The 1999 K League was the 17th season of

K League K League () is South Korea's professional football league. It includes the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2. Clubs competing in the K League have won a record total of twelve AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions ...

. In the second leg of the playoffs final,

Saša Drakulić Saša Drakulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Дракулић; born 28 August 1972) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a forward. He went to South Korea in 1995 and during his nine seasons in the K League made a name for himself as on ...

golden goal The golden goal is a sports rule used in association football, Australian rules football, bandy, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, and rugby league to decide the winner of a match (typically a knock-out match) in which scores are equal at the ...

scored with his hand caused controversy. His handball was recognized as a goal by the Chinese referee

Sun Baojie Sun Baojie (; ; born 2 January 1965) is a retired Chinese football referee. He is also a teacher of Tsinghua University. He has refereed internationally in the AFC Asian Cup, Tiger Cup, and qualifiers for the 1998, 2006, and 2010 World Cups. ...

, and it directly determined Suwon's league title. Under the influence of controversy, Drakulić failed to win the MVP Award.

Regular season

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Final table

Awards

Main awards

Best XI

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References

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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...