The 2024 K League 2, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the 12th season of the second division of professional

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in South Korea since its establishment in 2013 as the

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Challenge and the seventh season under its current name, the K League 2.

Teams

Team changes

As the

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champions,

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were promoted to the

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were relegated to the K League 2 for the first time in the club's history.

Locations

The following thirteen teams are participating in the 2024 K League 2.

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Positions by matchday

Results

Promotion play-offs

The fourth and fifth-placed teams in the league play against each other in a one-legged tie, played at the home stadium of the fourth-placed team. The winners of this match play against the third-placed team in the second round of the K League 2 play-offs. The winners of the second round, and the league runners-up, play against the tenth and eleventh-placed teams of the

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, respectively, in the promotion play-offs. Each of the promotion play-offs is a

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Teams

Team changes

Locations

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Positions by matchday

Results

Promotion play-offs

Bracket

First round

Second round

Final round

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assist providers

Awards

Weekly awards

Attendance

See also

References

External links