# 2025 K League 2

The 2025 K League 2, also known as the Hana Bank 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.
| Team | City/Province | Abbreviation |
| Ansan Greeners | Ansan | Ansan |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | Bucheon | Bucheon |
| Busan IPark | Busan | Busan |
| Cheonan City | Cheonan | Cheonan |
| Chungbuk Cheongju | Cheongju | Chungbuk Cheongju |
| Chungnam Asan | Asan | Chungnam Asan |
| Gimpo FC | Gimpo | Gimpo |
| Gyeongnam FC | Gyeongnam | Gyeongnam |
| Hwaseong FC | Hwaseong | Hwaseong |
| Incheon United | Incheon | Incheon |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Jeonnam | Jeonnam |
| Seongnam FC | Seongnam | Seongnam |
| Seoul E-Land | Seoul | Seoul E |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Suwon | Suwon |

### 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 | Hwaseong Special City | Kelme |
| Incheon United | Yoon Jong-hwan | IFEZ | Macron |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Kim Hyun-seok | POSCO | Mizuno |
| 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 |
| Ansan Greeners | Alef Firmino | Bruno Lapa | Felipe Saraiva | Kleyverton | |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | Jefferson Galego | Rodrigo Bassani | Thiaguinho Santos | Jhon Montaño | Kazuki Takahashi |
| Busan IPark | Fessin | Gonzalo | Xavier | Paul Villero | |
| Cheonan City | Felipe Valdívia | Aboubacar Toungara | Pavle Ivelja | | |
| Chungbuk Cheongju | Gabriel Santos | Mateusinho | Pedro Vitor | Jop van der Avert | |
| Chungnam Asan | Semir Smajlagić | Denisson Silva | Adam Bergmark Wiberg | Kevin Méndez | Misaki Sato |
| Gimpo FC | Connor Chapman | Bruno Paraíba | Djalma | Luis Mina | Leonard Pllana |
| Gyeongnam FC | Felipe Fonseca | Leonardo Kalil | Matheus Souza | Renan Areias | |
| Hwaseong FC | Aleksandar Vojnović | Arthur Moura | Dimitri | Dominic Vinicius | Luan |
| Incheon United | Harrison Delbridge | Modou Barrow | Gerso Fernandes | Stefan Mugoša | Shota Saijo |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Leandro Ribeiro | Ronan | Valdívia | José Alberti | |
| Seongnam FC | Samuel Andrade | 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Incheon United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Promotion to K League 1 |
| 2 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for promotion play-offs final round |
| 3 | Jeonnam Dragons | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Qualification for promotion play-offs second round |
| 4 | Seongnam FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | Qualification for promotion play-offs first round |
| 5 | Seoul E-Land | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Qualification for promotion play-offs first round |
| 6 | Busan IPark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |
| 7 | Gimpo FC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
| 8 | Hwaseong FC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
| 9 | Gyeongnam FC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
| 10 | Chungbuk Cheongju | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 11 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
| 12 | Cheonan City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 13 | Chungnam Asan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Ansan Greeners | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

## Positions by matchday

Leaders, promotion to K League 1  Qualification for promotion play-offs final round  Qualification for promotion play-offs second round  Qualification for promotion play-offs first round
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Bucheon | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Incheon United | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Seongnam | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Seoul E-Land | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Busan IPark | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| Gimpo | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Gyeongnam | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Hwaseong | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 |
| Chungbuk Cheongju | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
| Cheonan City | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| Chungnam Asan | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 |
| Ansan Greeners | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

## Results
### Matches 1–26

Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.
| Home \ Away | ASG | BCN | BSI | CNC | CBCJ | CNAS | GIM | GNM | HWA | ICU | JND | SNM | SUE | SSB |
| Ansan Greeners | — | | | | | | 0–2 | | | | 0–1 | | | 0–1 |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | | 3–1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Busan IPark | | | — | 2–1 | | | 0–0 | 0–1 | | | | | | |
| Cheonan City | | 1–2 | | — | | 1–0 | | | | | 0–2 | | | |
| Chungbuk Cheongju | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | |
| Chungnam Asan | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | |
| Gimpo FC | | | | | 2–3 | | — | | | | | 0–0 | | |
| Gyeongnam FC | | | | | | | | — | | | 2–2 | | | |
| Hwaseong FC | | | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | — | | | | | |
| Incheon United | | | | | | | | 2–0 | | — | | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | |
| Seongnam FC | | | | | 1–1 | | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | — | | |
| Seoul E-Land | | | | | | 2–1 | | | | | 1–1 | | — | 4–2 |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | | | | | | 0–0 | | | | | | | | — |

### Matches 27–39

Teams played each other once, either at home or away.
| Home \ Away | ASG | BCN | BSI | CNC | CBCJ | CNAS | GIM | GNM | HWA | ICU | JND | SNM | SUE | SSB |
| Ansan Greeners | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Busan IPark | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cheonan City | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chungbuk Cheongju | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | |
| Chungnam Asan | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | |
| Gimpo FC | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | |
| Gyeongnam FC | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | |
| Hwaseong FC | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | |
| Incheon United | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | |
| Jeonnam Dragons | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | |
| Seongnam FC | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
| Seoul E-Land | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — |

## 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

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### Top assist providers

| Rank | Player | Team | Assists |

## Awards
### Weekly awards

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| 1 | Leonardo Acevedo | Seongnam FC |
| 2 | Luis Mina | Gimpo FC |
| 3 | Pedrinho | Seoul E-Land |
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### Annual awards
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