# 2019 K League 2

The 2019 K League 2 was the seventh season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in the South Korean football league system. Its champions could be promoted to the K League 1 the next season, and second, third and fourth-placed team advanced to the promotion playoffs.

## Teams
### Team changes

Relegated from K League 1
* Jeonnam Dragons
Promoted to K League 1
* Seongnam FC

### Stadiums

| Ansan Greeners | Asan Mugunghwa | Bucheon FC 1995 | Busan IPark | Daejeon Citizen |
| Ansan Wa~ Stadium | Yi Sun-sin Stadium | Bucheon Stadium | Busan Gudeok Stadium | Daejeon World Cup Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 17,376 | Capacity: 34,456 | Capacity: 12,349 | Capacity: 40,535 |
| FC Anyang | Gwangju FC | Jeonnam Dragons | Seoul E-Land | Suwon FC |
| Anyang Stadium | Gwangju World Cup Stadium | Gwangyang Stadium | Seoul Olympic Stadium | Suwon Sports Complex |
| Capacity: 17,143 | Capacity: 40,245 | Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 69,950 | Capacity: 11,808 |

### 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.
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
| Ansan Greeners | Lim Wan-sup | Lupo Finta | Ansan Government |
| Asan Mugunghwa | Park Dong-hyuk | Mizuno | Asan Government and Korean Police Agency |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | Song Sun-ho | Astore | Bucheon Government |
| Busan IPark | Cho Deok-je | Adidas | Hyundai Development Company |
| Daejeon Citizen | Lee Heung-sil | Joma | Daejeon Government |
| FC Anyang | Kim Hyung-yul | Joma | Anyang Government |
| Gwangju FC | Park Jin-sub | Kelme | Gwangju Government |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Jeon Kyung-jun | Joma | POSCO |
| Seoul E-Land | Woo Sung-yong | New Balance | E-Land |
| Suwon FC | Kim Dae-eui | Hummel | Suwon Government |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Incoming | Date |
| Daejeon Citizen | Ko Jong-soo | Sacked | 21 May 2019 | Park Chul (caretaker) | 21 May 2019 |
| Seoul E-Land | Kim Hyun-soo | Sacked | 22 May 2019 | Woo Sung-yong (caretaker) | 17 June 2019 |
| Daejeon Citizen | Park Chul | Caretaker | 1 July 2019 | Lee Heung-sil | 1 July 2019 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Fabiano Soares | Resigned | 27 July 2019 | Jeon Kyung-jun (caretaker) | 27 July 2019 |
| Suwon FC | Kim Dae-eui | Resigned | 29 October 2019 | Lee Kwan-woo (caretaker) | 29 October 2019 |

### 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. Players in bold are players who joined midway through the competition.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Asian player |
| Ansan Greeners | Fauver | Gustavo Vintecinco | | | Masatoshi Ishida |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | Nilson Júnior | Marlon de Jesús | | | Nan Song |
| Busan IPark | Diego Maurício | Rômulo | Soma Novothny | Aleksandar Šušnjar | |
| Daejeon Citizen | Matheus Pato | Rafael Ramazotti | Aurelian Chițu | | |
| FC Anyang | Alex Lima | Manuel Palacios | Mykola Kovtalyuk | | |
| Gwangju FC | Felipe | Ratinho | Willyan | | Rustam Ashurmatov |
| Jeonnam Dragons | Bruno Baio | Bruno Nunes | Wanderson Macedo | Nick Ansell | |
| Seoul E-Land | Wesley Alex | Douglas Coutinho | Róbson Duarte | | Chikashi Masuda |
| Suwon FC | Henri Anier | Chisom Egbuchulam | An Byong-jun | | Jovlon Ibrokhimov |
* ↑ An Byong-jun represented North Korea at international level, but he was deemed as a native player in the K League 2 by South Korean law and passport.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Gwangju FC (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 73 | Promotion to the K League 1 |
| 2 | Busan IPark (O, P) | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 67 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs semi-final |
| 3 | FC Anyang | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs first round |
| 4 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 51 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs first round |
| 5 | Ansan Greeners | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 | |
| 6 | Jeonnam Dragons | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 48 | |
| 7 | Asan Mugunghwa | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 44 | |
| 8 | Suwon FC | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 43 | |
| 9 | Daejeon Citizen | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 35 | |
| 10 | Seoul E-Land | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 25 | |

## Positions by matchday

Leaders  Qualification for the promotion playoffs

### Round 1–18

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Gwangju FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Busan IPark | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| FC Anyang | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Asan Mugunghwa | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Suwon FC | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Ansan Greeners | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Daejeon Citizen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Seoul E-Land | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

### Round 19–36

| Team ╲ Round | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Gwangju FC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Busan IPark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| FC Anyang | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Ansan Greeners | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Asan Mugunghwa | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Suwon FC | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Daejeon Citizen | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Seoul E-Land | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

## Results
### Matches 1–18

| Home \ Away | ANS | ANY | ASM | BUC | BIP | DJC | GWJ | JND | SEL | SUW |
| Ansan Greeners | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| FC Anyang | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Asan Mugunghwa | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Busan IPark | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Daejeon Citizen | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Gwangju FC | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Seoul E-Land | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Suwon FC | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — |

### Matches 19–36

| Home \ Away | ANS | ANY | ASM | BUC | BIP | DJC | GWJ | JND | SEL | SUW |
| Ansan Greeners | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| FC Anyang | 3–2 | — | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 |
| Asan Mugunghwa | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Bucheon FC 1995 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Busan IPark | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Daejeon Citizen | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| Gwangju FC | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Seoul E-Land | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 |
| Suwon FC | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Promotion playoffs

When the first round or semi-final match was finished as a draw, its winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out.

### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 2 | Busan IPark | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | FC Anyang | 0 | | | | | |
| 3 | FC Anyang | 1 | 3 | FC Anyang | 0 | | | | | |
| 4 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 1 | | | | Busan IPark | Busan IPark | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | Gyeongnam FC | Gyeongnam FC | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Final

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2019 K League 2 playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2019 K League 1.
Busan IPark won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League 1, while Gyeongnam FC were relegated to the K League 2.

## Player statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Felipe | Gwangju FC | 19 |
| 2 | Chisom Egbuchulam | Suwon FC | 18 |
| 3 | Cho Gue-sung | FC Anyang | 14 |
| 4 | Lee Dong-jun | Busan IPark | 13 |
| 4 | Rômulo | Busan IPark | 13 |
| 4 | Lee Jeong-hyeop | Busan IPark | 13 |
| 4 | Alex Lima | FC Anyang | 13 |
| 8 | Ko Moo-yeol | Asan Mugunghwa | 12 |
| 8 | Soma Novothny | Busan IPark | 12 |

### Top assist providers

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Jeong Jae-hee | Jeonnam Dragons | 10 |
| 2 | Chang Hyuk-jin | Ansan Greeners | 9 |
| 3 | Kim Sang-won | FC Anyang | 8 |
| 4 | Park Jong-woo | Busan IPark | 7 |
| 4 | Baek Sung-dong | Suwon FC | 7 |
| 4 | Lee Dong-jun | Busan IPark | 7 |
| 7 | Kim Min-kyun | Seoul E-Land | 6 |
| 7 | Manuel Palacios | FC Anyang | 6 |
| 9 | Ju Se-jong | Asan Mugunghwa | 5 |
| 9 | Róbson | Seoul E-Land | 5 |
| 9 | Alex Lima | FC Anyang | 5 |
| 9 | Kim Ryun-do | Bucheon FC 1995 | 5 |

## Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Busan IPark | 71,000 | 7,724 | 1,386 | 3,944 | +59.3%$^†$ |
| 2 | FC Anyang | 65,597 | 11,098 | 835 | 3,644 | +142.1%$^†$ |
| 3 | Asan Mugunghwa | 56,494 | 6,040 | 1,361 | 3,139 | +78.9%$^†$ |
| 4 | Gwangju FC | 56,669 | 5,408 | 903 | 3,148 | +106.8%$^†$ |
| 5 | Seoul E-Land | 56,114 | 4,752 | 1,316 | 3,117 | +352.4%$^†$ |
| 6 | Ansan Greeners | 53,438 | 7,714 | 619 | 2,969 | +63.1%$^†$ |
| 7 | Suwon FC | 45,674 | 4,383 | 1,477 | 2,537 | +35.2%$^†$ |
| 8 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 39,946 | 3,987 | 771 | 2,219 | +116.3%$^†$ |
| 9 | Jeonnam Dragons | 41,709 | 4,882 | 48 | 2,317 | −30.2%$^†$ |
| 10 | Daejeon Citizen | 35,589 | 4,370 | 655 | 1,977 | +20.2%$^†$ |
| | League total | 522,130 | 11,098 | 48 | 2,901 | +73.5%$^†$ |
Source: K League Notes: $^†$ Team played previous season in K League 1.