Korean Super Cup

Korean Super Cup
Organiser(s)K League Federation
Founded1999 (1999)
2026 (2026) (refounded)
Abolished2006 (2006)
RegionSouth Korea
Teams2
Most championshipsSuwon Samsung Bluewings (3 titles)

The Korean Super Cup was the annual curtain-raiser to the South Korean football season from 1999 to 2006 and was contested between the champions of K League and Korean FA Cup. It was dropped from the South Korean football calendar in 2007. After that, champions of K League 1 and Korea Cup are often scheduled to play each other at the opening match of K League 1 next season. After 20 years, Korean Super Cup was reestablished from 2026 season onwards. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors is the only club to have lifted the Super Cup trophy among the champions of FA Cup.

History

However, Super Cup has not been held since 2007. Instead, the opening match of the regular season is played between the previous season's league champions and the FA Cup winners.

After 20 years of abolished, Korean Super Cup was reestablishment from 2026 season onwards.

Sponsorship

Sponsor Season Competition
TicketLink 1999–2000 TicketLink Super Cup
Posdata 2001–2002 Posdata Super Cup
None 2004–2005 K League Super Cup
Samsung Electronics 2006 Samsung Hauzen Super Cup
Coupang 2026 Coupang Super Cup

Rules

  • K League champions and Korea Cup champions participated in a single match.
  • Matches took place at the home venue of the league champions.
  • When the match finished as a draw after normal time, it decided on winners after extra time and a penalty shoot-out.

Results

K League championsScoreKorea Cup champions
Venue
Suwon Samsung Bluewings5–1Anyang LG Cheetahs
 Baek Hyung-jin 45'
Attendance: 15,077
Suwon Samsung Bluewings0–0 (a.e.t.)Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 14,021
Anyang LG Cheetahs2–1 (a.e.t.)Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
 Choi Jin-cheul 11'
Attendance: 20,118
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma1–0Daejeon Citizen
Drakulić 90'
Attendance: 14,450
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma0–2Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Attendance: 15,350
Suwon Samsung Bluewings1–0Busan IPark
Nádson 28'
Attendance: 21,784
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i1–0Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jang Sang-won 88'
Attendance: 7,356
Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsvDaejeon Hana Citizen

Titles by club

  • K League's principle of official statistics is that final club succeeds to predecessor club's history & records.[1]
Club Titles Winning seasons
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 1999, 2000, 2005
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1 2002
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 2004
FC Seoul 1 2001
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1 2006

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Official K-League Almanac" (in Korean). K-League editorial division.
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