2006 in South Korean football

Events

• March 12 – The 2006 season of the K-League kicks off.
• April 7 – Goyang Kookmin Bank beats Incheon Korail 3-1 as the second division, the N-League gets underway.
• May 10 – Stage 1 of the K-League concludes with Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma as the winners.
• June 13 – Second-half goals from Lee Chun-Soo and Ahn Jung-Hwan help Korea recover from 1-0 down, to beat Togo at the World Cup.
• June 18 – A late goal from Park Ji-Sung allows Korea to draw 1-1 with France at the World Cup.
• June 23 – Korea's World Cup campaign comes to an end after a 2-0 loss to Switzerland.
• June 26 - Pim Verbeek is announced as the new head coach of Korean national football team, replacing Dick Advocaat who left to take up a position with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in Russia.
• July 8 - Choi Jin-Cheul retires from all football following the Jeonbuk v Incheon United Hauzen Cup match.
• July 8 – Stage 1 of the N-League concludes with Goyang Kookmin Bank as the winners.
• July 26 - The Korean Football Association retains Afshin Ghotbi and Hong Myung-Bo as assistant coaches to new national team coach Pim Verbeek.
• July 26 - FC Seoul win the Hauzen Cup 2006 with one match spare, after drawing 1-1 away to Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
• July 28 - Changwon City beat Ulsan Mipo 2-1 in the final of the N-League Cup final.
• August 23 – Stage 2 of the K-League to commence

  National team

1. Korea's score given first

• H = Home match
• A = Away match
• N = Neutral site match
• F = Friendly
• ACQ = Asian Cup qualification match
• WCF = FIFA World Cup 2006 Finals Group stage

  Honours

• 2 - League champions versus FA Cup winners
• 3 - K-League teams only
• 4 - N-League and lower teams only
• 5 - Tournament for non-professional teams
• 6 - FA Cup qualification tournament for teams outside of the K-League and the N-League

  Asian qualification

League tables

K League">2006 K League">K League

Championship Play-offs">2006 K League#Results 3">Championship Play-offs

• Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-0 FC Seoul
• Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-0 Pohang Steelers

• Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1-0, 2-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings

  Transfer deals

Summer transfer window

• Baek Ji-Hoon from FC Seoul to Suwon Samsung Bluewings
• Choi Sung-Yong from Suwon Samsung Bluewings to Yokohama FC
• Jin Kyung-Sun from Ulsan Mipo to Daegu FC
• Kim Dong-Jin from FC Seoul to FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
• Lee Eul-Yong from Trabzonspor to FC Seoul
• Lee Ho from Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i to FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
• Lee Kwan-Woo from Daejeon Citizen to Suwon Samsung Bluewings, $1.5m
• Lee Sang-Tae from Suwon Samsung Bluewings to Gyeongnam FC
• Moon Min-Kwi from Gyeongnam FC to Suwon Samsung Bluewings
• Seo Dong-Won from Incheon United to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

• Nikola Vasiljevic from Bosnia's FK Modriča Maxima to Jeju United FC

• Dudu from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma to FC Seoul
• Gabriel Lima from Daegu FC to ?
• Itamar Batista Da Silva from Suwon Samsung Bluewings to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
• Jefferson Gama Rodrigues from FC Artmedia Bratislava to Daegu FC
• Ricardo from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma to Busan I'Park
• Sandro Cardoso dos Santos from Suwon Samsung Bluewings to Chunnam Dragons
• Selmir from Incheon United to Chunnam Dragons
• Silva from Corinthians Alagoano to Suwon Samsung Bluewings
• A Brazilian player from the Mexican league to Daejeon Citizen

• Milton Fabian Rodriguez from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors to Newcastle United Jets

• Jasmin Agic from Incheon United to Dinamo Zagreb

• Blaze Ilioski from FK Rabotnički to Incheon United

• Adrian Neaga from Chunnam Dragons to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, $1.1m

• Dragan Mladenović from Red Star Belgrade to Incheon United

• Juan Manuel Olivera from Danubio F.C. to Suwon Samsung Bluewings

  Retirements

• Choi Yong-Soo, August 5