Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 15 February 2025 - 30 November 2025 |
Matches played | 168 |
Goals scored | 428 (2.55 per match) |
Best Player | 342 |
Top goalscorer | Jeon Jin-woo (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) (14 goals) |
Biggest home win | Anyang 4-0 Daegu (22 July 2025) Gimcheon Sangmu 6-2 FC Seoul (17 August 2025) |
Biggest away win | Gangwon 0-4 Gimcheon Sangmu (11 May 2025) |
Highest scoring | FC Seoul 3-2 Daegu (29 March 2025) Ulsan HD 2-3 Daejeon Hana (1 April 2025) |
Longest winning run | 3 Daejeon Hana Citizen |
Longest unbeaten run | 24 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
Longest winless run | 12 Daegu FC |
Longest losing run | 7 Daegu FC |
Highest attendance | 48,008 FC Seoul 0-1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (3 May 2025) |
Lowest attendance | 1,533 Gimcheon Sangmu 1-1 Suwon FC (1 June 2025) |
Total attendance | 1,844,200 |
Average attendance | 10,977 |
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 31 August 2025. |
The 2025 K League 1, also known as the Hana Bank K League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the ongoing 43rd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea, and the twelfth season of the K League 1. Ulsan HD are the three-time defending champions. [1]
The following rules were newly introduced for the 2025 season. [2]
FC Anyang were promoted from the K League 2 for the first time in the club's history. [3] Incheon United were relegated to the K League 2, absenting from the top flight of South Korean football for the first time in the club's history. [4]
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The following twelve clubs are competing in the 2025 K League 1. [5]
Team | City/Province | Abbreviation |
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Daegu FC | Daegu | Daegu |
Daejeon Hana Citizen | Daejeon | Daejeon |
FC Anyang | Anyang | Anyang |
Gangwon FC | Gangwon | Gangwon |
Gimcheon Sangmu | Gimcheon | Gimcheon |
Gwangju FC | Gwangju | Gwangju |
Jeju SK | Jeju | Jeju |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Jeonbuk | Jeonbuk |
Pohang Steelers | Pohang | Pohang |
FC Seoul | Seoul | Seoul |
Suwon FC | Suwon | Suwon FC |
Ulsan HD | Ulsan | Ulsan |
Locations of the 2025 K League 1 teams in the Seoul Capital Area |
Daegu FC | Daejeon Hana Citizen | Gangwon FC | |
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DGB Daegu Bank Park | Daejeon World Cup Stadium | Chuncheon Songam Sports Town | Gangneung Stadium |
Capacity: 12,415 | Capacity: 40,903 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 22,333 |
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FC Anyang | Gimcheon Sangmu | Gwangju FC | Jeju SK |
Anyang Stadium | Gimcheon Stadium | Gwangju World Cup Stadium | Jeju World Cup Stadium |
Capacity: 17,143 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 40,245 | Capacity: 29,791 |
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Pohang Steelers | FC Seoul | Suwon FC |
Jeonju World Cup Stadium | Pohang Steel Yard | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Suwon Stadium |
Capacity: 42,477 | Capacity: 17,443 | Capacity: 66,704 | Capacity: 11,808 |
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Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium | |||
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Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Gangwon FC | ![]() | End of contract | 30 November 2024 | Pre-season | ![]() | 6 December 2024 |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | ![]() | Mutual consent | 16 December 2024 | ![]() | 24 December 2024 | |
Daegu FC | ![]() | 13 April 2025 | 11th | ![]() | 1 June 2025 | |
Ulsan HD | ![]() | 2 August 2025 | 7th | ![]() | 5 August 2025 | |
Each team may have up to six foreign players registered, but may only field up to five at any given time. [11] As a military-owned team, Gimcheon Sangmu are not allowed to sign any foreign players.
A North Korean player is considered to be a domestic player under South Korean nationality law. As of 2025, K League has a homegrown system under which players of foreign nationality who have grown up in Korea are considered to be domestic players when registering as new players.
Players in bold were registered during the mid-season transfer window. Players in italics left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.
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1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (X) | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 63 | Qualification for Champions League Elite league stage |
2 | Gimcheon Sangmu | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 46 | Military team - cannot qualify for AFC competitions |
3 | Daejeon Hana Citizen | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 45 | Qualification for Champions League Elite play-off round |
4 | Pohang Steelers | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 44 | Qualification for Champions League Two group stage |
5 | FC Seoul | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 40 | |
6 | Gwangju FC | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 38 | |
7 | Gangwon FC | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 38 | |
8 | Ulsan HD | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 34 | |
9 | FC Anyang | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 33 | |
10 | Suwon FC | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 31 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
11 | Jeju SK | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 31 | |
12 | Daegu FC (Y) | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 19 | Relegation to K League 2 |
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The tenth-placed team and the eleventh-placed team will play against the play-off winners and the runners-up of the K League 2, respectively, in the relegation play-offs.
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February–March | ![]() | Daejeon | ![]() | Gangwon | ![]() | Seoul |
April | ![]() | Jeonbuk | ![]() | Gangwon | ![]() | Daegu |
May | ![]() | Jeonbuk | ![]() | Pohang | ![]() | Jeonbuk |
June | ![]() | Jeonbuk | ![]() | Gimcheon | ![]() | Gangwon |
July | ![]() | Seoul | ![]() | Seoul | ![]() | Daegu |
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February–March | ![]() | Daejeon | 1 | ![]() | Gangwon |
April | ![]() | Incheon | 2 | ![]() | Daejeon |
May | ![]() | Jeonbuk | 1 | ![]() | Jeonbuk |
June | ![]() | Jeonbuk | 1 | ![]() | Gangwon |
July | ![]() | Suwon FC | 1 | ![]() | Jeonbuk |
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Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | FC Seoul | 304,087 | 48,008 | 15,290 | 25,341 | −9.0% |
2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 229,946 | 31,830 | 10,958 | 17,688 | +7.7% |
3 | Ulsan HD | 195,082 | 26,317 | 6,902 | 15,006 | −19.4% |
4 | Daegu FC | 131,135 | 12,249 | 7,994 | 10,928 | −3.0% |
5 | Daejeon Hana Citizen | 137,041 | 19,628 | 5,016 | 10,542 | +7.0% |
6 | Pohang Steelers | 127,065 | 13,973 | 6,204 | 9,774 | +3.0% |
7 | FC Anyang | 91,741 | 13,579 | 4,508 | 7,645 | +46.9%† |
8 | Jeju SK | 89,048 | 11,049 | 4,651 | 7,421 | +16.6% |
9 | Gangwon FC | 89,888 | 10,231 | 3,135 | 6,915 | −24.5% |
10 | Suwon FC | 55,904 | 8,661 | 1,884 | 4,659 | −16.8% |
11 | Gwangju FC | 57,618 | 9,544 | 1,710 | 4,432 | −9.8% |
12 | Gimcheon Sangmu | 30,619 | 3,840 | 1,533 | 2,355 | −31.6% |
League total | 1,539,164 | 48,008 | 1,533 | 10,261 | −6.7% |
Updated to games played on August 11 2025
Source: K League
Notes:
† Teams that played previous season in K League 2.