The 1986 Korean Football Festival was the fourth season of the top football league in South Korea. Six teams participated in this season. Five of them were professional teams (Yukong Elephants, Daewoo Royals, POSCO Atoms, Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso and Hyundai Horang-i) and one was a semi-professional team (Hanil Bank). Hallelujah FC, the first South Korean first professional football club, changed its status to a semi-professional club and withdrew from the league afterwards. Sangmu FC, run by the Army also withdrew, leaving Hanil Bank as the only semi-professional team in the league.

Football Festival
Season1986
DatesFirst stage:
2 March – 20 April 1986
Second stage:
11 October – 16 November 1986
Championship:
22–23 November 1986
ChampionsPOSCO Atoms
(1st title)
Asian Club ChampionshipWithdrew
Matches played60
Goals scored140 (2.33 per match)
Best PlayerLee Heung-sil
Top goalscorerChung Hae-won
(10 goals)
Best goalkeeperKim Hyun-tae
1985
1987

It began on 2 March and ended on 16 November. It consisted of two stages and winners of each stage qualify for the championship playoffs. Between the two stages, the Korean Professional Football Championship in which only professional teams participated was held from May to September.

Regular season edit

First stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 POSCO Atoms 10 3 6 1 9 5 +4 12 Qualification for the playoffs
2 Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 10 3 5 2 9 8 +1 11
3 Yukong Elephants 10 4 2 4 11 10 +1 10
4 Daewoo Royals 10 4 2 4 8 10 −2 10
5 Hanil Bank 10 3 3 4 9 10 −1 9
6 Hyundai Horang-i 10 2 4 4 6 9 −3 8
Source: RSSSF

Second stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 10 7 2 1 19 9 +10 16 Qualification for the playoffs
2 Hyundai Horang-i 10 5 4 1 16 8 +8 14
3 Daewoo Royals 10 6 0 4 18 14 +4 12
4 Yukong Elephants 10 3 3 4 18 16 +2 9
5 POSCO Atoms 10 2 2 6 9 18 −9 6
6 Hanil Bank 10 1 1 8 8 23 −15 3
Source: RSSSF

Championship playoffs edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
POSCO Atoms (C) 2–1 Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 1–0 1–1

Top scorers edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals Apps
1   Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals 10 19
2   Ham Hyun-gi Hyundai Horang-i 8 20
3   Gu Bon-seok Yukong Elephants 7 18
4   Kim Yong-se Yukong Elephants 6 10
5   Cho Min-kuk Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 5 10
  Lee Heung-sil POSCO Atoms 17
  Lee Sang-rae Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 19
  Yoon Sung-hyo Hanil Bank 20

Awards edit

Main awards edit

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player   Lee Heung-sil POSCO Atoms
Top goalscorer   Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals
Top assist provider   Kang Deuk-soo Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Rookie of the Year   Ham Hyun-gi Hyundai Horang-i
Manager of the Year   Choi Eun-taek POSCO Atoms
Best Goalkeeper   Kim Hyun-tae Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Fighting Spirit Award   Min Jin-hong Yukong Elephants
Exemplary Award   Park Sung-hwa POSCO Atoms
Best Referee   Shim Geon-taek
Special Award   Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals

Source:[1]

Best XI edit

Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper   Kim Hyun-tae Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
Defenders   Cho Young-jeung Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
  Kim Pyung-seok Hyundai Horang-i
  Choi Kang-hee Hyundai Horang-i
  Park No-bong Daewoo Royals
Midfielders   Cho Min-kook Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
  Lee Heung-sil POSCO Atoms
  Yoon Sung-hyo Hanil Bank
Forwards   Kim Yong-se Yukong Elephants
  Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals
  Ham Hyun-gi Hyundai Horang-i

Source:[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 포철,프로축구 첫패권. Naver (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 25 November 1986. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ 86 축구대제전 베스트11 선정. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 18 November 1986.

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