Korean Football Trivia Thread

[eujin]

Answers to nearest 1,000 with date of estimate in brackets. Suwon and Ulsan, and Daejeon and Gangwon are basically a statistical tie. I had a fair idea that Pohang would be bottom, disgrace to the league that their travelling support is.

Seoul 10,442,000 (2012)
Busan 3,590,000 (2012)
Gyeongnam 3,160,000 (2010)
Incheon 2,901,000 (2013)
Daegu 2,528,000 (2012)
Jeonbuk 1,873,000 (2012)
Chunnam 1,741,000 (2010)
Gangwon 1,552,000 (2012) (+1,478,000 in the North)
Daejeon 1,539,000 (2012)
Suwon 1,160,000 (2013)
Ulsan 1,145,000 (2011)
Seongnam 994,000 (2012)
Jeju 583,000 (2011)
Pohang 520,000 (2011)

2013 population of South Korea is 50,000,000. So there's about 16,000,000 missing from the list, mostly from Gyeonggido,who have a fair number of lower league clubs.

[eujin]

Since things are a bit quite round here, here's one from my recent Korea trip that I was saving for emergencies.

In his book K-리그 레전드 (K-League Legend) Bae Jin-gyeong has a chapter on a K-League legend for each year since the start in 1983, including the likes of Kim Ki-dong (2011), Pariahs (2007), Hong Myeong-bo (1997) and Pak Gyeong-hun (1988). But what is unique and remarkable about the entry for 1992?

The answer's on the internet easy enough, so if you don't know have a guess!

[Rothesay Saint]

I'll say that it was given to a fan rather than a player. Or a referee. Or the floodlights. The legend of 1992 was Cheonan Ilhwa's floodlights.

[Holyjoe]

I think I know the answer, but I'll sit this one out and watch from the sidelines to see if anyone else can steel in with the answer...

[paquebot]

I think I know the answer, but I'll sit this one out and watch from the sidelines to see if anyone else can steel in with the answer...

Something to do with Pohang, then?

[mfk]

the person was a foreigner... who later became korean..? valeri sarichev? i dont know

[OttoSilver]

What is the expiry date on this question?

[eujin]

What is the expiry date on this question?

That's a good question. Are you going to have a guess at the K-League Legend? No one has the right answer yet, even if some aren't a million yards away.

[OttoSilver]

I even tried to cheat with Google. No idea at all.

[SaintsCanada]

Based on the early 90s time-frame, I'm going to guess that it was given to a legendary Korean player (some might even say THE legendary Korean player) who never actually played in the K-League/Super-duper-league, but had returned to manage in it.

[eujin]

It looks like we'll never get rid of this one at this rate, despite both me and Holyjoe dropping hints along the way.

1983 조병득 - ‘프로 1호팀’의 마지막 독수리
1984 조영증 - 6경기 연속골, 수비수의 변신은 무죄
1985 이흥실 - 프로축구 최초 30-30 클럽 개설한 플레이메이커
1986 정해원 - 2경기 연속 해트트릭! 불멸의 기록에는 운도 따른다
1987 김종부 - 한국축구 뒤흔든 스카우트 파문
1988 박경훈 - MVP도 반납이 되나요?
1989 박종환 - 냉혹한 승부사, 한국축구의 신화를 만들다
1990 윤상철 - K리거 전성시대 개막
1991 김주성 - 아시아의 삼손, 생의 절정에서
1992 스틸야드 - 국내 최초 축구전용구장, 스틸야드의 꿈은 진화한다
1993 사리체프 또는 신의손 - 일화 시대의 서막을 연 최초의 귀화 선수
1994 라데 - 보스니아 폭격기의 ‘코리안드림’
1995 황선홍 - ‘황새’ 날다
1996 김호 - 레전드 그 이상, 수원의 아버지
1997 홍명보 - 국내 최고 스타, 전격 J리그행
1998 고종수, 이동국, 안정환 - 신세대 트로이카와 오빠부대의 등장
1999 서정원 - ‘K리그판 피구’가 된 사나이
2000 조광래 - 10년 만에 찾아온 ‘안양의 봄’
2001 신태용 - K리그 최후의 로맨티스트
2002 샤샤 - K리그 우승의 절대 공식, 샤샤를 취하라
2003 김도훈 - 성남 신화 이끈 그라운드 폭격기
2004 나드손 - 최초의 외국인 MVP, 차범근에 첫 우승컵 안기다
2005 박주영, 이천수 - K리그를 지배한 축구천재들
2006 최강희 - 강희대제의 아시아 침공
2007 파리아스 - 브라질에서 온 강철 제련사
2008 이운재 - 골키퍼 최초 K리그 MVP
2009 이동국 - 그라운드 진동시킨 이동국의 사자후
2010 김병지 - 500경기를 넘어 새로운 신화를 써나가는 전설의 이야기
2011 김기동 - 반짝반짝 빛나지 않아도 좋은 별
2012 데얀 - K리그는 ‘데얀민국’으로 통한다

1992's entry is the Steelyard. The only stadium on the list. The Steelyard is officially a K-League Legend.

mfk was pretty close with Sarichev as that is the 1993 answer.

[Holyjoe]

Bump.

Today's match between Sangju and Incheon has been postponed because an absolute shitload of rain has ruined the playing surface. Going back to the start of the K-League in 1983 then how many matches have been postponed on the day they were due to take place (ie not called off, changed or moved the day before)?

[Rothesay Saint]

Yay! Return of the trivia thread.

46.

[eujin]

Today's match between Sangju and Incheon has been postponed because an absolute shitload of rain has ruined the playing surface. Going back to the start of the K-League in 1983 then how many matches have been postponed on the day they were due to take place (ie not called off, changed or moved the day before)?

Has a match ever been called off and not postponed? (save that for another question if the answer is interesting)

I once went with Hootsmon to watch Incheon vs Pohang only to find at the sstadium that the match had been postponed due to a power cut. I can't remember if they found out about it the day before, but me and Hootsmon only found out half an hour before kick-off and I'd made the trip all the way from Seoul.

I'm with Rothesay, this must happen all the time. I'll go 20 times in 34 seasons.

[daeguowl]

I can only think of one other occasion off the top of my head...there was a Gyeongnam game rained off a few years ago. Still it must have happened a few times, especially in the early years. I'll say 13