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2015 K League Classic

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Season
  
2015

Date
  
2015

Goals scored
  
546

Champion
  
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC

Location
  
South Korea

Matches played
  
228

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Champions
  
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (4th title)

Champions League
  
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC Seoul Suwon Samsung Bluewings Pohang Steelers

Top goalscorer
  
Kim Shin-wook (18 goals)

Biggest home win
  
Jeju 5–0 Daejeon (21 March 2015)

Biggest away win
  
Daejeon 1–4 Seongnam (4 April 2015)

Relegated
  
Busan IPark, Daejeon Citizen FC

Similar
  
2014 K League Classic, 2012 K‑League, 2011 K‑League, 2010 K‑League, 2013 K League Classic

The 2015 K League Classic was the 33rd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K-League and the third season in its current name, the K League Classic.

Contents

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions, having won their third title in 2014.

2015 k best 100 goals


Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to 2015 K League Challenge

  • Sangju Sangmu
  • Gyeongnam FC
  • Teams promoted from the 2014 K League Challenge

  • Daejeon Citizen
  • Gwangju FC
  • Participating clubs

    The following 12 clubs will compete in the K League Classic during the 2015 season.

  • K League Classic's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.
  • K League Official Club Profiles Page
  • Stadiums

  • Primary venues used in the K League Classic:
  • 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.

    As of 31 July 2015

    Positions by matchday

      Leader & 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
      Qualification to 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
      Relegation playoffs
      Relegation to the 2016 K League Challenge

    Round 1-22

    Last updated: 12 July 2015
    Source: kleague.com

    Round 23-38

    Split rounds are from round 34 to round 38

    Last updated: 29 November 2015
    Source: kleague.com

    Matches 1–22

    Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

    Updated to games played on 9 September 2015.
    Source: K League
    ^ 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.

    Matches 23–33

    Updated to games played on 4 October 2015.
    Source: K League
    ^ 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.

    Matches 34–38

    After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

    Promotion-Relegation Playoffs

    Promotion and relegation playoffs will be held between the winner of the 2015 K League Challenge Playoff and 11th club of 2015 K League Classic. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn entry into 2016 K League Classic.

    Second leg

    Suwon FC secure promotion to the 2016 K League Classic season, 3:0 on aggregate.

    Attendance

    Updated to games played on 29 November 2015
    Source: K League Classic

    Notes:
    Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
    Teams that played previous season in K League Challenge.

    Season Awards

    The 2015 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2015.

    K League Most Valuable Player

  • The K League Most Valuable Player award was won by Lee Dong-gook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors).
  • K League Young Player

  • The K League Young Player award was won by Lee Jae-sung (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors).
  • K League Top Scorer

  • The K League Top Scorer award was won by Kim Shin-wook (Ulsan Hyundai).
  • K League Top Assistor

  • The K League Top Assistor award was won by Yeom Ki-hun (Suwon Samsung Bluewings).
  • K League Manager of the Year

  • The K League Manager of the Year award was won by Choi Kang-Hee (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors).
  • K League Special Award

  • The K League Special Award was won by Osmar Barba (FC Seoul) and Shin Hwa-yong (Pohang Steelers).
  • 'FAN'tastic Player

  • The K League 'FAN'tastic Player was won by Lee Dong-gook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors).
  • References

    2015 K League Classic Wikipedia