2019 K League 2

The 2019 K League 2 was the seventh season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2013, and the second one with its current name, the K League 2. The top-ranked team and the winners of the promotion play-offs among three clubs ranked between second and fourth got promoted to the 2020 K League 1.

KEB Hana Bank
K League 2 2019
Season2019
ChampionsGwangju FC
PromotedGwangju FC
Busan IPark
Matches played180
← 2018
2020 →

Teams

Since the champions from the previous season, Asan Mugunghwa, didn't get promoted because of administrative reasons, Seongnam FC, the second-placed team of the 2018 K League 2, was granted promotion to the 2019 K League 1. Jeonnam Dragons were relegated from the top tier. A total of ten teams contested in the league.

Team City Home venue
Ansan Greeners Ansan Ansan Wa~ Stadium
Asan Mugunghwa Asan Yi Sun-sin Stadium
Bucheon FC 1995 Bucheon Bucheon Stadium
Busan IPark Busan Busan Gudeok Stadium
Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium
FC Anyang Anyang Anyang Stadium
Gwangju FC Gwangju Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Jeonnam Dragons Jeonnam Gwangyang Stadium
Seoul E-Land Seoul Seoul Olympic Stadium
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex

Stadiums
Ansan Greeners Asan Mugunghwa Bucheon FC 1995 Busan IPark Daejeon Citizen
Ansan Wa~ Stadium Yi Sun-sin Stadium Bucheon Stadium Busan Gudeok Stadium Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 17,376 Capacity: 34,456 Capacity: 12,349 Capacity: 40,535
FC Anyang Gwangju FC Jeonnam Dragons Seoul E-Land Suwon FC
Anyang Stadium Gwangju World Cup Stadium Gwangyang Stadium Seoul Olympic Stadium Suwon Sports Complex
Capacity: 17,143 Capacity: 40,245 Capacity: 13,496 Capacity: 69,950 Capacity: 11,808

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Kit manufacturer1 Main sponsor1
Ansan Greeners South Korea Lim Wan-Sup Lupo Finta Ansan Government
Asan Mugunghwa South Korea Park Dong-hyuk Mizuno Asan Government and Korean Police Agency
Bucheon FC 1995 South Korea Song Sun-ho Astore Bucheon Government
Busan IPark South Korea Cho Deok-je Adidas Hyundai Development Company
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Lee Heung-sil Joma Daejeon Government
FC Anyang South Korea Kim Hyung-yul Joma Anyang Government
Gwangju FC South Korea Park Jin-sub Kelme Gwangju Government
Jeonnam Dragons South Korea Jeon Kyung-jun Joma POSCO
Seoul E-Land South Korea Woo Sung-yong New Balance E-Land
Suwon FC South Korea Kim Dae-eui Hummel Suwon Government

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Ko Jong-soo Sacked 21 May 2019 South Korea Park Chul (Caretaker) 21 May 2019
Seoul E-Land South Korea Kim Hyun-soo Sacked 22 May 2019 South Korea Woo Sung-yong (Caretaker) 17 June 2019
Daejeon Citizen South Korea Park Chul End of caretaker spell 1 July 2019 South Korea Lee Heung-sil 1 July 2019
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Fabiano Mutual consent 27 July 2019 South Korea Jeon Kyung-jun (Caretaker) 27 July 2019
Suwon FC South Korea Kim Dae-eui[1] Resigned 29 October 2019 South Korea Lee Kwan-woo (Caretaker) 29 October 2019

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game. Players in bold are players who joined midway through the competition. Note that An Byong-jun, who is a North Korean player playing for Suwon FC, was deemed to be a native player.

As of 7 July 2019
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Asian player
Ansan Greeners Brazil Fauver Brazil Gustavo Vintecinco Japan Masatoshi Ishida
Bucheon FC 1995 Brazil Nilson Júnior Ecuador Marlon de Jesús China Nan Song
Busan IPark Brazil Diego Maurício Brazil Rômulo Hungary Soma Novothny Serbia Aleksandar Šušnjar
Daejeon Citizen Brazil Matheus Pato Brazil Rafael Ramazotti Romania Aurelian Chițu
FC Anyang Brazil Alex Colombia Manuel Palacios Ukraine Mykola Kovtalyuk
Gwangju FC Brazil Felipe Brazil Ratinho Brazil Willyan Uzbekistan Rustam Ashurmatov
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Bruno Baio Brazil Bruno Nunes Brazil Wanderson Macedo Australia Nick Ansell
Seoul E-Land Brazil Alex Brazil Douglas Coutinho Brazil Róbson Duarte Japan Chikashi Masuda
Suwon FC Estonia Henri Anier Nigeria Chisom Egbuchulam Uzbekistan Jovlon Ibrokhimov

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League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Gwangju FC (P) 36 21 10 5 59 31 +28 73 Promotion to 2020 K League 1
2 Busan IPark (Q, P) 36 18 13 5 72 47 +25 67 Qualification for K League 2 play-offs
3 FC Anyang (Q) 36 15 10 11 63 50 +13 55
4 Bucheon FC 1995 (Q) 36 14 9 13 49 51 −2 51
5 Ansan Greeners FC 36 14 8 14 46 42 +4 50
6 Jeonnam Dragons 36 13 9 14 43 47 −4 48
7 Asan Mugunghwa  36 12 8 16 42 56 −14 44 Ineligible for promotion[lower-alpha 1]
8 Suwon FC 36 11 10 15 49 55 −6 43
9 Daejeon Citizen 36 8 11 17 31 47 −16 35
10 Seoul E-Land FC 36 5 10 21 43 71 −28 25
Source: Official website of K League SOCCERWAY
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Asan Mugunghwa participated in the K League 2 for the 2020 season according to a decision of the Korean Professional Football Federation, and was not eligible in 2019 for promotion or for the promotion play-offs to the 2020 K League 1.[3]

Positions by matchday

  Leader & promotion to the 2020 K League 1
  Qualification for relegation/promotion play-offs

Round 1–18
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Gwangju FC311111111111211111
Busan IPark765632222222122222
FC Anyang146779533345456553
Asan Mugunghwa 254223474554544444
Suwon FC897555756433333335
Ansan Greeners FC6710986885666775666
Bucheon FC 1995533344647777667777
Jeonnam Dragons1010889101099998898888
Daejeon Citizen422467368889989999
Seoul E-Land FC9891010891010101010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 8 July 2019. Source: kleague.com

Round 19–36
Team ╲ Round192021222324252627282930313233343536
Gwangju FC111111111111111111
Busan IPark222222222222222222
FC Anyang333333343333334333
Bucheon FC 1995777777777777886554
Ansan Greeners FC665555434444543445
Jeonnam Dragons888888888888767766
Asan Mugunghwa 444444555555455677
Suwon FC556666666666678888
Daejeon Citizen999910101010101099999999
Seoul E-Land FC101010109999991010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2019. Source: kleague.com

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Results

Matches 1–18
Home \ Away ANS ANY ASM BUC BIP DJC GWJ JND SEL SUW
Ansan Greeners FC 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–3
FC Anyang 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Asan Mugunghwa 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–5 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2
Bucheon FC 1995 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0
Busan IPark 3–0 1–4 2–4 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2
Daejeon Citizen 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2
Gwangju FC 3–1 2–2 4–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1
Jeonnam Dragons 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–2
Seoul E-Land FC 1–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 3–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1
Suwon FC 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2019. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36
Home \ Away ANS ANY ASM BUC BIP DJC GWJ JND SEL SUW
Ansan Greeners FC 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2
FC Anyang 3–2 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 7–1 4–2 5–2 0–2
Asan Mugunghwa 1–1 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Bucheon FC 1995 1–2 2–2 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–1
Busan IPark 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–0
Daejeon Citizen 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–4
Gwangju FC 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–0
Jeonnam Dragons 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2
Seoul E-Land FC 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–5 2–2 0–2 2–2 2–1
Suwon FC 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2019. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion-relegation playoffs

The Semi-playoff was contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the K League 2. The winners advanced to the Playoff to face the 2nd placed team in the K League 2, and the winners advanced to the Promotion-relegation playoffs to match against the 11th placed team in the K League 1. The winners of that tie secured a place in the 2020 K League 1.

If scores were tied after regular time in the Semi-playoff and Playoff rounds, the higher-placed team would advance to the next phase. The same conditions did not apply for the Promotion-relegation playoffs, which was instead over two legs.


Semi-playoffPlayoffPromotion-relegation Playoffs
K1 (11)Gyeongnam FC0
K2 (2)Busan IPark1K2 (2)Busan IPark0
K2 (3)FC Anyang1K2 (3)FC Anyang0
K2 (4)Bucheon FC 19951


Semi-playoff
FC Anyang1–1Bucheon FC 1995
Palacios 11' Report An Tae-hyun 78'
Attendance: 6,017
Referee: Park Byung-jin

Playoff
Busan IPark1–0FC Anyang
Rômulo 61' Report
Attendance: 8,570
Referee: Kim Yong-woo

First leg
Busan IPark0–0Gyeongnam FC
Report
Attendance: 8,249
Referee: Kim Dae-yong

Second leg
Gyeongnam FC0–2Busan IPark
Report
Attendance: 5,397
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin

Busan IPark won 2–0 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Attendance
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Busan IPark 71,000 7,724 1,386 3,944 +59.3%†
2 FC Anyang 65,597 11,098 835 3,644 +142.1%†
3 Asan Mugunghwa  56,494 6,040 1,361 3,139 +78.9%†
4 Gwangju FC 56,669 5,408 903 3,148 +106.8%†
5 Seoul E-Land 56,114 4,752 1,316 3,117 +352.4%†
6 Ansan Greeners  53,438 7,714 619 2,969 +63.1%†
7 Suwon FC 45,674 4,383 1,477 2,537 +35.2%†
8 Bucheon FC 1995 39,946 3,987 771 2,219 +116.3%†
9 Jeonnam Dragons 41,709 4,882 48 2,317 −30.2%†
10 Daejeon Citizen 35,589 4,370 655 1,977 +20.2%†
League total 522,130 11,098 48 2,901 +73.5%†

Updated to games played on 9 November 2019
Source: K League
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
† † Team played previous season in K League 1.

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