Jeonbuk Hyundai win K-League championship
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors beat rivals Ulsan Hyundai 2-1 Sunday to win South Korea's K-League championship for the second time.
After a goalless first half, ex-Premier League winger Seol Ki-Hyeon put Ulsan on the board in the 56th minute off a free kick but Joenbuk's Eninho swiftly evened the score from a penalty in the 59th.
Fellow Brazilian Luiz Henrique sealed the win for the home side at their Jeonju World Cup stadium, 240 kilometres (150 miles) south of Seoul.
Jeonbuk also edged Ulsan 2-1 in the opening leg of the finals on Wednesday, with Eninho scoring both times, the first goal also coming off a penalty.
The Brazilian now has five career goals in the final, more than any other K-League player.
Jeonbuk, who won the K-League championship in 2009, collected a prize of 300 million won ($270,000), while Ulsan got 150 million won for second place.
In the home-and-away K-League championship series, winners are determined on an aggregated score after a game on each side's home pitch.
Ulsan, having lost the first game by one goal, needed to win the second match by at least two goals to capture the title without going into extra time or penalties.
The final capped a successful season for the K-League, with more than three million fans having watched the regular season and the playoffs for the first time since its founding in 1983.
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