The regular season of the K-League has come to an end; now six teams are standing and dusting themselves down in preparation for the championship play-off series.

Despite a mid-season dip that threatened to go the way of Seoul's KOSPI index and head into a plunge, Suwon Samsung Bluewings bounced back to finish in first – just. Click to continue reading...

"Seongnam are the second strongest team in the league but we are the strongest," said Pohang Steelers boss Sergio Farias after his team defeated the K-League leaders 2-1 last Saturday. The Brazilian is exaggerating his team's abilities but at the moment in Korea, just as the weather finally settles into seasonable temperatures, the football scene has gone haywire. Click to continue reading...

South Korea's Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008: Coach: Park Sung-Hwa Goalkeepers: Jung Sung-Ryong (23) (Seongnam Ilhwa) Song Yoo-Geol (23) (Incheon United) Defenders: Shin Kwang-Hoon (21) (Pohang Steelers) Kim Dong-Jin (26) (Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia) Kang Min-Soo (22) (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) Kim Chang-Soo (23) (Busan I'Park) Kim Jin-Kyu (23) (FC Seoul) Kim Geun-Hwan (22) (Kyung Hee University) Midfielders: Oh Jang-Eun (23) (Ulsan Hyundai) Kim Jung-Woo (26) (Seongnam Ilhwa) Lee Chung-Yong [. Click to continue reading...

South Korean football fans have been following the progress of Manchester United and Park Ji-sung to the UEFA Champions League final with great interest. On May 21, the English champions will meet Chelsea in Moscow in the biggest club match on the planet and if Park features, and as he played every minute of the quarter and semifinals there is no reason to suggest he won't, he will become the first Asian to play in Europe's showpiece. Click to continue reading...

Adelaide United FC continued their strong showing in the 2008 AFC Champions League with yet another victory in the group stage. Adelaide United FC defeated fellow Group E foe Binh Duong FC of Viteman by a score of 4-1 at the Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide.

The victory now propels Adelaide United FC to the top of the group with two matches left to play. Click to continue reading...

2007 K-League champions Pohang Steelers have no stars. That is the official line in South Korean football but it is one that it is only partly true.

The south-eastern outfit may have lacked a big-name player since Lee Dong-gook left for Middlesbrough at the start of the year but there have been some big performances from those in red and black in recent weeks as the team powered through the play-offs to take the title. Click to continue reading...

It was surprisingly easy in the end. Pohang Steelers defeated Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-0 in the second leg of the final of the 2007 K-League championship play-off series to add to their 3-1 win a week previously.

As Kim Ki-dong lifted the golden trophy on a chilly November afternoon at Seongnam's Tancheon Stadium, he became the fourth Pohang captain to do so but the first in 15 years. Click to continue reading...

Just as the weather was turning cold in South Korea, the action on the pitch got hot as the play-off series kicked off. Some of the fans kicked off too. Ulsan Hyundai Horang-I goalkeeper Kim Young-kwang got involved with Daejeon Citizen supporters.

Anybody who has been to a few K-League games will be familiar with the scene. Fans disapprove of a refereeing decision and vent by throwing plastic water bottles on the pitch. Click to continue reading...

The system has its critics but the play-offs gave the K-League regular season a final day to remember. Six teams out of 14 doing battle in the championship deciders may be a high percentage but without the games, we would have just been treated to the sight of Seongnam strolling to another title.

It is partly Seongnam's fault that the system was reinstalled. Click to continue reading...