season began 26 March 2010 and ended 19 November 2010.

Foreign players were eligible for the first time. Each clubs in the Korea National League was able to have three foreign players on its roster and two foreign players play in a game.

Team changes from the previous season

Dropped clubs

• Hongcheon Idu FC

New clubs

• Mokpo City FC
• Yongin City FC

League standing

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Daejeon KHNP	14	8	4	2	28	19	+9	28	First Stage Winner
2	Busan Transportation Corporation	14	8	3	3	23	13	+10	27
3	Incheon Korail	14	7	5	2	23	17	+6	26
4	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	14	7	3	4	19	12	+7	24
5	Yongin City	14	6	5	3	24	17	+7	23
6	Changwon City	14	6	3	5	19	14	+5	21
7	Cheonan City	14	6	3	5	21	17	+4	21
8	Gangneung City	14	6	3	5	19	19	0	21
9	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	14	5	5	4	18	14	+4	20
10	Suwon City	14	5	4	5	14	14	0	19
11	Gimhae City	14	5	3	6	12	17	−5	18
12	Chungju Hummel	14	4	2	8	23	29	−6	14
13	Ansan Hallelujah	14	3	1	10	14	26	−12	10
14	Yesan FC	14	3	1	10	21	38	−17	10
15	Mokpo City	14	1	5	8	8	20	−12	8

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2010. Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gangneung City	14	9	3	2	28	14	+14	30	Second Stage Winner
2	Suwon City	14	8	6	0	18	8	+10	30
3	Chungju Hummel	14	9	0	5	25	24	+1	27
4	Cheonan City	14	8	2	4	23	13	+10	26
5	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	14	7	4	3	20	15	+5	25
6	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	14	7	3	4	22	10	+12	24
7	Yongin City	14	6	4	4	17	12	+5	22
8	Busan Transportation Corporation	14	5	5	4	22	18	+4	20
9	Changwon City	14	5	4	5	18	15	+3	19
10	Ansan Hallelujah	14	6	0	8	21	22	−1	18
11	Gimhae City	14	5	3	6	17	19	−2	18
12	Mokpo City	14	3	3	8	13	18	−5	12
13	Incheon Korail	14	2	5	7	17	21	−4	11
14	Daejeon KHNP	14	3	2	9	17	24	−7	11
15	Yesan FC	14	0	0	14	14	59	−45	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2010. Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gangneung City	28	15	6	7	47	33	+14	51	Second Stage Winner & Championship playoff
2	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	28	14	7	7	39	27	+12	49	Championship playoff
3	Suwon City	28	13	10	5	32	22	+10	49
4	Busan Transportation Corporation	28	13	8	7	45	31	+14	47
5	Cheonan City	28	14	5	9	44	30	+14	47
6	Yongin City	28	12	9	7	41	29	+12	45
7	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	28	12	8	8	40	24	+16	44
8	Chungju Hummel	28	13	2	13	48	53	−5	41
9	Changwon City	28	11	7	10	37	29	+8	40
10	Daejeon KHNP	28	11	6	11	45	43	+2	39	First Stage Winner & Championship playoff
11	Incheon Korail	28	9	10	9	40	38	+2	37
12	Gimhae City	28	10	6	12	25	31	−6	36
13	Ansan Hallelujah	28	9	1	18	35	48	−13	28
14	Mokpo City	28	4	8	16	21	38	−17	20
15	Yesan FC	28	3	1	24	35	97	−62	10	Folded

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2010. Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Result

Home \ Away	ASH	BTC	CWC	CAC	CJH	DHN	GNC	GHC	GKB	ICK	MPC	SWC	UHM	YES	YIC
Ansan Hallelujah		1–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	0–1
Busan Transportation Corporation	2–1		0–1	1–0	5–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–2
Changwon City	1–2	1–1		2–0	5–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0
Cheonan City	4–0	1–0	1–1		4–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	5–1	3–1
Chungju Hummel	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–2		1–0	0–3	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–2
Daejeon KHNP	3–4	0–4	3–2	1–3	2–0		4–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–1
Gangneung City	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–1		2–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1
Gimhae City	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	0–1		1–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	1–0
Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	5–3	2–0
Incheon Korail	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–3
Mokpo City	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–2	2–2		0–0	1–3	4–1	2–0
Suwon City	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–4	0–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–1
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		8–0	1–0
Yesan FC	1–4	3–2	1–5	2–3	3–4	0–5	1–5	1–2	0–2	1–5	3–2	1–4	1–3		0–2
Yongin City	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	5–0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2010. Source: Korea National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 November
	Daejeon Hydro & Nuclear Power0	2
					16 & 20 November
	Goyang Kookmin Bank	1
					Daejeon Hydro & Nuclear Power	0 1 1 (agg)
	12 November
					Suwon City	2 0 2 (agg)
	Gangneung City	1
	Suwon City	3

Semi-finals

12 November 2010

19:00 KST

Daejeon Hydro & Nuclear Power	2 – 1	Goyang Kookmin Bank
Lee Sung-Woon 24' Kim Yoon-Sik 66'		Lee Sung-Min 8'

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

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12 November 2010

19:00 KST

Gangneung City	1 – 3	Suwon City
Lee Sung-Min 82'		Park Jong-Chan 45+2', 59', 90+4'

Gangneung Stadium, Gangneung

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Final

First leg

16 November 2010

19:00 KST

Daejeon Hydro & Nuclear Power	0 – 2	Suwon City

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

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Second leg

20 November 2010

15:00 KST

Suwon City	0 – 1	Daejeon Hydro & Nuclear Power

Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon

Winner

Korea National League 2010 Winners
Suwon City 1st title

Foreign footballer in 2010 season

• Vinicius (Ulsan Mipo Dockyard) — From Primeira Camisa (February 2010)
• Alex (Ulsan Mipo Dockyard) — From Primeira Camisa (February 2010)
• Naldinho (Suwon City FC) — From Independente FC (July 2010)

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• The Most Valuable Player award was won by Lee Soo-Kil (Suwon City)

Top Scorer

• The Top Scorer award was won by Kim Young-Nam (Daejeon KHNP)

Top Assistor

• The Top Assistor award was won by Kim Tae-Bong (Yesan FC)

Best XI

• Goalkeeper: Chung Yoo-Suk (Gangneung City)
• Defence: Kim Jung-Kyum (Daejeon KHNP), Vinicius (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard), Lee Soo-Kil (Suwon City), Lee Young-Kyun (Suwon City)
• Midfield: Cha Jong-Yoon (Goyang Kookmin Bank), Kim Jang-Hyun (Gangneung City), Jang Ji-Soo (Busan Transportation Corporation), Lee Choon-Hyun (Chungju Hummel)
• Attack: Kim Young-Nam (Daejeon KHNP), Lee Yong-Seung (Busan Transportation Corporation)

Manager of the Year

• The Manager of the Year award was won by Kim Chang-Kyum (Suwon City)

Club of the Year

• The Club of the Year award was won by Chungju Hummel

Fair Play Award

• The Fair Play award was won by Gangneung City

See also

• 2010 K-League
• 2010 K3 League