2019 K League 2
Season | 2019 |
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Champions | Gwangju FC |
Promoted | Gwangju FC Busan IPark |
Matches played | 180 |
← 2018 2020 → |
The 2019 K League 2 was the seventh season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2013, and the second one with its current name, the K League 2. The top-ranked team and the winners of the promotion play-offs among three clubs ranked between second and fourth got promoted to the 2020 K League 1.
Teams[]
Since the champions from the previous season, Asan Mugunghwa, didn't get promoted because of administrative reasons, Seongnam FC, the second-placed team of the 2018 K League 2, was granted promotion to the 2019 K League 1. Jeonnam Dragons were relegated from the top tier. A total of ten teams contested in the league.
Team | City | Home venue |
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Ansan Greeners | Ansan | Ansan Wa~ Stadium |
Asan Mugunghwa | Asan | Yi Sun-sin Stadium |
Bucheon FC 1995 | Bucheon | Bucheon Stadium |
Busan IPark | Busan | Busan Gudeok Stadium |
Daejeon Citizen | Daejeon | Daejeon World Cup Stadium |
FC Anyang | Anyang | Anyang Stadium |
Gwangju FC | Gwangju | Gwangju World Cup Stadium |
Jeonnam Dragons | Jeonnam | Gwangyang Stadium |
Seoul E-Land | Seoul | Seoul Olympic Stadium |
Suwon FC | Suwon | Suwon Sports Complex |
Stadiums[]
Ansan Greeners | Asan Mugunghwa | Bucheon FC 1995 | Busan IPark | Daejeon Citizen |
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Ansan Wa~ Stadium | Yi Sun-sin Stadium | Bucheon Stadium | Busan Gudeok Stadium | Daejeon World Cup Stadium |
Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 17,376 | Capacity: 34,456 | Capacity: 12,349 | Capacity: 40,535 |
FC Anyang | Gwangju FC | Jeonnam Dragons | Seoul E-Land | Suwon FC |
Anyang Stadium | Gwangju World Cup Stadium | Gwangyang Stadium | Seoul Olympic Stadium | Suwon Sports Complex |
Capacity: 17,143 | Capacity: 40,245 | Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 69,950 | Capacity: 11,808 |
Personnel and kits[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer1 | Main sponsor1 |
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Ansan Greeners | Lim Wan-Sup | Ansan Government | |
Asan Mugunghwa | Park Dong-hyuk | Mizuno | Asan Government and Korean Police Agency |
Bucheon FC 1995 | Song Sun-ho | Bucheon Government | |
Busan IPark | Cho Deok-je | Adidas | Hyundai Development Company |
Daejeon Citizen | Lee Heung-sil | Joma | Daejeon Government |
FC Anyang | Kim Hyung-yul | Joma | Anyang Government |
Gwangju FC | Park Jin-sub | Kelme | Gwangju Government |
Jeonnam Dragons | Jeon Kyung-jun | Joma | POSCO |
Seoul E-Land | Woo Sung-yong | New Balance | E-Land |
Suwon FC | Kim Dae-eui | Hummel | Suwon Government |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Daejeon Citizen | Ko Jong-soo | Sacked | 21 May 2019 | Park Chul (Caretaker) | 21 May 2019 |
Seoul E-Land | Kim Hyun-soo | Sacked | 22 May 2019 | Woo Sung-yong (Caretaker) | 17 June 2019 |
Daejeon Citizen | Park Chul | End of caretaker spell | 1 July 2019 | Lee Heung-sil | 1 July 2019 |
Jeonnam Dragons | Fabiano | Mutual consent | 27 July 2019 | Jeon Kyung-jun (Caretaker) | 27 July 2019 |
Suwon FC | Kim Dae-eui[1] | Resigned | 29 October 2019 | Lee Kwan-woo (Caretaker) | 29 October 2019 |
Foreign players[]
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game. Players in bold are players who joined midway through the competition. Note that An Byong-jun, who is a North Korean player playing for Suwon FC, was deemed to be a native player.
- As of 7 July 2019
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Asian player |
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Ansan Greeners | Fauver | Gustavo Vintecinco | Masatoshi Ishida | ||
Bucheon FC 1995 | Nilson Júnior | Marlon de Jesús | Nan Song | ||
Busan IPark | Diego Maurício | Rômulo | Soma Novothny | Aleksandar Šušnjar | |
Daejeon Citizen | Matheus Pato | Rafael Ramazotti | Aurelian Chițu | ||
FC Anyang | Alex | Manuel Palacios | Mykola Kovtalyuk | ||
Gwangju FC | Felipe | Willyan | Rustam Ashurmatov | ||
Jeonnam Dragons | Bruno Baio | Bruno Nunes | Wanderson Macedo | Nick Ansell | |
Seoul E-Land | Alex | Douglas Coutinho | Róbson | Chikashi Masuda | |
Suwon FC | Henri Anier | Chisom Egbuchulam | Jovlon Ibrokhimov |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | Gwangju FC (P) | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 73 | Promotion to 2020 K League 1 |
2 | Busan IPark (Q, P) | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 67 | Qualification to K League 2 play-offs |
3 | FC Anyang (Q) | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 55 | |
4 | Bucheon FC 1995 (Q) | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 51 | |
5 | Ansan Greeners FC | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 | |
6 | Jeonnam Dragons | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 48 | |
7 | Asan Mugunghwa | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 44 | Ineligible for Promotion[a] |
8 | Suwon FC | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 43 | |
9 | Daejeon Citizen | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 35 | |
10 | Seoul E-Land FC | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 25 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
- ^ Asan Mugunghwa will participate in the K League 2 for the 2020 season according to a decision of the Korean Professional Football Federation, and was not eligible in 2019 for promotion or for the promotion play-offs to the 2020 K League 1.[3]
Positions by matchday[]
Leader & Promotion to the 2020 K League 1
Qualification to Relegation/promotion play-offs
Round 1–18[]
Round 19–36[]
Results[]
Matches 1–18[]
Matches 19–36[]
Promotion-relegation playoffs[]
The Semi-playoff was contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the K League 2. The winners advanced to the Playoff to face the 2nd placed team in the K League 2, and the winners advanced to the Promotion-relegation playoffs to match against the 11th placed team in the K League 1. The winners of that tie secured a place in the 2020 K League 1.
If scores were tied after regular time in the Semi-playoff and Playoff rounds, the higher-placed team would advance to the next phase. The same conditions did not apply for the Promotion-relegation playoffs, which was instead over two legs.
Semi-playoff | Playoff | Promotion-relegation Playoffs | |||||||||||||
K1 (11) | Gyeongnam FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
K2 (2) | Busan IPark | 1 | K2 (2) | Busan IPark | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
K2 (3) | FC Anyang | 1 | K2 (3) | FC Anyang | 0 | ||||||||||
K2 (4) | Bucheon FC 1995 | 1 |
Semi-playoff[]
FC Anyang | 1–1 | Bucheon FC 1995 |
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Palacios 11' | Report | An Tae-hyun 78' |
Playoff[]
Busan IPark | 1–0 | FC Anyang |
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Rômulo 61' | Report |
Promotion-relegation playoffs[]
First leg[]
Second leg[]
Busan IPark won 2–0 on aggregate.
Season statistics[]
Top scorers[]
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Top assists[]
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Attendance[]
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Busan IPark | 71,000 | 7,724 | 1,386 | 3,944 | +59.3% |
2 | FC Anyang | 65,597 | 11,098 | 835 | 3,644 | +142.1% |
3 | Asan Mugunghwa | 56,494 | 6,040 | 1,361 | 3,139 | +78.9% |
4 | Gwangju FC | 56,669 | 5,408 | 903 | 3,148 | +106.8% |
5 | Seoul E-Land | 56,114 | 4,752 | 1,316 | 3,117 | +352.4% |
6 | Ansan Greeners | 53,438 | 7,714 | 619 | 2,969 | +63.1% |
7 | Suwon FC | 45,674 | 4,383 | 1,477 | 2,537 | +35.2% |
8 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 39,946 | 3,987 | 771 | 2,219 | +116.3% |
9 | Jeonnam Dragons | 41,709 | 4,882 | 48 | 2,317 | −30.2%† |
10 | Daejeon Citizen | 35,589 | 4,370 | 655 | 1,977 | +20.2% |
League total | 522,130 | 11,098 | 48 | 2,901 | +73.5% |
Updated to games played on 9 November 2019
Source: K League
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
† † Team played previous season in K League 1.
References[]
- ^ "프로축구 수원FC 김대의 감독, 성적 부진으로 자진사퇴" (in Korean). Yonhapnews. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2019-01-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "프로축구연맹, 아산 2019시즌 K리그2 참가 승인". Yonhap News Agency. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ http://kleague.com/ko/content/dcclubrank
- ^ a b "K LEAGUE / Record".
External links[]
- K League 2 seasons
- 2019 in South Korean football
- 2018–19 in Asian second tier association football leagues