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AFC Willing To Sacrifice Local Leagues To Please Sponsors

August 15, 2020 Lex Nande 1

What would it take for a club to pull out of the largest tournament on the continent? When does the balance of protecting the players […]

K League Data Analysis: A Graphic For Every K1 Club

August 5, 2018 Tim Lee 3

After years of toying around (unsuccessfully) with statistical models for the K League, the greatest thing in the world happened last week. The K League […]

KPA Transfer Analysis: Lee Jae-sung goes to Holstein Kiel

July 31, 2018 Tim Lee 9

It’s finally happened. The K League’s unquestionable best player, Lee Jae-sung, has at last moved to Europe. But his destination is a mysterious one; especially […]

17 for 2017: Rising Stars of 2017

December 31, 2017 Nicole Chung 1

Rising stars of 2017 After the successful ‘rising stars’ post in 2015, we decided to include another short ‘risings stars’ post this year. We will […]

FC Seoul: Champions of Korea

November 7, 2016 Tim Lee 7

It seemed unthinkable just a few weeks ago, but Jeonbuk’s 2011 bribery scandal finally delivered just desserts as FC Seoul seized the day with their […]

AFC Champions League Preview: Seoul praying for second leg miracle

October 17, 2016 Tim Lee 1

FC Seoul had a nightmare in the first leg of the 2016 AFC Champions League Semi-Final (East Zone Final) as they were soundly beaten 4-1 […]

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KFA Cup: Jeonbuk treble dreams over in QF

July 13, 2016 Tim Lee 1

The Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were stunned by 2nd division Bucheon FC 1995 as Choi Kanghee’s dreams of a treble were dashed once again in the […]

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K League 2016 – 33% finished (Part 1/2)

June 14, 2016 Tim Lee 1

My brain is still half-dead from spending four hours in an examination room doing algebra, but news has been slow after the June friendlies and […]

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Tavern Match of the Day: Jeonbuk Hyundai v. FC Seoul

March 14, 2016 Jinseok 1

Tim and I present to you: the second Tavern Match of the Day! This time featuring the 2016 K League opener with Jeonbuk taking on […]

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