South Korean football clubs in the AFC Champions League

This article shows results of South Korean football clubs in the AFC Champions League. South Korea's K League became the most successful league in the AFC Champions League by winning the most titles with twelve despite absenting itself from the competition for eight years from 1986 to 1993–94 season.

Statistics edit

Titles by club edit

Club Champions Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Pohang Steelers 3 1 1996–97, 1997–98, 2009 2021
Seongnam FC 2 2 1995, 2010 1996–97, 2004
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 2006, 2016 2011
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 0 2000–01, 2001–02
Ulsan Hyundai 2 0 2012, 2020
Busan IPark 1 0 1985–86
FC Seoul 0 2 2001–02, 2013
Yangzee 0 1 1969

Comprehensive results edit

    • 1st: Champions
    • 2nd: Runners-up
    • 3rd: Third place
    • SF: Semi-finals
    • 4th: Fourth place
    • QF: Quarter-finals
    • R16: Round of 16
    • GS: Group stage
    • PO: Qualifying play-offs
  • Asian Champion Club Tournament edit

    Team Part 1967 1969 1970 1971
    Korea Tungsten 1 3rd
    Yangzee 1 2nd
    ROK Army 1 4th

    Asian Club Championship edit

    Team Part 1985–86 19861994 1994–95 1995 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
    Seongnam FC 3 Withdrew 4th 1st 2nd
    Pohang Steelers 3 1st 1st GS
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 4th 1st 1st
    Busan IPark 2 1st GS
    FC Seoul 1 2nd
    Ulsan HD 1 PO

    AFC Champions League edit

    Team Part
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 16
    Ulsan HD 11
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings 10
    Pohang Steelers 9
    FC Seoul 8
    Seongnam FC 6
    Jeju United 3
    Daegu FC 3
    Jeonnam Dragons 3
    Busan IPark 1
    Daejeon Hana Citizen 1
    Gyeongnam FC 1
    Incheon United 1
    2002–03 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023–24
    SF 1st QF QF 2nd GS R16 R16 QF 1st QF R16 GS QF SF QF
    SF GS 1st GS GS R16 R16 1st SF GS SF
    GS R16 QF SF GS R16 GS GS SF QF
    GS 1st QF GS GS QF GS RU R16
    QF QF 2nd SF R16 SF GS GS
    GS 2nd SF 1st R16 R16
    GS R16 GS
    GS R16 R16
    GS GS GS
    SF
    GS
    GS
    GS

    AFC Champions League Elite edit

    Team Part 2024–25
    Ulsan HD 1 TBD
    Pohang Steelers 1 TBD
    Gwangju FC 1 TBD

    Awards edit

    Most Valuable Player edit

    Season Player Club Ref.
    1996–97   An Ik-soo Pohang Steelers [1]
    2000–01   Zoltan Sabo Suwon Samsung Bluewings [2]
    2006   Choi Jin-cheul Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [3]
    2009   No Byung-jun Pohang Steelers [4]
    2010   Sasa Ognenovski Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma [5]
    2011   Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [6]
    2012   Lee Keun-ho Ulsan Hyundai [7]
    2020   Yoon Bit-garam Ulsan Hyundai [8]

    Top goalscorer edit

    Season Player Club Goals Ref.
    2004   Kim Do-hoon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 9 [9]
    2007   Mota Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7 [10]
    2010   José Mota Suwon Samsung Bluewings 9 [10]
    2011   Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 9 [6]
    2016   Adriano FC Seoul 13 [10]

    Fair Play Award edit

    Season Club Ref.
    2009 Pohang Steelers
    2010 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
    2011 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    2012 Ulsan Hyundai
    2013 FC Seoul
    2020 Ulsan Hyundai

    Details by club edit

    Busan IPark edit

    Daegu FC edit

    Daejeon Citizen edit

    FC Seoul edit

    Gyeongnam FC edit

    Incheon United edit

    Jeju United edit

    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors edit

    Jeonnam Dragons edit

    Korea Tungsten edit

    Pohang Steelers edit

    Seongnam FC edit

    ROK Army edit

    Suwon Samsung Bluewings edit

    Ulsan HD edit

    Yangzee edit

    See also edit

    References edit

    1. ^ "1996 ASIAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP". Asian Football Confederation. 7 July 1997. Archived from the original on 7 July 1997.
    2. ^ 수원 삼성, 아시아클럽축구 평정 (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 27 May 2001. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    3. ^ 전북 현대 AFC 챔피언스리그 우승. Naver (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 9 November 2006. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
    4. ^ "Triple treat for Steelers". AFC. Asian Football Confederation. 7 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
    5. ^ "Ognenovski crowned AFC player of the year". FIFA. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
    6. ^ a b "Double delight for Lee". Asian Football Confederation. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
    7. ^ "Livewire Lee name MVP". Asian Football Confederation. 10 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012.
    8. ^ "Ulsan Hyundai's Yoon Bit-garam named 2020 AFC Champions League MVP". Asian Football Confederation. 19 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
    9. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (10 March 2016). "Asian Club Competitions 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
    10. ^ a b c "AFC Champions League » Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

    External links edit