2024 K League 2
Season | 2024 |
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Dates | 1 March – 10 November 2024 (regular season) 20–24 November 2024 (promotion play-offs) |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 346 (2.62 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Bruno da Silva Costa (Seoul E-Land FC) (10 goals) |
Highest attendance | 14,196 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-1 Chungnam Asan (3 March 2024) |
Lowest attendance | 384 Ansan Greeners 0-3 Seoul E-Land (11 May 2024) |
Average attendance | 3835 |
← 2023 2025 → |
The 2024 K League 2, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the 12th season of the second division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 2013 as the K League Challenge and the seventh season under its current name, the K League 2.
Teams
Team changes
As the 2023 K League 2 champions, Gimcheon Sangmu were promoted to the 2024 K League 1. Suwon Samsung Bluewings were relegated to the K League 2 for the first time in the club's history.[1]
Promoted from K League 2 | Relegated to K League 2 |
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Locations
The following thirteen teams are participating in the 2024 K League 2.[2]
Team | City/Province | Abbreviation |
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Ansan Greeners | Ansan | Ansan |
FC Anyang | Anyang | Anyang |
Bucheon FC 1995 | Bucheon | Bucheon |
Busan IPark | Busan | Busan |
Cheonan City | Cheonan | Cheonan |
Chungbuk Cheongju | Cheongju | Chungbuk Cheongju |
Chungnam Asan | Asan | Chungnam Asan |
Gimpo FC | Gimpo | Gimpo |
Gyeongnam FC | Gyeongnam | Gyeongnam |
Jeonnam Dragons | Jeonnam | Jeonnam |
Seongnam FC | Seongnam | Seongnam |
Seoul E-Land | Seoul | Seoul E |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Suwon | Suwon |
Stadiums
Ansan Greeners | FC Anyang | Bucheon FC 1995 |
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Ansan Wa~ Stadium | Anyang Stadium | Bucheon Stadium |
Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 17,143 | Capacity: 34,456 |
Busan IPark | Cheonan City | |
Busan Asiad Main Stadium (until June 2024) | Busan Gudeok Stadium (from July 2024) | Cheonan Stadium |
Capacity: 53,769 | Capacity: 12,349 | Capacity: 26,000 |
Chungbuk Cheongju | Chungnam Asan | Gimpo FC |
Cheongju Stadium | Yi Sun-sin Stadium | Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium |
Capacity: 16,280 | Capacity: 19,283 | Capacity: 5,000 |
Gyeongnam FC | Jeonnam Dragons | Seongnam FC |
Changwon Football Center | Gwangyang Stadium | Tancheon Stadium |
Capacity: 15,074 | Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 16,146 |
Seoul E-Land | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | |
Mokdong Stadium | Suwon World Cup Stadium (until June 2024) | Yongin Mireu Stadium (July to December 2024) |
Capacity: 15,511 | Capacity: 44,031 | Capacity: 37,155 |
Personnel and sponsoring
Team | Manager | Main sponsor | Kit manufacturer |
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Ansan Greeners | Government of Ansan | Applerind | |
FC Anyang | Ryu Byeong-hoon | Osang Healthcare | V-EXX |
Bucheon FC 1995 | Lee Young-min | Government of Bucheon | Kelme |
Busan IPark | HDC Hyundai Development Company | Puma | |
Cheonan City | Kim Tae-wan | Government of Cheonan | Puma |
Chungbuk Cheongju | Choi Yun-kyum | Applerind | |
Chungnam Asan | Kim Hyun-seok | Haeyu Construction | Mizuno |
Gimpo FC | Ko Jeong-woon | Government of Gimpo | Sunderland of Scotland |
Gyeongnam FC | Park Dong-hyeok | Nonghyup Bank | Hummel |
Jeonnam Dragons | Lee Jang-gwan | POSCO | Puma |
Seongnam FC | Park Dong-hyuk | Government of Seongnam | Umbro |
Seoul E-Land | Kim Do-gyun | NC Department Store | New Balance |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Yeom Ki-hun | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Puma |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Cheonan City | Park Nam-yeol | Sacked | 29 November 2023 [3] | Pre-season | Kim Tae-wan | 18 December 2023 |
FC Anyang | Lee Woo-hyung | Stepped Down | 6 December 2023 | Pre-season | Ryu Beong-hoon | 7 December 2023 |
Gyeongnam FC | Seol Ki-hyeon | Contract Expired | 30 November 2023 | Pre-season | Park Dong-hyuk | 5 December 2023 |
Chungnam Asan FC | Park Dong-hyuk | Signed by Gyeongnam FC | 4 December 2023 | Pre-season | Kim Hyun-seok | 1 January 2024 |
Seoul E-Land | Park Choong-kyun | End of Contract | 13 December 2023 | Pre-season | Kim Do-kyun | 14 December 2023 |
Seongnam FC | Lee Ki-hyung | Sacked | 20 March 2024 | 13th | Choi Chul-woo | 21 May 2024 |
Busan IPark | Park Jin-sub | Resigned | 8 July 2024 | 9th | Jo Sung-hwan | 14 July 2024 |
Ansan Greeners | Lim Kwan-sik | Resigned | 10 July 2024 | 13th |
Foreign players
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | ASEAN Player | Former llayers |
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Ansan Greeners | ||||||
FC Anyang | Danrlei | Matheus Oliveira | Teppei Yachida | Yago | ||
Bucheon FC 1995 | Nilson | Jucie Lupeta | Rodrigo Bassani | |||
Busan IPark | Bruno Lamas | Fessin | Yuhei Sato | Mukhammadali Alikulov Ricardo Lopes | ||
Cheonan City | Bruno Mota | Paulo Henrique | Erikys | |||
Chungbuk Cheongju | Venício | Tales | Nathan Oduwa | Paulinho Hidetoshi Miyuki | ||
Chungnam Asan | Denisson Silva | Juninho Rocha | Josepablo Monreal | Anderson Kainã | ||
Gimpo FC | Bruno Paraíba | Luis Mina | Leonard Pllana | Connor Chapman | ||
Gyeongnam FC | Bachana Arabuli | Yukiya Sugita | Lachlan Wales | Hélio Borges Zurab Museliani | ||
Jeonnam Dragons | Valdívia | Jhon Montaño | Euloge Placca | Mukhammadali Alikulov | Yuhei Sato | |
Seongnam FC | Leonardo Acevedo | Christy Manzinga | Toni Gomes | Ikromjon Alibaev | Gabriel Honório | |
Seoul E-Land | Bruno Silva | Osmar | Eduvie Ikoba | Kazuki Kozuka | Peter Makrillos | |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Aboubacar Toungara | Fejsal Mulić | Peter Makrillos | Kazuki Kozuka |
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | FC Anyang | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 40 | Promotion to K League 1 |
2 | Jeonnam Dragons | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 38 | Qualification for promotion play-offs final round |
3 | Seoul E-Land | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 31 | Qualification for promotion play-offs second round |
4 | Chungnam Asan | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 31 | Qualification for promotion play-offs first round |
5 | Gimpo FC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 30 | |
6 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 29 | |
7 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 28 | |
8 | Chungbuk Cheongju | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 28 | |
9 | Busan IPark | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 26 | |
10 | Cheonan City | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 21 | |
11 | Gyeongnam FC | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 20 | |
12 | Seongnam FC | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 20 | |
13 | Ansan Greeners | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 17 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
Positions by matchday
Leaders, promotion to K League 1
Qualification for promotion play-offs final round
Qualification for promotion play-offs second round
Qualification for promotion play-offs first round
Results
Home \ Away | ASG | AYG | BCN | BSI | CNC | CBCJ | CNAS | GIM | GNM | JND | SNM | SUE | SSB | ASG | AYG | BCN | BSI | CNC | CBCJ | CNAS | GIM | GNM | JND | SNM | SUE | SSB |
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Ansan Greeners | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||
FC Anyang | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |||||||||||||||
Bucheon FC 1995 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
Busan IPark | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||
Cheonan City | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||
Chungbuk Cheongju | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||
Chungnam Asan | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
Gimpo FC | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gyeongnam FC | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||
Jeonnam Dragons | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||
Seongnam FC | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||
Seoul E-Land | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion play-offs
The fourth and fifth-placed teams in the league play against each other in a one-legged tie, played at the home stadium of the fourth-placed team. The winners of this match play against the third-placed team in the second round of the K League 2 play-offs. The winners of the second round, and the league runners-up, play against the tenth and eleventh-placed teams of the K League 1, respectively, in the promotion play-offs. Each of the promotion play-offs is a two-legged tie, with the winners securing the final spots in K League 1 for the 2025 season.[4]
Bracket
First round | Second round | Final 1 | ||||||||||||||
3 | 3rd place of K League 2 | |||||||||||||||
Winner of First round | ||||||||||||||||
4 | 4th place of K League 2 | |||||||||||||||
5 | 5th place of K League 2 | |||||||||||||||
Winner of Second round | ||||||||||||||||
10th place of K League 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Final 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2nd place of K League 2 | ||||||||||||||||
11th place of K League 1 |
First round
4th place of 2024 K League 2 | v | 5th place of 2024 K League 2 |
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Second round
3rd place of 2024 K League 2 | v | Winner of First round |
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Final round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Winner of Second round | agg. | 10th place of K League 1 | 28 Nov | 1 Dec |
2nd place of K League 2 | agg. | 11th place of K League 1 | 28 Nov | 1 Dec |
Winner of Second round | v | 10th place of K League 1 |
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10th place of K League 1 | v | Winner of Second round |
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2nd place of K League 2 | v | 11th place of K League 1 |
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11th place of K League 1 | v | 2nd place of K League 2 |
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Statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player[5] | Team | Goals |
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1 | Bruno Silva | Seoul E-Land | 10 |
2 | Kim Jong-min | Jeonnam Dragons | 9 |
Bruno Mota | Cheonan City | ||
4 | Leonardo Acevedo | Seongnam FC | 7 |
Paulo Henrique | Cheonan City | ||
6 | Bachana Arabuli | Gyeongnam FC | 6 |
Eduvie Ikoba | Seoul E-Land | ||
Valdívia | Jeonnam Dragons | ||
Fejsal Mulić | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | ||
Kang Min-gyu | Chungnam Asan |
Top assist providers
Rank | Player[5] | Team | Assists |
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1 | Jhon Montaño | Jeonnam Dragons | 5 |
2 | Kim Hyun | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 4 |
Peter Makrillos | Seoul E-Land Suwon Samsung Bluewings | ||
Park Min-seo | Seoul E-Land | ||
Kim Myung-soon | Chungbuk Cheongju | ||
Rodrigo Bassani | Bucheon FC 1995 | ||
Matheus | FC Anyang | ||
Bruno Lamas | Busan IPark | ||
Juninho Rocha | Chungnam Asan | ||
10 | 14 Players | 3 |
Awards
Weekly awards
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See also
References
- ^ "Ulsan repeat as champions, Suwon Samsung suffer relegation in K League for 1st time". The Korea Times. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "기록" [Record]. K League. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ 심경 전한 천안시티 박남열 감독, "박경훈 씨 도덕적 문제 있어. 후배에게 모범적 행동했어야" - 베스트일레븐
- ^ "하나원큐 K리그2 2024 대회요강" [Hana 1Q K League 2 2024 Tournament Summary]. K League. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ a b "K LEAGUE / Record".
External links
- Official K League website