2019 K League 2

The 2019 K League 2 was the seventh season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in the South Korean football league system. Its champions could be promoted to the K League 1 the next season, and second, third and fourth-placed team advanced to the promotion playoffs.

KEB Hana Bank
K League 2
Season2019
ChampionsGwangju FC
(1st title)
PromotedGwangju FC
Busan IPark
Matches played180
Best PlayerLee Dong-jun[1]
Top goalscorerFelipe
(19 goals)[1]
← 2018
2020 →

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from K League 1

Promoted to K League 1

Stadiums
Ansan Greeners Asan Mugunghwa Bucheon FC 1995 Busan IPark Daejeon Citizen
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 sponsoring

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 manufacturer Main sponsor
Ansan Greeners South Korea Lim Wan-sup Lupo Finta Ansan Government
Asan Mugunghwa South Korea Park Dong-hyuk Mizuno Asan Government and Korean Police Agency
Bucheon FC 1995 South Korea Song Sun-ho Astore Bucheon Government
Busan IPark South Korea Cho Deok-je Adidas Hyundai Development Company
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Lee Heung-sil Joma Daejeon Government
FC Anyang South Korea Kim Hyung-yul Joma Anyang Government
Gwangju FC South Korea Park Jin-sub Kelme Gwangju Government
Jeonnam Dragons South Korea Jeon Kyung-jun Joma POSCO
Seoul E-Land South Korea Woo Sung-yong New Balance E-Land
Suwon FC South Korea Kim Dae-eui Hummel Suwon Government

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Manner Date Incoming Date Table
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Ko Jong-soo Sacked 21 May 2019 South Korea Park Chul (caretaker) 21 May 2019
Seoul E-Land South Korea Kim Hyun-soo Sacked 22 May 2019 South Korea Woo Sung-yong (caretaker) 17 June 2019
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Park Chul Caretaker 1 July 2019 South Korea Lee Heung-sil 1 July 2019
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Fabiano Soares Resigned 27 July 2019 South Korea Jeon Kyung-jun (caretaker) 27 July 2019
Suwon FC South Korea Kim Dae-eui Resigned[2] 29 October 2019 South Korea 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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Asian player
Ansan Greeners Brazil Fauver Brazil Gustavo Vintecinco Japan Masatoshi Ishida
Bucheon FC 1995 Brazil Nilson Júnior Ecuador Marlon de Jesús China Nan Song
Busan IPark Brazil Diego Maurício Brazil Rômulo Hungary Soma Novothny Serbia Aleksandar Šušnjar
Daejeon Citizen Brazil Matheus Pato Brazil Rafael Ramazotti Romania Aurelian Chițu
FC Anyang Brazil Alex Lima Colombia Manuel Palacios Ukraine Mykola Kovtalyuk
Gwangju FC Brazil Felipe Brazil Ratinho Brazil Willyan Uzbekistan Rustam Ashurmatov
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Bruno Baio Brazil Bruno Nunes Brazil Wanderson Macedo Australia Nick Ansell
Seoul E-Land Brazil Wesley Alex Brazil Douglas Coutinho Brazil Róbson Duarte Japan Chikashi Masuda
Suwon FC Estonia Henri Anier Nigeria Chisom Egbuchulam North Korea An Byong-jun[lower-alpha 1] Uzbekistan Jovlon Ibrokhimov
  1. An Byong-jun represented North Korea at international level, but he was deemed as a native player in the K League 2 by South Korean law and passport.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Gwangju FC (C, P) 36 21 10 5 59 31 +28 73 Promotion to the K League 1
2 Busan IPark (O, P) 36 18 13 5 72 47 +25 67 Qualification for the promotion playoffs semi-final
3 FC Anyang 36 15 10 11 63 50 +13 55 Qualification for the promotion playoffs first round
4 Bucheon FC 1995 36 14 9 13 49 51 −2 51
5 Ansan Greeners 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
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 36 5 10 21 43 71 −28 25
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
  Qualification for the promotion playoffs

Round 1–18
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Gwangju FC311111111111211111
Busan IPark765632222222122222
FC Anyang146779533345456553
Asan Mugunghwa254223474554544444
Suwon FC897555756433333335
Ansan Greeners6710986885666775666
Bucheon FC 1995533344647777667777
Jeonnam Dragons1010889101099998898888
Daejeon Citizen422467368889989999
Seoul E-Land9891010891010101010101010101010
Source: K League

Round 19–36
Team ╲ Round192021222324252627282930313233343536
Gwangju FC111111111111111111
Busan IPark222222222222222222
FC Anyang333333343333334333
Bucheon FC 1995777777777777886554
Ansan Greeners665555434444543445
Jeonnam Dragons888888888888767766
Asan Mugunghwa444444555555455677
Suwon FC556666666666678888
Daejeon Citizen999910101010101099999999
Seoul E-Land101010109999991010101010101010
Source: K League

Results

Matches 1–18
Home \ Away ANS ANY ASM BUC BIP DJC GWJ JND SEL SUW
Ansan Greeners — 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–3
FC Anyang 0–0 — 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Asan Mugunghwa 1–1 0–2 — 3–2 2–5 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2
Bucheon FC 1995 1–2 1–0 0–0 — 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0
Busan IPark 3–0 1–4 2–4 3–3 — 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2
Daejeon Citizen 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–5 — 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2
Gwangju FC 3–1 2–2 4–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 — 2–0 3–1 2–1
Jeonnam Dragons 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 — 1–1 1–2
Seoul E-Land 1–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 3–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 — 1–1
Suwon FC 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36
Home \ Away ANS ANY ASM BUC BIP DJC GWJ JND SEL SUW
Ansan Greeners — 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2
FC Anyang 3–2 — 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 7–1 4–2 5–2 0–2
Asan Mugunghwa 1–1 1–4 — 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Bucheon FC 1995 1–2 2–2 3–0 — 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–1
Busan IPark 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 — 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–0
Daejeon Citizen 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 — 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–4
Gwangju FC 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 — 1–2 3–1 2–0
Jeonnam Dragons 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 3–2
Seoul E-Land 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–5 2–2 0–2 2–2 — 2–1
Suwon FC 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

When the first round or semi-final match was finished as a draw, its winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out.

Bracket
First round Semi-final Final
           
2 Busan IPark 1
3 FC Anyang 0
3 FC Anyang 1
4 Bucheon FC 1995 1
Busan IPark 0 2 2
Gyeongnam FC 0 0 0

First round
FC Anyang1–1Bucheon FC 1995
Palacios 11' Report An Tae-hyun 78'
Attendance: 6,017
Referee: Park Byung-jin

Semi-final
Busan IPark1–0FC Anyang
Rômulo 61' Report
Attendance: 8,570
Referee: Kim Yong-woo

Final

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2019 K League 2 playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2019 K League 1.

Busan IPark0–0Gyeongnam FC
Report
Attendance: 8,249
Referee: Kim Dae-yong
Gyeongnam FC0–2Busan IPark
Report
Attendance: 5,397
Referee: Go Hyung-jin

Busan IPark won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League 1, while Gyeongnam FC were relegated to the K League 2.

Player statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Felipe Gwangju FC 19
2 Nigeria Chisom Egbuchulam Suwon FC 18
3 South Korea Cho Gue-sung FC Anyang 14
4 South Korea Lee Dong-jun Busan IPark 13
Brazil Rômulo Busan IPark
South Korea Lee Jeong-hyeop Busan IPark
Brazil Alex Lima FC Anyang
8 South Korea Ko Moo-yeol Asan Mugunghwa 12
Hungary Soma Novothny Busan IPark

Top assist providers
Rank Player Club Assists
1 South Korea Jeong Jae-hee Jeonnam Dragons 10
2 South Korea Chang Hyuk-jin Ansan Greeners 9
3 South Korea Kim Sang-won FC Anyang 8
4 South Korea Park Jong-woo Busan IPark 7
South Korea Baek Sung-dong Suwon FC
South Korea Lee Dong-jun Busan IPark
7 South Korea Kim Min-kyun Seoul E-Land 6
Colombia Manuel Palacios FC Anyang
9 South Korea Ju Se-jong Asan Mugunghwa 5
South Korea Róbson Seoul E-Land
Brazil Alex Lima FC Anyang
South Korea Kim Ryun-do Bucheon FC 1995

Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
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%†

Source: K League
Notes:
† Team played previous season in K League 1.

See also

References
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