2023 K League 2

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Hana 1Q
K League 2
Season 2023
Dates1 March – 26 November 2023 [1]
Champions Gimcheon Sangmu
(2nd title)
Promoted Gimcheon Sangmu
Matches played179
Goals scored452 (2.53 per match)
Best Player Valdívia
Top goalscorer Luis Mina
(14 goals)
Biggest away win Jeonnam 0–5 Gyeongnam
(5 March 2023)
Highest scoring Ansan 3–7 Gimcheon
(22 October 2023)
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Gimpo FC
Longest winless run20 matches
Cheonan City
Longest losing run7 matches
Cheonan City
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The 2023 K League 2, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 2 for sponsorship reasons, was the 11th season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in South Korean football league system.

Contents

Following the regular season, in which each team played each other three times, Gimcheon Sangmu were the champions, gaining direct promotion to K League 1. [2] After three rounds of play-offs, no other teams were promoted at the end of this sesason. [3]

Teams

Team changes

2022 champions Gwangju FC and play-off winners Daejeon Hana Citizen were promoted to the K League 1, while Seongnam FC and Gimcheon Sangmu were relegated from the top flight. [4]

Cheonan City and Chungbuk Cheongju, which played in the K3 League until 2022, joined the K League and made their professional debuts in the K League 2.

Incoming
Decrease2.svg Relegated from K League 1
Increase2.svg Promoted from K3 League
Outgoing
Increase2.svg Promoted to K League 1

Locations

TeamCity/ProvinceAbbreviation
Ansan Greeners Ansan Ansan
FC Anyang Anyang Anyang
Bucheon FC 1995 Bucheon Bucheon
Busan IPark Busan Busan
Cheonan City Cheonan Cheonan
Chungbuk Cheongju Cheongju Chungbuk Cheongju
Chungnam Asan Asan Chungnam Asan
Gimcheon Sangmu Gimcheon Gimcheon
Gimpo FC Gimpo Gimpo
Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam Gyeongnam
Jeonnam Dragons Jeonnam Jeonnam
Seongnam FC Seongnam Seongnam
Seoul E-Land Seoul Seoul E

Stadiums

Ansan Greeners FC Anyang Bucheon FC 1995
Ansan Wa~ Stadium Anyang Stadium Bucheon Stadium
Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 17,143Capacity: 34,456
Ansan Wa stadium3.JPG Anyang-stadium.jpg Bucheonstadium3.JPG
Busan IPark Chungnam Asan
Busan Asiad Main Stadium Busan Gudeok Stadium Yi Sun-sin Stadium
Capacity: 53,769Capacity: 12,349Capacity: 17,376
BusanAsiadStadium.jpg Gudeok Stadium 3.JPG Yi Sun-sin Stadium1.JPG
Cheonan City Chungbuk Cheongju Gimpo FC
Cheonan Stadium Cheongju Stadium Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium
Capacity: 26,000Capacity: 16,280Capacity: 5,000
Cheonan Stadium.JPG
Gyeongnam FC Gimcheon Sangmu Seongnam FC
Changwon Football Center Gimcheon Stadium Tancheon Stadium
Capacity: 15,074Capacity: 25,000Capacity: 16,146
Changwon Soccer Center 2.JPG Gimcheon-Stadion.png Tanchon20100223 1.JPG
Jeonnam Dragons Seoul E-Land
Gwangyang Stadium Mokdong Stadium
Capacity: 13,496Capacity: 15,511
Gwangyangstadium1.jpg Mokdong Stadium3.JPG

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from the AFC and ASEAN 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 ASEAN.

Players in bold were registered during the mid-season transfer window.

TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 AFC player ASEAN player [lower-alpha 1] Former player(s)
Ansan Greeners Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Henrique Flag of Brazil.svg Wandrew Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Honório
FC Anyang Flag of Brazil.svg Yago Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Paraíba Flag of Brazil.svg Laércio Flag of Costa Rica.svg Jonathan Moya
Flag of Brazil.svg Andrigo
Bucheon FC 1995 Flag of Brazil.svg Nilson Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Ramos Flag of Portugal.svg Jucie Lupeta Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Takahashi Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Kalil
Busan IPark Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Lamas Flag of Brazil.svg Fessin Flag of Brazil.svg Franklin Mascote
Cheonan City Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Mota Flag of Croatia.svg Damir Šovšić Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Henrique Flag of Vietnam.svg Vũ Minh Hiếu Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Cảnh Anh Flag of Brazil.svg Rodolfo
Flag of France.svg Axel Bakayoko
Chungbuk Cheongju Flag of Brazil.svg Paulinho Flag of Brazil.svg Jorge Luiz Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Makrillos Flag of Malaysia.svg Kogileswaran Raj
Chungnam Asan Flag of Brazil.svg Róbson Duarte Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Utzig Flag of Colombia.svg Wilinton Aponzá
Gimpo FC Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo González Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho Rocha Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Mina
Gyeongnam FC Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Castro Flag of Brazil.svg Gleyson Flag of Brazil.svg Léo Ceará Flag of Brazil.svg Mirandinha
Jeonnam Dragons Flag of Kosovo.svg Leonard Pllana Flag of Brazil.svg Valdívia Flag of Croatia.svg Leo Mikić Flag of Japan.svg Yuhei Sato Flag of Indonesia.svg Asnawi Mangkualam Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Simović
Seongnam FC Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Christy Manzinga Flag of Brazil.svg Denilson Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Honório Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Flottmann
Seoul E-Land Flag of Brazil.svg Ronan Flag of Brazil.svg Bruninho Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Nishi Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Văn Toàn
Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Peixoto
  1. ↑ Did not exist in the regulation of AFC.

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1 Gimcheon Sangmu (C, P)3622597137+3471Promotion to K League 1
2 Busan IPark 36201065029+2170Qualification for promotion play-offs final round
3 Gimpo FC 36161284025+1560Qualification for promotion play-offs second round
4 Gyeongnam FC 36151295442+1257Qualification for promotion play-offs first round
5 Bucheon FC 1995 36169114535+1057
6 FC Anyang 36159125851+754
7 Jeonnam Dragons 36165155556−153
8 Chungbuk Cheongju 361313103742−552
9 Seongnam FC 361111144350−744
10 Chungnam Asan 36126183946−742
11 Seoul E-Land 36105213654−1835
12 Ansan Greeners 3667234072−3225
13 Cheonan City 36510213362−2925
Source: K League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (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

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839
Gimcheon Sangmu 323676221322236655322111111112222222221
Busan IPark 156433554555642122134634322221111111112
Gimpo FC 1145555432111113566666455434654444433333
Gyeongnam FC 511212313244465313211223243435555655544
Bucheon FC 1995 1292144796766354444555566666543333344455
FC Anyang 534321145433521231443342555366778788776
Jeonnam Dragons 12131011888898888109998877777777788867867667
Chungbuk Cheongju 16779910111212121211111111101111910989878877686576888
Seongnam FC 3798676686777777810101198989999999999991099
Chungnam Asan 9121210111097799910910101199101111101010101010111110111110101091010
Seoul E-Land 71011121211111011111010988877788101111111111111010111010111111111111
Ansan Greeners 97891012121210101111121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121213131312
Cheonan City 71113131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131312121213
Source: K League
Notes: The match between Chungnam Asan and Chungbuk Cheongju on matchday 26 (13 August) was postponed to 14 October.

Results

Matches 1–26

Home \ Away ASG AYG BCN BSI CNC CBCJ CNAS GCS GIM GNM JND SNM SUE
Ansan Greeners —1–10–21–22–10–21–02–32–31–11–00–31–2
FC Anyang 1–1—2–20–31–11–03–02–01–22–42–02–11–1
Bucheon FC 1995 1–02–4—0–01–10–02–10–32–02–05–21–00–1
Busan IPark 0–02–10–1—1–01–12–03–10–00–01–02–31–0
Cheonan City 1–10–40–32–3—2–20–10–20–22–31–33–20–0
Chungbuk Cheongju 3–02–10–41–12–1—0–40–20–00–23–10–02–1
Chungnam Asan 1–02–31–01–11–03–2—1–20–12–23–32–02–0
Gimcheon Sangmu 3–20–04–12–14–10–03–2—0–20–22–14–04–0
Gimpo FC 0–11–01–11–04–01–21–12–1—0–01–20–00–0
Gyeongnam FC 3–13–21–01–22–12–22–10–20–0—0–22–21–2
Jeonnam Dragons 5–20–11–01–12–03–02–11–00–20–5—2–23–3
Seongnam FC 2–11–20–11–32–03–20–02–20–01–12–1—1–2
Seoul E-Land 4–11–22–01–23–22–30–00–10–11–20–11–2—
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 27–39

Home \ Away ASG AYG BCN BSI CNC CBCJ CNAS GCS GIM GNM JND SNM SUE
Ansan Greeners —2–31–2——0–10–13–71–1————
FC Anyang ———0–12–1————1–13–11–13–0
Bucheon FC 1995 —1–1————1–0—0–01–04–1—1–0
Busan IPark 2–0—2–1—0–01–1—2–0———3–0—
Cheonan City 1–1—1–0——0–0—1–30–0——3–1—
Chungbuk Cheongju —2–10–0———1–0—1–01–1——0–1
Chungnam Asan —4–3—1–22–0————0–10–1—1–0
Gimcheon Sangmu —4–13–1——0–04–0—2–0———1–0
Gimpo FC —3–0—2–3——1–0——0–12–1—2–1
Gyeongnam FC 4–2——0–11–1——1–1——2–30–2—
Jeonnam Dragons 3–2——3–01–33–0—2–1———0–0—
Seongnam FC 0–2—2–2——0–12–01–02–4————
Seoul E-Land 3–4——2–10–3————1–31–00–2—
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 eleventh-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 Gimpo FC 2
4 Gyeongnam FC 1
4 Gyeongnam FC 0
5 Bucheon FC 1995 0
Gimpo FC 0 1 1
Gangwon FC 0 2 2
Final 2
Busan IPark 2 2 4
Suwon FC (a.e.t.)1 5 6

First round

Second round

Gimpo FC 2–1 Gyeongnam FC
Won Ki-jong Soccerball shade.svg36'
Solteo Football Field, Gimpo

Final round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Gimpo FC 1–2 Gangwon FC 0–01–2
Busan IPark 4–6 Suwon FC 2–12–5 (a.e.t.)
Gimpo FC 0–0 Gangwon FC
Report
Gimpo Solteo Football Field, Gimpo
Attendance: 3,736
Referee: Jeong Dong-sik
Gangwon FC 2–1 Gimpo FC
Vitor Gabriel Soccerball shade.svg51', 76' Report Cho Sung-gwon Soccerball shade.svg59'
Gangneung Stadium, Gangneung
Attendance: 10,130
Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Gangwon FC won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Busan IPark 2–1 Suwon FC
Bruno Lamas Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.), 90+9' (pen.) Report Jang Jae-woong Soccerball shade.svg43'
Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan
Attendance: 4,047
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin
Suwon FC 5–2 (a.e.t.) Busan IPark
Report
Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 6,987
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

Suwon FC won 6–4 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayer [5] TeamGoals
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Mina Gimpo FC 16
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Valdívia Jeonnam Dragons 14
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Young-wook Gimcheon Sangmu 13
Flag of Brazil.svg Gleyson Gyeongnam FC
Flag of Brazil.svg Jorge Luiz Chungbuk Cheongju
6 Flag of South Korea.svg An Jae-jun Bucheon FC 1995 11
7 Flag of South Korea.svg Won Ki-jong Gyeongnam FC 10
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Lamas Busan IPark
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Mota Cheonan City
10 Flag of South Korea.svg Yun Ju-tae Ansan Greeners 9

Top assist providers

RankPlayer [5] TeamAssists
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Valdívia Jeonnam Dragons 14
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Joo Hyeon-woo FC Anyang 9
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Andrigo FC Anyang 8
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Lamas Busan IPark
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Yago FC Anyang 7
Flag of Kosovo.svg Leonard Pllana Jeonnam Dragons
7 Flag of South Korea.svg Mo Jae-hyeon Gyeongnam FC 6
810 Players5

Awards

Weekly awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the Month
ManagerClubDivision
February/March Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Myung-bo Ulsan Hyundai 1
April Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jeong-woon Gimpo FC 2
May Flag of South Korea.svg Nam Ki-il Jeju United 1
June Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung-hyo Gwangju FC 1
July Flag of South Korea.svg Jo Sung-hwan Incheon United 1
August Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Yun-kyum Chungbuk Cheongju 2
September Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jin-sub Busan IPark 2
October–December Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Jung-yong Gimcheon Sangmu 2

Annual awards

The 2023 K League Awards was held on 4 December 2023. [6]

AwardWinnerClub
Most Valuable Player Flag of Brazil.svg Valdívia Jeonnam Dragons
Young Player of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg An Jae-jun Bucheon FC 1995
Top goalscorer Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Mina Gimpo FC
Top assist provider Flag of Brazil.svg Valdívia Jeonnam Dragons
Manager of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jeong-woon Gimpo FC
Position Best XI
Goalkeeper Flag of South Korea.svg Koo Sang-min (Busan)
Defenders Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jun
(Busan)		 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-min
(Gimcheon)		 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Han-do
(Busan)		 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dong-jin
(Anyang)
Midfielders Flag of South Korea.svg Mo Jae-hyeon
(Gyeongnam)		 Flag of South Korea.svg Won Du-jae
(Gimcheon)		 Flag of Brazil.svg Valdívia
(Jeonnam)		 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jin-gyu
(Gimcheon)
Forwards Flag of Brazil.svg Jorge Luiz (Chungbuk Cheongju) Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Mina (Gimpo)

Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Seoul E-Land 65,1097,2661,3503,617+213.2%†
2 Busan IPark 64,58713,3401,3063,588+144.4%†
3 Gyeongnam FC 59,6127,5478203,312+261.6%†
4 FC Anyang 54,4846,0031,5393,027+93.7%†
5 Bucheon FC 1995 53,7376,1031,3802,985+137.7%†
6 Chungbuk Cheongju 45,1777,0357622,510n/a†
7 Chungnam Asan 39,8527,5465152,214+47.4%†
8 Gimpo FC 38,9113,1211,1642,162+74.6%†
9 Seongnam FC 37,7447,7896472,097+11.0%†
10 Jeonnam Dragons 37,3214,8901,0322,073+91.9%†
11 Gimcheon Sangmu 21,3052,8253591,184−22.2%†
12 Ansan Greeners 21,1644,1733851,176+1.7%†
13 Cheonan City 20,8183,2995661,157n/a†
League total559,79413,3403592,392+76.4%†

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

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