Crazy left foot Lee Dong-kyung → Star of Stars MVP Honored, won the Foyet → Coach Award in the first year...Young Player Award, Lee Seung-won (all-round)

Dec 01, 2025

Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Ulsan Lee Dong-kyung, who was selected as the K League 1 MVP, is holding the trophy. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/

Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Jeonbuk coach Gus Foye, who won the K League 1 Coach Award, is holding the trophy. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/

Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Gangwon Lee Seung-won, who won the K League 1 Young Player Award, is holding the trophy. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/

Ulsan HD was born and Kim Cheon's "mad left foot" Lee Dong-kyung stood tall as "star of all stars".

Lee Dong-kyung won the MVP (best player award) of the K League 1 honor at the 'Hana Bank K League 2025 Awards Ceremony' held at the Swiss Grand Hotel Convention Center in Hongeun-dong, Seoul on the 1st. He beat Jeonbuk Hyundai's 「Captain」 Park Jin-seop, who stood at the top of the K League 1 for the first time in four years.

In terms of converting the number of votes from each team coach (30%), players (30%) and media (40%), they scored 53.69 points, ahead of Park Jin-seop (35.71 points in Jeonbuk) and Sabak (10.60 points in Suwon FC). Lee Dong-kyung was ranked first in captain (8 votes) and media (71 votes) and Park Jin-seop (5 votes) in director's (5 votes).

Lee Dong-kyung is a representative 'Seonggol' grown in the Ulsan Youth System. He dreamed of becoming a professional in Hyundai Middle School and Hyundai High School, and he was the best rising star. Having experienced the German stage in the 2022 season, he returned to Ulsan in July 2023. It has been on a high march since last year.

Until the day before joining the army on April 28, he was 'Working Hard' in Ulsan. He scored seven goals and five assists in eight games (5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss), separating him from first place in the goal and help rankings. With that start as a stepping stone, Ulsan won its third consecutive K League 1 title. The FIFA Club World Cup ticket was also a gift from Lee Dong-kyung.

Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium/ K League 1/ FinalB/ Ulsan HDFC vs Suwon FC/ Suwon Han Chan-hee, Ulsan Lee Dong-kyung/ contest/ photo Park Jung-hoon

Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium/ K League1/ Ulsan HDFC/ Ulsan Dong-kyung/ ambulance/ injury/ photo Kim Jung-soo

In 2025, Lee Dong-kyung grew to 'Tal K Leaguer Class'. I refused to follow others. He played in 34 K League matches in Gimcheon, scoring 13 points and 11 assists, producing the most offensive points. He was discharged from the military on Oct. 29 and changed into Ulsan's blue uniform. He ended the season early with two games left in the match against Suwon FC (1-0 win) on the 9th of last month due to a broken ribs, but his brilliant name was not erased. Lee Dong-kyung, who added one more assist in Ulsan, finished with 13 points-12 assists.

He also led major offensive indicators such as shooting 115 times (1st) and key pass 71 times (1st) and was considered the most consistent and influential player in the season. It has been six years since Kim Bo-kyung (Ulsan at the time) was the MVP of the 'non-winning team'. Ulsan barely managed to stay in ninth place, but thanks to Lee Dong-kyung, it has become a club that produces MVP for the first four consecutive seasons in the K League after Lee Chung-yong and Kim Young-kwon and Cho Hyun-woo.

Lee Dong-kyung, who won the MVP award, said, `I'm not good at talking, but I think I can do more because I'm nervous.' Then "I'm grateful to receive a big award. I was happy just to be nominated with Jip-seop and Sabak, but I'm happy to receive a big award. I think of a lot of people to be really grateful for. I would like to thank the director Kim Cheon and the staff. Thank you to all the people involved in Ulsan"I hope my award will heal the wounds of Gimcheon and Ulsan fans who gave me a lot of support this season."."

Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Ulsan Lee Dong-kyung, who was selected as the K League 1 MVP, is expressing his feelings. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/

Lee Dong-kyung also thanked his parents for taking care of him hard while starting soccer and his father-in-law and mother-in-law for entrusting his daughter to me, who was lacking. I couldn't express it because I was blunt, but it was possible because he devoted himself more to me than to his work to his wife, who had a hard time meeting such an ugly husband and shed tears, Ulsan and Europe. I want to dedicate this award to my wife. Lastly, as I started playing soccer, I came here looking at the high place hard, but I will take a short breath with a grateful award and go up to the higher place once again with humility and sincerity. Thank you to all the fans and all the members who loved the K-League this year. I hope you have a warm end of the year."

The coach award went to Jeonbuk's Shinhwa coach Gus Foye. Coach Foye scored 75.63 points in terms of votes, beating Daejeon coach Hwang Sun-hong (15.19 points) and Anyang coach Yoo Byung-hoon (9.18 points). Coach Foyet received overwhelming support from fellow coaches (9 votes), as well as captains (8 votes) and media votes (111 votes).

Based on his outstanding leadership and leadership, he recorded 22 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses in 38 league games, confirming an early victory with five games left. He also lifted the trophy in his first year as the 11th coach in history.

Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Jeonbuk coach Gus Foye, who won the K League 1 Coach Award, is being congratulated by Anyang coach Yoo Byung-hoon. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/

Director Foyet, who won the Best Director Award, said, `Congratulations to all the winners. It's an honor to be able to attend the awards ceremony in the first season of the K League." In addition, the interpreter delivered the feelings prepared in advance for the quick progress.

Director Foyet said "I love my family. I would like to thank Hyundai Motor Company, the parent company, for trusting me and appointing me"I am grateful to all the members of North Jeolla Province. The fans gave me amazing support, and I will not forget the dedication of the players who followed me.

The Young Player Award was won by Lee Seung-won, a 22-year-old rising star in Gangwon Province. He made a strong impression by making his debut in Gangwon in the 2023 season and playing 14 games in his first year. Last season, he joined Gimcheon Sangmu in March and scored one goal in eight games. This season, he became the main player with one goal and six assists in 32 games. After joining Gangwon after being discharged from the military, he played in three games. Gangwon won the K League 1 Young Player Award for the second consecutive year after Yang Min-hyuk (Portsmouth) last season.

Lee Seung-won received 66.87 points in voting conversion, beating Hwang Do-yoon (19.66 points in Seoul) and Chae Hyun-woo (13.47 points in Anyang). He was supported by 10 supervisors, six captains, and 90 media votes.

Lee Seung-won said, `There are so many people I'm grateful for being on two teams this year. I would like to thank Gangwon FC owner Kim Jin-tae, CEO Kim Byung-ji, general manager Kim Tae-joo, manager Jung Kyung-ho, and team staff. Setting a goal for this year, I set a goal that I want to go to the year-end awards ceremony. I'm so happy to be here. I am so grateful to my parents. I will try to become a better player next year."

Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Players who were selected as the K League 1's best 11 are posing. From left, Song Beom-geun, Lee Myung-jae, Hong Jeong-ho, Yazan, Kwon Oh-gap, Song Min-gyu, Park Jin-gyu, Kang Sang-yoon, Sabak, and Lee Dong-kyung. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/

The best player for each position was 'Best 11'Jeonbuk World'. Jeonbuk has produced a whopping six winners. In particular, he dominated the four spots in midfield. Song Bum-keun, who was lagging behind Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan), succeeded in winning the best 11 award for the first time in his life. Song Bum-keun showed a solid defense by allowing only 32 runs in all games this season, contributing to Jeonbuk's minimum K League 1 loss (32 runs).

The best defenders were Lee Myung-jae, Kim Moon-hwan (Daejeon), Yazan (Seoul), and Hong Jung-ho (Jeonbuk). Lee Myung-jae moved to Daejeon from Birmingham City in England through the transfer market last summer. After wearing the Daejeon uniform, Lee Myung-jae played in 15 games and scored two goals and three assists, showing his strong presence in half a season. Kim Moon-hwan also played in 24 games this season and recorded two assists, showing the essence of right fullback.

Yazan played in 34 games and scored one goal and one assist to keep his team's defensive line strong. Hong Jung-ho, the central defender who played his eighth season in Jeonbuk alone, played in 30 games this year, contributing to Jeonbuk's win and the league's minimum number of goals (32 goals lost).

The midfield was played by Song Min-gyu, Kim Jin-gyu, Park Jin-seop and Kang Sang-yoon (Jeonbuk). Song Min-gyu has scored five goals and two assists in 35 games this season. Kim Jin-gyu scored five goals and six assists in 35 games this season, achieving double-digit offensive points for the first time in K League 1. Both national team A and their teams showed outstanding skills.

Park Jin-seop led the team as captain this season and played a key role in the championship. Park Jin-seop scored three goals and two assists in 35 games, and even though he was a defensive midfielder, he played both sides of offense and defense. Kang Sang-yoon, a midfielder born in 2004, has shown remarkable growth this season as a playmaker.

The best strikers were 'MVP' Lee Dong-kyung and Sabak (Suwon FC). Lee Dong-kyung does not need an explanation, and Sabak played in 33 games as soon as he made his K-League debut this season, scoring 17 goals and two assists. As a result, he won the K League 1 Best 11 Strikers category and the most points in his debut season, winning two gold medals.

In the K League 2, Incheon United, which won the first year of relegation and succeeded in promotion, swept 'Big 3'. Gervaiso was named MVP, which is 'Best Star'. Director Yoon Jung-hwan won the Director Award and Park Seung-ho won the Young Player Award.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.