# 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.
On 24 April 2020, the K League Federation confirmed that they reduced the number of matchdays to 27.

## 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.
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Withdrawn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 | Pre-season |
| Seoul E-Land | Woo Sung-yong (caretaker) | Caretaker | 10 November 2019 | Chung Jung-yong | 5 December 2019 | Pre-season |
| Jeju United | Choi Yun-kyum | Resigned | 30 November 2019 | Nam Ki-il | 26 December 2019 | Pre-season |
| Daejeon Hana Citizen | Lee Heung-sil | Sacked | 2 December 2019 | Hwang Sun-hong | 4 January 2020 | Pre-season |
| Ansan Greeners | Lim Wan-sup | Resigned | 23 December 2019 | Kim Gil-sik | 31 December 2019 | Pre-season |
| Gyeongnam FC | Kim Jong-boo | End of contract | 26 December 2019 | Seol Ki-hyeon | 26 December 2019 | Pre-season |

### 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
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC 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 | Qualification for promotion play-offs first round |
| 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 | |

## 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 |

### 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 |

## 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 | — |

### 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 | — |

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

### Final

Suwon FC was promoted to K League 1.

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

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

### Top assist providers

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

## Awards
### Weekly awards

| Round | Player of the Round | Player of the Round |
| 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 of the Round |
| 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 of the Month | Manager of the Month |
| 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 | Best XI | Best XI | Best XI |
| Goalkeeper | Oh Seung-hoon (Jeju) | Oh Seung-hoon (Jeju) | Oh Seung-hoon (Jeju) | 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) | Leandro Ribeiro (Seoul E) | An Byong-jun (Suwon FC) | An Byong-jun (Suwon FC) |