2025 K League 2

Hana Bank
K League 2

Season	2025
Dates	22 February - 23 November, 2025
Matches played	189
Goals scored	489 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stefan Mugoša (Incheon United) (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4-0 Gyeongnam (6 April)
Biggest away win	Chungbuk Cheongju 0-4 Incheon United (24 August)
Highest scoring	Seoul E-Land 4-2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (9 March) Ansan Greeners 3-3 Hwaseong (29 March) Chungbuk Cheongju 3-3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (4 May)
Longest winning run	6 Incheon United
Longest unbeaten run	8 Incheon United
Longest winless run	7 Cheonan City
Longest losing run	7 Cheonan City
Highest attendance	22,265 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-2 Incheon United (15 June)
Lowest attendance	1,021 Cheonan City 0-1 Ansan Greeners (13 April)
Average attendance	4,284
← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 K League 2, also known as the Hana Bank K League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the 13th season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in South Korean football league system.

Teams

Team changes

As the 2024 K League 2 champions, FC Anyang was promoted to the K League 1. ^[1] Incheon United was relegated from the K League 1 for the first time in the club's history. ^[2] Meanwhile, Hwaseong FC was accepted to K League 2 after finishing as runner-up in the K3 League in 2024, having participated in the K3 League since 2013. ^[3]

Promoted to K League 1	Relegated from K League 1	Accepted from K3 League
FC Anyang (promoted for the first time)	Incheon United (relegated for the first time)	Hwaseong FC

Locations

Gimpo

Seoul E

Cheonan

Chungbuk Cheongju

Chungnam Asan

Gyeongnam

Busan

Jeonnam

Hwaseong

Incheon

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Locations of the 2025 K League 2 teams

14km
8.7miles

Suwon

Seoul E

Seongnam

Incheon

Hwaseong

Bucheon

Ansan

   

Locations of the 2025 K League 2 teams in the Seoul Capital Area

The following fourteen teams are participating in the 2025 K League 2. ^[4]

Team	City/Province	Abbreviation
Ansan Greeners	Ansan	Ansan
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Bucheon
Busan IPark	Busan	Busan
Cheonan City	Cheonan	Cheonan
Chungbuk Cheongju	Cheongju	Chungbuk Cheongju
Chungnam Asan	Asan	Chungnam Asan
Gimpo FC	Gimpo	Gimpo
Gyeongnam FC	Gyeongnam	Gyeongnam
Hwaseong FC	Hwaseong	Hwaseong
Incheon United	Incheon	Incheon
Jeonnam Dragons	Jeonnam	Jeonnam
Seongnam FC	Seongnam	Seongnam
Seoul E-Land	Seoul	Seoul E
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon	Suwon

Stadiums

Ansan Greeners	Bucheon FC 1995	Busan IPark	Chungbuk Cheongju	Cheonan City
Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Busan Gudeok Stadium	Cheongju Stadium	Cheonan Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	apacity: 34,456	Capacity: 12,349	Capacity: 16,280	Capacity: 26,000
Chungnam Asan	Gimpo FC	Gyeongnam FC	Hwaseong FC	Incheon United
Yi Sun-sin Stadium	Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium	Changwon Football Center	Hwaseong Stadium	Incheon Football Stadium
Capacity: 19,283	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 15,074	Capacity: 35,270	Capacity: 20,891
Jeonnam Dragons	Seongnam FC	Seoul E-Land	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Gwangyang Stadium	Tancheon Stadium	Mokdong Stadium	Suwon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 13,496	Capacity: 16,146	Capacity: 15,511	Capacity: 44,031

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Ansan Greeners	Lee Kwan-woo	Government of Ansan	Applerind
Bucheon FC 1995	Lee Young-min	Government of Bucheon	Kelme
Busan IPark	Jo Sung-hwan	HDC Hyundai Development Company	Mizuno
Cheonan City	Cho Sung-yong (caretaker)	Government of Cheonan	Puma
Chungbuk Cheongju	Kim Gil-sik		Applerind
Chungnam Asan	Bae Sung-jae	Haeyu Construction	FCMM
Gimpo FC	Ko Jeong-woon	Government of Gimpo	Sunderland of Scotland
Gyeongnam FC	Lee Eul-yong	Nonghyup Bank	Hummel
Hwaseong FC	Cha Du-ri	Hwaseong Special City	Kelme
Incheon United	Yoon Jong-hwan	IFEZ	Macron
Jeonnam Dragons	Kim Hyun-seok	POSCO	Mizuno
Seongnam FC	Jeon Kyung-jun	Government of Seongnam	Umbro
Seoul E-Land	Kim Do-kyun	NC Department Store	New Balance
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Byun Sung-hwan	Samsung Galaxy S24	Puma

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Chungbuk Cheongju	Choi Yun-kyum	Resigned	2 October 2024	Pre-season	Kwon Ou-ghu	11 December 2024
Hwaseong	Ju Seung-jin	Licence expired	5 December 2024		Cha Du-ri	6 December 2024 [5]
Jeonnam Dragons	Lee Jang-kwan	Mutual Consent	10 December 2024		Kim Hyun-seok	10 December 2024 [6]
Chungnam Asan	Kim Hyun-seok	Signed by Jeonnam Dragons	10 December 2024		Bae Sung-jae	12 December 2024
Incheon United	Choi Yung-keun	Contract terminated	21 December 2024		Yoon Jong-hwan	22 December 2024
Chungbuk Cheongju	Kwon Ou-ghu	Resigned	10 June 2025	13th	Kim Gil-sik	8 July 2025
Cheonan City	Kim Tae-wan	Resigned	20 August 2025	14th

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Former players
Ansan Greeners	Bruno Lapa	Eduardo	Felipe Saraiva	Jefferson Carioca		Luan Santos
Bucheon FC 1995	Jefferson Galego	Rodrigo Bassani	Thiaguinho Santos	Jhon Montaño	Kazuki Takahashi
Busan IPark	Fessin	Gonzalo	Xavier	Paul Villero
Cheonan City	Bruno Paraíba	Misaki Sato	Aboubacar Toungara			Felipe Valdívia Pavle Ivelja
Chungbuk Cheongju	Pedro Vitor	Jop van der Avert				Gabriel Santos Mateusinho
Chungnam Asan	Charles Lokolingoy	Denisson Silva	Adam Bergmark Wiberg			Semir Smajlagić Misaki Sato Kevin Méndez
Gimpo FC	Connor Chapman	Djalma	Luis Mina	Leonard Pllana		Bruno Paraíba
Gyeongnam FC	Danrlei	Leonardo Kalil	Renan Areias	Bruno Costa	Rúben Macedo	Felipe Fonseca Matheus Souza
Hwaseong FC	Aleksandar Vojnović	Arthur Moura	Demethryus	Dimitri	Luan	Dominic Vinicius
Incheon United	Harrison Delbridge	Modou Barrow	Gerso Fernandes	Shota Saijo	Stefan Mugoša
Jeonnam Dragons	Ronan	Valdívia	Keelan Lebon	José Alberti		Leandro Ribeiro
Seongnam FC	Elionay Freitas	Leandro Ribeiro	Samuel Andrade	Venício	Leonardo Acevedo
Seoul E-Land	Aaron Calver	John Iredale	Euller	Gabriel Santos	Osmar	Alan Carius Ítalo Pedrinho
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Bruno Silva	Léo Andrade	Matheus Serafim	Paulo Henrique	Stanislav Iljutcenko

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Incheon United	27	19	5	3	52	18	+34	62	Promotion to K League 1
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	27	15	7	5	54	37	+17	52	Qualification for promotion play-offs final round
3	Bucheon FC 1995	27	13	6	8	44	37	+7	45	Qualification for promotion play-offs second round
4	Jeonnam Dragons	27	12	9	6	42	34	+8	45	Qualification for promotion play-offs first round
5	Busan IPark	27	11	8	8	34	30	+4	41
6	Seoul E-Land	27	10	10	7	41	37	+4	40
7	Gimpo FC	27	10	10	7	33	23	+10	40
8	Seongnam FC	27	9	11	7	27	25	+2	38
9	Chungnam Asan	27	7	11	9	36	34	+2	32
10	Hwaseong FC	27	7	8	12	25	33	−8	29
11	Chungbuk Cheongju	27	6	7	14	29	49	−20	25
12	Gyeongnam FC	27	6	5	16	24	46	−22	23
13	Cheonan City	27	5	5	17	28	46	−18	20
14	Ansan Greeners	27	4	8	15	20	40	−20	20

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. Source: K League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Incheon United	2	2	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6	7	10	11	9	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Bucheon FC 1995	1	1	5	1	3	3	5	6	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3
Jeonnam Dragons	2	3	3	3	5	5	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4
Busan IPark	7	12	8	6	8	9	9	8	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5
Seoul E-Land	5	4	1	5	1	1	3	4	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6
Gimpo FC	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	9	11	12	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Seongnam FC	2	3	2	4	4	4	2	2	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chungnam Asan	9	9	13	13	12	11	10	10	8	9	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Hwaseong FC	10	11	12	8	10	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Chungbuk Cheongju	10	10	6	10	11	12	12	11	10	8	9	10	11	11	13	13	12	13	12	13	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Gyeongnam FC	12	7	9	8	5	8	9	8	9	10	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Cheonan City	12	13	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Ansan Greeners	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. Source: K League

Results

Matches 1–26

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away	ASG	BCN	BSI	CNC	CBCJ	CNAS	GIM	GNM	HWA	ICU	JND	SNM	SUE	SSB
Ansan Greeners	—	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	3–3	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1
Bucheon FC 1995	3–1	—	0–2	0–0	3–1	5–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–3	3–1	1–1
Busan IPark	0–2	4–2	—	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–4
Cheonan City	0–1	1–2	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	0–2	4–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–2
Chungbuk Cheongju	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	—	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–3
Chungnam Asan	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	—	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–3
Gimpo FC	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	—	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–1
Gyeongnam FC	1–1	0–3	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	—	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–3
Hwaseong FC	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	—	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1
Incheon United	4–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0
Jeonnam Dragons	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–4	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–4
Seongnam FC	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	—	1–2	1–2
Seoul E-Land	1–1	3–2	1–4	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	—	4–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 27–39

Teams played each other once, either at home or away.

Home \ Away	ASG	BCN	BSI	CNC	CBCJ	CNAS	GIM	GNM	HWA	ICU	JND	SNM	SUE	SSB
Ansan Greeners	—								0–1
Bucheon FC 1995		—
Busan IPark			—		2–2
Cheonan City				—									2–5
Chungbuk Cheongju					—
Chungnam Asan						—
Gimpo FC							—				2–0
Gyeongnam FC		1–2						—
Hwaseong FC									—
Incheon United						1–1				—
Jeonnam Dragons											—
Seongnam FC												—
Seoul E-Land													—
Suwon Samsung Bluewings												2–2		—

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
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 of the regular season at the home stadium of the fourth-placed team, 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 league runners-up will compete with the tenth and eleventh-placed teams of the 2025 K League 1, respectively, in the final round. Each of the finals is a two-legged tie, with the winners securing the final spots in the 2026 K League 1.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player [7]	Team	Goals
1	Stefan Mugoša	Incheon United	16
2	Leonardo Acevedo	Seongnam FC	12
3	Stanislav Iljutcenko	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	11
	Rodrigo Bassani	Bucheon FC 1995
	Luis Mina	Gimpo FC
6	Valdívia	Jeonnam Dragons	10
	Kim Ji-hyeon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Gerso Fernandes	Incheon United
9	John Iredale	Seoul E-Land	9
	Fessin	Busan IPark
	Jhon Montaño	Bucheon FC 1995
	Gabriel Santos	Chungbuk Cheongju Seoul E-Land

Top assist providers

Rank	Player [7]	Team	Assists
1	Euller	Seoul E-Land	9
	Gerso Fernandes	Incheon United
3	Valdívia	Jeonnam Dragons	6
	Paul Villero	Busan IPark
	José Alberti	Jeonnam Dragons
	Shin Jae-won	Seongnam FC
7	Han Kyo-won	Chungnam Asan	5
	Stanislav Iljutcenko	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Son Jun-ho	Chungnam Asan
	Kim Seung-ho	Chungnam Asan

Awards

Weekly awards

Round Player of the Round Player Club 1 Leonardo Acevedo Seongnam FC 2 Luis Mina Gimpo FC 3 Pedrinho Seoul E-Land 4 Jefferson Galego Bucheon FC 1995 5 Kim Hyun-tae Ansan Greeners 6 Paulo Henrique Suwon Samsung Bluewings 7 Leonardo Acevedo Seongnam FC 8 Bruno Silva Suwon Samsung Bluewings 9 Fessin Busan IPark 10 Paul Villero Busan IPark 11 Gerso Fernandes Incheon United 12 Kim Seung-ho Chungnam Asan 13 Stefan Mugoša Incheon United 14 Baek Ga-on Busan IPark 15 Han Kyo-won Chungnam Asan 16 Park Seung-ho Incheon United 17 Felipe Valdívia Cheonan City 18 Park Chang-jun Bucheon FC 1995 19 Luis Mina Gimpo FC 20 Park Ju-yeong Hwaseong FC

Round Player of the Round Player Club 21 Jhon Montaño Bucheon FC 1995 22 Paul Villero Busan IPark 23 Kim Min-jun Suwon Samsung Bluewings 24 Valdívia Jeonnam Dragons 25 Ronan Jeonnam Dragons 26 Gerso Fernandes Incheon United 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	163,422	22,265	9,238	12,571	+21.3%†
2	Incheon United	116,731	18,173	4,638	9,728	−11.2%†
3	Jeonnam Dragons	41,596	7,975	2,439	4,160	+6.3%†
4	Seoul E-Land	42,446	9,644	1,888	3,859	−3.6%†
5	Bucheon FC 1995	39,235	7,561	2,405	3,567	−2.7%†
6	Busan IPark	42,758	8,529	2,032	3,289	+7.1%†
7	Chungnam Asan	38,634	7,382	1,211	3,220	+29.5%†
8	Seongnam FC	38,098	8,843	1,587	3,175	+6.6%†
9	Ansan Greeners	35,683	10,956	1,403	2,974	+66.5%†
10	Gyeongnam FC	32,421	5,969	2,089	2,947	−19.8%†
11	Cheonan City	33,905	9,970	1,021	2,825	+27.5%†
12	Gimpo FC	30,313	5,298	1,494	2,756	−1.4%†
13	Chungbuk Cheongju	27,301	10,149	1,196	2,730	−14.4%†
14	Hwaseong FC	20,351	3,731	1,036	1,850	n/a†
	League total	723,091	22,265	1,021	4,304	+13.3%†

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

See also

• 2025 K League 1
• 2025 K3 League

References

1. "FC Anyang promoted to top football league for 1st time in club history".
2. "Incheon United relegated to K League 2 for 1st time". 11 November 2024.
3. "화성 K리그 가입 안건 통과, 동남아 쿼터 폐지…프로연맹 제5차 이사회 결과 발표". 30 November 2024.
4. "Record" (in Korean). K League. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
5. "Hwaseong FC look to turn pro with Cha Du-ri at the helm". 25 November 2024.
6. "Director Kim Hyun-seok of 'Chungnam Asan Elevation PO Gust' took the helm of Jeonnam".
7. "K LEAGUE / Record".

External links

• Official K League website