1987 K League
The Korea Professional Football League 1987 was fifth season of K-League in South Korea. This season was total 5 teams are participated in the league. All of them are professional teams. Hanil Bank withdrew the league from this season.
League began 28 March 1987 and ended 8 November 1987. Season was operated its season in single stage, every teams are played each other eight times.
Contents
League table
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Daewoo Royals | 46 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 41 | 20 | +21 | Winners |
| 2. | POSCO Atoms | 40 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 64 | 41 | +23 | |
| 3. | Yukong Elephants | 27 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 43 | -9 | |
| 4. | Hyundai Horang-i | 26 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 40 | -6 | |
| 5. | Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso | 21 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 55 | -29 |
| 1987 Korean League Winners |
|---|
| Daewoo Royals 2nd Title |
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Choi Sang-Kuk |
POSCO Atoms | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Lee Heung-Sil |
POSCO Atoms | 12 | 29 |
| Noh Soo-Jin |
Yukong Elephants | 30 | ||
| 4 | Kim Joo-Sung |
Daewoo Royals | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Kim Hong-Woon |
POSCO Atoms | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Lee Sang-Cheol |
Hyundai Horang-i | 8 | 28 |
| 7 | Park Hang-Seo |
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | 3 players | 6 | – | |
| 11 | 2 players | 5 | – | |
| 13 | 5 players | 4 | – | |
| 18 | 12 players | 3 | – | |
| 30 | 12 players | 2 | – | |
| 42 | 15 players | 1 | – | |
| own goals | 3 | – | ||
Awards
K-League Most Valuable Player
The K-League Most Valuable Player award was won by Chung Hae-Won (Daewoo Royals)
K-League Top Scorer
The K-League Top Scorer award was won by Choi Sang-Kuk (POSCO Atoms)
K-League Top Assistor
The K-League Top Assister award was won by Choi Sang-Kuk (POSCO Atoms)
K-League Rookie of the Year
The K-League Rookie of the Year Award was won by Kim Joo-Sung (Daewoo Royals)
K-League Manager of the Year
The K-League Manager of the Year Award was won by Lee Cha-Man (Daewoo Royals)
K-League Fighting Spirit Award
The K-League Fighting Spirit award was won by Choi Ki-Bong (Yukong Elephants)
K-League Exemplary Award
The K-League Exemplary award was won by Park No-Bong (Daewoo Royals)
K-League Best Goalkeeper Award
The K-League Best Goalkeeper award was won by Cho Byung-Deuk (POSCO Atoms)
K-League Best Eleven
Goalkeeper: Kim Poong-Joo (Daewoo Royals)
Defence: Choi Ki-Bong (Yukong Elephants), Chung Yong-Hwan (Daewoo Royals), Park Kyung-Hoon (POSCO Atoms), Gu Sang-Bum (Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso)
Midfield: Kim Sam-Soo (Hyundai Horang-i), Noh Soo-Jin (Yukong Elephants), Lee Heung-Sil (POSCO Atoms)
Attack: Choi Sang-Kuk (POSCO Atoms), Chung Hae-Won, Kim Joo-Sung (both Daewoo Royals)
References
- RSSSF
- K-League season 1987 (Korean)
