K-League

K-League Sponsors

*1983-1985: Korean Football Super League (No Sponsor)
*1986: Football Festival & Professional Football Championship (Two kinds of championships, No Sponsor)
*1987-1992: Korean Professional Football Championship (No Sponsor)
*1993-1995: Hite Cup Korean League
*1996-1997: Rapido Cup Korean League
*1998: Hyundai Cup K-League
*1999: Buy Korea Cup K-League
*2000: Samsung Digital K-League
*2001: POSCO K-League
*2002: Samsung PAVV K-League
*2003-present: Samsung Hauzen K-League

All-time K-League member clubs

There have been a total of 17 member clubs in the history of the K-League - those clubs are listed below with their current names (where applicable):

*Hallelujah (1983-1985)
*Hanil Bank (1984-1986)
*Busan I'Park (1983-present) (formerly Busan Daewoo Royals)
*Pohang Steelers (1983-present)
*Kookmin Bank (1983-1984)
*Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1984-present)
*Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix (1985; 2003-present)
*Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (1989-present)
*Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1994-present) (formerly Jeonbuk Buffalo)
*Chunnam Dragons (1995-present)
*Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1996-present)
*Daejeon Citizen (1997-present)
*Daegu FC (2003-present)
*FC Seoul (1984-present)
*Incheon United (2004-present)
*Jeju United FC (1983-present)
*Gyeongnam FC (2006-present)
*Bucheon SK (1996-2005)
*Anyang LG Cheetahs (1996-2003)
*Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma (1996-1999)

Famous players

* - formerly of Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i.
* - Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
* - Chunnam Dragons. Formerly of Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
* - formerly of Pohang Steelers.
* - formerly of Anyang LG Cheetahs and Pohang Steelers.
* - Busan I'Park and Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
* (registered as "GABIE") - formerly of Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
* - formerly of Busan Daewoo, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
* - formerly of Incheon United.
* - formerly of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
* - formerly of Busan Daewoo and Pohang Steelers.
* - formerly of Pohang Steelers, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Chunnam Dragons.
* - formerly of Chunnam Dragons, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Gyeongnam FC.
* - formerly of Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i.
* - formerly of Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Busan I'Park.
* - FC Seoul. Formerly of Bucheon SK.
* Lee Sa-Vik (formerly Jasenko Sabitović) - Chunnam Dragons. Formerly of Pohang Steelers, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
* - formerly of Busan I'Park and Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i.
* - formerly of Pohang Steelers.
* - Suwon Samsung Bluewings. Formerly of Busan I'Park.
* - Formerly of Bucheon SK, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

ee also

*List of football clubs in South Korea
*List of South Korean footballers
*List of Korea-related topics
*Sports league attendances

External links

* [http://www.kleaguei.com Official K-League website (Korean only)]
* [http://www.rokfootball.com ROKfootball.com website (English only)]
* [http://www.footcoreen.com Footcoreen.com website (French only)]
* [http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/korean-soccer/index.html Regular K-League news and player profiles]