2022 K League 2

KEB Hana Bank
K League 2 2022
Season	2022
Dates	19 February – 23 October 2022
Champions	Gwangju FC
Promoted	Gwangju FC; Daejeon Hana Citizen
Matches played	220
Goals scored	556 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yu Kang-hyun and Tiago Orobó; (19 goals each)
Biggest home win	Gyeongnam FC 6–1 Gimpo FC; (4 June 2022)
Biggest away win	Ansan Greeners 1–7 Jeonnam Dragons; (14 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Ansan Greeners 1–7 Jeonnam Dragons; (14 September 2022); Daejeon Hana Citizen 4–4 Gimpo FC; (9 May 2022)
Longest winning run	4 matches; Gwangju FC, Daejeon Hana Citizen and 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, and 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, and the fifth one under its current name, the K League 2. The top-ranked team and the winners of the promotion/relegation playoff series were promoted to the 2023 K League 1.

Promotion and Relegation

New team

Gimpo FC, which played in the K3 League, made their professional debut on the K League 2 in the 2022 season, being the 23rd K League member.

Relegated from 2021 K League 1

Gwangju FC was relegated back to the K League 2, after just a season in top tier.

Teams

2022 K League 2 is located in South Korea

Anyang

Ansan

Gyeongnam (CW)[lower-roman 2]

Gyeongnam (JJ)[lower-roman 4]

Locations of the 2022 K League 2 teams

Bucheon

Seoul E-Land

Locations of the 2022 K League 2 teams in Seoul

Busan IPark

Locations of the 2022 K League 2 teams in Busan

Team	City	Home venue
Ansan Greeners	Ansan	Ansan Wa~ Stadium
FC Anyang	Anyang	Anyang Stadium
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Bucheon Stadium
Busan IPark	Busan	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Chungnam Asan	Asan	Yi Sun-sin Stadium
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Daejeon	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Gimpo FC	Gimpo	Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	Gwangju Football Stadium
Gyeongnam FC	Gyeongnam (Changwon, Jinju and Miryang)	Changwon Football Center Jinju Stadium Miryang Stadium
Jeonnam Dragons	Jeonnam (Gwangyang)	Gwangyang Stadium
Seoul E-Land	Seoul	Mokdong Stadium

Stadiums

Ansan Greeners	FC Anyang	Bucheon FC 1995	Busan IPark	Chungnam Asan	Daejeon Hana Citizen
Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Anyang Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Busan Asiad Main Stadium	Yi Sun-sin Stadium	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 34,456	Capacity: 53,769	Capacity: 17,376	Capacity: 40,535

Gimpo FC	Gwangju FC	Gyeongnam FC	Jeonnam Dragons	Seoul E-Land
Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium	Gwangju Football Stadium	Changwon Football Center Jinju Stadium Miryang Stadium	Gwangyang Stadium	Mokdong Stadium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 10,007	Capacity: 15,074 20,116 8,440	Capacity: 13,496	Capacity: 15,511

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 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	Government of Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Lee Min-sung	Macron	Hana Financial Group
Gimpo FC	Ko Jeong-woon	Sunderland of Scotland	Government of Gimpo
Gwangju FC	Lee Jung-hyo	Kelme	Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder
Gyeongnam FC	Seol Ki-Hyeon	Hummel	Nonghyup, BNK Kyongnam Bank
Jeonnam Dragons	Lee Jang-kwan	Puma	POSCO
Seoul E-Land	Chung Jung-yong	New Balance	E-Land

The managers list above only includes the ones that managed the teams on the competition's final rounds (E.G.: If a manager was managing the club since the start of the season, and ended up being sacked with only 7 matches to play in the competition, the list will only show the manager chosen to replace him).

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 are players who joined midway through the competition.

As of July 3, 2022[1]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player	ASEAN Player	Left midseason
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	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	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	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 2023 K League 1
2	Daejeon Hana Citizen (O, P)	40	21	11	8	70	45	+25	74	Qualification for promotion playoff 1
3	FC Anyang	40	19	12	9	52	41	+11	69	Qualification for K League 2 playoff 2
4	Bucheon FC 1995	40	17	10	13	52	44	+8	61	Qualification for K League 2 semi-playoff 2
5	Gyeongnam FC	40	16	8	16	60	61	−1	56	Qualification for K League 2 semi-playoff 2
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: 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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Round 1–22

Leader & promotion to the 2023 K League 1
Qualification for relegation/promotion play-offs

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
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	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	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9

Source: kleague.com

Round 23–44

Leader & promotion to the 2023 K League 1
Qualification for relegation/promotion play-offs

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Team ╲ Round
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	2	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	2
FC Anyang	4	3	3	3	3	2	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	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	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6
Seoul E-Land	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11

Source: kleague.com

The 13th Round match between Seoul E-Land FC and Jeonnam Dragons was postponed to 8 June 2022 due to Jeonnam Dragons' participation in the 2022 AFC Champions League.
The 28th Round matches (FC Anyang vs Daejeon Hana Citizen and Seoul E-Land FC vs Gyeongnam FC), alongside the 29th Round matches (Daejeon Hana Citizen v Jeonnam Dragons and Chungnam Asan vs Seoul E-Land) were postponed to a later date (21 September 2022 and 5 October 2022 respectively) due to the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.

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 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

There are two playoffs contested in this stage. The Playoff "1" is played with the two league extremes facing each other (K League 1 second-worst placed team against K League 2 second-best placed team). Meanwhile, the Playoff "2" is played with K League 2 10th facing the Semi-playoffs winner. The winners of both ties earn two spots in the 2023 K League 1.

If scores are tied after regular time in any match of both the Semi-playoffs and playoffs, the higher-placed team will advance to the next phase. However, The same conditions do not apply for the promotion/relegation playoffs, with the match, if tied, requiring extra time. Should it remain tied, the match will go to the penalty shoot-outs. (The away goals rule is no longer applied.)

K League 2 Playoff Semifinal		K League 2 Playoff Final		Promotion/relegation playoff Final




		23 October 2022

		K2 (3) FC Anyang	0
19 October 2022
		K2 (5) Gyeongnam FC	0
K2 (4) Bucheon FC 1995	2
				26 & 29 October 2022
K2 (5) Gyeongnam FC	3
				K2 (3) FC Anyang	0	1	1

				K1 (10) Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0	2	2

Promotion-relegation play-off 1

K1 (11)	Gimcheon Sangmu	1	1

K2 (2)	Daejeon Hana Citizen	2	6

Semi-playoff

19 October 2022

19:00 KST

Bucheon FC 1995 (4th)	2–3	Gyeongnam FC (5th)
Lee Dong-hee 61' Song Hong-min 78'	Report	56' Mo Jae-hyeon 74' Lee Kwang-jin 90+5' Tiago Orobó

Bucheon Stadium, Bucheon

Attendance: 2,119

Referee: Kim Dae-yong

Playoff

23 October 2022

13:00 KST

FC Anyang (3rd)	0–0	Gyeongnam FC (5th)
	Report

Anyang Stadium, Anyang

Attendance: 3,641

Referee: Jung Dong-sik

Promotion-Relegation Playoff Final Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Anyang (PO2 Winners)	1-2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0-0	1-2
Daejeon Hana Citizen (2nd)	6-1	Gimcheon Sangmu	2-1	4-0

First leg

26 October 2022

19:30 UTC+9

Daejeon Hana Citizen (K2 2nd)	2–1	Gimcheon Sangmu (K1 11th)
Cho Yu-min 35' Ju Se-jong 74'	Report	22' Mun Ji-hwan

Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon

Attendance: 8,545

Referee: Lee Dong-jun

26 October 2022

19:30 UTC+9

FC Anyang (PO2 Winners)	0–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (K1 10th)
	Report

Anyang Stadium, Anyang

Attendance: 4,863

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

Second leg

29 October 2022

14:00 UTC+9

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (K1 10th)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Anyang (PO2 Winners)
An Byong-jun 17' Oh Hyeon-gyu 120'	Report	Acosty 55'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 12,842

Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 2-1 on aggregate and retained their K League 1 spot, while Anyang remained in K League 2.

29 October 2022

16:00 UTC+9

Gimcheon Sangmu (K1 11th)	0–4	Daejeon Hana Citizen (K2 2nd)
	Report	Lee Jin-hyun 31,53' Kim In-gyun 74' Kim Seung-sub 84'

Gimcheon Stadium, Gimcheon

Attendance: 2918

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

Goals

As of 15 October 2022[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yu Kang-hyun	Chungnam Asan	19
2	Tiago Orobó	Gyeongnam FC	18
3	Willyan	Gyeongnam FC / Daejeon Hana Citizen	13
4	Reis	Gwangju FC	12
5	Felipe Cadenazzi	Seoul E-Land	10
5	Masatoshi Ishida	Daejeon Hana Citizen	10
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

Assists

As of 15 October 2022[2]

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

Awards

Most Valuable Player of the Round

R	MVP	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

R	MVP	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	Maxwell Acosty	FC Anyang
32	Willyan	Daejeon Hana Citizen
33	Andrigo	FC Anyang
34	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

Season Awards

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

K League 2 Best XI

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

K League Manager of the Year

The K League Manager of the Year award was won by Lee Jung-hyo (Gwangju FC).

Notes

CW : Changwon
CW : Changwon
JJ : Jinju
JJ : Jinju

References

External links

Official K League website

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[1] CW : Changwon

[2] CW : Changwon

[3] JJ : Jinju

[4] JJ : Jinju

[5] "2021 K League 2 Foreign Players".

[Record-6] "K LEAGUE / Record".

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