2020 K League 1

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Hana1Q K League 1 2020
2020 K League 1.png
Season2020
Dates8 May – 1 November 2020
ChampionsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(8th title)
RelegatedSangju Sangmu
Busan IPark
Champions LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steelers
Daegu FC
Matches played162
Goals scored425 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerJúnior Negrão
(26 goals)
Biggest home winDaegu 6–0 Seoul
(14 June 2020)
Biggest away winSeongnam 0–6 Incheon
(27 September 2020)
Highest scoringDaegu 4–6 Gwangju
(30 August 2020)
Longest winning run5 matches
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ulsan Hyundai
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Ulsan Hyundai
Longest winless run15 matches
Incheon United
Longest losing run8 matches
Incheon United
← 2019
2021 →
Locations of the 2020 K League 1 teams

The 2020 K League 1 was the 38th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K League, and the third season under its current name, the K League 1. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title and won a record-breaking eight K League championship.[1]

The regular season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and to end on 4 October,[2] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The K League 1 season officially began on 8 May.[4][5] On 24 April 2020, the Korean Professional Football Union (K League) confirmed that they would adopt a modified plan for the season, changing the regular season to 22 matches, and 5 Final Round matches per team. Sangju Sangmu and the lowest-placed team at the end of the season were relegated to the K League 2 for the 2021 season.[6]

Commencing this season, an additional spot for foreign players has been added for players from member countries of the ASEAN Football Federation.[7][8]

Promotion and relegation[]

Teams relegated to the 2020 K League 2

Teams promoted from the 2019 K League 2

Participating clubs by province[]

The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2020 season.[9]

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) Kit Supplier Sponsor(s)
0 Busan IPark 0 Busan South Korea Lee Ki-hyung (C) 1983 Hyundai Development Company Adidas HDC Group
0 Daegu FC 0 Daegu South Korea Lee Byung-keun (C) 2002 Government of Daegu, Citizen Stockholder Forward DGB Daegu Bank, AJIN Industrial Co., Ltd.
0 Gangwon FC 0 Gangwon South Korea Kim Byung-soo 2009 Government of Gangwon, Citizen Stockholder Applerind Gangwon Land
0 Gwangju FC 0 Gwangju South Korea Park Jin-sub 2010 Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder Kelme Government of Gwangju
0 Incheon United 0 Incheon South Korea Jo Sung-hwan 2004 Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder Macron Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 Jeonbuk Portugal José Morais 1995 Hyundai Motor Company Hummel Hyundai Motor Company
0 Pohang Steelers 0 Pohang South Korea Kim Gi-dong 1983 POSCO Astore POSCO, Pohang City Hall
0 Sangju Sangmu 0 Sangju South Korea Kim Tae-wan 2011 Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps Kelme
0 Seongnam FC 0 Seongnam South Korea Kim Nam-il 1988 Government of Seongnam, Citizen Stockholder Umbro Government of Seongnam
0 FC Seoul 0 Seoul South Korea Park Hyuk-soon (C) 1984 GS Group Le Coq Sportif GS Shop, GS Caltex
0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Suwon South Korea Park Kun-ha 1996 Cheil Worldwide in Samsung Puma Samsung Electronics
0 Ulsan Hyundai 0 Ulsan South Korea Kim Do-hoon 1984 Hyundai Heavy Industries Hummel Hyundai Oil Bank, Hyundai Heavy Industries

Stadiums[]

Busan IPark Daegu FC Gangwon FC Gwangju FC Incheon United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Busan Gudeok Stadium DGB Daegu Bank Park Chuncheon Songam Leports Town
Gangneung Stadium 		Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Gwangju Football Stadium 		Incheon Football Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 12,349 Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 20,000
22,333 		Capacity: 40,245
12,000 		Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 42,477
Gudeok Stadium 3.JPG Daegu DGB Bank Park 2019.jpg Gangneung Stadium2.jpg Gwangju World Cup Stadium.jpg Incheon Soccer Stadium 2.JPG Jeonju World Cup Stadium 2016.jpg
Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings 		Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,146 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 44,031 Capacity: 44,102
Pohang080413 1.jpg Sangju Civic Stadium.jpg Tanchon20100223 1.JPG Glandbleu01.jpg Munsu 20121110 204310 5.jpg

Foreign players[]

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries and a slot for a player from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. A team could use five foreign players on the field each game, including at least one player from the AFC confederation.
The name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player ASEAN Player Former Players
Busan IPark Brazil Vintecinco Brazil Rômulo Uzbekistan Dostonbek Tursunov Brazil Reis
Daegu FC Brazil Césinha Brazil Edgar Montenegro Dejan Damjanović Japan Tsubasa Nishi
Gangwon FC Japan Takahiro Nakazato
Gwangju FC Brazil Felipe Brazil Willyan Costa Rica Marco Ureña Uzbekistan Rustam Ashurmatov
Incheon United Montenegro Stefan Mugoša Costa Rica Elías Aguilar Brazil Gustavo Australia Rashid Mahazi Nigeria Lanre Kehinde
Bosnia and Herzegovina Gordan Bunoza
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Brazil Murilo The Gambia Modou Barrow Brazil Gustavo Japan Takahiro Kunimoto South Africa Lars Veldwijk
Pohang Steelers Colombia Manuel Palacios Russia Stanislav Iljutcenko Serbia Aleksandar Paločević Australia Brandon O’Neill
Seongnam FC Croatia Igor Jovanović Croatia Tomislav Kiš Uzbekistan Jamshid Iskanderov
FC Seoul Brazil Adriano Spain Osmar Uzbekistan Ikromjon Alibaev Serbia Aleksandar Pešić
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Canada Doneil Henry Australia Terry Antonis Australia Adam Taggart Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejman Krpić
Ulsan Hyundai Brazil Júnior Negrão Netherlands Dave Bulthuis Norway Bjørn Maars Johnsen Australia Jason Davidson

League table[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) 27 19 3 5 46 21 +25 60 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Ulsan Hyundai 27 17 6 4 54 23 +31 57
3 Pohang Steelers 27 15 5 7 56 35 +21 50
4 Sangju Sangmu[b] (R) 27 13 5 9 34 36 −2 44 Relegation to K League 2
5 Daegu FC 27 10 8 9 43 39 +4 38 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
6 Gwangju FC 27 6 7 14 32 46 −14 25
7 Gangwon FC 27 9 7 11 36 41 −5 34
8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 27 8 7 12 27 30 −3 31
9 FC Seoul 27 8 5 14 23 44 −21 29
10 Seongnam FC 27 7 7 13 24 37 −13 28
11 Incheon United 27 7 6 14 25 35 −10 27
12 Busan IPark (R) 27 5 10 12 25 38 −13 25 Relegation to K League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2020. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.
  2. ^ Sangju Sangmu are a military team and are not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they have confirmed that the team will move their franchise city in the 2021 season and will be relegated to K League 2 season regardless of their final position in this season.

Positions by matchday[]

  Leader & AFC Champions League group stage
  Qualification to AFC Champions League qualification play-offs
  Relegation to the 2021 K League 2

Round 1–22[]

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors5211111111222222222222
Ulsan Hyundai1122222222111111111111
Pohang Steelers3364645555443544544443
Sangju Sangmu12746564333334433333334
Daegu FC6889856444555355455555
Gwangju FC11121212108777891010810101077786
Gangwon FC2575333667666678866968
Suwon Samsung Bluewings910108910881010899101111111111111111
FC Seoul8637791011991011111186689677
Seongnam FC4453479981111889679108899
Incheon United79911121212121212121212121212121212121212
Busan IPark10111110111111101167777997910101010
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2020. Source: kleague.com

Round 23–27[]

Final rounds are from round 23 to round 27

Team ╲ Round2324252627
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors22211
Ulsan Hyundai11122
Pohang Steelers33333
Sangju Sangmu44444
Daegu FC55555
Gwangju FC66666
Gangwon FC77777
Suwon Samsung Bluewings98898
FC Seoul89989
Seongnam FC1011111110
Incheon United1112121211
Busan IPark1210101012
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2020. Source: kleague.com

Fixtures and results[]

Matches 1–22[]

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away BSI DGU GWN GJU ICU JHM PHS SJS SFC SEO SSB USH
Busan IPark — 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2
Daegu FC 3–0 — 2–1 4–6 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 6–0 3–1 1–3
Gangwon FC 2–4 0–0 — 4–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–3
Gwangju FC 3–1 2–4 2–2 — 2–1 3–3 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1
Incheon United 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 — 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1
Pohang Steelers 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 4–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–4
Sangju Sangmu 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–4 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–5
Seongnam FC 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 0��0 2–0 0–4 0–1 — 1–2 0–2 1–2
FC Seoul 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–3 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 0–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–3 — 2–3
Ulsan Hyundai 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2020. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Round Matches 23–27[]

Teams only play each other once.

Season statistics[]

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player of The Round[]

Monthly Awards[]

Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month
Player Club Manager Club Division Player Club
May Brazil Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai South Korea Kim Nam-il Seongnam FC K League 1 South Korea Cho Jae-wan Gangwon FC
June Brazil Cesinha Daegu FC Portugal José Morais Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K League 1 Brazil Cesinha Daegu FC
July Brazil Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai South Korea Kim Do-hoon Ulsan Hyundai K League 1 South Korea Lee Dong-gyeong Ulsan Hyundai
August South Korea Moon Seon-min Sangju Sangmu South Korea Nam Ki-il Jeju United K League 2 South Korea Moon Seon-min Sangju Sangmu
September Montenegro Stefan Mugoša Incheon United South Korea Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers K League 1 Australia Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings
October Russia Stanislav Iljutcenko Pohang Steelers South Korea Nam Ki-il Jeju United K League 2 South Korea Hong Si-hoo Seongnam FC

Season Awards[]

The 2020 K League Awards was held on 5 November 2020.

K League Most Valuable Player[]

K League Young Player[]

K League Top Scorer[]

K League Top Assistor[]

  • The K League Top Assistor award was won by South Korea Kang Sang-woo (Sangju Sangmu / Pohang Steelers).

K League Best XI[]

Position Player Club
Goalkeeper South Korea Jo Hyeon-woo Ulsan Hyundai
Defender South Korea Kang Sang-woo Sangju Sangmu / Pohang Steelers
Defender South Korea Kwon Kyung-won Sangju Sangmu
Defender South Korea Hong Jeong-ho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender South Korea Kim Tae-hwan Ulsan Hyundai
Midfielder South Korea Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder South Korea Son Jun-ho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder Brazil Cesinha Daegu FC
Midfielder Serbia Aleksandar Paločević Pohang Steelers
Forward Brazil Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai
Forward Russia Stanislav Iljutcenko Pohang Steelers

K League Manager of the Year[]

See also[]

  • 2020 K League 2

References[]

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