2020 K League 1

The 2020 K League 1 was the 38th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K League, and the third season under its current name, the K League 1. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title and won a record-breaking eight K League championship.[1]

Hana1Q K League 1 2020
Season2020
Dates8 May – 1 November 2020
ChampionsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
(8th title)
RelegatedSangju Sangmu
Busan IPark
Champions LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steelers
Daegu FC
Matches played162
Goals scored425 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerJúnior Negrão
(26 goals)
Biggest home winDaegu FC 6–0 FC Seoul
(14 June 2020)
Biggest away winSeongnam FC 0–6 Incheon United
(27 September 2020)
Highest scoringDaegu FC 4–6 Gwangju FC
(30 August 2020)
Longest winning run5 matches
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ulsan Hyundai
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Ulsan Hyundai
Longest winless run15 matches
Incheon United
Longest losing run8 matches
Incheon United
← 2019
2021 →
Locations of the 2020 K League 1 teams

The regular season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and to end on 4 October,[2] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The K League 1 season officially began on 8 May.[4][5] On 24 April 2020, the Korean Professional Football Union (K League) confirmed that they would adopt a modified plan for the season, changing the regular season to 22 matches, and 5 Final Round matches per team. Sangju Sangmu and the lowest-placed team at the end of the season were relegated to the K League 2 for the 2021 season.[6]

Commencing this season, an additional spot for foreign players has been added for players from member countries of the ASEAN Football Federation.[7][8]

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to the 2020 K League 2

Teams promoted from the 2019 K League 2

Participating clubs by province

The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2020 season.[9]

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) Kit Supplier Sponsor(s)
0 Busan IPark 0 Busan Lee Ki-hyung (C) 1983 Hyundai Development Company Adidas HDC Group
0 Daegu FC 0 Daegu Lee Byung-keun (C) 2002 Government of Daegu, Citizen Stockholder Forward DGB Daegu Bank, AJIN Industrial Co., Ltd.
0 Gangwon FC 0 Gangwon Kim Byung-soo 2009 Government of Gangwon, Citizen Stockholder Applerind Gangwon Land
0 Gwangju FC 0 Gwangju Park Jin-sub 2010 Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder Kelme Government of Gwangju
0 Incheon United 0 Incheon Jo Sung-hwan 2004 Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder Macron Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 Jeonbuk José Morais 1995 Hyundai Motor Company Hummel Hyundai Motor Company
0 Pohang Steelers 0 Pohang Kim Gi-dong 1983 POSCO Astore POSCO, Pohang City Hall
0 Sangju Sangmu 0 Sangju Kim Tae-wan 2011 Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps Kelme
0 Seongnam FC 0 Seongnam Kim Nam-il 1988 Government of Seongnam, Citizen Stockholder Umbro Government of Seongnam
0 FC Seoul 0 Seoul Park Hyuk-soon (C) 1984 GS Group Le Coq Sportif GS Shop, GS Caltex
0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Suwon Park Kun-ha 1996 Cheil Worldwide in Samsung Puma Samsung Electronics
0 Ulsan Hyundai 0 Ulsan Kim Do-hoon 1984 Hyundai Heavy Industries Hummel Hyundai Oil Bank, Hyundai Heavy Industries

Stadiums
Busan IPark Daegu FC Gangwon FC Gwangju FC Incheon United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Busan Gudeok Stadium DGB Daegu Bank Park Chuncheon Songam Leports Town
Gangneung Stadium		 Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Gwangju World Cup Auxiliary Stadium		 Incheon Football Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 12,349 Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 20,000
22,333		 Capacity: 40,245
12,000		 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 42,477
Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings		 Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,146 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 44,031 Capacity: 44,102

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries and a slot for a player from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. A team could use five foreign players on the field each game, including at least one player from the AFC confederation.
The name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player ASEAN Player Former Players
Busan IPark Gustavo Vintecinco Rômulo Dostonbek Tursunov Reis
Daegu FC Césinha Edgar Dejan Damjanović Tsubasa Nishi
Gangwon FC Takahiro Nakazato
Gwangju FC Felipe Willyan Marco Ureña Rustam Ashurmatov
Incheon United Stefan Mugoša Elías Aguilar Gustavo Rashid Mahazi Lanre Kehinde
Gordan Bunoza
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Murilo Henrique Modou Barrow Gustavo Takahiro Kunimoto Lars Veldwijk
Pohang Steelers Manuel Palacios Stanislav Iljutcenko Aleksandar Paločević Alex Grant
Seongnam FC Igor Jovanović Tomislav Kiš Jamshid Iskanderov
FC Seoul Adriano Osmar Ikromjon Alibaev Aleksandar Pešić
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Doneil Henry Terry Antonis Adam Taggart Sulejman Krpić
Ulsan Hyundai Júnior Negrão Dave Bulthuis Bjørn Maars Johnsen Jason Davidson

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) 27 19 3 5 46 21 +25 60 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Ulsan Hyundai 27 17 6 4 54 23 +31 57
3 Pohang Steelers 27 15 5 7 56 35 +21 50 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Sangju Sangmu[lower-alpha 2] (R) 27 13 5 9 34 36 −2 44 Relegation to K League 2
5 Daegu FC 27 10 8 9 43 39 +4 38 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
6 Gwangju FC 27 6 7 14 32 46 −14 25
7 Gangwon FC 27 9 7 11 36 41 −5 34
8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 27 8 7 12 27 30 −3 31
9 FC Seoul 27 8 5 14 23 44 −21 29
10 Seongnam FC 27 7 7 13 24 37 −13 28
11 Incheon United 27 7 6 14 25 35 −10 27
12 Busan IPark (R) 27 5 10 12 25 38 −13 25 Relegation to K League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2020. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.
  2. Sangju Sangmu are a military team and are not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they have confirmed that the team will move their franchise city in the 2021 season and will be relegated to K League 2 season regardless of their final position in this season.

Positions by matchday

  Leader & AFC Champions League group stage
  Qualification to AFC Champions League qualification play-offs
  Relegation to the 2021 K League 2

Round 1–22
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors5211111111222222222222
Ulsan Hyundai1122222222111111111111
Pohang Steelers3364645555443544544443
Sangju Sangmu12746564333334433333334
Daegu FC6889856444555355455555
Gwangju FC11121212108777891010810101077786
Gangwon FC2575333667666678866968
Suwon Samsung Bluewings910108910881010899101111111111111111
FC Seoul8637791011991011111186689677
Seongnam FC4453479981111889679108899
Incheon United79911121212121212121212121212121212121212
Busan IPark10111110111111101167777997910101010
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2020. Source: kleague.com

Round 23–27

Final rounds are from round 23 to round 27

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2020. Source: kleague.com

Fixtures and results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away BSI DGU GWN GJU ICU JHM PHS SJS SFC SEO SSB USH
Busan IPark — 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2
Daegu FC 3–0 — 2–1 4–6 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 6–0 3–1 1–3
Gangwon FC 2–4 0–0 — 4–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–3
Gwangju FC 3–1 2–4 2–2 — 2–1 3–3 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1
Incheon United 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 — 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1
Pohang Steelers 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 4–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–4
Sangju Sangmu 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–4 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–5
Seongnam FC 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–4 0–1 — 1–2 0–2 1–2
FC Seoul 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–3 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 0–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–3 — 2–3
Ulsan Hyundai 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2020. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Round Matches 23–27

Teams will play each other at once.

Season statistics

Most assists

[10]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Kang Sang-woo Sangju Sangmu / Pohang Steelers 12
2 Jung Seung-won Daegu FC 7
3 Kim Seung-dae Gangwon FC 6
Aleksandar Paločević Pohang Steelers
Kim In-sung Ulsan Hyundai
Manuel Palacios Pohang Steelers
Stanislav Iljutcenko Pohang Steelers
Song Min-kyu Pohang Steelers
9 Son Jun-ho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5
10 yet to be investigated 4

Awards

Most Valuable Player of The Round

Monthly Awards
Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month
Player Club Manager Club Division Player Club
May Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai Kim Nam-il Seongnam FC K League 1 Cho Jae-wan Gangwon FC
June Cesinha Daegu FC José Morais Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K League 1 Cesinha Daegu FC
July Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai Kim Do-hoon Ulsan Hyundai K League 1 Lee Dong-gyeong Ulsan Hyundai
August Moon Seon-min Sangju Sangmu Nam Ki-il Jeju United K League 2 Moon Seon-min Sangju Sangmu
September Stefan Mugoša Incheon United Kim Gi-dong Pohang Steelers K League 1 Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings
October Stanislav Iljutcenko Pohang Steelers Nam Ki-il Jeju United K League 2 Hong Si-hoo Seongnam FC

Season Awards

The 2020 K League Awards was held on 5 November 2020.

K League Most Valuable Player

K League Young Player

K League Top Scorer

K League Top Assistor

K League Best XI
Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo Ulsan Hyundai.
Defender Kang Sang-woo Sangju Sangmu / Pohang Steelers
Defender Kwon Kyung-won Sangju Sangmu
Defender Hong Jeong-ho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Defender Kim Tae-hwan Ulsan Hyundai
Midfielder Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder Son Jun-ho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Midfielder Cesinha Daegu FC
Midfielder Aleksandar Paločević Pohang Steelers
Forward Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai
Forward Stanislav Iljutcenko Pohang Steelers

K League Manager of the Year

See also

References
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