With most attention on the exploits of Pohang Steelers in the Asian Champions League and the national team's friendly matches in Europe against Denmark and Serbia, the fact that the K-League is about to embark upon its championship play-off series has almost gone unnoticed.
Six teams are still in with a chance of the domestic title. Click to continue reading...

With the Chuseok holidays in South Korea over, it is traditionally time for local fans to put down their overheated chopsticks and check out the race for the play-offs.
Past battles have been thrilling and this season is no different. As always, we teams that have long forgotten thoughts of merely finishing in the top six to book a place in the championship play-off series and have eyes on top spot. Click to continue reading...

A burning sense of injustice could spur on South Korea's two teams remaining in the Asian Champions League. In the first leg of their respective quarter finals, both Pohang Steelers and FC Seoul suffered defeats on their travels to Uzbekistan and Qatar respectively.
The K-League clubs have a chance to right the perceived wrongs on Wednesday evening in the second leg of their encounters. Click to continue reading...

There is always a last-minute move before the European transfer window slams shut at the end of August but the latest deal to be made involving a South Korean star came so late that it will actually take place at the start of 2010.
Ki Sung-yong has signed for Scotland titans Glasgow Celtic but will join the team next January. Click to continue reading...

Carlo Ancelotti marked a redemption of sorts as he beat his former team, AC Milan on his debut with Chelsea. This friendly match was a part of the US Tour of the Blues who now move on to Dallas to play Club America. Debutant Yiru Zhikov scored for the London club as they defeated the [...] Click to continue reading...

Park Ji-Sung was playing in a Manchester United shirt in Korea for the first time. When the Korean star took to the pitch on the 73th minute, he was given a rapturous welcome by the 80,000 fans who packed the Olympic Stadium. After the match ended, Park said: "I am pleased to stand before my Korean fans in the United shirt for the first time. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United have recorded another win in their Asian tour against Korean side FC Seoul. United were down by two goals to one before half time but two goals from Kiko Macheda and Dimitar...
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Manchester United play FC Seoul in their third preseason match as they tour Asia. Here's a recap of Friday's match along with video highlights.

Manchester United defeates FC Seoul 3-2 Video Highlights Manchester United remained undefeated in their preseason tour of Asia with a 3-2 victory against FC Seoul on Friday.

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Manchester United defeated hosts FC Seoul 3-2 on goals from Wayne Rooney, Federico Macheda and Dimitar Berbatov earlier today in the third game of their 2009 Asian tour. The 64,000 capacity Korean crowd gave a hero's welcome to Korean international Ji-sung Park when he came on for United with 15 minutes left in the match. Click to continue reading...

United continued their winning ways this evening/afternoon/morning, defeating Korean side FC Seoul 3-2. Goals from Wayne Rooney, Kiko Macheda, and Dimitar Berbatov kept United undefeated through three matches of their Asian Tour. Perhaps more notable than the scoreline was the fact that the Korean crowds apparently haven't calmed down a bit since 2002.

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As the rainy season, hopefully, comes to an end, the football season in South Korea is just past the halfway stage. It has been a very interesting and unusual campaign so far with some big fish struggling down in the murky waters while minnows play around in unfamiliar waters near the surface.
Usually, there is no smaller catch in the K-League than Gwangju Sangmu. Click to continue reading...

Asia is accustomed to hosting teams from Europe. Every summer sees big clubs from the west heading east to play exhibition games in attempts to win new fans and conquer new markets.
The likes of Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Roma and Juventus have all paid visits to the world's largest continent in recent years. Click to continue reading...

Lee Chung-Yong 이청용, Korea's brightest soccer prospect, is contemplating a Bolton Wanderers move. His football pedigree is clear for all to see. In January of 2009, Lee was named as one of the top 50 rising stars in football by the British daily, The Times. -WikiCurrently plying his trades with FC Seoul, who currently top the Korean K-League, Lee Chung-Yong is compared to Alexander Hleb by many in Click to continue reading...

Some more transfer news and rumours from around the globe.
-- South Korean national team and FC Seoul midfielder Lee Chung-yong is garnering interest from Bolton Wanderers. The Premiership side sent a scout to South Korea's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia in Seoul, Wednesday according to Kim Seung-tae, who is a representative of Lee. Click to continue reading...

For at least two of South Korea's four representatives in the Asian Champions League, this week is make or break time. The quartet stands at the halfway point of the group stage with three games gone and three to go. With the top two in each group of four progressing to the second round, now is the time to start picking up points. Click to continue reading...

South Korea's two best teams had nights to remember in the opening round of Asian Champions League and face very different tests on matchday two this week. FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung Bluewings have also had mixed fortunes in the fledgling K-League season so far.br /br /Seoul's early season form got the headline writers in Korea far too excited. Click to continue reading...

It is a fact, and perhaps not an ideal one, that as soon as the K-League starts its new season, the Asian Champions League also gets into gear. Clubs that don't hit the ground running can often find that before they know what is happening, they are hotfooting it out of Asia's premier club competition. Click to continue reading...

Suwon Samsung Bluewings
It has been an up and down close-season for the champs.
(Major) Departures: It was no surprise to lose defender Mato Neretljak, though it was expected he would return to Europe and not go to Japan. Defensive partner Lee Jang-soo has also headed east. Midfielder Cho Won-hee is now at Wigan and Shin Young-rok is in Turkey. Click to continue reading...

FC Seoul is a football club based in Seoul, South Korea. It is currently owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS Group. The club is usually considered a powerhouse in the K-League. FC Seoul released its new jerseys for 2009/10 season this week. The new kits are designed with the letter 'S' on the front [. Click to continue reading...

Suwon Bluewings were declared the K-League Championship Final victors after defeating FC Seoul 2-1 in the second leg, condemning their title rivals to a 3-2 aggregate loss. It is the fourth time that Suwon has won their domestic championship since they first joined the league back in 1996. Click to continue reading...

The South Korean season ended just as winter started. The weekend of the championship play-off final second leg dawned with temperatures in some parts of the peninsula approaching 20 below. The cities of Suwon and Seoul were not far behind.
As the snow fell in the second half of the second leg of he championship decider between Suwon Samsung Bluewings and FC Seoul on Sunday afternoon, few of the 41,000 fans present noticed –some were bare-chested and many short-sleeved. Click to continue reading...

Kwak Hee-ju rescued a 1-1 draw for Suwon Bluewings against K-League rivals FC Seoul in the contest to be crowned champions of South Korea. The two-legged Championship playoff will be concluded on Sunday 7th December in the return leg at the 43,288-capacity Suwon World Cup Stadium following on from the deadlock in Seoul. Click to continue reading...

Just as anxious Korean mothers head to temples to pray for good test results for their children, football chiefs in South Korea have been doing something similar in the hope that the championship play-off final will be between arch-rivals Suwon Samsung Bluewings and FC Seoul.
It came true on a chilly Sunday afternoon as FC Seoul defeated Ulsan Hyundai Horang-I 4-2 in the penultimate round to set up the 'dream final'. Click to continue reading...

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...

FC Seoul went to the top of the K-League on Sunday with a tough 1-0 win over Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. The game was not much of a spectacle until the last gasp winner sent the Seoul fans into raptures.
Check out this video of the FC Seoul fans in full voice, including a rendition of "My Way" before the kick off at Seoul World Cup Stadium in north west Seoul. Click to continue reading...

With winter on the horizon, the big games are coming thick and fast as the end of the regular K-League season also comes into view. It is a time when some teams are going all out in an attempt to grab what is on offer while others are more concerned with protecting what they have.
For the first time since April 2007, FC Seoul is the team with the most. Click to continue reading...

A World Cup qualifier against UAE would not usually be a huge game but Wednesday's clash in Seoul promises to be a big, big night for South Korean football.
What should happen in such a situation, and what has usually happened in the past, is that the host enjoys a fairly comfortable victory and takes a step towards what would be a seventh successive World Cup. Click to continue reading...

The week before the transfer window closes is always a busy one. This year it slammed shut on the evening of September 1. Clubs had to buy players before then or they are doomed to wait until January before they can add to their rosters. It can be frantic.
That wasn't the case for South Korean players until last week – it had been quiet, too quiet. Click to continue reading...

The build-up for South Korea's summer series of qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup started the minute Park Ji-sung arrived at Incheon International Airport last Saturday, dressed in the words of some reports, 'like a model' in a pink jacket and white shirt.
All attention had been centered on Park's non-appearance in the UEFA Champions League final on May 21 when his team Manchester United defeated Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

In terms of European football, Kiki Musampa may not have seen all that there is to see, but the dreadlocked Dutchman has treaded the boards in many of the continent's big leagues. Starting out at Amsterdam icons Ajax, just as that team lifted the Champions League trophy in 1995, the attacking midfielder then moved to Bordeaux in 1997, not long before that the club became French champions. Click to continue reading...

"This is like deja vu all over again", said baseball legend Yogi Berra once upon a time. A quick glance at the top of the current K-league table certainly brings a host of memories flooding back for football fans around the nation.
Suwon Samsung Bluewings are in first place after winning four and drawing one of the five games so far. Click to continue reading...

Sunday sees the biggest regular fixture of the season – the meeting between FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung Bluewings – and if any extra spice was needed then the fact that the two teams occupy the top two spots in the K-League is more than enough.
The corresponding 2007 match at Seoul World Cup Stadium, almost exactly a year ago, saw the K-league record attendance smashed as 55,000 people saw the Bluewings win 1-0 – a new record could be set this Sunday. Click to continue reading...

1. Suwon Samsung Bluewings (last season 2)
Solid Suwon will be there or thereabouts. The defence is not getting any younger but still contains Lee Woon-jae in goal and the inspirational Mato Neretjlak at centre-back. The midfield boasts Lee Kwan-woo and Baek Ji-hoon but no longer South Korea captain Kim Nam-il. Click to continue reading...

The Los Angeles Galaxy are back to a familiar position, on the losing side of the score sheet. I haven't been able to watch the Galaxy vs FC Seoul yet but I have it on the DVR. Alan Gordon is a guy that I have criticized a lot but he got the go ahead goal for the Galaxy on a David Beckham free kick that came to him behind the defense.

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He came, he saw, he danced and drove his one direct free-kick into the wall. Overall, David Beckham's trip to Seoul with LA Galaxy was a success though not quite a complete triumph.
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star is, of course, big news in South Korea. However, not enough to fill more than half of Seoul's 65,000 capacity World Cup Stadium when the MLS took on FC Seoul in an exhibition match on March 1. Click to continue reading...