2020 K League 2

The 2020 K League 2 is the eighth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2013, and the third 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 2021 K League 1.

KEB Hana Bank
K League 2 2020
Season2020
Dates9 May – 21 November 2020
ChampionsJeju United
PromotedJeju United
Suwon FC
Matches played119
Goals scored288 (2.42 per match)
Biggest home winJeju 4-0 Bucheon
(26 August 2020)
Biggest away winAsan 0-5 Suwon FC
(24 May 2020)
Highest scoringSuwon FC 3-4 Jeonnam
(18 September 2020)
Longest winning run3 match
Suwon FC
Longest unbeaten run4 match
Daejeon Hana Citizen
Jeonnam Dragons
Longest winless run4 match
Chungnam Asan FC
Seoul E-Land FC
Longest losing run1 match
Suwon FC
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 28 October 2020.

On 24 April 2020, the Korean Professional Football Union has confirmed that they will adopt their plan of modification, which will begin to change type of the season 2020 to 27 regular season matches.[1]

Teams

Changes

Asan Mugunghwa was renamed to Chungnam Asan ahead for 2020 season after the club was dissolved in the 2019 season. Daejeon Citizen and Hana Financial Group Football Club Foundation bought the operating rights of the club, renaming it to Daejeon Hana Citizen ahead of the 2020 season.


Team City Home venue
Ansan Greeners Ansan Ansan Wa~ Stadium
Bucheon FC 1995 Bucheon Bucheon Stadium
Chungnam Asan Asan Yi Sun-sin Stadium
Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Daejeon World Cup Stadium
FC Anyang Anyang Anyang Stadium
Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam Changwon Football Center
Jeju United Jeju Province Jeju World Cup Stadium
Jeonnam Dragons Jeonnam Gwangyang Stadium
Seoul E-Land Seoul Seoul Olympic Stadium
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex

Stadiums
Ansan Greeners Bucheon FC 1995 Chungnam Asan Daejeon Hana Citizen FC Anyang
Ansan Wa~ Stadium Bucheon Stadium Yi Sun-sin Stadium Daejeon World Cup Stadium Anyang Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 34,456 Capacity: 17,376 Capacity: 40,535 Capacity: 17,143
Gyeongnam FC Jeju United Jeonnam Dragons Seoul E-Land Suwon FC
Changwon Football Center Jeju World Cup Stadium Gwangyang Stadium Seoul Olympic Stadium Suwon Sports Complex
Capacity: 15,074 Capacity: 35,657 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 Kim Gil-sik Lupo Finta Ansan Government
Bucheon FC 1995 Song Sun-ho Astore Bucheon Government
Chungnam Asan Park Dong-hyuk Mizuno Asan Government
Daejeon Hana Citizen Hwang Sun-hong Astore Hana Financial Group
FC Anyang Kim Hyung-yul Joma Anyang Government
Gyeongnam FC Seol Ki-Hyeon Hummel Nonghyup
BNK Kyongnam Bank
Jeju United Nam Ki-il Puma SK Energy
Jeonnam Dragons Jeon Kyung-jun Puma POSCO
Seoul E-Land Chung Jung-yong New Balance E-Land
Suwon FC Kim Do-kyun Hummel Suwon Government

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Suwon FC Lee Kwan-woo (Caretaker) End of caretaker spell 10 November 2019 Kim Do-kyun[2] 15 November 2019
Seoul E-Land Woo Sung-yong (Caretaker) End of contract 10 November 2019 Chung Jung-yong[3] 5 December 2019
Jeju United Choi Yun-kyum Resigned 30 November 2019 Nam Ki-il[4] 26 December 2019
Daejeon Hana Citizen Lee Heung-Sil[5] Sacked 2 December 2019 Hwang Sun-hong[6] 4 January 2020
Ansan Greeners Lim Wan-Sup[7] Mutual consent 23 December 2019 Kim Gil-sik[8] 31 December 2019
Gyeongnam FC Kim Jong-Boo [9] End of contract 26 December 2019 Seol Ki-Hyeon[10] 26 December 2019

Foreign players

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

As of 2 August 2020[11]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player ASEAN Player Former Players
Ansan Greeners Anderson Canhoto Felipe Augusto Soony Saad Ismael Jorge Balea
Bruno
Bucheon FC 1995 William Barbio Jefferson Baiano
Chungnam Asan Armin Mujakic Bruno Philip Hellquist
Daejeon Hana Citizen André Luis Bruno Baio Edinho Connor Chapman
FC Anyang Maurides Nilson Júnior Maxwell Acosty Khursid Giyosov
Gyeongnam FC Negueba Uroš Đerić Luc Castaignos
Nick Ansell
Jeju United Valentinos Sielis Eder
Elías Aguilar
Jeonnam Dragons Hernandes Rodolfo Julian Kristoffersen Oleg Zoteev
Seoul E-Land Leandro Richard Sukuta-Pasu Lazar Arsić
Suwon FC Danilo Alves Marlone Lars Veldwijk Masatoshi Ishida Ákos Szarka

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Jeju United (P) 27 18 6 3 50 23 +27 60 Promotion to 2021 K League 1
2 Suwon FC (P) 27 17 3 7 52 28 +24 54 Qualification to K League 2 play-offs
3 Gyeongnam FC 27 10 9 8 40 37 +3 39
4 Daejeon Hana Citizen 27 11 6 10 36 35 +1 39
5 Seoul E-Land 27 11 6 10 33 30 +3 39
6 Jeonnam Dragons 27 8 14 5 31 25 +6 38
7 Ansan Greeners 27 7 7 13 18 34 −16 28
8 Bucheon FC 1995 27 7 5 15 19 36 −17 26
9 FC Anyang 27 6 7 14 27 38 −11 25
10 Chungnam Asan 27 5 7 15 20 40 −20 22
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.

Positions by matchday

  Leader & Promotion to the 2021 K League 1

Round 1–18
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Jeju United498643232323333111
Suwon FC843235411111111222
Daejeon Hana Citizen122122124232222333
Gyeongnam FC674566567777764444
Seoul E-Land466877756566545655
Jeonnam Dragons635454675644476566
FC Anyang9101078899109891088887
Bucheon FC 1995211311343455657778
Chungnam Asan9891010910108898910101099
Ansan Greeners257991088910101089991010
Source: kleague.com

Round 19–27
Team ╲ Round192021222324252627
Jeju United111121111
Suwon FC222212222
Gyeongnam FC464545463
Daejeon Hana Citizen333356534
Seoul E-Land656434345
Jeonnam Dragons545663656
Ansan Greeners109910108997
Bucheon FC 1995888777878
FC Anyang777889789
Chungnam Asan910109910101010
Source: kleague.com

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Results

Matches 1–18
Home \ Away ASG AYG BCN CNAS DJC GNM JJU JND SUE SWN
Ansan Greeners — 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–2
FC Anyang 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–2
Bucheon FC 1995 0–0 2–1 — 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–0
Chungnam Asan 1–1 0–2 0–1 — 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–5
Daejeon Hana Citizen 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 — 2–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–4
Gyeongnam FC 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 — 3–3 0–0 1–2 2–3
Jeju United 3–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–0
Jeonnam Dragons 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 — 1–2 1–2
Seoul E-Land 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 — 0–3
Suwon FC 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 —
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.

Matches 19–27
Home \ Away ASG AYG BCN CNAS DJC GNM JJU JND SUE SWN
Ansan Greeners — 1–0 2–0 — 1–2 — — — 0–3 0–4
FC Anyang — — 0–0 — — — — 1–2 1–1 1–2
Bucheon FC 1995 — — — 0–0 — 3–4 0–2 1–1 — —
Chungnam Asan 0–1 0–2 — — 3–2 — 0–1 — — 0–2
Daejeon Hana Citizen — 3–0 0–1 — — — — — 1–2 0–1
Gyeongnam FC 1–2 1–0 — 3–1 1–0 — 0–1 — — —
Jeju United 1–1 4–1 — — 2–0 — — — 3–2 2–0
Jeonnam Dragons 0–0 — — 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 — — —
Seoul E-Land — — 3–0 0–1 — 1–0 — 1–1 — —
Suwon FC — — 1–0 — — 2–1 — 3–4 1–0 —
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 playoffs

The promotion playoffs were held among the clubs placed in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th position in the 2020 K League 2. If scores were tied after regular time in the Semi-playoff and Playoff rounds, the higher-placed team would advance to the next phase and will be promoted to 2021 K League 1 season. Only for this season, since Sangju Sangmu will be relegated regardless of position and will also not finish last in the 2020 K League 1, the winner of the playoff will automatically advance to the 2021 K League 1, without needing to win a match against the 11th placed team from the 2020 K League 1.

  Semi-playoff Playoff
                                     
  2 Suwon FC 1
  3 Gyeongnam 1     3 Gyeongnam 1
  4 Daejeon 1

Semi-playoff
Gyeongnam FC1 - 1Daejeon Hana Citizen
Ko Kyung-min  69' Edinho  61'
Attendance: 0

Playoff
Suwon FC1 - 1Gyeongnam FC
An Byong-jun  90+8' (pen) Choi Jun  27'
Attendance: 1000

Suwon FC was promoted to 2021 K League 1.

Season statistics

Awards

Most Valuable Player of The Round

See also

Notes

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