- League standing First Stage Second Stage Final Standing
- Championship Playoff Semifinals Final
- Winner
- Top scorers
- Awards Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Top Assistor Best XI Manager of the Year Club of the Year Fair Play Award
- See also
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| winners = Ulsan Mipo Dolphins(2nd title)
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}}The Korea National League 2008 season operates its season in two stages, with the winners of each stage and the two runners-up advancing to the post-season championship playoffs. In the event of the same team winning both stages, there will be no playoff. League standing{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}First Stage| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Ulsan Mipo Dolphins | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 35 | | 2 | Busan Kyotong | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 27 | | 3 | Suwon City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 24 | | 4 | Gangneung City FC | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 24 | | 5 | Gimhae FC | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 22 | | 6 | Kookmin Bank FC | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 21 | | 7 | Cheonan City FC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 19 | | 8 | Daejeon HNP FC | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 16 | | 9 | Changwon City FC | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 16 | | 10 | Ansan Hallelujah | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 14 | | 11 | Nowon Hummel Korea | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 12 | | 12 | Incheon Korail | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 9 | | 13 | Yesan FC | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 7 | | 14 | Hongcheon Idu FC | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 4 |
{{col-2}}Second Stage| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Suwon City | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 34 | | 2 | Gangneung City FC | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 25 | | 3 | Ansan Hallelujah | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 25 | | 4 | Ulsan Mipo Dolphins | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 24 | | 5 | Gimhae FC | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 22 | | 6 | Daejeon HNP FC | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 20 | | 7 | Kookmin Bank FC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 19 | | 8 | Changwon City FC | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 18 | | 9 | Busan Kyotong | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | +2 | 17 | | 10 | Nowon Hummel Korea | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 14 | | 11 | Cheonan City FC | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 13 | | 12 | Incheon Korail | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 12 | | 13 | Hongcheon Idu FC | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 51 | −31 | 6 | | 14 | Yesan FC | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 34 | −21 | 4 |
{{col-end}}Final Standing| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ulsan Mipo Dolphins | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 69 | 33 | +36 | 59 | First Stage Winner | | 2 | Suwon City | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 58 | Second Stage Winner | | 3 | Gangneung City FC | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 49 | Second Stage Runner-up | | 4 | Busan Kyotong | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 44 | First Stage Runner-up | | 5 | Gimhae FC | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 44 | | 6 | Kookmin Bank FC | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 40 | | 7 | Ansan Hallelujah | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 39 | | 8 | Daejeon HNP FC | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 36 | | 9 | Changwon City FC | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 34 | | 10 | Cheonan City FC | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 32 | | 11 | Nowon Hummel Korea | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 26 | | 12 | Incheon Korail | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 21 | | 13 | Yesan FC | 26 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 11 | | 14 | Hongcheon Idu FC | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 35 | 85 | −50 | 10 |
Championship Playoff{{Round4
|8 November – Ulsan |Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard{{0}}|3|Gangneung City FC|0
|8 November - Suwon |Suwon City|2|Busan Kyotong|0
|12 & 16 November – Suwon & Ulsan |Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (pen){{0}}|{{0}}1{{0}}1{{0}}2 (5){{0}}|Suwon City|{{0}}1{{0}}1{{0}}2 (4){{0}}}}Semifinals{{footballbox |date = November 8| team1 = Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | score = 3 – 0| report = Report | team2 = Gangneung City FC | goals1 = Kim Bong-Kyum {{goal|78}}
Choi Young-Nam {{goal|84}}
Kim Young-Hoo {{goal|87}}| goals2 = | stadium = Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan | attendance = 324}}
{{footballbox |date = November 8| team1 = Suwon City | score = 2 – 0| report = Report | team2 = Busan Kyotong | goals1 = Park Hee-Wan {{goal|55}}
Jung Jae-Woon {{goal|90+3}} | goals2 = | stadium = Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon | attendance = 2,813}} Final1st leg{{footballbox |date = November 12| team1 = Suwon City | score = 1 – 1| report = Report | team2 = Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | goals1 = Lee Joon-Young {{goal|81}} | goals2 = Cho Sung-Yoon {{goal|80}} | stadium = Suwon Civil Stadium, Suwon | attendance = 3,251}} 2nd leg{{footballbox |date = November 16| team1 = Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | score = 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)| report = Report | team2 = Suwon City | goals1 = Kim Ki-Hyung {{goal|57}} | goals2 = Ha Jung-Heon {{goal|90}} | stadium = Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan | attendance = 1,513
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|penaltyscore = 5 – 4
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}}Ulsan Mipo 2–2 Suwon City on aggregate. Ulsan Mipo won 5–4 on penalties.Winner| Korea National League 2008 Winners |
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Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
2nd Title |
Top scorers| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Pld |
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| 1 | KOR}} Kim Young-Hoo | Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 31 | 29 | | 2 | KOR}} Kim Jin-Il | Busan Kyotong | 18 | 24 | | 3 | KOR}} Kim Min-Goo | Gangneung City FC | 13 | 21 | | 4 | KOR}} Lee Kil-Yong | Changwon City FC | 13 | 25 | | 5 | KOR}} Gu Hyun-Seo | Cheonan City FC | 13 | 25 | | = | KOR}} Park Dong-Il | Hongcheon Idu FC | 13 | 25 | | 7 | KOR}} Ha Jung-Heon | Suwon City | 11 | 14 | | 8 | KOR}} Cho Joo-Young | Daejeon HNP FC | 10 | 22 | | 9 | KOR}} Yang Dong-Chul | Gimhae FC | 9 | 26 |
AwardsMost Valuable Player- The Most Valuable Player award was won by Yoo Hyun (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)
Top Scorer- The Top Scorer award was won by Kim Young-Hoo (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)
Top Assistor- The Top Assistor award was won by Kim Yo-Hwan (Goyang Kookmin Bank)
Best XI- Goalkeeper: Yoo Hyun (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)
- Defence: Kim Do-Yong (Busan Transportation Corporation), Lee Young-Kyun (Suwon City), Kim Bong-Kyum (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard), Kim Jung-Kyum (Daejeon KHNP)
- Midfield: Park Hee-Wan (Suwon City), Cha Jong-Yoon (Goyang Kookmin Bank), Na Il-Kyun (Gangneung City), Jo Joo-Young (Daejeon KHNP)
- Attack: Kim Young-Hoo (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard), Kim Jin-Il (Busan Transportation Corporation)
Manager of the Year- The Manager of the Year award was won by Choi Soon-Ho (Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)
Club of the Year- The Club of the Year award was won by Ansan Hallelujah
Fair Play Award- The Fair Play award was won by Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
See also{{Korea National League}}{{2008 in South Korean football}} 2 : Korea National League seasons|2008 in South Korean football |