U-League (association football)

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Football at the U-League
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Organising bodies Korea Football Association
Korea University Sport Federation
Founded2008;17 years ago (2008)
CountrySouth Korea
DivisionsU-League 1
U-League 2
Number of clubs85 (2024)
Domestic cup(s) Korean FA Cup (2008–2019)
Current champions Sun Moon University (2024)
Most championships Chung-Ang University
Dankook University
Korea University
Yonsei University
Sun Moon University
Yong In University (2 titles each)

Football at the U-League is an event of the U-League and a university football competition in South Korea. South Korean university football clubs were originally participating in the Korean National University Football League, founded by the Korea University Football Confederation in 1965, but the Korea Football Association created its new league competition for university clubs in 2008. The U-League was founded as a football league, but currently manages a variety of sports. It is not included in the South Korean football league system.

Contents

Champions

Champions by season

SeasonChampionsRunners-upClubs
2008 Kyung Hee University Hanyang University 10
2009 Dankook University Jeonju University 22
2010 Yonsei University Kyung Hee University 66
2011 Hongik University University of Ulsan 69
2012 Yonsei University Konkuk University 72
2013 Yeungnam University Hongik University 76
2014 Kwangwoon University Dankook University 77
2015 Yong In University Sungkyunkwan University 78
2016 Korea University Songho College 78
2017 Korea University Jeonju University 83
2018 Yong In University Chung-Ang University 83
2019 Chung-Ang University Sangji University 82
2020 Sun Moon University Dongguk University 82
2021 Jeonju University Dong-Eui University 82
2022 Dankook University Gimcheon University 87
2023 Chung-Ang University Soongsil University 83
2024 Sun Moon University University of Ulsan 85
2025

Performance by university

UniversityWinnersRunners-up
Dankook University 2 (2009, 2022)1 (2014)
Chung-Ang University 2 (2019, 2023)1 (2018)
Yonsei University 2 (2010, 2012)—
Yong In University 2 (2015, 2018)—
Korea University 2 (2016, 2017)—
Sun Moon University 2 (2020, 2024)—
Jeonju University 1 (2021)2 (2009, 2017)
Kyung Hee University 1 (2008)1 (2010)
Hongik University 1 (2011)1 (2013)
Yeungnam University 1 (2013)—
Kwangwoon University 1 (2014)—
University of Ulsan —2 (2011, 2024)
Hanyang University —1 (2008)
Konkuk University —1 (2012)
Sungkyunkwan University —1 (2015)
Songho College —1 (2016)
Sangji University —1 (2019)
Dongguk University —1 (2020)
Dong-Eui University —1 (2021)
Gimcheon University —1 (2022)
Soongsil University —1 (2023)

Current clubs

List of participating universities in the 2025 U-League 1 (first division) and the 2025 U-League 2 (second division).

U-League 1 Region 1 [1] U-League 1 Region 2 [2]
U-League 1 Region 3 [3] U-League 1 Region 4 [4]
U-League 2 Region 5 [5] U-League 2 Region 6 [6]
U-League 2 Region 7 [7] U-League 2 Region 8 [8]
U-League 2 Region 9 [9] U-League 2 Region 10 [10]

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