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Korean League Cup

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Founded
  
1992

Number of teams
  
16

Abolished
  
2012

Region
  
South Korea

Most successful club(s)
  
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (6 titles)

The Korean League Cup was a South Korean professional football competition. The competition was firstly played in 1992 and was abolished after the 2012 season. The predecessor competition, the Professional Football Championship, was played in 1986.

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Names

From 1992 to 2011, the League Cup had been named after its sponsor, giving it the following names:

  • Adidas Cup (1992–2002), sponsored by Adidas
  • Samsung Hauzen Cup (2004–2008), sponsored by Samsung Electronics
  • Peace Cup Korea (2009), sponsored by the Peace Cup Organizing Committee
  • Posco Cup (2010), sponsored by POSCO
  • Rush & Cash Cup (2011), sponsored by A&P Financial

    • From 1997 to 2000, there were supplementary League Cups:

  • Prospecs Cup (1997), sponsored by the LS Networks Company
  • Phillip Morris Korea Cup (1998), sponsored by the Phillip Morris Korea
  • Daehanhwajae Cup (1999–2000), sponsored by the now Lotte Insurance

    • Titles by club

  • K League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history and records.

    • Titles by city / area

  • Since 1987 season: K League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

    • Titles by province

  • Since 1987 season: K League introduced home and away matches system in 1987.

    • References

    Korean League Cup Wikipedia
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