2022 K League 2

Tenth season of the K League 2, the second tier South Korean professional league

Football league season
Hana 1Q
K League 2
Season2022
Dates19 February – 23 October 2022
ChampionsGwangju FC
(2nd title)
PromotedGwangju FC
Daejeon Hana Citizen
Matches played220
Goals scored556 (2.53 per match)
Best PlayerAhn Young-kyu
Top goalscorerYu Kang-hyun
Tiago Orobó
(19 goals each)
Biggest home winGyeongnam 6–1 Gimpo
(4 June 2022)
Biggest away winAnsan 1–7 Jeonnam
(14 September 2022)
Highest scoringAnsan 1–7 Jeonnam
(14 September 2022)
Daejeon 4–4 Gimpo
(9 May 2022)
Longest winning run4 matches
Gwangju FC
Daejeon Hana Citizen
Seoul E-Land
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Gwangju FC
Longest winless run20 matches
Jeonnam Dragons
Longest losing run4 matches
Ansan Greeners
Gimpo FC
Chungnam Asan
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 K League 2 was the tenth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional football league. The champions and the winners of the promotion play-offs could be promoted to the K League 1.

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from K League 1

Promoted to K League 1

Promoted from K3 League

Locations

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Locations of the 2022 K League 2 teams
Team City/Province Abbreviation
Ansan Greeners Ansan Ansan
FC Anyang Anyang Anyang
Bucheon FC 1995 Bucheon Bucheon
Busan IPark Busan Busan
Chungnam Asan Asan Chungnam Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Daejeon
Gimpo FC Gimpo Gimpo
Gwangju FC Gwangju Gwangju
Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam Gyeongnam
Jeonnam Dragons Jeonnam Jeonnam
Seoul E-Land Seoul Seoul E

Stadiums

Ansan Greeners FC Anyang Bucheon FC 1995
Ansan Wa~ Stadium Anyang Stadium Bucheon Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 17,143 Capacity: 34,456
Busan IPark Chungnam Asan Daejeon Hana Citizen
Busan Asiad Main Stadium Yi Sun-sin Stadium Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 53,769 Capacity: 17,376 Capacity: 40,535
Gimpo FC Gwangju FC
Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium Gwangju Football Stadium
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 10,007
Gyeongnam FC
Changwon Football Center Jinju Stadium Miryang Stadium
Capacity: 15,074 Capacity: 20,116 Capacity: 8,440
Jeonnam Dragons Seoul E-Land
Gwangyang Stadium Mokdong Stadium
Capacity: 13,496 Capacity: 15,511

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager[a] Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Ansan Greeners South Korea Lim Jong-heon (caretaker) Applerind Ansan Government
FC Anyang South Korea Lee Woo-hyung V-EXX Anyang Government
Bucheon FC 1995 South Korea Lee Young-min Kelme Bucheon Government
Busan IPark South Korea Park Jin-sub Puma HDC Group
Chungnam Asan South Korea Park Dong-hyuk Mizuno Asan Government
Daejeon Hana Citizen South Korea Lee Min-sung Macron Hana Financial Group
Gimpo FC South Korea Ko Jeong-woon Sunderland of Scotland Gimpo Government
Gwangju FC South Korea Lee Jung-hyo Kelme Gwangju Government
Gyeongnam FC South Korea Seol Ki-hyeon Hummel Gyeongnam Provincial Government
Jeonnam Dragons South Korea Lee Jang-kwan Puma POSCO
Seoul E-Land South Korea Chung Jung-yong New Balance E-Land

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

  1. ^ Managers in the last matchday.

Foreign players

The maximum number of foreign players on the K League 2 is restricted to five players per team, including slots for a player from AFC and ASEAN countries status. A team could only use a maximum of four foreign players in each matchday.

Players in bold joined midway through the competition.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player ASEAN player Former player(s)
Ansan Greeners Brazil Anderson Canhoto Brazil Róbson Duarte Brazil Thiago Henrique Japan Go Iwase Indonesia Asnawi Mangkualam
FC Anyang Ghana Maxwell Acosty Costa Rica Jonathan Moya Brazil Andrigo
Bucheon FC 1995 Brazil Nilson Nigeria Samuel Nnamani Panama Jorman Aguilar
Busan IPark Cyprus Valentinos Sielis Croatia Domagoj Drožđek Brazil Bruno Lamas Australia Ryan Edwards
Chungnam Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen Brazil Leandro Ribeiro Brazil Willyan Brazil Renato Kayzer Japan Masatoshi Ishida Romania Daniel Popa
Gimpo FC Bosnia and Herzegovina Luka Juričić
Japan Mitsuru Maruoka
Gwangju FC Brazil Reis Brazil Mike Brazil Sandro Lima Australia Aaron Calver
Gyeongnam FC Brazil Tiago Orobó Brazil Heliardo Brazil Guilherme Castro Japan Ryonosuke Ohori Brazil Willyan
Brazil Hernandes
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Jonathan Balotelli Kosovo Leonard Pllana Georgia (country) Nika Kacharava Japan Yuhei Sato
Seoul E-Land Argentina Mauricio Asenjo Argentina Felipe Cadenazzi Japan Tsubasa Nishi

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Gwangju FC (C, P) 40 25 11 4 68 32 +36 86 Promotion to K League 1
2 Daejeon Hana Citizen (O, P) 40 21 11 8 70 45 +25 74 Qualification for promotion play-offs final round
3 FC Anyang 40 19 12 9 52 41 +11 69 Qualification for promotion play-offs second round
4 Bucheon FC 1995 40 17 10 13 52 44 +8 61 Qualification for promotion play-offs first round
5 Gyeongnam FC 40 16 8 16 60 61 −1 56
6 Chungnam Asan 40 13 13 14 39 44 −5 52
7 Seoul E-Land 40 11 15 14 46 47 −1 48
8 Gimpo FC 40 10 11 19 39 65 −26 41
9 Ansan Greeners 40 8 13 19 49 67 −18 37
10 Busan IPark 40 9 9 22 34 52 −18 36
11 Jeonnam Dragons 40 6 17 17 47 58 −11 35
Source: K League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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

Round 1–22

Source: K League
  1. ^ a b Jeonnam Dragons' 13th round (against Seoul E-Land on 3 or 4 May) was postponed to 8 June due to their participation in the Champions League.

Round 23–44

Team ╲ Round23242526272829303132333435363738394041424344
Gwangju FC1111111111111111111111
Daejeon Hana Citizen222223[a]2[a]442333344342322
FC Anyang433332[a]4334222222223233
Bucheon FC 19953444433223444433434444
Gyeongnam FC666665[b]6666555666555555
Chungnam Asan5555556[b]555666555666766
Seoul E-Land778887[b]7[b]888899987777677
Gimpo FC8877777777777799998888
Ansan Greeners101111111099999988878889999
Busan IPark11101010111111111111111111111111111111111110
Jeonnam Dragons999991010[a]101010101010101010101010101011
Source: K League
  1. ^ a b c d Daejeon Hana Citizen's 28th round (against FC Anyang on 24 July) and 29th round (against Jeonnam Dragons on 27 July) were postponed to 21 September and 5 October, respectively, due to the national team player's participation in the EAFF Championship.[1]
  2. ^ a b c d Seoul E-Land's 28th round (against Gyeongnam FC on 23 July) and 29th round (against Chungnam Asan on 26 July) were postponed to 21 September and 5 October, respectively, due to the national team player's participation in the EAFF Championship.[2]

Results

Home \ Away ASG AYG BCN BSI CNAS DJC GIM GJU GNM JND SUE ASG AYG BCN BSI CNAS DJC GIM GJU GNM JND SUE
Ansan Greeners — 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 0–1 — 1–4 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–3 1–7 1–1
FC Anyang 1–1 — 4–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0
Bucheon FC 1995 2–1 2–0 — 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–3 0–1 — 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 0–0
Busan IPark 2–0 1–1 0–1 — 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 — 4–0 1–3 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0
Chungnam Asan 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–2 — 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–1
Daejeon Hana Citizen 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–3 2–1 — 4–4 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–1
Gimpo FC 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–4 1–2 — 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 — 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–3
Gwangju FC 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 — 1–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 — 4–0 1–1 1–0
Gyeongnam FC 2–1 2–3 2–3 3–2 0–0 1–1 6–1 1–2 — 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 — 2–0 3–1
Jeonnam Dragons 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 — 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 — 3–0
Seoul E-Land 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 2–2 3–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

The first round was contested between the fourth and fifth-placed teams, and its winners played the third-placed team in the second round. When the first and second round matches were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and penalty shoot-outs.

The winners of the second round and the runners-up competed with the tenth and eleven-placed team of the K League 1, respectively, in the final round for the K League 1 spots of the next season. Each match of the final round was a two-legged tie.

Bracket

First round Second round Final 1
           
3 FC Anyang 0
5 Gyeongnam FC 0
4 Bucheon FC 1995 2
5 Gyeongnam FC 3
FC Anyang 0 1 1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (a.e.t.) 0 2 2
Final 2
Daejeon Hana Citizen 2 4 6
Gimcheon Sangmu 1 0 1

First round

Bucheon FC 19952–3Gyeongnam FC
  • Lee Dong-hee 61'
  • Song Hong-min 78'
 Report
Attendance: 2,119
Referee: Kim Dae-yong

Second round

FC Anyang0–0Gyeongnam FC
Report
Attendance: 3,641
Referee: Jung Dong-sik

Final round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Anyang 1–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Daejeon Hana Citizen 6–1 Gimcheon Sangmu 2–1 4–0
FC Anyang0–0Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Report
Attendance: 4,863
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–1 (a.e.t.)FC Anyang
Report Acosty 55'
Attendance: 12,842
Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Daejeon Hana Citizen2–1Gimcheon Sangmu
Report Mun Ji-hwan 22'
Attendance: 8,545
Referee: Lee Dong-jun
Gimcheon Sangmu0–4Daejeon Hana Citizen
Report
Attendance: 2,918
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

Daejeon Hana Citizen won 6–1 on aggregate and was promoted to K League 1, while Gimcheon Sangmu was relegated to K League 2.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player[3] Club Goals
1 South Korea Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan 19
Brazil Tiago Orobó Gyeongnam FC
3 Brazil Willyan Gyeongnam FC
Daejeon Hana Citizen 		13
4 Brazil Reis Gwangju FC 12
5 Argentina Felipe Cadenazzi Seoul E-Land 10
Japan Masatoshi Ishida Daejeon Hana Citizen
7 South Korea Eom Ji-sung Gwangju FC 9
Costa Rica Jonathan Moya FC Anyang
Brazil Leandro Ribeiro Daejeon Hana Citizen
10 Brazil Hernandes Gyeongnam FC 8
South Korea Yun Min-ho Gimpo FC
South Korea Son Suk-yong Gimpo FC

Top assist providers

Rank Player[3] Club Assists
1 Ghana Boadu Maxwell Acosty FC Anyang 11
2 South Korea Lee Euddeum Gwangju FC 9
3 South Korea Lee Kwang-jin Gyeongnam FC 8
4 Brazil Róbson Duarte Ansan Greeners 7
South Korea Son Suk-yong Gimpo FC
6 South Korea Park Kwang-il Gyeongnam FC 6
South Korea Choi Jun Busan IPark
South Korea Mo Jae-hyeon Gyeongnam FC
South Korea Park Han-bin Gwangju FC
10 5 Players 5

Awards

Weekly awards

Round Player of the Round
Player Club
1 South Korea Kim Jong-suk Gimpo FC
2 Brazil Reis Gwangju FC
3 Brazil Hernandes Gyeongnam FC
4 South Korea Lee Euddeum Gwangju FC
5 South Korea Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan
6 South Korea Ha Nam Gyeongnam FC
7 Japan Masatoshi Ishida Daejeon Hana Citizen
8 South Korea Kim Kyung-jung FC Anyang
9 South Korea Kim Seung-seob Daejeon Hana Citizen
10 South Korea Cho Yu-min Daejeon Hana Citizen
11 South Korea Im Eun-su Daejeon Hana Citizen
12 South Korea Kim Myoung-jun Gyeongnam FC
13 Brazil Tiago Orobó Gyeongnam FC
14 South Korea Lee Sang-heon Busan IPark
15 South Korea Heo Yool Gwangju FC
16 South Korea Lee Jin-hyun Daejeon Hana Citizen
17 Brazil Anderson Canhoto Ansan Greeners
18 South Korea Lee Euddeum Gwangju FC
19 Brazil Willyan Gyeongnam FC
20 Brazil Anderson Canhoto Ansan Greeners
21 South Korea Son Suk-yong Gimpo FC
22 Brazil Róbson Duarte Ansan Greeners
Round Player of the Round
Player Club
23 Brazil Hernandes Gyeongnam FC
24 Brazil Andrigo FC Anyang
25 South Korea Son Suk-yong Gimpo FC
26 South Korea Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan
27 Brazil Leandro Ribeiro Daejeon Hana Citizen
28 South Korea Cho Hyun-taek Bucheon FC 1995
29 Brazil Tiago Orobó Gyeongnam FC
30 Brazil Thiago Henrique Ansan Greeners
31 Ghana Boadu Maxwell Acosty FC Anyang
32 Brazil Willyan Daejeon Hana Citizen
33 Brazil Andrigo FC Anyang
34 Ghana Boadu Maxwell Acosty FC Anyang
35 South Korea Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan
36 South Korea Lee Si-heon Bucheon FC 1995
37 South Korea Lee Chang-yong FC Anyang
38 Brazil Sandro Lima Gwangju FC
39 Brazil Jonathan Balotelli Jeonnam Dragons
40 Brazil Nilson Bucheon FC 1995
41 Japan Masatoshi Ishida Daejeon Hana Citizen
42 South Korea Kim Jeong-hwan Seoul E-Land
43 Brazil Leandro Ribeiro Daejeon Hana Citizen
44 South Korea Jung Won-jin Busan IPark

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month
Manager Club Division
February/March South Korea Hong Myung-bo Ulsan Hyundai 1
April South Korea Lee Jung-hyo Gwangju FC 2
May South Korea Nam Ki-il Jeju United 1
June South Korea Kim Do-kyun Suwon FC 1
July South Korea Kim Sang-sik Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1
August South Korea Jo Sung-hwan Incheon United 1
September South Korea Lee Jung-hyo Gwangju FC 2
October South Korea Choi Won-kwon Daegu FC 1

Annual awards

The 2022 K League Awards was held on 24 October 2022.[4]

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player South Korea Ahn Young-kyu Gwangju FC
Young Player of the Year South Korea Eom Ji-sung Gwangju FC
Top goalscorer South Korea Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan
Top assist provider Ghana Boadu Maxwell Acosty FC Anyang
Manager of the Year South Korea Lee Jung-hyo Gwangju FC
Position Best XI
Goalkeeper South Korea Kim Kyeong-min (Gwangju)
Defenders South Korea Doo Hyeon-seok
(Gwangju) 		South Korea Cho Yu-min
(Daejeon) 		South Korea Ahn Young-kyu
(Gwangju) 		South Korea Cho Hyun-taek
(Bucheon)
Midfielders South Korea Eom Ji-sung
(Gwangju) 		South Korea Lee Soon-min
(Gwangju) 		South Korea Park Han-bin
(Gwangju) 		Brazil Willyan
(Gyeongnam, Daejeon)
Forwards Brazil Tiago Orobó (Gyeongnam) South Korea Yu Kang-hyun (Chungnam Asan)

See also

References

  1. ^ K리그 2, EAFF E-1 동아시안컵으로 일부 일정 변경 [공식발표] (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ [공식발표] '이재익 대표팀 발탁' 서울이랜드 경기 일정 변경 (in Korean). Footballist. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Record". K League.
  4. ^ 광주 안영규, K리그2 영예의 MVP... 베스트11 등 2관왕(종합). Naver.com (in Korean). Starnews Korea. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

External links

  • Official website