1986 K League

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

First stage
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
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
Main article: 1986 K League Championship
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
Rank Scorer Club Goals Apps
1 South Korea Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals 10 19
2 South Korea Ham Hyun-gi Hyundai Horang-i 8 20
3 South Korea Gu Bon-seok Yukong Elephants 7 18
4 South Korea Kim Yong-se Yukong Elephants 6 10
5 South Korea Cho Min-kuk Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 5 10
South Korea Lee Heung-sil POSCO Atoms 17
South Korea Lee Sang-rae Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 19
South Korea Yoon Sung-hyo Hanil Bank 20

Awards

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

Source:[1]

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

Source:[2]

See also

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