2022 K League 2

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 and it will be the last season not to feature relegation. From 2023, relegation from the K League 2 to the K3 League will be enabled for the first time ever.

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

Stadiums

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.

* 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.

League table

Positions by matchday

Round 1–22

Round 23–44

* 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

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.)

Semi-playoff

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Playoff

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Promotion-Relegation Playoff Final Round

Matches

First leg

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Second leg

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

Assists

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

*The K League 2 Most Valuable Player award was won by Ahn Young-kyu (Gwangju FC).

K League 2 Young Player

*The K League 2 Young Player award was won by Eom Ji-sung (Gwangju FC).

K League 2 Top Scorer

*The K League 2 Top Scorer award was won by Yu Kang-hyun ( Chungnam Asan).

K League 2 Top Assistor

*The K League 2 Top Assistor award was won by Maxwell Acosty (FC Anyang).

K League 2 Best XI

K League Manager of the Year

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

See also

* 2021 K League 1
* 2022 K League 1

Notes

References

External links

Official K League website

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