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.

KEB Hana Bank
K League 2 2022
Season2022
Dates19 February – 23 October 2022
ChampionsGwangju FC
PromotedGwangju FC
Daejeon Hana Citizen
Matches played220
Goals scored556 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerYu Kang-hyun and Tiago Orobó
(19 goals each)
Biggest home winGyeongnam FC 6–1 Gimpo FC
(4 June 2022)
Biggest away winAnsan Greeners 1–7 Jeonnam Dragons
(14 September 2022)
Highest scoringAnsan Greeners 1–7 Jeonnam Dragons
(14 September 2022)

Daejeon Hana Citizen 4–4 Gimpo FC
(9 May 2022)
Longest winning run4 matches
Gwangju FC, Daejeon Hana Citizen and Seoul E-Land
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Gwangju FC
Longest winless run20 matches
Jeonnam Dragons
Longest losing run4 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

Locations of the 2022 K League 2 teams in Seoul
Locations of the 2022 K League 2 teams in Busan
Team City Home venue
Ansan Greeners Ansan Ansan Wa~ Stadium
FC Anyang Anyang Anyang Stadium
Bucheon FC 1995 Bucheon Bucheon Stadium
Busan IPark Busan Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Chungnam Asan Asan Yi Sun-sin Stadium
Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Gimpo FC Gimpo Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium
Gwangju FC Gwangju Gwangju Football Stadium
Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam (Changwon, Jinju and Miryang) Changwon Football Center
Jinju Stadium
Miryang Stadium
Jeonnam Dragons Jeonnam (Gwangyang) Gwangyang Stadium
Seoul E-Land Seoul Mokdong Stadium

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 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 Government of Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen South Korea Lee Min-sung Macron Hana Financial Group
Gimpo FC South Korea Ko Jeong-woon Sunderland of Scotland Government of Gimpo
Gwangju FC South Korea Lee Jung-hyo Kelme Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder
Gyeongnam FC South Korea Seol Ki-Hyeon Hummel Nonghyup, BNK Kyongnam Bank
Jeonnam Dragons South Korea Lee Jang-kwan Puma POSCO
Seoul E-Land South Korea Chung Jung-yong 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 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 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 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 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
    Source: Official website of K League SOCCERWAY
    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

    Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Gwangju FC8466342211211111111111
    Daejeon Hana Citizen910109995644333333322222
    FC Anyang2232124323444444444544
    Bucheon FC 19956311211132122222233333
    Gyeongnam FC10525767889986666666666
    Chungnam Asan69810889776855555555455
    Seoul E-Land2654556567567777777777
    Gimpo FC1142478998799899988988
    Ansan Greeners48911111011111111101010111111111011111110
    Busan IPark4778101110101010111011101010101110101011
    Jeonnam Dragons1011117633455678988899899
    Source: kleague.com

    Round 23–44

      Leader & promotion to the 2023 K League 1
      Qualification for relegation/promotion play-offs

    Team ╲ Round23242526272829303132333435363738394041424344
    Gwangju FC1111111111111111111111
    Daejeon Hana Citizen2222232442333344342322
    FC Anyang4333324334222222223233
    Bucheon FC 19953444433223444433434444
    Gyeongnam FC6666656666555666555555
    Chungnam Asan5555556555666555666766
    Seoul E-Land7788877888899987777677
    Gimpo FC8877777777777799998888
    Ansan Greeners101111111099999988878889999
    Busan IPark11101010111111111111111111111111111111111110
    Jeonnam Dragons999991010101010101010101010101010101011
    Source: kleague.com
    • 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

    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 2
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

    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)2–3Gyeongnam FC (5th)
    Lee Dong-hee 61'
    Song Hong-min 78'
    Report 56' Mo Jae-hyeon
    74' Lee Kwang-jin
    90+5' Tiago Orobó
    Attendance: 2,119
    Referee: Kim Dae-yong

    Playoff


    FC Anyang (3rd)0–0Gyeongnam FC (5th)
    Report
    Attendance: 3,641
    Referee: Jung Dong-sik

    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)2–1Gimcheon Sangmu (K1 11th)
    Cho Yu-min 35'
    Ju Se-jong 74'
    Report 22' Mun Ji-hwan
    Attendance: 8,545
    Referee: Lee Dong-jun

    FC Anyang (PO2 Winners)0–0Suwon Samsung Bluewings (K1 10th)
    Report
    Attendance: 4,863
    Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

    Second leg

    Suwon Samsung Bluewings (K1 10th)2–1 (a.e.t.)FC Anyang (PO2 Winners)
    An Byong-jun 17'
    Oh Hyeon-gyu 120'
    Report Acosty 55'
    Attendance: 12,842
    Referee: Lee Dong-jun

    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)0–4Daejeon Hana Citizen (K2 2nd)
    Report Lee Jin-hyun 31,53'
    Kim In-gyun 74'
    Kim Seung-sub 84'
    Attendance: 2918
    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.

    Season statistics

    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

    K League 2 Young Player

    K League 2 Top Scorer

    K League 2 Top Assistor

    K League 2 Best XI

    Position Player Club
    Goalkeeper South Korea Kim Kyeong-min Gwangju FC
    Defender South Korea Cho Hyun-taek Bucheon FC 1995
    Defender South Korea Ahn Young-kyu Gwangju FC
    Defender South Korea Cho Yu-min Daejeon Hana Citizen
    Defender South Korea Doo Hyeon-seok Gwangju FC
    Midfielder Brazil Willyan Gyeongnam FC
    Daejeon Hana Citizen
    Midfielder South Korea Park Han-bin Gwangju FC
    Midfielder South Korea Lee Soon-min Gwangju FC
    Midfielder South Korea Eom Ji-sung Gwangju FC
    Forward South Korea Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan
    Forward Brazil Tiago Orobó Gyeongnam FC

    K League Manager of the Year

    See also

    Notes

    1. CW : Changwon
    2. CW : Changwon
    3. JJ : Jinju
    4. JJ : Jinju

    References

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