2022 K League 2
The 2022 K League 2 was the tenth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional football league, and the fifth one under its current name, the K League 2. The top-ranked team and the winners of the promotion/relegation playoff series were promoted to the 2023 K League 1.
Season | 2022 |
---|---|
Dates | 19 February – 23 October 2022 |
Champions | Gwangju FC |
Promoted | Gwangju FC Daejeon Hana Citizen |
Matches played | 220 |
Goals scored | 556 (2.53 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Yu Kang-hyun and Tiago Orobó (19 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Gyeongnam FC 6–1 Gimpo FC (4 June 2022) |
Biggest away win | Ansan Greeners 1–7 Jeonnam Dragons (14 September 2022) |
Highest scoring | Ansan Greeners 1–7 Jeonnam Dragons (14 September 2022) Daejeon Hana Citizen 4–4 Gimpo FC (9 May 2022) |
Longest winning run | 4 matches Gwangju FC, Daejeon Hana Citizen and Seoul E-Land |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Gwangju FC |
Longest winless run | 20 matches Jeonnam Dragons |
Longest losing run | 4 matches Ansan Greeners, Gimpo FC, and Chungnam Asan |
← 2021 2023 → |
Promotion and Relegation
New team
Gimpo FC, which played in the K3 League, made their professional debut on the K League 2 in the 2022 season, being the 23rd K League member.
Relegated from 2021 K League 1
- Gwangju FC was relegated back to the K League 2, after just a season in top tier.
Teams
Stadiums
Ansan Greeners | FC Anyang | Bucheon FC 1995 | Busan IPark | Chungnam Asan | Daejeon Hana Citizen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ansan Wa~ Stadium | Anyang Stadium | Bucheon Stadium | Busan Asiad Main Stadium | Yi Sun-sin Stadium | Daejeon World Cup Stadium |
Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 17,143 | Capacity: 34,456 | Capacity: 53,769 | Capacity: 17,376 | Capacity: 40,535 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Gimpo FC | Gwangju FC | Gyeongnam FC | Jeonnam Dragons | Seoul E-Land | |
Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium | Gwangju Football Stadium | Changwon Football Center Jinju Stadium Miryang Stadium |
Gwangyang Stadium | Mokdong Stadium | |
Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 10,007 | Capacity: 15,074 20,116 8,440 |
Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 15,511 | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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 manufacturer | Main sponsor |
---|---|---|---|
Ansan Greeners | ![]() |
Applerind | Ansan Government |
FC Anyang | ![]() |
V-EXX | Anyang Government |
Bucheon FC 1995 | ![]() |
Kelme | Bucheon Government |
Busan IPark | ![]() |
Puma | HDC Group |
Chungnam Asan | ![]() |
Mizuno | Government of Asan |
Daejeon Hana Citizen | ![]() |
Macron | Hana Financial Group |
Gimpo FC | ![]() |
Sunderland of Scotland | Government of Gimpo |
Gwangju FC | ![]() |
Kelme | Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder |
Gyeongnam FC | ![]() |
Hummel | Nonghyup, BNK Kyongnam Bank |
Jeonnam Dragons | ![]() |
Puma | POSCO |
Seoul E-Land | ![]() |
New Balance | E-Land |
- The managers list above only includes the ones that managed the teams on the competition's final rounds (E.G.: If a manager was managing the club since the start of the season, and ended up being sacked with only 7 matches to play in the competition, the list will only show the manager chosen to replace him).
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 are players who joined midway through the competition.
- As of July 3, 2022[1]
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | ASEAN Player | Left midseason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ansan Greeners | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
FC Anyang | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|||
Bucheon FC 1995 | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|||
Busan IPark | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
Chungnam Asan | ||||||
Daejeon Hana Citizen | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() | |
Gimpo FC | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Gwangju FC | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
Gyeongnam FC | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() | |
Jeonnam Dragons | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||
Seoul E-Land | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | 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 2023 K League 1 |
2 | Daejeon Hana Citizen (O, P) | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 70 | 45 | +25 | 74 | Qualification for promotion playoff 1 |
3 | FC Anyang | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 69 | Qualification for K League 2 playoff 2 |
4 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 61 | Qualification for K League 2 semi-playoff 2 |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Round 1–22
Leader & promotion to the 2023 K League 1
Qualification for relegation/promotion play-offs
Round 23–44
Leader & promotion to the 2023 K League 1
Qualification for relegation/promotion play-offs
- The 13th Round match between Seoul E-Land FC and Jeonnam Dragons was postponed to 8 June 2022 due to Jeonnam Dragons' participation in the 2022 AFC Champions League.
- The 28th Round matches (FC Anyang vs Daejeon Hana Citizen and Seoul E-Land FC vs Gyeongnam FC), alongside the 29th Round matches (Daejeon Hana Citizen v Jeonnam Dragons and Chungnam Asan vs Seoul E-Land) were postponed to a later date (21 September 2022 and 5 October 2022 respectively) due to the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.
Results
Promotion/relegation play-offs
There are two playoffs contested in this stage. The Playoff "1" is played with the two league extremes facing each other (K League 1 second-worst placed team against K League 2 second-best placed team). Meanwhile, the Playoff "2" is played with K League 2 10th facing the Semi-playoffs winner. The winners of both ties earn two spots in the 2023 K League 1.
If scores are tied after regular time in any match of both the Semi-playoffs and playoffs, the higher-placed team will advance to the next phase. However, The same conditions do not apply for the promotion/relegation playoffs, with the match, if tied, requiring extra time. Should it remain tied, the match will go to the penalty shoot-outs. (The away goals rule is no longer applied.)
|
|
Semi-playoff
Bucheon FC 1995 (4th) | 2–3 | Gyeongnam FC (5th) |
---|---|---|
Lee Dong-hee ![]() Song Hong-min ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Promotion-Relegation Playoff Final Round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
FC Anyang (PO2 Winners) | 1-2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Daejeon Hana Citizen (2nd) | 6-1 | Gimcheon Sangmu | 2-1 | 4-0 |
First leg
Daejeon Hana Citizen (K2 2nd) | 2–1 | Gimcheon Sangmu (K1 11th) |
---|---|---|
Cho Yu-min ![]() Ju Se-jong ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
FC Anyang (PO2 Winners) | 0–0 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (K1 10th) |
---|---|---|
Report |
Second leg
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (K1 10th) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | FC Anyang (PO2 Winners) |
---|---|---|
An Byong-jun ![]() Oh Hyeon-gyu ![]() |
Report | Acosty ![]() |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 2-1 on aggregate and retained their K League 1 spot, while Anyang remained in K League 2.
Gimcheon Sangmu (K1 11th) | 0–4 | Daejeon Hana Citizen (K2 2nd) |
---|---|---|
Report | Lee Jin-hyun ![]() Kim In-gyun ![]() Kim Seung-sub ![]() |
Daejeon Hana Citizen won 6-1 on aggregate and was promoted to K League 1, while Gimcheon Sangmu was relegated to K League 2.
Season statistics
Goals
|
Assists
|
|
Awards
Most Valuable Player of the Round
Season Awards
The 2022 K League Awards was held on 24 October 2022.
K League 2 Most Valuable Player
- The K League 2 Most Valuable Player award was won by
Ahn Young-kyu (Gwangju FC).
K League 2 Young Player
- The K League 2 Young Player award was won by
Eom Ji-sung (Gwangju FC).
K League 2 Top Scorer
- The K League 2 Top Scorer award was won by
Yu Kang-hyun (Chungnam Asan).
K League 2 Top Assistor
- The K League 2 Top Assistor award was won by
Maxwell Acosty (FC Anyang).
K League 2 Best XI
2022 K League 1 Best XI |
Position | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
Goalkeeper | ![]() |
Gwangju FC |
Defender | ![]() |
Bucheon FC 1995 |
Defender | ![]() |
Gwangju FC |
Defender | ![]() |
Daejeon Hana Citizen |
Defender | ![]() |
Gwangju FC |
Midfielder | ![]() |
Gyeongnam FC Daejeon Hana Citizen |
Midfielder | ![]() |
Gwangju FC |
Midfielder | ![]() |
Gwangju FC |
Midfielder | ![]() |
Gwangju FC |
Forward | ![]() |
Chungnam Asan |
Forward | ![]() |
Gyeongnam FC |
K League Manager of the Year
- The K League Manager of the Year award was won by
Lee Jung-hyo (Gwangju FC).
See also
Notes
- CW : Changwon
- CW : Changwon
- JJ : Jinju
- JJ : Jinju