2022 K League 2

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

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 Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Ansan Greeners Lim Jong-heon (caretaker) Applerind Ansan Government
FC Anyang Lee Woo-hyung V-EXX Anyang Government
Bucheon FC 1995 Lee Young-min Kelme Bucheon Government
Busan IPark Park Jin-sub Puma HDC Group
Chungnam Asan Park Dong-hyuk Mizuno Asan Government
Daejeon Hana Citizen Lee Min-sung Macron Hana Financial Group
Gimpo FC Ko Jeong-woon Sunderland of Scotland Gimpo Government
Gwangju FC Lee Jung-hyo Kelme Gwangju Government
Gyeongnam FC Seol Ki-hyeon Hummel Gyeongnam Provincial Government
Jeonnam Dragons Lee Jang-kwan Puma POSCO
Seoul E-Land 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 Anderson Canhoto Róbson Duarte Thiago Henrique Go Iwase Asnawi Mangkualam
FC Anyang Maxwell Acosty Jonathan Moya Andrigo
Bucheon FC 1995 Nilson Samuel Nnamani Jorman Aguilar
Busan IPark Valentinos Sielis Domagoj Drožđek Bruno Lamas Ryan Edwards
Chungnam Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen Leandro Ribeiro Willyan Renato Kayzer Masatoshi Ishida Daniel Popa
Gimpo FC Luka Juričić
Mitsuru Maruoka
Gwangju FC Reis Mike Sandro Lima Aaron Calver
Gyeongnam FC Tiago Orobó Heliardo Guilherme Castro Ryonosuke Ohori Willyan
Hernandes
Jeonnam Dragons Jonathan Balotelli Leonard Pllana Nika Kacharava Yuhei Sato
Seoul E-Land Mauricio Asenjo Felipe Cadenazzi 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 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

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: K League
  1. 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 Citizen2222232442333344342322
FC Anyang4333324334222222223233
Bucheon FC 19953444433223444433434444
Gyeongnam FC6666656666555666555555
Chungnam Asan5555556555666555666766
Seoul E-Land7788877888899987777677
Gimpo FC8877777777777799998888
Ansan Greeners101111111099999988878889999
Busan IPark11101010111111111111111111111111111111111110
Jeonnam Dragons999991010101010101010101010101010101011
Source: K League
  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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

Top assist providers

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

Awards

Weekly awards

Monthly awards

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

Annual awards

The 2022 K League Awards was held on 24 October 2022.

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

See also