Season 2012 Start date 2012 Location South Korea Matches played 338 | Champions FC Seoul Champion FC Seoul Goals scored 886 | |
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Champions League FC Seoul
Pohang Steelers
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Top goalscorer Dejan Damjanović
(Seoul), 27 goals Biggest home win Gwangju 6 – 0 Chunnam
(June 23)
Jeju 6 – 0 Chunnam
(July 21)
Seoul 6 – 0 Busan
(July 21) Biggest away win Daegu 1 – 5 Jeonbuk
(June 17) Relegated Gwangju FC, Sangju Sangmu FC Similar 2011 K‑League, 2010 K‑League, 2013 K League Classic, 2008 K League, 2015 K League Classic | ||
The 2012 K-League was the 13th season of the K-League since its establishment in 1983. The 2012 season was known as Hyundai Oilbank K-League 2012 due to the competition's sponsorship by Hyundai Oilbank. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions, having won their second title the previous season.
Contents
- Foreign players
- Regular Season
- Positions by matchday
- Round 1 30
- Round 31 44
- Matches 1 30
- Attendance
- Awards
- References
After 30 matches, the league split into two sections of eight teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section twice at home and away. The exact matches were determined upon the league table at the time of the split. This system was temporarily enforced for the 2012 season.
Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.
Regular Season
Updated to games played on 2 December 2012.
Source: K-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Pohang Steelers, the winner of the 2012 Korean FA Cup, will qualify for the 2013 AFC Champions League.
2Because Sangju Sangmu Phoenix can not compete in the AFC Champions League, if Sangju would in the top three in the league, the next highest-placed team of the league advance AFC Champions League.
3Sangju Sangmu Phoenix withdrew from the league after Round 30.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by matchday
Leader & 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
Relegation to the 2013 K League Challenge
Round 1-30
Last updated: 26 August 2012
Source: kleague.com
Round 31-44
Last updated: 2 December 2012
Source: kleague.com
Matches 1-30
Updated to games played on 26 August 2012.
Source: K-League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Attendance
Updated to games played on 2 December 2012
Source: K-League
Notes:
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