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The 2025 K League 2, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the 13th season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in South Korean football league system.

Teams

Team changes

As the 2024 K League 2 champions, FC Anyang was promoted to the K League 1. Incheon United was relegated from the K League 1 for the first time in the club's history. Meanwhile, Hwaseong FC was accepted to K League 2 after finishing as runner-up in the K3 League in 2024, having participated in the K3 League since 2013.

Promoted to K League 1	Relegated from K League 1	Accepted from K3 League
FC Anyang (promoted for the first time)	Incheon United (relegated for the first time)	Hwaseong FC

Locations

The following fourteen teams are participating in the 2025 K League 2.

Stadiums

Ansan Greeners	Bucheon FC 1995	Busan IPark	Chungbuk Cheongju	Cheonan City
Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Busan Gudeok Stadium	Cheongju Stadium	Cheonan Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	apacity: 34,456	Capacity: 12,349	Capacity: 16,280	Capacity: 26,000
Chungnam Asan	Gimpo FC	Gyeongnam FC	Hwaseong FC	Incheon United
Yi Sun-sin Stadium	Gimpo Solteo Football Stadium	Changwon Football Center	Hwaseong Stadium	Incheon Football Stadium
Capacity: 19,283	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 15,074	Capacity: 35,270	Capacity: 20,891
Jeonnam Dragons	Seongnam FC	Seoul E-Land	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Gwangyang Stadium	Tancheon Stadium	Mokdong Stadium	Suwon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 13,496	Capacity: 16,146	Capacity: 15,511	Capacity: 44,031

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Ansan Greeners	Lee Kwan-woo	Government of Ansan	Applerind
Bucheon FC 1995	Lee Young-min	Government of Bucheon	Kelme
Busan IPark	Jo Sung-hwan	HDC Hyundai Development Company	Puma
Cheonan City	Kim Tae-wan	Government of Cheonan	Puma
Chungbuk Cheongju	Kwon Ou-ghu		Applerind
Chungnam Asan	Bae Sung-jae	Haeyu Construction	Mizuno
Gimpo FC	Ko Jeong-woon	Government of Gimpo	Sunderland of Scotland
Gyeongnam FC	Lee Eul-yong	Nonghyup Bank	Hummel
Hwaseong FC	Cha Du-ri
Incheon United	Yoon Jong-hwan	Macron	IFEZ
Jeonnam Dragons	Kim Hyun-seok	POSCO	Puma
Seongnam FC	Jeon Kyung-jun	Government of Seongnam	Umbro
Seoul E-Land	Kim Do-kyun	NC Department Store	New Balance
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Byun Sung-hwan	Samsung Galaxy S24	Puma

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Chungbuk Cheongju	Choi Yun-kyum	Resigned	2 October 2024	Pre-season	Kwon Ou-ghu	11 December 2024
Hwaseong	Ju Seung-jin	No Licence	5 December 2024	Pre-season	Cha Du-ri	6 December 2024
Jeonnam Dragons	Lee Jang-kwan	Mutual Consent	10 December 2024	Pre-season	Kim Hyun-seok	10 December 2024
Chungnam Asan	Kim Hyun-seok	Signed by Jeonnam Dragons	10 December 2024	Pre-season	Bae Sung-jae	12 December 2024
Incheon United	Choi Yung-keun	Contract ended	21 December 2024	Pre-season	Yoon Jong-hwan	22 December 2024

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Former players
Ansan Greeners	Alef Firmino	Bruno Lapa	Felipe Saraiva	Kleyverton
Bucheon FC 1995	Rodrigo Bassani	Thiaguinho Santos	Jhon Montaño	Kazuki Takahashi
Busan IPark	Fessin	Xavier	Paul Villero
Cheonan City	Aboubacar Toungara
Chungbuk Cheongju	Gabriel Santos	Mateusinho	Pedro Vitor
Chungnam Asan	Denisson Silva
Gimpo FC	Connor Chapman	Bruno Paraíba	Djalma	Luis Mina	Leonard Pllana
Gyeongnam FC	Felipe Fonseca	Leonardo Kalil	Matheus Souza	Renan Areias
Hwaseong FC	Arthur Moura	Dimitri	Luan	Lazar Pajović
Incheon United	Harrison Delbridge	Gerso Fernandes	Stefan Mugoša
Jeonnam Dragons	Leandro Ribeiro	Ronan	Valdívia	José Alberti
Seongnam FC	Venício	Leonardo Acevedo
Seoul E-Land	John Iredale	Euller	Ítalo	Pedrinho	Osmar
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Bruno Silva	Léo Andrade	Matheus Serafim	Paulo Henrique	Stanislav Iljutcenko

League table

Results

Matches 1–26

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.

Matches 27–39

Teams played each other once, either at home or away.

Promotion play-offs

The first round was contested between the fourth and fifth-placed teams of the regular season at the home stadium of the fourth-placed team, and its winners played the third-placed team in the second round. When the first and second round matches were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and penalty shoot-outs.

The winners of the second round, and the league runners-up will compete with the tenth and eleventh-placed teams of the 2025 K League 1, respectively, in the final round. Each of the finals is a two-legged tie, with the winners securing the final spots in the 2026 K League 1.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assist providers

Awards

Weekly awards

Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.

See also

• 2025 K League 1
• 2025 K3 League

References

1. "FC Anyang promoted to top football league for 1st time in club history".
2. "Incheon United relegated to K League 2 for 1st time". 11 November 2024.
3. "화성 K리그 가입 안건 통과, 동남아 쿼터 폐지…프로연맹 제5차 이사회 결과 발표". 30 November 2024.
4. "Record" (in Korean). K League. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
5. "Hwaseong FC look to turn pro with Cha Du-ri at the helm". 25 November 2024.
6. "Director Kim Hyun-seok of 'Chungnam Asan Elevation PO Gust' took the helm of Jeonnam".
7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Record was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links

• Official K League website

• K League 2 seasons
• 2025 in South Korean football