2020 K League 2

The 2020 K League 2 was the eighth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional football league. The champions and the winners of the promotion play-offs could be promoted to the K League 1. The second, third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the promotion play-offs.

Hana 1Q
K League 2

Season	2020
Dates	9 May – 21 November 2020
Champions	Jeju United (1st title)
Promoted	Jeju United Suwon FC
Matches played	119
Goals scored	288 (2.42 per match)
Best Player	An Byong-jun
Top goalscorer	An Byong-jun (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Jeju 4–0 Bucheon (26 August 2020)
Biggest away win	Chungnam Asan 0–5 Suwon FC (24 May 2020)
Highest scoring	Suwon FC 3–4 Jeonnam (18 September 2020)
Longest winning run	3 matches Suwon FC
Longest unbeaten run	4 matches Daejeon Hana Citizen Jeonnam Dragons
Longest winless run	4 matches Chungnam Asan Seoul E-Land
← 2019 2021 →

On 24 April 2020, the K League Federation confirmed that they reduced the number of matchdays to 27.^[1]

Teams

Team changes

The Asan government made new football club Chungnam Asan to replace its former club Asan Mugunghwa, which was dissolved before the season.^[2][3]

Relegated from K League 1

• Gyeongnam FC
• Jeju United

Promoted to K League 1

• Gwangju FC
• Busan IPark

Newly joined

• Chungnam Asan

Withdrawn

• Asan Mugunghwa

Locations

Hana Financial Group took over Daejeon Citizen, and renamed the team Daejeon Hana Citizen.

Team	City/Province	Abbreviation
Ansan Greeners	Ansan	Ansan
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Bucheon
Chungnam Asan	Asan	Chungnam Asan
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Daejeon	Daejeon
FC Anyang	Anyang	Anyang
Gyeongnam FC	Gyeongnam	Gyeongnam
Jeju United	Jeju	Jeju
Jeonnam Dragons	Jeonnam	Jeonnam
Seoul E-Land	Seoul	Seoul E
Suwon FC	Suwon	Suwon FC

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 sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
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	Gyeongnam Provincial Government
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

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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Incoming	Date	Table
Suwon FC	Lee Kwan-woo (caretaker)	Caretaker	10 November 2019	Kim Do-kyun	15 November 2019[4]	Pre-season
Seoul E-Land	Woo Sung-yong (caretaker)	Caretaker	10 November 2019	Chung Jung-yong	5 December 2019[5]
Jeju United	Choi Yun-kyum	Resigned	30 November 2019	Nam Ki-il	26 December 2019[6]
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Lee Heung-sil	Sacked	2 December 2019[7]	Hwang Sun-hong	4 January 2020[8]
Ansan Greeners	Lim Wan-sup	Resigned	23 December 2019[9]	Kim Gil-sik	31 December 2019[10]
Gyeongnam FC	Kim Jong-boo	End of contract	26 December 2019[11]	Seol Ki-hyeon	26 December 2019[12]

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.

North Korean player An Byong-jun was deemed as a native player in K League by South Korean nationality law and passport.

Players in bold are players who join midway through the competition.

As of 2 August 2020^[13]

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	ASEAN player	Former player(s)
Ansan Greeners	Anderson Canhoto	Felipe Augusto		Soony Saad		Ismael Jorge Balea Bruno Moreira
Bucheon FC 1995	William Barbio					Jefferson Baiano
Chungnam Asan	Armin Mujakic	Bruno Moreira	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 Ribeiro	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 (C, P)	27	18	6	3	50	23	+27	60	Promotion to K League 1
2	Suwon FC (O, P)	27	17	3	7	52	28	+24	54	Qualification for promotion play-offs final
3	Gyeongnam FC	27	10	9	8	40	37	+3	39	Qualification for promotion play-offs first round
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: K League Soccerway
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

  Leaders, promotion to K League 1
  Qualification for promotion play-offs final
  Qualification for promotion play-offs first round

Round 1–18

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Jeju United	4	9	8	6	4	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	1
Suwon FC	8	4	3	2	3	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Daejeon Hana Citizen	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Gyeongnam FC	6	7	4	5	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	4	4	4
Seoul E-Land	4	6	6	8	7	7	7	5	6	5	6	6	5	4	5	6	5	5
Jeonnam Dragons	6	3	5	4	5	4	6	7	5	6	4	4	4	7	6	5	6	6
FC Anyang	9	10	10	7	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	9	10	8	8	8	8	7
Bucheon FC 1995	2	1	1	3	1	1	3	4	3	4	5	5	6	5	7	7	7	8
Chungnam Asan	9	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	9
Ansan Greeners	2	5	7	9	9	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10

Source: K League

Round 19–27

Team ╲ Round	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Jeju United	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Suwon FC	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Gyeongnam FC	4	6	4	5	4	5	4	6	3
Daejeon Hana Citizen	3	3	3	3	5	6	5	3	4
Seoul E-Land	6	5	6	4	3	4	3	4	5
Jeonnam Dragons	5	4	5	6	6	3	6	5	6
Ansan Greeners	10	9	9	10	10	8	9	9	7
Bucheon FC 1995	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	8
FC Anyang	7	7	7	8	8	9	7	8	9
Chungnam Asan	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10

Source: K League^[14]

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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

The first round was contested between the third and fourth-placed teams, and the runners-up played the winners of the first round in the final. When the matches were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and penalty shoot-outs.

Bracket

	First round					Final
						2	Suwon FC	1
	3	Gyeongnam FC	1			3	Gyeongnam FC	1
	4	Daejeon Hana Citizen	1

First round

25 November 2020

19:00 KST

Gyeongnam FC	1–1	Daejeon Hana Citizen
Ko Kyung-min 69'		Edinho 61'

Changwon Football Center, Changwon

Attendance: 0

Final

29 November 2020

15:00 KST

Suwon FC	1–1	Gyeongnam FC
An Byong-jun 90+8' (pen.)		Choi Jun 27'

Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon

Attendance: 1,000

Suwon FC was promoted to K League 1.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player[15]	Club	Goals
1	An Byong-jun	Suwon FC	21
2	André Luis	Daejeon Hana Citizen	13
3	Leandro Ribeiro	Seoul E-Land	10
	Masatoshi Ishida	Suwon FC
5	Gong Min-hyun	Jeju United	9
	Baek Sung-dong	Gyeongnam FC
7	Joo Min-kyu	Jeju United	8
8	Boadu Maxwell Acosty	FC Anyang	7
	Richard Sukuta-Pasu	Seoul E-Land
	Ko Kyung-min	Gyeongnam FC

Top assist providers

Rank	Player[15]	Club	Assists
1	Kim Young-uk	Jeju United	7
2	Hwang Il-su	Gyeongnam FC	5
	Leandro Ribeiro	Seoul E-Land
4	Lim Chang-gyoon	Jeonnam Dragons	4
	Marlone	Suwon FC
	Park Gi-dong	Gyeongnam FC
	Kang Yoon-sung	Jeju United
	Jeong Woo-jae	Jeju United
	An Byong-jun	Suwon FC
	Masatoshi Ishida	Suwon FC

Awards

Weekly awards

Round Player of the Round Player Club 1 Park Yong-ji Daejeon Hana Citizen 2 André Luis Daejeon Hana Citizen 3 An Byong-jun Suwon FC 4 Masatoshi Ishida Suwon FC 5 Lee Hyun-il Bucheon FC 1995 6 Richard Sukuta-Pasu Seoul E-Land 7 Kim Ryun-do Ansan Greeners 8 Leandro Ribeiro Seoul E-Land 9 Masatoshi Ishida Suwon FC 10 Richard Sukuta-Pasu Seoul E-Land 11 Masatoshi Ishida Suwon FC 12 An Byong-jun Suwon FC 13 Leandro Ribeiro Seoul E-Land 14 Hwang Il-su Gyeongnam FC

Round Player of the Round Player Club 15 Baek Sung-dong Gyeongnam FC 16 Jeong Woo-jae Jeju United 17 Lee Dong-ryul Jeju United 18 Hwang Ki-wook Jeonnam Dragons 19 Ahn Hyeon-beom Jeju United 20 Lars Veldwijk Suwon FC 21 Ko Kyung-min Gyeongnam FC 22 Jin Seong-uk Jeju United 23 Kim Jin-hwan Seoul E-Land 24 Park Chan-yong Jeonnam Dragons 25 Edinho Daejeon Hana Citizen 26 Jin Seong-uk Jeju United 27 Kim Ryun-do Ansan Greeners

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month
	Manager	Club	Division
May	Kim Nam-il	Seongnam FC	1
June	José Morais	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1
July	Kim Do-hoon	Ulsan Hyundai	1
August	Nam Ki-il	Jeju United	2
September	Kim Gi-dong	Pohang Steelers	1
October	Nam Ki-il	Jeju United	2

Annual awards

The 2020 K League Awards was held on 30 November 2020.

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	An Byong-jun	Suwon FC
Young Player of the Year	Lee Dong-ryul	Jeju United
Top goalscorer	An Byong-jun	Suwon FC
Top assist provider	Kim Young-uk	Jeju United
Manager of the Year	Nam Ki-il	Jeju United

Position	Best XI
Goalkeeper	Oh Seung-hoon (Jeju)
Defenders	Ahn Hyeon-beom (Jeju)	Cho Yu-min (Suwon FC)	Chung Woon (Jeju)	Jeong Woo-jae (Jeju)
Midfielders	Baek Sung-dong (Gyeongnam)	Kim Young-uk (Jeju)	Lee Chang-min (Jeju)	Gong Min-hyun (Jeju)
Forwards	Leandro Ribeiro (Seoul E)		An Byong-jun (Suwon FC)

See also

• 2020 in South Korean football
• 2020 Korean FA Cup