2018 K League 2

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The 2018 K League 2 was the sixth season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in the South Korean football league system.[2]

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KEB Hana Bank
K League 2
Season2018
ChampionsAsan Mugunghwa
(1st title)
PromotedSeongnam FC
Matches played180
Goals scored426 (2.37 per match)
Best PlayerNa Sang-ho[1]
Top goalscorerNa Sang-ho
(16 goals)[1]
Biggest home winGwangju 5–0 Suwon FC
(21 April 2018)
Biggest away winSeoul E 0–5 Busan
(11 August 2018)
Highest scoringBusan 4–3 Anyang
(29 July 2018)
Highest attendance6,532
Busan 2–2 Gwangju
(4 November 2018)
Lowest attendance312
Seoul E 1–0 Anyang
(14 April 2018)
Average attendance1,672
2017
2019
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Asan Mugunghwa once again grabbed an opportunity for promotion by winning its second K League 2 title (officially first title after Ansan era), but its owner Korean Police Agency did not recruit new players who could meet clubs' requisite for maintenance before the end of the season. Asan Mugunghwa, which was in the process of being dissolved, was finally disqualified from promoting.[3]

Runners-up Seongnam FC directly qualified for the K League 1 instead of Asan Mugunghwa, and the third, fourth, and fifth-placed team advanced to the promotion playoffs.

Teams

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Team changes

Relegated from K League Classic

Promoted to K League 1

Stadiums

More information Ansan Greeners, FC Anyang ...
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Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game.

As of 24 July 2018.

  1. Wang Chien-ming represented Chinese Taipei at international level, but he was considered Korean in the K League 2.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Asan Mugunghwa[a] (C) 36 21 9 6 54 27 +27 72
2 Seongnam FC (P) 36 18 11 7 49 36 +13 65 Promotion to the K League 1
3 Busan IPark 36 14 14 8 53 35 +18 56 Qualification for the promotion playoffs semi-final
4 Daejeon Citizen 36 15 8 13 47 44 +3 53 Qualification for the promotion playoffs first round
5 Gwangju FC 36 11 15 10 51 41 +10 48
6 FC Anyang 36 12 8 16 44 50 6 44
7 Suwon FC 36 13 3 20 29 46 17 42
8 Bucheon FC 1995 36 11 6 19 37 50 13 39
9 Ansan Greeners 36 10 9 17 32 45 13 39
10 Seoul E-Land 36 10 7 19 30 52 22 37
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Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Asan Mugunghwa was disqualified from promoting to the K League 1 due to lack of players who could meet clubs' requisite for maintenance. Therefore, runner-up Seongnam FC was directly promoted, and 5th-placed team Gwangju FC qualified for the promotion playoffs.[3]

Positions by matchday

  Leaders
  Qualification for the promotion playoffs

Round 1–18

More information Team ╲ Round, Asan Mugunghwa ...
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Asan Mugunghwa 223453244333322121
Seongnam FC464524311111111212
Busan IPark455235556444444443
Bucheon FC 1995111111122222233334
Gwangju FC678888865677756755
Ansan Greeners 932342433555565566
Suwon FC247777679989999987
Daejeon Citizen8106666787766677678
FC Anyang691010101010101010101010101010109
Seoul E-Land9889999988988888910
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Source: K League

Round 19–36

More information Team ╲ Round, Asan Mugunghwa ...
Team ╲ Round192021222324252627282930313233343536
Asan Mugunghwa222221122211111111
Seongnam FC111112211122222222
Busan IPark433333333344433333
Daejeon Citizen889877654433344444
Gwangju FC554444545555557555
FC Anyang10910999988988665666
Suwon FC776665466666876777
Bucheon FC 1995345556777777789888
Ansan Greeners667101010101010899998999
Seoul E-Land9108788899101010101010101010
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Source: K League

Results

Matches 1–18

More information Home \ Away, ANS ...
Home \ Away ANS ANY ASM BUC BIP DJC GWJ SEN SEL SUW
Ansan Greeners 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0
FC Anyang 1–0 0–3 0–3 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 0–1
Asan Mugunghwa 1–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–0
Bucheon FC 1995 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 4–1
Busan IPark 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Daejeon Citizen 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–2
Gwangju FC 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 5–0
Seongnam FC 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Seoul E-Land 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–4 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1
Suwon FC 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–0
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Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36

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Home \ Away ANS ANY ASM BUC BIP DJC GWJ SEN SEL SUW
Ansan Greeners 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–1
FC Anyang 3–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
Asan Mugunghwa 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1
Bucheon FC 1995 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0
Busan IPark 0–0 4–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–1
Daejeon Citizen 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Gwangju FC 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–2
Seongnam FC 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0
Seoul E-Land 2–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–5 1–0 1–4 1–2 1–0
Suwon FC 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–2
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Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

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Bracket

First round Semi-final Final
           
3 Busan IPark 3
4 Daejeon Citizen 0
4 Daejeon Citizen 1
5 Gwangju FC 0
Busan IPark 1 1 2
FC Seoul 3 1 4

First round

More information Daejeon Citizen, 1–0 ...
Daejeon Citizen1–0Gwangju FC
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Attendance: 3,121
Referee: Kim Hee-gon

Semi-final

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Busan IPark3–0Daejeon Citizen
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Attendance: 8,132
Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Final

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2018 K League 2 playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2018 K League 1. The winners on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2019 K League 1.

More information Busan IPark, 1–3 ...
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Attendance: 10,127
Referee: Kim Woo-sung

More information FC Seoul, 1–1 ...
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Attendance: 8,554
Referee: Kim Dae-yong

FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Player statistics

Top scorers

Top assist providers

Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Busan IPark 44,572 6,532 1,008 2,476 +3.0%
2 Seongnam FC 43,208 4,167 1,128 2,400 −14.3%
3 Suwon FC 33,792 3,060 815 1,877 −11.0%
4 Ansan Greeners  32,775 5,532 645 1,820 −32.6%
5 Asan Mugunghwa  31,594 4,039 844 1,755 −10.3%
6 Daejeon Citizen 29,617 4,142 418 1,645 −26.5%
7 Gwangju FC 27,393 5,439 464 1,522 −51.8%
8 FC Anyang 27,090 6,503 405 1,505 −54.9%
9 Bucheon FC 1995 18,464 1,655 618 1,026 −50.2%
10 Seoul E-Land 12,410 1,349 312 689 −57.2%
League total 300,895 6,532 312 1,672 −28.2%
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Source: K League
Notes:
Team played previous season in K League Classic.

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