Hana 1Q
K League 2
Season2022
Dates19 February – 23 October 2022
ChampionsGwangju FC
(2nd title)
PromotedGwangju FC
Daejeon Hana Citizen
Matches played220
Goals scored556 (2.53 per match)
Best PlayerAhn Young-kyu
Top goalscorerYu Kang-hyun
Tiago Orobó
(19 goals each)
Biggest home winGyeongnam 6–1 Gimpo
(4 June 2022)
Biggest away winAnsan 1–7 Jeonnam
(14 September 2022)
Highest scoringAnsan 1–7 Jeonnam
(14 September 2022)
Daejeon 4–4 Gimpo
(9 May 2022)
Longest winning run4 matches
Gwangju FC
Daejeon Hana Citizen
Seoul E-Land
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Gwangju FC
Longest winless run20 matches
Jeonnam Dragons
Longest losing run4 matches
Ansan Greeners
Gimpo FC
Chungnam Asan
← 2021
2023 →

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.

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from K League 1

Promoted to K League 1

Promoted from K3 League

Locations

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[lower-alpha 1] Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Ansan Greeners South Korea Lim Jong-heon (caretaker) Applerind Ansan Government
FC Anyang South Korea Lee Woo-hyung V-EXX Anyang Government
Bucheon FC 1995 South Korea Lee Young-min Kelme Bucheon Government
Busan IPark South Korea Park Jin-sub Puma HDC Group
Chungnam Asan South Korea Park Dong-hyuk Mizuno Asan Government
Daejeon Hana Citizen South Korea Lee Min-sung Macron Hana Financial Group
Gimpo FC South Korea Ko Jeong-woon Sunderland of Scotland Gimpo Government
Gwangju FC South Korea Lee Jung-hyo Kelme Gwangju Government
Gyeongnam FC South Korea Seol Ki-hyeon Hummel Gyeongnam Provincial Government
Jeonnam Dragons South Korea Lee Jang-kwan Puma POSCO
Seoul E-Land South Korea 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 Brazil Anderson Canhoto Brazil Róbson Duarte Brazil Thiago Henrique Japan Go Iwase Indonesia Asnawi Mangkualam
FC Anyang Ghana Maxwell Acosty Costa Rica Jonathan Moya Brazil Andrigo
Bucheon FC 1995 Brazil Nilson Nigeria Samuel Nnamani Panama Jorman Aguilar
Busan IPark Cyprus Valentinos Sielis Croatia Domagoj Drožđek Brazil Bruno Lamas Australia Ryan Edwards
Chungnam Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen Brazil Leandro Ribeiro Brazil Willyan Brazil Renato Kayzer Japan Masatoshi Ishida Romania Daniel Popa
Gimpo FC Bosnia and Herzegovina Luka Juričić
Japan Mitsuru Maruoka
Gwangju FC Brazil Reis Brazil Mike Brazil Sandro Lima Australia Aaron Calver
Gyeongnam FC Brazil Tiago Orobó Brazil Heliardo Brazil Guilherme Castro Japan Ryonosuke Ohori Brazil Willyan
Brazil Hernandes
Jeonnam Dragons Brazil Jonathan Balotelli Kosovo Leonard Pllana Georgia (country) Nika Kacharava Japan Yuhei Sato
Seoul E-Land Argentina Mauricio Asenjo Argentina Felipe Cadenazzi Japan Tsubasa Nishi

    League table

    Pos Team 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 ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Gwangju FC8466342211211111111111
    Daejeon Hana Citizen910109995644333333322222
    FC Anyang2232124323444444444544
    Bucheon FC 19956311211132122222233333
    Gyeongnam FC10525767889986666666666
    Chungnam Asan69810889776855555555455
    Seoul E-Land2654556567567[lower-alpha 1]777777777
    Gimpo FC1142478998799899988988
    Ansan Greeners48911111011111111101010111111111011111110
    Busan IPark4778101110101010111011101010101110101011
    Jeonnam Dragons1011117633455678[lower-alpha 1]988899899
    Source: K League
    1. 1 2 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 ╲ Round23242526272829303132333435363738394041424344
    Gwangju FC1111111111111111111111
    Daejeon Hana Citizen222223[lower-alpha 1]2[lower-alpha 1]442333344342322
    FC Anyang433332[lower-alpha 1]4334222222223233
    Bucheon FC 19953444433223444433434444
    Gyeongnam FC666665[lower-alpha 2]6666555666555555
    Chungnam Asan5555556[lower-alpha 2]555666555666766
    Seoul E-Land778887[lower-alpha 2]7[lower-alpha 2]888899987777677
    Gimpo FC8877777777777799998888
    Ansan Greeners101111111099999988878889999
    Busan IPark11101010111111111111111111111111111111111110
    Jeonnam Dragons999991010[lower-alpha 1]101010101010101010101010101011
    Source: K League
    1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 3 4 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 19952–3Gyeongnam FC
    • Lee Dong-hee 61'
    • Song Hong-min 78'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 2,119
    Referee: Kim Dae-yong

    Second round

    FC Anyang0–0Gyeongnam FC
    Report
    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 Anyang0–0Suwon Samsung Bluewings
    Report
    Attendance: 4,863
    Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok
    Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–1 (a.e.t.)FC Anyang
    		 Report Acosty 55'
    Attendance: 12,842
    Referee: Lee Dong-jun

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

    Daejeon Hana Citizen2–1Gimcheon Sangmu
    		 Report Mun Ji-hwan 22'
    Attendance: 8,545
    Referee: Lee Dong-jun
    Gimcheon Sangmu0–4Daejeon Hana Citizen
    Report
    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.

    Season statistics

    Awards

    Most Valuable Player of the Round

    Season Awards

    The 2022 K League Awards was held on 24 October 2022.

    K League 2 Most Valuable Player

    K League 2 Young Player

    K League 2 Top Scorer

    K League 2 Top Assistor

    K League 2 Best XI

    Position Player Club
    Goalkeeper South Korea Kim Kyeong-min Gwangju FC
    Defender South Korea Cho Hyun-taek Bucheon FC 1995
    Defender South Korea Ahn Young-kyu Gwangju FC
    Defender South Korea Cho Yu-min Daejeon Hana Citizen
    Defender South Korea Doo Hyeon-seok Gwangju FC
    Midfielder Brazil Willyan Gyeongnam FC
    Daejeon Hana Citizen
    Midfielder South Korea Park Han-bin Gwangju FC
    Midfielder South Korea Lee Soon-min Gwangju FC
    Midfielder South Korea Eom Ji-sung Gwangju FC
    Forward South Korea Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan
    Forward Brazil Tiago Orobó Gyeongnam FC

    K League Manager of the Year

    See also

    Notes

      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. 1 2 "K LEAGUE / Record".
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