1989 K League

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox football league season

| image =

| season = 1989

| dates = {{nowrap|25 March – 28 October 1989}}

| competition = {{nowrap|Korean Professional Football League}}

| winners = Yukong Elephants
(1st title)

| continentalcup1 = Asian Club Championship

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Withdrew

| continentalcup2 = Cup Winners' Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Daewoo Royals

| matches = 120

| total goals = 275

| relegated =

| best player = Noh Soo-jin

| league topscorer = Cho Keung-yeon
(20 goals)

| best goalkeeper = Cha Sang-kwang

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring = Hyundai 3–4 POSCO
(21 October 1989)

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| attendance =

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| prevseason = 1988

| nextseason = 1990

}}

The 1989 Korean Professional Football League was the seventh season of K League since its establishment in 1983. The Korean Professional Football Committee was merged into the Korea Football Association again in March 1989.{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1989030400209212007&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1989-03-04&officeId=00020&pageNo=12&printNo=20746&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:축구協-프로축구委 통합 합의 |language=ko |website=Naver |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo |date=1989-03-04 |access-date=2021-01-19}}

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=YKE|name_YKE=Yukong Elephants|status_YKE=C

|team2=LGH|name_LGH=Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso

|team3=DWR|name_DWR=Daewoo Royals

|team4=PSA|name_PSA=POSCO Atoms

|team5=ICH|name_ICH=Ilhwa Chunma

|team6=HHI|name_HHI=Hyundai Horang-i

|win_YKE=17|draw_YKE=15|loss_YKE=8|gf_YKE=51|ga_YKE=40

|win_LGH=15|draw_LGH=17|loss_LGH=8|gf_LGH=53|ga_LGH=40

|win_DWR=14|draw_DWR=14|loss_DWR=12|gf_DWR=44|ga_DWR=44

|win_PSA=13|draw_PSA=14|loss_PSA=13|gf_PSA=49|ga_PSA=50

|win_ICH=6|draw_ICH=21|loss_ICH=13|gf_ICH=44|ga_ICH=52

|win_HHI=7|draw_HHI=15|loss_HHI=18|gf_HHI=34|ga_HHI=49

|col_Q=blue1|text_Q=Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup

|note_res_Q=Qualified as champions of the Korean National Football Championship.

|result3=Q

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skor89.html RSSSF]

}}

Awards

=Main awards=

class="wikitable"

!Award

!Winner

!Club

Most Valuable Player

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Noh Soo-jin

|Yukong Elephants

Top goalscorer

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Keung-yeon

|POSCO Atoms

Top assist provider

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Heung-sil

|POSCO Atoms

Rookie of the Year

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Ko Jeong-woon

|Ilhwa Chunma

Manager of the Year

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Jung-nam

|Yukong Elephants

Best Goalkeeper

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Cha Sang-kwang

|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso

Fighting Spirit Award

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Keung-yeon

|POSCO Atoms

Exemplary Award

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Kang Jae-soon

|Hyundai Horang-i

Source:{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1989103000329211017&editNo=3&printCount=1&publishDate=1989-10-30&officeId=00032&pageNo=11&printNo=13567&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:'89프로축구 油公 頂上헹가래 |publisher=Kyunghyang Shinmun |website=Naver |language=ko |date=1989-10-30 |access-date=2021-01-09}}

=Best XI=

class="wikitable"

!Position

!Winner

!Club

Goalkeeper

|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Cha Sang-kwang

|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso

rowspan="4"|Defenders

|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Lim Jong-heon

|Ilhwa Chunma

{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Cho Yoon-hwan

|Yukong Elephants

{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Choi Yun-kyum

|Yukong Elephants

{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Lee Young-ik

|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso

rowspan="3"|Midfielders

|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Lee Heung-sil

|POSCO Atoms

{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Cho Duck-je

|Daewoo Royals

{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Kang Jae-soon

|Hyundai Horang-i

rowspan="3"|Forwards

|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Yoon Sang-chul

|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso

{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Cho Keung-yeon

|POSCO Atoms

{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Noh Soo-jin

|Yukong Elephants

Source:{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1989121500209211013&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1989-12-15&officeId=00020&pageNo=11&printNo=20987&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:프로축구 개인賞선정 최우수선수에 魯壽珍 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo |website=Naver |language=ko |date=15 December 1989 |access-date=28 April 2020}}

References

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