2022 K League 2
| Season | 2022 |
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| Dates | 19 February – 23 October 2022 |
← 2021 2023 → | |
The 2022 K League 2 is the tenth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2013, and the fifth one with its current name, the K League 2. The top-ranked team and the winner of the promotion-relegation play-off will get promoted to the 2023 K League 1.
Promotion and Relegation
New Team
Gimpo FC, which played in the K3 League, is a new team joining to K League 2 in the 2022 season.
Relegation from 2021 K League 1
- Gwangju FC, after a season in top tier.
Teams
Stadiums
| Ansan Greeners | FC Anyang | Bucheon FC 1995 | Busan IPark | Chungnam Asan | Daejeon Hana Citizen |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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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 |
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| Ansan Greeners |  Kim Gil-sik
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Applerind | Ansan Government |
| FC Anyang | Lee Woo-hyung
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V-EXX | Anyang Government |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | Lee Young-min
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Kelme | Bucheon Government |
| Busan IPark | Park Jin-sub
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Puma | HDC Group |
| Chungnam Asan | Park Dong-hyuk
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Mizuno | Government of Asan |
| Daejeon Hana Citizen | Lee Min-sung
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Macron | Hana Financial Group |
| Gimpo FC | Ko Jeong-woon
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Sunderland of Scotland | Government of Gimpo |
| Gwangju FC | Lee Jung-hyo
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Kelme | Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder |
| Gyeongnam FC | Seol Ki-Hyeon
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Hummel | Nonghyup, BNK Kyongnam Bank |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Lee Jang-kwan
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Puma | POSCO |
| Seoul E-Land | Chung Jung-yong
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New Balance | E-Land |
Managerial changes
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 Busan IPark,[1] was deemed to be a native player.
- As of July 3, 2022[2]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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| 1 | Gwangju FC (C, P) | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 86 | Promotion to K League 1 |
| 2 | Daejeon Hana Citizen (O, P) | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 70 | 45 | +25 | 74 | Qualification for promotion play-offs final round |
| 3 | FC Anyang | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 69 | Qualification for promotion play-offs second round |
| 4 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 61 | Qualification for promotion play-offs first round |
| 5 | Gyeongnam FC | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 56 | |
| 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Positions by matchday
Leader & Promotion to the 2023 K League 1
Qualification to Relegation/promotion play-offs
Results
Promotion-relegation playoffs
The Semi-playoff 2 is contested between the 4th and 5th placed teams in the K League 2. The winners advance to the Playoff 2 to face the 3rd placed team in the K League 2, and the winners and the 2nd placed team advance to the Promotion-relegation playoffs to match against the 10th and 11th placed team in the K League 1. The winners of that tie secure two(2) places in the 2023 K League 1.
If scores are tied after regular time in the Semi-playoff and Playoff rounds, the higher-placed team will advance to the next phase. The same conditions do not apply for the Promotion-relegation playoffs.
| Semi-playoff | Playoff | Promotion-relegation Playoff | |||||||||||
| K1 (10) | 10th place team of K League 1 | ||||||||||||
| K2 (3) | 3rd place team | K2 ( ) | winner of Promotion Play-off 2 | ||||||||||
| K2 (4) | 4th place team | K2 ( ) | winner of semi-final | ||||||||||
| K2 (5) | 5th place team | ||||||||||||
| Promotion-relegation Playoff | ||||
| K1 (11) | 11th place team of K League 1 | |||
| K2 (2) | 2nd place team of K League 2 | |||
Overview
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Winner of PPO 2 | 26 Oct | 10th KL1 |
| 2nd KL2 | 30 Oct | 11th KL1 |
Matches
| 11th place team of 2022 K League 1 | v | 2nd place team of 2022 K League 2 |
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| 10th place team of 2022 K League 1 | v | Winner of Promotion Play-off 2 |
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Season statistics
Top scorers
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Top assists
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Awards
Most Valuable Player of the Round
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See also
Notes
References
- ^ Wilde, Todd (January 21, 2021). "Busan IPark have announced the signing of K League 2 MVP and 2020 top scorer Ahn Byung-jun. The North Korean international signs from Suwon FC". Twitter. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2021 K League 2 Foreign Players".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)[permanent dead link] - ^ a b "K LEAGUE / Record".