2005 in South Korean football

In 2005, the main football competitions in South Korea were the K League, won by Ulsan Hyundai FC; the Korean FA Cup, won by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC; and the Korean League Cup, won by Suwon Samsung Bluewings. The South Korean team Busan IPark reached the semifinals of the AFC Champions League. The national team qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup by coming second in Group 1.

Honors

League competition
Competition	Start	End	Winner
2005 K-League	May 15	December 4	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2005 K2 League		November 13	Incheon Korail
Cup competition
2005 Korean FA Cup	October 26	December 17	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2005 K-League Cup	March 6	May 8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2005 K2 League Championship	June 22	July 1	Suwon City FC
2005 Korean President's Cup	January 27	February 22	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin

League competitions

K-League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon United	24	13	6	5	36	26	+10	45	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	24	12	7	5	40	24	+16	43	Second stage winners
3	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	24	13	4	7	31	24	+7	43	Qualification for the playoffs
4	Bucheon SK	24	12	6	6	26	18	+8	42
5	Pohang Steelers	24	11	7	6	28	22	+6	40
6	FC Seoul	24	8	8	8	37	32	+5	32
7	Daejeon Citizen	24	6	12	6	19	20	−1	30
8	Daegu FC	24	8	6	10	29	36	−7	30
9	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	24	6	10	8	29	32	−3	28
10	Busan IPark	24	7	7	10	28	31	−3	28	First stage winners
11	Jeonnam Dragons	24	7	6	11	23	29	−6	27
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	24	4	6	14	24	41	−17	18	Qualification for the Champions League
13	Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	24	4	5	15	23	38	−15	17

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

Pos	Team	0	Qualification
1	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (C)		Qualification for the Champions League
2	Incheon United
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
4	Busan IPark

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

Championship

	Semifinals					Final
	Busan I'Park		0
	Incheon United		2
						Incheon United		01020agg 30
						Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i		05010agg 60
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma		1
	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i		2

K2 League

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Suwon City	10	7	1	2	19	10	+9	22	Qualification for the playoff
2	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	10	6	3	1	25	15	+10	21
3	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	10	6	2	2	15	6	+9	20
4	Gangneung City	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17
5	Gimpo Hallelujah	10	5	2	3	11	12	−1	17
6	Icheon Sangmu	10	4	3	3	11	8	+3	15
7	Incheon Korail	10	4	1	5	10	11	−1	13
8	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	10	3	3	4	10	12	−2	12
9	Changwon City	10	2	3	5	7	13	−6	9
10	Daejeon KHNP	10	1	2	7	7	14	−7	5
11	Seosan Citizen	10	1	0	9	4	20	−16	3

Source: RSSSF

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Incheon Korail	10	6	3	1	14	7	+7	21	Qualification for the playoff
2	Icheon Sangmu	10	5	3	2	11	6	+5	18
3	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	10	4	3	3	13	7	+6	15
4	Gimpo Hallelujah	10	4	3	3	19	15	+4	15
5	Changwon City	10	4	3	3	16	15	+1	15
6	Suwon City	10	3	5	2	16	13	+3	14
7	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	10	2	7	1	7	6	+1	13
8	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	10	3	3	4	13	14	−1	12
9	Gangneung City	10	2	3	5	7	12	−5	9
10	Seosan Citizen	10	1	6	3	8	15	−7	9
11	Daejeon KHNP	10	0	3	7	6	20	−14	3

Source: RSSSF

Cup competitions

Korean FA Cup

Round 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Busan I'Park	1–2	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin
Daejeon Citizen	3–1	Daegu University
Pohang Steelers	2–1	Honam University
Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo	6–1	Konkuk University
Daegu FC	1–0	Hongik University
Daejeon KHNP	1–0	Changwon City
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	3–1	Hannam University
Korea University	0–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
FC Seoul	2–1	Gimpo Hallelujah
Chung-Ang University	2–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–1 (5–3p)	Suwon City FC
Ajou University	2–3	Incheon United
Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	1–2	Incheon Korail
Uijeongbu Hummel	1–2	Incheon United
Bucheon SK	3–0	Gangneung City

Round 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pohang Steelers	0–0 (4–3p)	Gwangju Sangmu FC
Daegu FC	4–1	Daejeon KHNP
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1–2	Chunnam Dragons
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	FC Seoul
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Incheon United	1–2	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank
Incheon Korail	4–2	Bucheon SK
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	1–1 (3–2p)	Daejeon Citizen

Quarterfinal

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	0–0 (4–3p)	Pohang Steelers
Daegu FC	1–2	Chunnam Dragons
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–3 (4–2p)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	1–2	Incheon Korail

Semifinal

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	3–1	Chunnam Dragons
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–1	Incheon Korail

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

K-League Cup

Final standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)	12	7	4	1	20	11	+9	25
2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	12	6	5	1	17	11	+6	23
3	Pohang Steelers	12	4	8	0	13	9	+4	20
4	Bucheon SK	12	5	3	4	14	13	+1	18
5	FC Seoul	12	5	2	5	18	18	0	17
6	Incheon United	12	4	3	5	9	10	−1	15
7	Daegu FC	12	4	3	5	16	18	−2	15
8	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	12	3	5	4	9	9	0	14
9	Jeonnam Dragons	12	3	5	4	11	12	−1	14
10	Daejeon Citizen	12	3	4	5	9	11	−2	13
11	Gwangju Sangmu	12	3	3	6	7	13	−6	12
12	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12	2	5	5	12	14	−2	11
13	Busan IPark	12	2	4	6	8	14	−6	10

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

K2 League Championship

Group round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Police	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6
2	Daejeon KHNP	2	1	1	3	5	−2	3
3	Seosan Citizen	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Suwon City	2	2	0	4	3	+1	6
2	Incheon Korail	2	1	1	3	3	0	3
3	Gimpo Hallelujah	2	0	2	4	5	−1	0

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Icheon Sangmu	2	2	0	4	3	+1	6
2	Gangneung City	2	1	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Uijeongbu Hummel Korea	2	0	2	2	2	0	0

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
2	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
3	Changwon City	2	1	1	1	4	−3	3

Source:

Knockout Round

	Semifinals					Final
	Police		2
	Icheon Sangmu		1
						Police		1
						Suwon City		2
	Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin		1 (1)
	Suwon City		1 (4)

International club competitions

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Shenzhen Jianlibao	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13
Jubilo Iwata	6	3	0	3	11	4	+7	9
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	6	0	0	6	1	25	−24	0

Source:

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Busan IPark	6	6	0	0	25	0	+25	18
Krung Thai	6	3	0	3	5	9	−4	9
Persebaya	6	1	1	4	2	10	−8	4
Binh Dinh	6	1	1	4	2	15	−13	4

Source:

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Busan I'Park	5–1	Al Sadd	3–0	2–1

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad	7–0	Busan I'Park	5–0	2–0

A3 Champions Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (C)	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Pohang Steelers	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Yokohama F. Marinos	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Shenzhen Jianlibao	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source:
(C) Champions

National teams

National team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	South Korea scorer(s)
15 Jan	Los Angeles (N)	Colombia	1–2	Friendly	Chung Kyung-Ho
19 Jan	Los Angeles (N)	Paraguay	1–1	Friendly	Kim Jin-Kyu
22 Jan	Los Angeles (N)	Sweden	1–1	Friendly)	Chung Kyung-Ho
4 Feb	Seoul (H)	Egypt	0–1	Friendly
9 Feb	Seoul (H)	Kuwait	2–0	WCQ (Round 3)	Lee Dong-Gook, Lee Young-Pyo
20 Mar	Dubai (N)	Burkina Faso	1–0	Friendly	Kim Sang-Sik
25 Mar	Dammam (A)	Saudi Arabia	0–2	WCQ (Round 3)
30 Mar	Seoul (H)	Uzbekistan	2–1	WCQ (Round 3)	Lee Young-Pyo, Lee Dong-Gook
3 Jun	Tashkent (A)	Uzbekistan	1–1	WCQ (Round 3)	Park Chu-Young
8 Jun	Kuwait City (A)	Kuwait	4–0	WCQ (Round 3)	Park Chu-Young, Lee Dong-Gook, Chung Kyung-Ho, Park Ji-Sung
31 Jul	Daejeon (H)	China	1–1	2005 EAFF Championship	Kim Jin-Kyu
4 Aug	Jeonju (H)	North Korea	0–0	2005 EAFF Championship
7 Aug	Daegu (H)	Japan	0–1	2005 EAFF Championship
17 Aug	Seoul (H)	Saudi Arabia	0–1	WCQ (Round 3)
12 Oct	Seoul (H)	Iran	2–0	Friendly	Cho Won-Hee, Kim Jin-Kyu
12 Nov	Seoul (H)	Sweden	2–2	Friendly	Ahn Jung-Hwan, Kim Young-chul
16 Nov	Seoul (H)	Serbia and Montenegro	2–0	Friendly	Choi Jin-Chul, Lee Dong-Gook