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 | 102 |
Goals scored | 251 (2.46 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() (Seoul E-Land FC) (10 goals) |
Highest attendance | 14,196 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-1 CHungnam Asan (3 March 2024) |
Average attendance | 4,050 |
← 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[edit]
Team changes[edit]
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]
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Locations[edit]
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[edit]
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Personnel and sponsoring[edit]
Team | Manager | Main sponsor | Kit manufacturer |
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Ansan Greeners | ![]() |
Government of Ansan | Applerind |
FC Anyang | ![]() |
Osang Healthcare | V-EXX |
Bucheon FC 1995 | ![]() |
Government of Bucheon | Kelme |
Busan IPark | ![]() |
HDC Hyundai Development Company | Puma |
Cheonan City | ![]() |
Government of Cheonan | Puma |
Chungbuk Cheongju | ![]() |
Applerind | |
Chungnam Asan | ![]() |
Haeyu Construction | Mizuno |
Gimpo FC | ![]() |
Government of Gimpo | Sunderland of Scotland |
Gyeongnam FC | ![]() |
Nonghyup Bank | Hummel |
Jeonnam Dragons | ![]() |
POSCO | Puma |
Seongnam FC | ![]() |
Government of Seongnam | Umbro |
Seoul E-Land | ![]() |
NC Department Store | New Balance |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | ![]() |
Samsung Galaxy S24 | Puma |
Foreign Players[edit]
League table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | FC Anyang | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 30 | Promotion to K League 1 |
2 | Jeonnam Dragons | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for promotion play-offs final round |
3 | Seoul E-Land | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 25 | Qualification for promotion play-offs second round |
4 | Gimpo FC | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 24 | Qualification for promotion play-offs first round |
5 | Busan IPark | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 21 | |
6 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 21 | |
7 | Chungnam Asan | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 21 | |
8 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 21 | |
9 | Chungbuk Cheongju | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 21 | |
10 | Seongnam FC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 19 | |
11 | Cheonan City | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 17 | |
12 | Gyeongnam FC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 16 | |
13 | Ansan Greeners | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 13 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
Positions by matchday[edit]
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[edit]
Promotion play-offs[edit]
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.[3]
Bracket[edit]
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[edit]
4th place of 2024 K League 2 | v | 5th place of 2024 K League 2 |
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Second round[edit]
3rd place of 2024 K League 2 | v | Winner of First round |
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Final round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | 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[edit]
Top goalscorers[edit]
As of 26 March 2024[4]
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Gyeongnam FC | 4 |
2 | ![]() |
Busan IPark | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
Jeonnam Dragons | 2 |
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FC Anyang | 2 | |
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2 | |
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Chungnam Asan | 2 | |
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Ansan Greeners | 2 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "하나원큐 K리그2 2024 대회요강" [Hana 1Q K League 2 2024 Tournament Summary]. K League. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "선수 순위" [Player ranking]. K League. Retrieved 26 March 2024.