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    Full Tables 1983-2007

    1983 Season (2-1-0)
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Hallelujah               16  6  8  2  28 20  20
    Daewoo#                  16  6  7  3  21 14  19
    Yukong Elephants         16  5  7  4  26 22  17
    POSCO#                   16  6  4  6  21 21  16
    Kookmin Bank#            16  3  2 11  11 30   8
    [Hanil Bank promoted from Amateur League(Division 2).]
    [Daewoo professionalized and changed name to Daewoo Royals.]
    [POSCO professionalized and changed name to POSCO Dolphins.]
    [Hyundai Horang-i joined the League.]
    [Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso joined the League.]
    
    1984 Season (3-2-1-0) (DP : Score Draw. DZ : No-Score Draw,0-0)
    Team                    Pld  W DP DZ  L  GF GA Pts.
    Daewoo Royals            28 17  2  4  5  47 23  59 (Championship)  ACC
    Yukong Elephants         28 13  5  4  6  38 22  53 (Runners Up)
    Hyundai Horang-i         28 13  7  3  5  50 29  56
    Hallelujah               28 10  6  3  9  34 35  45
    POSCO Dolphins           28 10  7  0 11  41 44  44
    Hanil Bank#              28  5  9  2 12  26 45  34
    Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso   28  8  3  3 14  38 45  33
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    Kookmin Bank#            28  3  6  2 17  27 58  23
    [Sangmu promoted from Amateur League(Division 2).]
    [POSCO Dolphins changed name to POSCO Atoms.]
    
    1985 Season (2-1-0)
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso   21 10  7  4  35 19  27
    POSCO Atoms              21  9  7  5  25 17  25
    Daewoo Royals            21  9  7  5  22 16  25
    Hyundai Horang-i         21 10  4  7  23 21  24
    Yukong Elephants         21  7  5  9  28 26  19
    Sangmu#                  21  6  7  8  23 30  19
    Hanil Bank#              21  3 10  8  18 30  16
    Hallelujah               21  3  7 11  15 30  13
    [Sangmu left the League.]
    [Hallelujah turned to amateur, left the League.]
    
    1986 Season
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    POSCO Atoms              20  5  8  7  18 23  18 (Champions)
    Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso   20 10  7  3  28 17  27 (Runners Up)
    Hyundai Horang-i         20  7  8  5  22 17  22
    Daewoo Royals            20 10  2  8  26 24  22
    Yukong Elephants         20  7  5  8  29 26  19
    Hanil Bank#              20  4  4 12  17 33  12
    [Hanil Bank left the League.]
    
    1987 Season
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Daewoo Royals            32 16 14  2  41 20  46
    POSCO Atoms              32 16  8  8  64 41  40
    Yukong Elephants         32  9  9 14  34 43  27
    Hyundai Horang-i         32  7 12 13  34 40  26
    Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso   32  7  7 18  26 56  21
    
    1988 Season
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    POSCO Atoms              24  9  9  6  28 25  27
    Hyundai Horang-i         24 10  5  9  30 25  25
    Yukong Elephants         24  8  8  8  25 24  24
    Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso   24  6 11  7  22 29  23
    Daewoo Royals            24  8  5 11  28 30  21
    [Ilhwa Chunma joined the League.]
    
    1989 Season
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Yukong Elephants         40 17 15  8  51 40  49
    Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso   40 15 17  8  53 40  42
    Daewoo Royals            40 14 14 12  44 44  42
    POSCO Atoms              40 13 14 13  49 50  40
    Ilhwa Chunma             40  6 21 13  44 52  33
    Hyundai Horang-i         40  7 15 18  34 49  29
    
    1990 Season
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso   30 14 11  5  40 25  39
    Daewoo Royals            30 12 11  7  30 25  35
    POSCO Atoms              30  9 10 11  29 28  28
    Yukong Elephants         30  8 12 10  27 30  28
    Hyundai Horang-i         30  6 14 10  32 38  26
    Ilhwa Chunma             30  7 10 13  28 40  24
    [Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso changed name to LG Cheetahs.]
    
    1991 Season
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Daewoo Royals            40 17 18  5  49 32  52
    Hyundai Horang-i         40 13 16 11  36 34  42
    POSCO Atoms              40 12 15 13  46 47  39
    Yukong Elephants         40 10 17 13  38 49  37
    Ilhwa Chunma             40 13 11 16  56 63  37
    LG Cheetahs              40  9 15 16  44 53  33
    
    1992 Season
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    POSCO Atoms              30 13  9  8  32 28  35
    Ilhwa Chunma             30 10 14  6  27 21  34
    Hyundai Horang-i         30 13  6 11  38 31  32
    LG Cheetahs              30  8 13  9  30 35  29
    Daewoo Royals            30  7 14  9  26 33  28
    Yukong Elephants         30  7  8 15  33 38  22
    
    1993 Season (4-2-1-0)
    Team                    Pld  W TW TL  L  GF GA Pts.
    Ilhwa Chunma             30 13  5  6  6  35 23  68  ACC
    LG Cheetahs              30 10  8  3  9  28 29  59
    Hyundai Horang-i         30 10  6  4 10  22 22  56
    POSCO Atoms              30  8  6  8  8  34 29  52
    Yukong Elephants         30  7  7  6 10  25 31  48
    Daewoo Royals            30  5  5 10 10  22 32  40
    [Chonbuk Buffalo joined the League.]
    
    1994 Season (3-1-0)     Sponsor : Hite Beer
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Ilhwa Chunma             30 15  9  6  42 30  54  ACC
    Yukong Elephants         30 14  9  7  47 31  51
    POSCO Atoms              30 13 11  6  49 37  50
    Hyundai Horang-i         30 11 13  6  38 30  46
    LG Cheetahs              30 12  7 11  53 50  43
    Daewoo Royals            30  7  6 17  37 56  27
    Chonbuk Buffalo          30  3  5 22  30 62  14
    [Chonbuk Buffalo folded.]
    [Chonbuk Dinos joined the League.]
    [Chunnam Dragons joined the League.]
    [POSCO Atoms changed name to Pohang Atoms.]
    
    1995 Season             Sponsor : Hite Beer
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Ilhwa Chunma             28 13  9  6  36 25  48 (Champions)     ACC(C)
    Pohang Atoms             28 15 10  3  41 23  55 (Runners Up)    ACC(R)
    Hyundai Horang-i         28 11 12  5  35 21  45                 ACWC
    Yukong Elephants         28  9  9 10  28 30  36
    Daewoo Royals            28  9  5 14  30 40  32
    Chunnam Dragons          28  8  7 13  37 39  31
    Chonbuk Dinos            28  9  4 15  27 42  31
    LG Cheetahs              28  5 10 13  29 43  25
    [Suwon Samsung Bluewings joined the League.]
    [Ilhwa Chunma changed name to Chunan Ilhwa Chunma.]
    [Hyundai Horang-i changed name to Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i.]
    [Yukong Elephants changed name to Puchon Yukong.]
    [Daewoo Royals changed name to Pusan Daewoo Royals.]
    [LG Cheetahs changed name to Anyang LG Cheetahs.]
    
    1996 Season             Sponsor : Rapido
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i   32 16  3 13  60 54  51 (Champions)     ACC
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings  32 18  9  5  57 33  63 (Runners Up)    ACWC(R)
    Pohang Atoms             32 17 10  5  54 38  61                 ACC(C)
    Puchon Yukong            32 13  9 10  55 51  48
    Chonbuk Dinos            32 10  7 15  41 49  37
    Pusan Daewoo Royals      32  9  9 14  45 51  36
    Chunnam Dragons          32  9  9 14  40 53  36
    Chunan Ilhwa Chunma      32  8  8 16  52 63  32
    Anyang LG Cheetahs       32  8  8 16  44 56  32
    [Taejon Citizen joined the League.]
    [Pohang Atoms changed name to Pohang Steelers.]
    [Chonbuk Dinos changed name to Chonbuk Hyundai Dinos.]
    
    1997 Season             Sponsor : Rapido
    Team                    Pld  W  D  L  GF GA  Pts
    Pusan Daewoo Royals      18 11  4  3  24  9   37  ACC, FECC
    Chunnam Dragons          18 10  6  2  26 13   36  ACWC
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i   18  8  6  4  28 21   30
    Pohang Steelers          18  8  6  4  25 22   30
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings  18  7  7  4  23 23   28
    Chonbuk Hyundai Dinos    18  6  8  4  32 25   26
    Taejon Citizon           18  3  7  8  21 25   16
    Chunan Ilhwa Chunma      18  2  7  9  19 31   13
    Anyang LG Cheetahs       18  1  8  9  15 27   11
    Puchon SK                18  2  5 11  18 35   11
    [During season, Puchon Yukong changed name to Puchon SK.]
    
    1998 Season (3-2-1-0-0)	Sponsor : Hyundai
    Team                    Pld  W WG WT LT  L  GF GA Pts.
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings  18  9  1  2  0  6  33 22  31 (Champions)     ACC
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i   18  8  1  2  3  4  37 26  28 (Runners Up)
    Pohang Steelers          18  8  2  0  3  5  34 23  28
    Chunnam Dragons          18  8  1  0  1  8  21 20  26
    Pusan Daewoo Royals      18  6  3  1  1  7  27 22  25
    Chonbuk Hyundai Dinos    18  8  0  1  0  9  30 35  25
    Puchon SK                18  7  1  1  0  9  28 32  24
    Anyang LG Cheetahs       18  6  2  1  1  8  28 28  23                 ACWC
    Taejon Citizen           18  3  2  1  1 11  20 35  14
    Chunan Ilhwa Chunma      18  3  0  2  0 13  17 32  11
    
    1999 Season (3-2-1-0-0)	Sponsor : Buy Korea Fund(Hyundai Securities)
    Team                    Pld  W WG WT LT  L  GF GA Pts.
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings  27 18  2  1  1  5  56 24  59 (Champions)     ACC
    Pusan Daewoo Royals      27 10  3  1  2 11  37 36  37 (Runners Up)
    Puchon SK                27 11  7  0  0  9  48 39  47
    Chunnam Dragons          27  9  3  5  0 10  43 38  38
    Pohang Steelers          27 11  1  0  3 12  42 41  35
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i   27  9  1  2  1 14  38 46  31
    Chonbuk Hyundai Dinos    27  7  3  2  2 13  40 44  29
    Taejon Citizen           27  6  3  0  1 17  41 53  24
    Anyang LG Cheetahs       27  6  2  2  2 15  38 52  24
    Chunan Ilhwa Chunma      27  5  3  2  3 14  34 44  23                 ACWC
    [Chunan Ilhwa Chunma moved to Seongnam, name changed to Songnam Ilhwa Chunma]
    [Pusan Daewoo Royals changed name to Pusan Icons]
    
    2000 Season (3-1-0-0)
    Team                    Pld  W WT LT  L  GF GA Pts.
    Anyang LG Cheetahs       27 17  2  3  5  46-25  53 (Champions) ACC
    Puchon SK                27 10  6  3  8  45-35  36 (Runners Up)
    Songnam Ilhwa Chunma     27 12  6  5  4  43-33  42
    Chonbuk Hyundai Motors   27 11  4  0 12  34-40  37             ACWC
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings  27 11  3  4  9  48-43  36             ACC(C)
    Pusan Icons              27  9  2  7  9  42-42  29
    Chunnam Dragons          27  8  4  3 12  28-35  28
    Taejon Citizen           27  7  3  3 14  26-40  24
    Pohang Steelers          27  5  7  4 11  31-39  22
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i   27  6  2  7 12  26-37  20
    [During season, Chonbuk Hyundai Dinos changed name to Chonbuk Hyundai Motors]
    [Puchon SK changed name to Bucheon SK]
     
    2001 Season (3-1-0-0)    Sponsor : POSCO
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Songnam Ilhwa Chunma      27 11 12  4  35 20  45  ACL
    Anyang LG Cheetahs        27 11 10  6  30 23  43
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   27 12  5 10  40 35  41
    Pusan Icons               27 10 11  6  38 33  41
    Pohang Steelers           27 10  8  9  28 29  38
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    27 10  6 11  34 39  36
    Bucheon SK                27  7 14  6  29 29  35
    Chunnam Dragons           27  6 10 11  28 33  28
    Chonbuk Hyundai Motors    27  5 10 12  23 33  25
    Taejon Citizen            27  5 10 12  25 36  25  ACL(Cup Winners)
    [Songnam Ilhwa Chunma changed name to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]
    [Pusan Icons changed name to Busan Icons]
    
    2002 Season (3-1-0-0)    Sponsor : Samsung Electronics
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     27 14  7  6  43 32  49  ACL, A3
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    27 13  8  6  37 27  47
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   27 12  9  6  40 26  45  ACL(Cup Winners)
    Anyang LG Cheetahs        27 11  7  9  37 30  40
    Chunnam Dragons           27  9 10  8  21 21  37
    Pohang Steelers           27  9  9  9  31 34  36
    Chonbuk Hyundai Motors    27  8 11  8  37 36  35
    Bucheon SK                27  8  8 11  32 40  32
    Busan Icons               27  6  8 13  36 45  26
    Taejon Citizen            27  1 11 15  17 40  14
    [Daegu FC joined the League]
    [Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix (Sangmu in 1985 season) joined the League]
    [Taejon Citizen changed name to Daejeon Citizen]
    
    2003 Season (3-1-0)      Sponsor : Samsung Hauzen
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     44 27 10  7  85 50  91  ACL
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    44 20 13 11  63 44  73
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   44 19 15 10  59 46  72
    Chunnam Dragons           44 17 20  7  65 48  71
    Chonbuk Hyundai Motors    44 18 15 11  72 58  69  ACL(Cup Winners)
    Daejeon Citizen           44 18 11 15  50 51  65
    Pohang Steelers           44 17 13 14  53 46  64
    Anyang LG Cheetahs        44 14 14 16  69 68  56
    Busan Icons               44 13 10 21  41 71  49
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix    44 13  7 24  41 60  46
    Daegu FC                  44  7 16 21  38 60  37
    Bucheon SK                44  3 12 29  39 73  21
    [Anyang LG Cheetahs moved to Seoul, name changed to FC Seoul]
    [Incheon United joined the League]
    
    2004 Season (3-1-0)      Sponsor : Samsung Hauzen
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   24 12  5  7  31 24  41 (Champions) ACL, A3
    Pohang Steelers           24  8  8  8  23 24  32 (Runners Up) A3
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    24 11  8  5  22 14  41
    Chunnam Dragons           24  9 10  5  29 20  37
    FC Seoul                  24  7 12  5  20 17  33
    Chonbuk Hyundai Motors    24  8  8  8  23 18  32
    Busan Icons               24  6 12  6  21 19  30  ACL(Cup Winners)
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix    24  6 11  7  18 20  29
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     24  7  8  9  23 28  29
    Daegu FC                  24  7  7 10  30 31  28
    Daejeon Citizen           24  6  8 10  18 26  26
    Incheon United            24  6  8 10  20 29  26
    Bucheon SK                24  4 13  7  19 27  25
    [Busan Icons changed name to Busan I'Park]
    
    2005 Season (3-1-0)      Sponsor : Samsung Hauzen
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Incheon United            24 13  6  5  36-26 45 (Runners Up)
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     24 12  7  5  40-24 43
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    24 13  4  7  31-24 43 (Champions) ACL, A3
    Bucheon SK                24 12  6  6  26-18 42
    Pohang Steelers           24 11  7  6  28-22 40
    FC Seoul                  24  8  8  8  37-32 32
    Daejeon Citizen           24  6 12  6  19-20 30
    Daegu FC                  24  8  6 10  29-36 30
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   24  6 10  8  29-32 28
    Busan I'Park              24  7  7 10  28-31 28
    Chunnam Dragons           24  7  6 11  23-29 27
    Chonbuk Hyundai Motors    24  4  6 14  24-41 18 ACL (Cup Winners)
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix    24  4  5 15  23-38 17
    [Bucheon SK moved to Jeju, name changed to Jeju United]
    [Gyeongnam FC joined the League]
    
    2006 Season (3-1-0)      Sponsor : Samsung Hauzen
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     26 14  7  5  42-25 49 (Champions) ACL, A3
    Pohang Steelers           26 13  8  5  42-28 47 
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   26 11 10  5  29-22 43 (Runners Up)
    FC Seoul                  26  9 12  5  31-22 39 
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    26  8 11  7  21-22 35
    Chunnam Dragons           26  7 13  6  28-25 34 ACL (Cup Winners)
    Daegu FC                  26  8 10  8  32-30 34
    Busan I'Park              26  9  7 10  40-42 34
    Incheon United            26  7 12  7  24-27 33
    Daejeon Citizen           26  7 10  9  28-32 31
    Chonbuk Hyundai Motors    26  5 11 10  24-34 26
    Gyeongnam FC              26  7  5 14  22-35 26
    Jeju United               26  5 10 11  23-30 25
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix    26  5  8 13  17-29 23
    
    2007 Season (3-1-0)      Sponsor : Samsung Hauzen
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     26 16  7  3  43 18 55 (Runners Up)
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   26 15  6  5  36 24 51
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    26 12  9  5  34 22 45
    Gyeongnam FC              26 13  5  8  41 31 44
    Pohang Steelers           26 11  6  9  27 31 39 (Champions) ACL, A3
    Daejeon Citizen           26 10  7  9  34 27 37
    FC Seoul                  26  8 13  5  23 16 37
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors    26  9  9  8  36 32 36
    Incheon United            26  8  9  9  30 32 33
    Chunnam Dragons           26  7  9 10  24 27 30 ACL (Cup Winners)
    Jeju United               26  8  6 12  27 53 30
    Daegu FC                  26  6  6 14  35 46 24
    Busan I'Park              26  4  8 14  20 39 20
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix    26  2  6 18  14 44 12
    
    2008 Season (3-1-0)      Sponsor : Samsung Hauzen
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   26 17  3  6  46-24 54 (Champions) ACL, A3
    FC Seoul                  26 15  9  2  44-25 54 (Runners Up), ACL
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     26 15  6  5  45-21 51
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    26 14  7  5  39-26 49 ACL
    Pohang Steelers           26 13  5  8  43-34 44 ACL (Cup Winners)
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors    26 11  4 11  39-37 37
    Incheon United            26  9  9  8  29-30 36
    Gyeongnam FC              26 10  5 11  35-39 35
    Chunnam Dragons           26  8  5 13  26-40 29
    Jeju United               26  7  7 12  23-31 28
    Daegu FC                  26  8  2 16  46-58 26
    Busan I'Park              26  5  7 14  30-39 22
    Daejeon Citizen           26  3 12 11  18-35 21
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix    26  3  7 16  22-46 16
    [Gangwon FC joined the League]
    
    2009 Season (3-1-0)
    Team                     Pld  W  D  L  GF GA Pts.
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors    28 17  6  5  59-33 57 (Champions) ACL
    Pohang Steelers           28 14 11  3  55-33 53 ACL
    FC Seoul                  28 16  5  7  47-27 53
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma     28 13  6  9  40-34 45 (Runners Up) ACL
    Incheon United            28 11 10  7  31-29 43
    Chunnam Dragons           28 11  9  8  41-39 42
    Gyeongnam FC              28 10 10  8  38-32 40
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i    28  9  9 10  32-29 36
    Daejeon Citizen           28  8  9 11  29-38 33
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings   28  8  8 12  29-32 32 ACL (Cup Winners)
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix    28  9  3 16  33-40 30
    Busan I'Park              28  7  8 13  36-42 29
    Gangwon FC                28  7  7 14  42-57 28
    Jeju United               28  7  7 14  22-44 28
    Daegu FC                  28  5  8 15  20-45 23
    

    All-Time Table 1983-2009

    
    
    Note: Present-day names given where clubs have changed names previously.
    Data includes all official K-League matches.
    
                            Pld   W   D   L   GF   GA  Pts. Years.
    Pohang Steelers         939 369 286 284 1219 1074 1393  27
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i  931 370 279 282 1178 1009 1389  26
    Busan I'Park            947 333 281 333 1118 1153 1280  27
    FC Seoul                923 326 296 301 1182 1128 1274  26
    Jeju United             938 307 282 349 1099 1159 1203  27
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma   784 312 240 232 1053  913 1176  21
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings 538 251 145 142  780  579  898  14
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors  553 188 147 218  728  752  711  15
    Chunnam Dragons         541 180 162 199  638  657  702  15
    Daejeon Citizen         473 127 139 207  479  622  520  13
    Incheon United          224  75  77  72  243  257  302   6
    Daegu FC                260  66  77 117  316  406  275   7
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix  280  62  68 150  233  386  254   8
    Gyeongnam FC            144  52  36  56  172  181  192   4
    Ansan Hallelujah         65  19  24  22   77   85   81   3
    Hanil Bank               49   8  21  20   44   75   45   3
    Gangwon FC               33   8   7  18   49   66   31   1
    Goyang Kookmin Bank      44   6  10  28   38   88   28   2
    Chonbuk Buffalo          30   3   5  22   30   62   14   1
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Abbreviations

    #    : Amateur Team.
    ACC  : Asian Club Championship.
    ACWC : Asian Cup Winners Cup.
    ACL  : AFC Champions League.
    FECC : Far East Club Championship.
    A3   : A3 Mazda Champions Cup.
    (R)  : Replace champions.
    (C)  : As champions.
    

    Name Changes

    
    Notes:
    
    Clubs are listed in the order they gained membership of the K-League. In 
    the case of multiple clubs joining in any one year, they are sorted in 
    terms of league position in their debut seasons.
    
    This document refers to the names clubs went by during their period of 
    K-League membership, so Hallelujah and Kookmin Bank's subsequent relocations 
    at lower league level are not documented here.
    
    


    
    
    Hallelujah
    1983-1985: Hallelujah
    
    

    
    
    Busan I'Park
    1983:      Daewoo
    1984-1995: Daewoo Royals
    1996-1999: Pusan Daewoo Royals
    2000-2001: Pusan I'cons
    2002-2004: Busan I'cons
    2005-Now:  Busan I'Park
    
    

    
    Jeju United
    1983-1995: Yukong Elephants
    1996-1997: Puchon Yukong
    1997-2000: Puchon SK
    2000-2005: Bucheon SK
    2006-Now:  Jeju United
    
    

    
    Pohang Steelers
    
    1983:      POSCO
    1984:      POSCO Dolphins
    1985-1994: POSCO Atoms
    1995-1996: Pohang Atoms
    1997-Now:  Pohang Steelers
    
    
    

    
    Kookmin Bank
    1983-1984: Kookmin Bank
    
    

    
    
    Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
    1984-1995: Hyundai Horang-i
    1996-Now:  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
    
    

    
    Hanil Bank
    1984-1986: Hanil Bank
    
    

    
    FC Seoul
    1984-1990: Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
    1991-1995: LG Cheetahs
    1996-2003: Anyang LG Cheetahs
    2004-Now:  FC Seoul
    
    

    
    Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
    1985:      Sangmu
    2003-Now:  Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
    
    

    
    Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
    1989-1995: Ilhwa Chunma
    1996-1999: Chunan Ilhwa Chunma
    2000-2001: Songnam Ilhwa Chunma
    2002-Now:  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
    
    

    
    Chonbuk Buffalo
    1994:      Chonbuk Buffalo
    
    
    

    
    Chunnam Dragons
    1995-Now:  Chunnam Dragons
    
    

    
    
    Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    1995-1996: Chonbuk Dinos
    1997-1999: Chonbuk Hyundai Dinos
    2000-2004: Chonbuk Hyundai Motors
    2005-Now:  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
    
    

    
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings
    1996-Now:  Suwon Samsung Bluewings
    
    

    
    Daejeon Citizen
    1997-2002: Taejon Citizen
    2003-Now:  Daejeon Citizen
    
    

    
    Daegu FC
    
    2003-Now:  Daegu FC
    
    

    
    Incheon United
    2004-Now:  Incheon United
    
    

    
    Gyeongnam FC
    2006-Now:  Gyeongnam FC
    
    

    
    Gangwon FC
    2009-Now:  Gangwon FC
    
    
    

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    Prepared and maintained by Seungsoo Lee and Mark Trevena for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

    Authors: Seungsoo Lee (pinkstep@hotmail.com) and Mark Trevena (holyjoe_afc@hotmail.com)
    Last updated: 15 Jan 2010

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