Rapido Cup
Professional Football League
Season1996
DatesRegular season:
11 May – 2 November 1996
Championship:
9–16 November 1996
ChampionsUlsan Hyundai Horang-i
(1st title)
Asian Club ChampionshipUlsan Hyundai Horang-i
Pohang Atoms
Cup Winners' CupSuwon Samsung Bluewings
Matches played144
Goals scored448 (3.11 per match)
Best PlayerKim Hyun-seok
Top goalscorerShin Tae-yong
(18 goals)
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The 1996 Korean Professional Football League was the 14th season of K League since its establishment in 1983. South Korean government and the Korean Professional Football Federation introduced a decentralization policy to proliferate the popularity of football nationally in preparation for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which they wanted to host, so some clubs located in the capital Seoul (LG Cheetahs, Ilhwa Chunma) moved to other cities according to the new policy in this season.

Regular season

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 16 11 3 2 32 17 +15 36 Qualification for the playoffs
2 Pohang Atoms 16 10 5 1 24 12 +12 35 Qualification for the Asian Club Championship[a]
3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 16 9 3 4 28 18 +10 30
4 Bucheon Yukong 16 5 5 6 28 29 −1 20
5 Jeonbuk Dinos 16 5 4 7 21 25 −4 19
6 Jeonnam Dragons 16 5 3 8 18 29 −11 18
7 Busan Daewoo Royals 16 4 3 9 23 28 −5 15
8 Anyang LG Cheetahs 16 4 3 9 21 28 −7 15
9 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 16 2 5 9 17 26 −9 11
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as defending champions of the Asian Club Championship.

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 16 9 6 1 29 15 +14 33 Qualification for the playoffs
2 Bucheon Yukong 16 8 4 4 27 22 +5 28
3 Pohang Atoms 16 7 5 4 30 26 +4 26
4 Busan Daewoo Royals 16 5 6 5 22 23 −1 21
5 Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 16 6 3 7 35 37 −2 21
6 Jeonnam Dragons 16 4 6 6 22 24 −2 18
7 Jeonbuk Dinos 16 5 3 8 20 24 −4 18
8 Anyang LG Cheetahs 16 4 5 7 23 28 −5 17
9 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 16 5 0 11 28 37 −9 15
Source: RSSSF

Championship playoffs

Main article: 1996 K League Championship

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 3–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 3–1

Final table

Pos Team 0 Qualification
1 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (C)    Qualification for the Asian Club Championship
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings    Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup[a]
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ The champions of the 1996 Korean FA Cup Pohang Atoms qualified for the Asian Club Championship, so the runners-up of the FA Cup Suwon Samsung Bluewings qualified for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup instead of champions.[1]

Awards

Main awards

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player[2] South Korea Kim Hyun-seok Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Top goalscorer[3] South Korea Shin Tae-yong Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Top assist provider[3] Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rade Bogdanović Pohang Atoms
Rookie of the Year[2] South Korea Park Kun-ha Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Manager of the Year[4] South Korea Ko Jae-wook Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i

Best XI

Position Winner Club
Goalkeeper South Korea Kim Byung-ji Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Defenders South Korea Yoon Sung-hyo Suwon Samsung Bluewings
South Korea Kim Joo-sung Busan Daewoo Royals
South Korea Huh Ki-tae Bucheon SK
Midfielders South Korea Shin Tae-yong Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma
Romania Pavel Badea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
South Korea Hong Myung-bo Pohang Atoms
South Korea Ha Seok-ju Busan Daewoo Royals
South Korea Kim Hyun-seok Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Forwards Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rade Bogdanović Pohang Atoms
Russia Sergey Burdin Bucheon SK

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ 볼만한 축구경기 이달에 집중. Naver.com (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 2 August 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c 프로축구 MVP 김현석 뽑혀. Naver.com (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 30 November 1996.
  3. ^ a b 프로축구 올 정규리그 각종기록 해트트릭 7번"요란한 골잔치". Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 7 November 1996. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ [프로축구] 역대 감독상·MVP·신인상 수상자(표) (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

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