2022 K League 2

The 2022 K League 2 was the tenth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional football league. The champions and the winners of the promotion play-offs could be promoted to the K League 1.

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K League 2

Season	2022
Dates	19 February – 23 October 2022
Champions	Gwangju FC (2nd title)
Promoted	Gwangju FC Daejeon Hana Citizen
Matches played	220
Goals scored	556 (2.53 per match)
Best Player	Ahn Young-kyu
Top goalscorer	Yu Kang-hyun Tiago Orobó (19 goals each)
Biggest home win	Gyeongnam 6–1 Gimpo (4 June 2022)
Biggest away win	Ansan 1–7 Jeonnam (14 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Ansan 1–7 Jeonnam (14 September 2022) Daejeon 4–4 Gimpo (9 May 2022)
Longest winning run	4 matches Gwangju FC Daejeon Hana Citizen Seoul E-Land
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Gwangju FC
Longest winless run	20 matches Jeonnam Dragons
Longest losing run	4 matches Ansan Greeners Gimpo FC Chungnam Asan
← 2021 2023 →

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from K League 1

• Gwangju FC

Promoted to K League 1

• Gimcheon Sangmu

Promoted from K3 League

• Gimpo FC

Locations

Gimpo

Bucheon

Seoul E

Anyang

Ansan

Gwangju

Gyeongnam
(Changwon)

Gyeongnam
(Jinju)

Gyeongnam
(Miryang)

Daejeon

Busan

Chungnam Asan

Jeonnam

Locations of the 2022 K League 2 teams

Team	City/Province	Abbreviation
Ansan Greeners	Ansan	Ansan
FC Anyang	Anyang	Anyang
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Bucheon
Busan IPark	Busan	Busan
Chungnam Asan	Asan	Chungnam Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Daejeon	Daejeon
Gimpo FC	Gimpo	Gimpo
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	Gwangju
Gyeongnam FC	Gyeongnam	Gyeongnam
Jeonnam Dragons	Jeonnam	Jeonnam
Seoul E-Land	Seoul	Seoul E

Stadiums

Ansan Greeners	FC Anyang	Bucheon FC 1995
Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Anyang Stadium	Bucheon Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 34,456
Busan IPark	Chungnam Asan	Daejeon Hana Citizen
Busan Asiad Main Stadium	Yi Sun-sin Stadium	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 53,769	Capacity: 17,376	Capacity: 40,535
Gimpo FC	Gwangju FC
Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium	Gwangju Football Stadium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 10,007
Gyeongnam FC
Changwon Football Center	Jinju Stadium	Miryang Stadium
Capacity: 15,074	Capacity: 20,116	Capacity: 8,440
Jeonnam Dragons	Seoul E-Land
Gwangyang Stadium	Mokdong Stadium
Capacity: 13,496	Capacity: 15,511

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager[a]	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Ansan Greeners	Lim Jong-heon (caretaker)	Applerind	Ansan Government
FC Anyang	Lee Woo-hyung	V-EXX	Anyang Government
Bucheon FC 1995	Lee Young-min	Kelme	Bucheon Government
Busan IPark	Park Jin-sub	Puma	HDC Group
Chungnam Asan	Park Dong-hyuk	Mizuno	Asan Government
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Lee Min-sung	Macron	Hana Financial Group
Gimpo FC	Ko Jeong-woon	Sunderland of Scotland	Gimpo Government
Gwangju FC	Lee Jung-hyo	Kelme	Gwangju Government
Gyeongnam FC	Seol Ki-hyeon	Hummel	Gyeongnam Provincial Government
Jeonnam Dragons	Lee Jang-kwan	Puma	POSCO
Seoul E-Land	Chung Jung-yong	New Balance	E-Land

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

1. Managers in the last matchday.

Foreign players

The maximum number of foreign players on the K League 2 is restricted to five players per team, including slots for a player from AFC and ASEAN countries status. A team could only use a maximum of four foreign players in each matchday.

Players in bold joined midway through the competition.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	ASEAN player	Former player(s)
Ansan Greeners	Anderson Canhoto	Róbson Duarte	Thiago Henrique	Go Iwase	Asnawi Mangkualam
FC Anyang	Maxwell Acosty	Jonathan Moya	Andrigo
Bucheon FC 1995	Nilson	Samuel Nnamani	Jorman Aguilar
Busan IPark	Valentinos Sielis	Domagoj Drožđek	Bruno Lamas	Ryan Edwards
Chungnam Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Leandro Ribeiro	Willyan	Renato Kayzer	Masatoshi Ishida		Daniel Popa
Gimpo FC						Luka Juričić Mitsuru Maruoka
Gwangju FC	Reis	Mike	Sandro Lima	Aaron Calver
Gyeongnam FC	Tiago Orobó	Heliardo	Guilherme Castro	Ryonosuke Ohori		Willyan Hernandes
Jeonnam Dragons	Jonathan Balotelli	Leonard Pllana	Nika Kacharava	Yuhei Sato
Seoul E-Land	Mauricio Asenjo	Felipe Cadenazzi		Tsubasa Nishi

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Gwangju FC (C, P)	40	25	11	4	68	32	+36	86	Promotion to K League 1
2	Daejeon Hana Citizen (O, P)	40	21	11	8	70	45	+25	74	Qualification for promotion play-offs final round
3	FC Anyang	40	19	12	9	52	41	+11	69	Qualification for promotion play-offs second round
4	Bucheon FC 1995	40	17	10	13	52	44	+8	61	Qualification for promotion play-offs first round
5	Gyeongnam FC	40	16	8	16	60	61	−1	56
6	Chungnam Asan	40	13	13	14	39	44	−5	52
7	Seoul E-Land	40	11	15	14	46	47	−1	48
8	Gimpo FC	40	10	11	19	39	65	−26	41
9	Ansan Greeners	40	8	13	19	49	67	−18	37
10	Busan IPark	40	9	9	22	34	52	−18	36
11	Jeonnam Dragons	40	6	17	17	47	58	−11	35

Source: K League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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

Round 1–22

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Gwangju FC	8	4	6	6	3	4	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Daejeon Hana Citizen	9	10	10	9	9	9	5	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
FC Anyang	2	2	3	2	1	2	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Bucheon FC 1995	6	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Gyeongnam FC	10	5	2	5	7	6	7	8	8	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chungnam Asan	6	9	8	10	8	8	9	7	7	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Seoul E-Land	2	6	5	4	5	5	6	5	6	7	5	6	7[a]	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Gimpo FC	1	1	4	2	4	7	8	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8
Ansan Greeners	4	8	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10
Busan IPark	4	7	7	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11
Jeonnam Dragons	10	11	11	7	6	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8[a]	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9

Source: K League

1. Jeonnam Dragons' 13th round (against Seoul E-Land on 3 or 4 May) was postponed to 8 June due to their participation in the Champions League.

Round 23–44

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Gwangju FC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Daejeon Hana Citizen	2	2	2	2	2	3[a]	2[a]	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	2
FC Anyang	4	3	3	3	3	2[a]	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3
Bucheon FC 1995	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Gyeongnam FC	6	6	6	6	6	5[b]	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Chungnam Asan	5	5	5	5	5	5	6[b]	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6
Seoul E-Land	7	7	8	8	8	7[b]	7[b]	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7
Gimpo FC	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Ansan Greeners	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Busan IPark	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Jeonnam Dragons	9	9	9	9	9	10	10[a]	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11

Source: K League

1. Daejeon Hana Citizen's 28th round (against FC Anyang on 24 July) and 29th round (against Jeonnam Dragons on 27 July) were postponed to 21 September and 5 October, respectively, due to the national team player's participation in the EAFF Championship.^[1]
2. Seoul E-Land's 28th round (against Gyeongnam FC on 23 July) and 29th round (against Chungnam Asan on 26 July) were postponed to 21 September and 5 October, respectively, due to the national team player's participation in the EAFF Championship.^[2]

Results

Home \ Away	ASG	AYG	BCN	BSI	CNAS	DJC	GIM	GJU	GNM	JND	SUE	ASG	AYG	BCN	BSI	CNAS	DJC	GIM	GJU	GNM	JND	SUE
Ansan Greeners	—	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	0–1	—	1–4	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–3	1–7	1–1
FC Anyang	1–1	—	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0
Bucheon FC 1995	2–1	2–0	—	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–1	—	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–0
Busan IPark	2–0	1–1	0–1	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	—	4–0	1–3	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0
Chungnam Asan	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–3	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–3	0–2	—	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	2–1
Daejeon Hana Citizen	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–3	2–1	—	4–4	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–1
Gimpo FC	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–4	1–2	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	—	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–3
Gwangju FC	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	—	1–4	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	—	4–0	1–1	1–0
Gyeongnam FC	2–1	2–3	2–3	3–2	0–0	1–1	6–1	1–2	—	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	—	2–0	3–1
Jeonnam Dragons	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	—	3–0
Seoul E-Land	2–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	—	2–2	3–2	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	—

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 eleven-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	FC Anyang	0
						5	Gyeongnam FC	0
	4	Bucheon FC 1995	2
	5	Gyeongnam FC	3
											FC Anyang		0	1	1
											Suwon Samsung Bluewings (a.e.t.)		0	2	2
											Final 2
											Daejeon Hana Citizen		2	4	6
											Gimcheon Sangmu		1	0	1

First round

Bucheon FC 1995	2–3	Gyeongnam FC
Lee Dong-hee 61' Song Hong-min 78'	Report	Mo Jae-hyeon 56' Lee Kwang-jin 74' Tiago Orobó 90+5'

19 October 2022

19:00 KST

Bucheon Stadium, Bucheon

Attendance: 2,119

Referee: Kim Dae-yong

Second round

FC Anyang	0–0	Gyeongnam FC
	Report

23 October 2022

13:00 KST

Anyang Stadium, Anyang

Attendance: 3,641

Referee: Jung Dong-sik

Final round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Anyang	1–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Daejeon Hana Citizen	6–1	Gimcheon Sangmu	2–1	4–0

FC Anyang	0–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
	Report

26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)

19:30 UTC+9

Anyang Stadium, Anyang

Attendance: 4,863

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Anyang
An Byong-jun 17' Oh Hyeon-gyu 120'	Report	Acosty 55'

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29)

14:00 UTC+9

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 12,842

Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

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Daejeon Hana Citizen	2–1	Gimcheon Sangmu
Cho Yu-min 36' Ju Se-jong 74'	Report	Mun Ji-hwan 22'

26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)

19:30 UTC+9

Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon

Attendance: 8,545

Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Gimcheon Sangmu	0–4	Daejeon Hana Citizen
	Report	Lee Jin-hyun 31', 53' Kim In-gyun 74' Kim Seung-sub 84'

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29)

16:00 UTC+9

Gimcheon Stadium, Gimcheon

Attendance: 2,918

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

Daejeon Hana Citizen won 6–1 on aggregate and was promoted to K League 1, while Gimcheon Sangmu was relegated to K League 2.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player[3]	Club	Goals
1	Yu Kang-hyun	Chungnam Asan	19
	Tiago Orobó	Gyeongnam FC
3	Willyan	Gyeongnam FC Daejeon Hana Citizen	13
4	Reis	Gwangju FC	12
5	Felipe Cadenazzi	Seoul E-Land	10
	Masatoshi Ishida	Daejeon Hana Citizen
7	Eom Ji-sung	Gwangju FC	9
	Jonathan Moya	FC Anyang
	Leandro Ribeiro	Daejeon Hana Citizen
10	Hernandes	Gyeongnam FC	8
	Yun Min-ho	Gimpo FC
	Son Suk-yong	Gimpo FC

Top assist providers

Rank	Player[3]	Club	Assists
1	Boadu Maxwell Acosty	FC Anyang	11
2	Lee Euddeum	Gwangju FC	9
3	Lee Kwang-jin	Gyeongnam FC	8
4	Róbson Duarte	Ansan Greeners	7
	Son Suk-yong	Gimpo FC
6	Park Kwang-il	Gyeongnam FC	6
	Choi Jun	Busan IPark
	Mo Jae-hyeon	Gyeongnam FC
	Park Han-bin	Gwangju FC
10	5 Players		5

Awards

Weekly awards

Round Player of the Round Player Club 1 Kim Jong-suk Gimpo FC 2 Reis Gwangju FC 3 Hernandes Gyeongnam FC 4 Lee Euddeum Gwangju FC 5 Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan 6 Ha Nam Gyeongnam FC 7 Masatoshi Ishida Daejeon Hana Citizen 8 Kim Kyung-jung FC Anyang 9 Kim Seung-seob Daejeon Hana Citizen 10 Cho Yu-min Daejeon Hana Citizen 11 Im Eun-su Daejeon Hana Citizen 12 Kim Myoung-jun Gyeongnam FC 13 Tiago Orobó Gyeongnam FC 14 Lee Sang-heon Busan IPark 15 Heo Yool Gwangju FC 16 Lee Jin-hyun Daejeon Hana Citizen 17 Anderson Canhoto Ansan Greeners 18 Lee Euddeum Gwangju FC 19 Willyan Gyeongnam FC 20 Anderson Canhoto Ansan Greeners 21 Son Suk-yong Gimpo FC 22 Róbson Duarte Ansan Greeners

Round Player of the Round Player Club 23 Hernandes Gyeongnam FC 24 Andrigo FC Anyang 25 Son Suk-yong Gimpo FC 26 Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan 27 Leandro Ribeiro Daejeon Hana Citizen 28 Cho Hyun-taek Bucheon FC 1995 29 Tiago Orobó Gyeongnam FC 30 Thiago Henrique Ansan Greeners 31 Boadu Maxwell Acosty FC Anyang 32 Willyan Daejeon Hana Citizen 33 Andrigo FC Anyang 34 Boadu Maxwell Acosty FC Anyang 35 Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan 36 Lee Si-heon Bucheon FC 1995 37 Lee Chang-yong FC Anyang 38 Sandro Lima Gwangju FC 39 Jonathan Balotelli Jeonnam Dragons 40 Nilson Bucheon FC 1995 41 Masatoshi Ishida Daejeon Hana Citizen 42 Kim Jeong-hwan Seoul E-Land 43 Leandro Ribeiro Daejeon Hana Citizen 44 Jung Won-jin Busan IPark

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month
	Manager	Club	Division
February/March	Hong Myung-bo	Ulsan Hyundai	1
April	Lee Jung-hyo	Gwangju FC	2
May	Nam Ki-il	Jeju United	1
June	Kim Do-kyun	Suwon FC	1
July	Kim Sang-sik	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1
August	Jo Sung-hwan	Incheon United	1
September	Lee Jung-hyo	Gwangju FC	2
October	Choi Won-kwon	Daegu FC	1

Annual awards

The 2022 K League Awards was held on 24 October 2022.^[4]

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Ahn Young-kyu	Gwangju FC
Young Player of the Year	Eom Ji-sung	Gwangju FC
Top goalscorer	Yu Kang-hyun	Chungnam Asan
Top assist provider	Boadu Maxwell Acosty	FC Anyang
Manager of the Year	Lee Jung-hyo	Gwangju FC

Position	Best XI
Goalkeeper	Kim Kyeong-min (Gwangju)
Defenders	Doo Hyeon-seok (Gwangju)	Cho Yu-min (Daejeon)	Ahn Young-kyu (Gwangju)	Cho Hyun-taek (Bucheon)
Midfielders	Eom Ji-sung (Gwangju)	Lee Soon-min (Gwangju)	Park Han-bin (Gwangju)	Willyan (Gyeongnam, Daejeon)
Forwards	Tiago Orobó (Gyeongnam)		Yu Kang-hyun (Chungnam Asan)

See also

• 2022 in South Korean football
• 2022 Korean FA Cup

References

1. K리그 2, EAFF E-1 동아시안컵으로 일부 일정 변경 [공식발표] (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
2. [공식발표] '이재익 대표팀 발탁' 서울이랜드 경기 일정 변경 (in Korean). Footballist. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
3. "Record". K League.
4. 광주 안영규, K리그2 영예의 MVP... 베스트11 등 2관왕(종합). Naver.com (in Korean). Starnews Korea. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

External links

• Official website
• 2022 K League Technical Report