The 1987 Korean Professional Football League was the fifth season of the K League. Before the start of this season, the Korean Professional Football Committee was separated from the Korea Football Association. A total of 5 professional teams participated in the league. Hanil Bank withdrew the league from this season. It began on 28 March and ended on 8 November 1987. It was operated with the home and away system for the first time.

Foreign players

TeamPlayer 1
Daewoo Royals
Hyundai Horang-i
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
POSCO Atoms
Yukong ElephantsBrazil Perivaldo

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Daewoo Royals (C)32161424120+2146
2POSCO Atoms3216886441+2340
3Yukong Elephants3299143443−927
4Hyundai Horang-i32712133440−626
5Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso3277182655−2921

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoalsApps
1South Korea Choi Sang-kookPOSCO Atoms1530
2South Korea Lee Heung-silPOSCO Atoms1229
South Korea Noh Soo-jinYukong Elephants30
4South Korea Kim Joo-sungDaewoo Royals1028
5South Korea Kim Hong-woonPOSCO Atoms926
6South Korea Lee Sang-cheolHyundai Horang-i828
7South Korea Park Hang-seoLucky-Goldstar Hwangso728

Awards

Main awards

AwardWinnerClub
Most Valuable PlayerSouth Korea Chung Hae-wonDaewoo Royals
Top goalscorerSouth Korea Choi Sang-kookPOSCO Atoms
Top assist providerSouth Korea Choi Sang-kookPOSCO Atoms
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Joo-sungDaewoo Royals
Manager of the YearSouth Korea Lee Cha-manDaewoo Royals
Best GoalkeeperSouth Korea Cho Byung-deukPOSCO Atoms
Fighting Spirit AwardSouth Korea Choi Ki-bongYukong Elephants
Exemplary AwardSouth Korea Park No-bongDaewoo Royals
Best RefereeSouth Korea Park Kyung-in—

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Best XI

PositionWinnerClub
GoalkeeperSouth Korea Kim Poong-jooDaewoo Royals
DefendersSouth Korea Choi Ki-bongYukong Elephants
South Korea Chung Yong-hwanDaewoo Royals
South Korea Park Kyung-hoonPOSCO Atoms
South Korea Gu Sang-bumLucky-Goldstar Hwangso
MidfieldersSouth Korea Kim Sam-sooHyundai Horang-i
South Korea Noh Soo-jinYukong Elephants
South Korea Lee Heung-silPOSCO Atoms
ForwardsSouth Korea Choi Sang-kookPOSCO Atoms
South Korea Chung Hae-wonDaewoo Royals
South Korea Kim Joo-sungDaewoo Royals

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External links

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