The 1986 Korean Football Festival was the fourth season of the top football league in South Korea. Six teams participated in this season. Five of them were professional teams (Yukong Elephants, Daewoo Royals, POSCO Atoms, Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso and Hyundai Horang-i) and one was a semi-professional team (Hanil Bank). Hallelujah FC, the first South Korean first professional football club, changed its status to a semi-professional club and withdrew from the league afterwards. Sangmu FC, run by the Army also withdrew, leaving Hanil Bank as the only semi-professional team in the league.
It began on 2 March and ended on 16 November. It consisted of two stages and winners of each stage qualify for the championship playoffs. Between the two stages, the Korean Professional Football Championship in which only professional teams participated was held from May to September.
Foreign players Team Player 1 Daewoo Royals Hanil Bank Hyundai Horang-i Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso Piyapong Pue-on POSCO Atoms Paulinho Criciúma Yukong Elephants
Regular season First stage
Second stage
Championship playoffs
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalsApps1 Chung Hae-wonDaewoo Royals10192 Ham Hyun-giHyundai Horang-i8203 Gu Bon-seokYukong Elephants7184 Kim Yong-seYukong Elephants6105 Cho Min-kukLucky-Goldstar Hwangso510 Lee Heung-silPOSCO Atoms17 Lee Sang-raeLucky-Goldstar Hwangso19 Yoon Sung-hyoHanil Bank20
Awards Main awards AwardWinnerClubMost Valuable Player Lee Heung-silPOSCO AtomsTop goalscorer Chung Hae-wonDaewoo RoyalsTop assist provider Kang Deuk-sooLucky-Goldstar HwangsoRookie of the Year Ham Hyun-giHyundai Horang-iManager of the Year Choi Eun-taekPOSCO AtomsBest Goalkeeper Kim Hyun-taeLucky-Goldstar HwangsoFighting Spirit Award Min Jin-hongYukong ElephantsExemplary Award Park Sung-hwaPOSCO AtomsBest Referee Shim Geon-taek—Special Award Chung Hae-wonDaewoo Royals Source:
Best XI PositionWinnerClubGoalkeeper Kim Hyun-taeLucky-Goldstar HwangsoDefenders Cho Young-jeungLucky-Goldstar Hwangso Kim Pyung-seokHyundai Horang-i Choi Kang-heeHyundai Horang-i Park No-bongDaewoo RoyalsMidfielders Cho Min-kookLucky-Goldstar Hwangso Lee Heung-silPOSCO Atoms Yoon Sung-hyoHanil BankForwards Kim Yong-seYukong Elephants Chung Hae-wonDaewoo Royals Ham Hyun-giHyundai Horang-i Source:
See also 1986 K League Championship Professional Football Championship (South Korea)
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