2018 K League 1

[RoqueJunior]

Gyeongnam FC 2-1 Daejeon Citizen
G: Kwon Yong-hyun & Jo Jae-cheol

Gyeongnam FC 1-1 Daejeon Citizen
G: Marcao/Kim Chan-hee

Gyeongnam FC 4-1 Mokpo City FC
G: Park Ji-soo, Kim Jun-beom, & Kim Hyo-gi 2x

Gyeongnam FC 1-0 Ansan Greeners FC
G: Takahiro Kunimoto

FC Seoul 7-0 Tokai Uni.
G: Cho Young-wook 2x, Ko Yo-han, Jeon Hyun-cheol, Park Ju-young, Lee Sang-ho, & Kwak Tae-hwi

Daegu FC 0-3 Suwon FC

[RoqueJunior]

Gyeongnam FC 4-1 Changwon City FC
G: Lee Jae-myung, Kim Hyo-gi, & Negueba 2x

Incheon United 2-2 Shandong Luneng
G: Mugosa & Ko Seul-gi

Pohang Steelers 2-1 Bucheon FC
G: Kim Seung-dae & Leo Gamalho/Gong Min-hyun

Jeonnam Dragons 3-2 Beijing Guoan
G: Wanderson 2x & Choi Jae-hyun

Incheon United B team 1-3 Shandong Luneng B team
G: Park Yong-ji

Daegu FC 1-1 FC Anyang
G: Ko Seung-beom/Kim Hee-won

Gangwon FC 0-0 Daejeon Citizen

[OttoSilver]

After the first day draw, is that the highest we will see Seoul for the next few months? Will they do their normal dive before creeping up to a reasonable position again?

[MipoFanatic]

I see (from three-month-old news) that Yoo Sang-chul, a 2002 World Cup starlet who has been managing at university level in recent years, has made a return to the K-League with Jeonnam. He managed Daejeon in late 2011 and 2012 but didn't do well.

[eujin]

Looks who's top after 2 rounds, none other than this forum's two favourite teams. Huzzah!

K League Classic Table

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#    Team            Pl    GD    Pts
1    Pohang Steelers  2    +4    6
2    Gyeongnam        2    +4    6
3    Jeonbuk Motors   2    +1    3
4    Incheon United   2    +0    3
5    Jeonnam Dragons  2    +0    3
6    Suwon Bluewings  2    +1    3
7    Sangju Sangmu    2    +0    3
8    Gangwon          1    +1    3
9    Seoul            1    +0    1
10   Jeju United      2    -2    1
11   Ulsan            2    -4    0
12   Daegu            2    -5    0

[OttoSilver]

Seoul is off to their customary blazing start.

[MipoFanatic]

Needs more 1-1 draws.

[eujin]

Double as many matches played now as the last time I posted the league table and it's still Gyeongnam and Pohang in the top two places.

If it stays like this until the end of the season I'll do the first MOTD of next season in just my undies.

[daeguowl]

13k for a 'supermatch' with a thousand more down the road watching the baseball. Truly the kleague is dying a slow death...

[eujin]

13k for a 'supermatch' with a thousand more down the road watching the baseball. Truly the kleague is dying a slow death...

5th versus 11th not pulling them in like it used to?

The last time I saw Pohang vs Jeonbuk (back in 2009) there were 8,000 there. That was in the midst of Pariahs's reign of glory in the year they won the ACL with Denilson and Suttibo. This year there were over 10,000 at the same fixture.

[eujin]

The table has a far more expected look about it now after 12 matches each. Jeonbuk have already opened up a 10 point lead at the top. Gyeongnam are still hanging on but Pohang have vanished without a trace. Sangju are still in the top half though and Seoul are only just beginning their climb out of the basement. Incheon have two players in the top-five scorers, but still find themselves second from bottom.

[Holyjoe]

Jorn Andersen certainly likes his Korean football challenges.. not content with wrestling with the task of improving the North Korean national team (and not really succeeding), he's now decided to have a go at saving Incheon United from a seemingly inevitable relegation. Its going to happen at some point, will it be on his watch?

[MipoFanatic]

The second Norwegian in the K-League after Jon Olav Hjelde?

[MipoFanatic]

Incheon not doing much better, then.

Meanwhile, Gyeongnam are second-top(!), at least for the next 10 hours. What a crazy world we live in.

[MipoFanatic]

Quite the turnaround happening at Daegu. After only picking up one win in their first 13 games this season, Daegu are now four games undefeated, including two wins in their last two matches.

They've leapfrogged Incheon and now have Jeonnam looking nervously over their shoulder.

Let the next foreign manager mania commence!