The initial five clubs were Hallelujah FC, Yukong Elephants, Pohang Steelworks, Daewoo Royals, Kookmin Bank.

Hallelujah FC won the inaugural title, finishing one point ahead of Daewoo Royals to lift the trophy.

The K League season typically begins around March and runs to late November each year.

A number of the member clubs are owned by South Korean major conglomerates "chaebols".

This was the first time in domestic South Korean professional sports history that there has been at least one club in each province.