This article shows the summary of 2006 football season in South Korea.
National teams
FIFA World Cup
Former manager Jo Bonfrère qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but failed to satisfy the expectations of the Korea Football Association. Dick Advocaat replaced Bonfrère to participate in the World Cup, but Advocaat secretly contracted with a Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg just before the tournament, for which he was criticized.
Despite controversies about managers, South Korea defeated Togo 2–1 and drew 1–1 with eventual finalists France. However, they were eliminated in the group stage after losing 2–0 to Switzerland in the last match.
Group G tableTeamQualification1321040+47Advance to knockout stage2312031+253311134−144300316−50
AFC Asian Cup qualification
Asian Games
Friendlies Senior team
Under-23 team
Leagues K League Regular season
Championship playoffs
Final table
Korea National League
First stage
Second stage
Championship playoff
Domestic cups Korean FA Cup
Korean League Cup
Korea National League Championship
Group stage
Knockout stage
Korean Super Cup
International cups AFC Champions League
Team Result Round Aggregate Score Venue Opponent Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsChampions Group E Winners 3–2 Home Gamba Osaka 1–1 Away 0–1 Away Dalian Shide 3–1 Home 3–0 Home Da Nang 1–0 Away Quarter-finals 4–3 0–1 Away Shanghai Shenhua 4–2 Home Semi-finals 6–5 2–3 Home Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 4–1 Away Final 3–2 2–0 Home Al-Karamah 1–2 Away Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Semi-finals Group F Winners 2–0 Away Tokyo Verdy 1–0 Home Quarter-finals 7–0 6–0 Home Al-Shabab 1–0 Away Semi-finals 4–6 3–2 Away Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–4 Home
FIFA Club World Cup
Team Result Round Score Opponent Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Fifth place Quarter-finals 0–1 América Fifth place match 3–0 Auckland City
Diary of the season 13 June: South Korean national team earned its first-ever World Cup victory by defeating Togo 2–1. Ahn Jung-hwan scored his third World Cup goal and became the top scoring Asian player in World Cup history. 26 June: Pim Verbeek was appointed as the manager of the South Korean national team, replacing Dick Advocaat who left to Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. 8 July: Choi Jin-cheul retired as a player after a Korean League Cup match against Incheon United.
See also Football in South Korea
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