2023 K League 2
The 2023 K League 2, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the 11th season of the second division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 2013 as the K League Challenge and the sixth season under its current name, the K League 2. This season will be the last season not to feature relegation. Gwangju FC are the defending champions and were promoted to K League 1. The 2023 season will kick off at 1 March 2023.[1]
Season | 2023 |
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Dates | 1 March – 2 December 2023 (including promotion play-offs) 6 and 9 December 2023 (Promotion-Relegation play-offs) |
Relegated | None (No Relegation between K League 2 and K3 League) |
Matches played | 179 |
Goals scored | 452 (2.53 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() (14 goals) |
Biggest home win | Gimpo 4-0 Cheonan City (5 March) |
Biggest away win | Jeonnam Dragons 0-5 Gyeongnam (5 March) |
Highest scoring | Cheonan City 2-3 Busan IPark (1 March) Seoul E-Land 2-3 Chungbuk Cheongju (1 March) Jeonnam Dragons 0-5 Gyeongnam (5 March) |
Longest winning run | Bucheon, Gimcheon Sangmu, Gyeongnam (2 matches each) |
Longest unbeaten run | Gimpo, Gyeongnam (9 matches each) |
Longest winless run | Cheonan City (10 matches) |
Longest losing run | Cheonan City (7 matches) |
← 2022 2024 → |
The 2023 season will have 39 Regular rounds (each team plays 36 matches) in which 13 teams play a triple round robin (Rounds 1–39 (1–36)). Then final 3rd, 4th and 5th place teams will join K League 2 play-offs for promotion and 2nd place team will join in K League 1-2 Promotion-Relegation play-off 1 and the winner of K League 2 promotion play-offs (3rd-4th-5th) will join in K League 1-2 Promotion-Relegation play-off 2. Initially bottom teams are relegated to K3 League, but eventually it won't be applied yet.
Overview
A total of thirteen teams are participating in the 2023 edition of K League 2.
Changes
Gwangju FC and Daejeon Hana Citizen (both promoted after one and seven years absence, respectively) were promoted from the 2022 K League 2. Gimcheon Sangmu and Seongnam FC (both relegated after one and four year in the top flight) were relegated to 2023 K League 2.
Cheonan City FC and Chungbuk Cheongju FC, which played in the K3 League and made their professional debuts on the K League 2 in the 2023 season, being the 24th and 25th K League member.
There will be no promotion or relegation between the K League 2 and K3 League this season.
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Teams
Stadiums
Ansan Greeners | FC Anyang | Bucheon FC 1995 | Busan IPark | Cheonan City | Chungbuk Cheongju | Chungnam Asan |
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Ansan Wa~ Stadium | Anyang Stadium | Bucheon Stadium | Busan Asiad Main Stadium(~21 May) Busan Gudeok Stadium(27 May~) |
Cheonan Stadium | Cheongju Stadium | Yi Sun-sin Stadium |
Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 17,143 | Capacity: 34,456 | Capacity: 53,769 12,349 |
Capacity: 26,000 | Capacity: 16,280 | Capacity: 19,283 |
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Gimcheon Sangmu FC | Gimpo FC | Gyeongnam FC | Jeonnam Dragons | Seongnam FC | Seoul E-Land | |
Gimcheon Stadium | Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium | Changwon Football Center | Gwangyang Stadium | Tancheon Stadium | Mokdong Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 15,074 | Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 16,146 | Capacity: 15,511 | |
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Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from the AFC and AFF countries. Gimcheon Sangmu FC, being a military-owned team, is not allowed to sign any foreign players. A team could use five foreign players on the field each game, including at least one player from the AFC and AFF.
The name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
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League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | Busan IPark (X) | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 66 | Promotion to 2024 K League 1 |
2 | Gimcheon Sangmu (X) | 33 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 64 | Qualification for promotion playoff 1 |
3 | Gimpo FC (X) | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 59 | Qualification for K League 2 playoff 2 |
4 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 54 | Qualification for K League 2 semi-playoff 2 |
5 | Gyeongnam FC | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 50 | |
6 | Chungbuk Cheongju | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 48 | |
7 | Jeonnam Dragons | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 47 | |
8 | FC Anyang | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 45 | |
9 | Seongnam FC | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 41 | |
10 | Chungnam Asan | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 39 | |
11 | Seoul E-Land | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 35 | |
12 | Cheonan City | 33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 24 | |
13 | Ansan Greeners | 33 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(X) Assured a place of the Promotion Playoff(s)
Positions by matchday
Leader & promotion to the 2024 K League 1
Qualification for relegation/promotion play-offs
The match Chungnam Asan vs Chungbuk Cheongju(originally 13 August) of Round 26 was postponed to 14 October.
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 2024 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.
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Semi-playoff
(4th) | v | (5th) |
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Playoff
(3rd) | v | (4th or 5th) |
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Promotion-Relegation Playoff Final Round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(PO2 Winners) | agg. | (KL1 10th) | 1st | 2nd |
(KL2 2nd) | agg. | (KL1 11th) | 1st | 2nd |
First leg
(K2 2nd) | v | (K1 11th) |
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(PO2 Winners) | v | (K1 10th) |
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Season statistics
Goals
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Assists
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Awards
Most Valuable Player of the Round
See also
Notes
References
- "2023시즌 K리그2 일정 발표, 3·1절 킥오프 (2023 K League 2 fixture announced., Kick-off at 1 March )". K League. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ppd to 8 Aug due to flood
- "K LEAGUE / Record".