The 2022 K League 1, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea, and the tenth season of the K League 1.
After progressing 33 regular rounds as ever, the league was divided into two groups, the top six and the bottom six, and each team played five matches against other teams in its group.
Teams Team changes Relegated to K League 2 Gwangju FC
Promoted from K League 2 Gimcheon Sangmu
Locations
The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2022 season. Team City/ProvinceAbbreviation Daegu FC DaeguDaegu Gangwon FC GangwonGangwon Gimcheon Sangmu GimcheonGimcheon Incheon United IncheonIncheon Jeju United JejuJeju Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors JeonbukJeonbuk Pohang Steelers PohangPohang Seongnam FC SeongnamSeongnam FC Seoul SeoulSeoul Suwon FC SuwonSuwon FC Suwon Samsung Bluewings SuwonSuwon Ulsan Hyundai UlsanUlsan
Stadiums Jeju United Daegu FC Incheon United Jeju World Cup Stadium DGB Daegu Bank Park Incheon Football Stadium Capacity: 29,791 Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 20,891 Pohang Steelers Suwon FC Seongnam FC Pohang Steel Yard Suwon Stadium Tancheon Stadium Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 11,808 Capacity: 16,146 FC Seoul Ulsan Hyundai Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seoul World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 44,102 Capacity: 44,031 Gimcheon Sangmu Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Gimcheon Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 42,477 Gangwon FC Chuncheon Songam Leports Town Gangneung Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 22,333
Personnel and sponsoring Team Manager Main sponsor Kit manufacturer Other sponsor(s) Daegu FC Choi Won-kwon (caretaker) Daegu Government Goal Studio DGB Daegu BankAJIN Industrial Co., Ltd. Gangwon FC Choi Yong-soo Gangwon Provincial Government Fila Kangwon Land Gimcheon Sangmu Kim Tae-wan Republic of Korea Armed Forces Gimcheon Government Kelme Incheon United Jo Sung-hwan Incheon Government Macron Shinhan BankIncheon International Airport Jeju United Nam Ki-ilSK EnergyFila Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Kim Sang-sik Hyundai Motor Company Adidas Pohang Steelers Kim Gi-dong POSCO Puma Pohang Government Seongnam FC Chung Kyung-ho (caretaker) Seongnam Government Umbro FC Seoul An Ik-soo GS Group Pro-Specs Suwon Samsung Bluewings Lee Byung-keun Cheil Worldwide Puma Samsung ElectronicsSuwon FC Kim Do-kyunSuwon GovernmentHummel Ulsan Hyundai Hong Myung-bo Hyundai Heavy Industries Adidas Hyundai Oil Bank
Foreign players Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries and a slot for a player from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Gimcheon Sangmu FC, being a military-owned team, is not allowed to sign any foreign players. A team could use five foreign players on the field each game, including at least one player from the AFC confederation.
North Korean player An Byong-jun was deemed as a native player in K League by South Korean law and passport.
Players in bold were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player ASEAN player Former player(s) Daegu FC Césinha Zeca Daniel Penha Keita Suzuki Edgar Lamas Gangwon FC Kevin Höög Jansson Balša Sekulić Galego Dino Islamović Momchil Tsvetanov Yuki Kobayashi Incheon United Elías Aguilar Hernandes Harrison Delbridge Stefan Mugoša Jeju United Gerso Fernandes Jonathan Ring Oskar Zawada Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Modou Barrow Gustavo Stanislav Iljutcenko Takahiro Kunimoto Pohang Steelers Wanderson Alex Grant Manuel Palacios Moses Ogbu Seongnam FC Fejsal Mulić Manuel Palacios Miloš Raičković FC Seoul Osmar Aleksandar Paločević Stanislav Iljutcenko Keijiro Ogawa Ricardo Silva Ben Halloran Suwon Samsung Bluewings Dave Bulthuis Elvis Sarić An Byong-jun Manabu Saitō Sebastian Grønning Suwon FC Lars Veldwijk Murilo Urho Nissilä Lachlan Jackson Ulsan Hyundai Valeri Qazaishvili Leonardo Martin Ádám Jun Amano Márk Koszta
League table
Positions by matchday
Round 1–33
Round 34–38
Results Matches 1–22 Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.
Matches 23–33 Teams played each other once, either at home or away.
Matches 34–38 Teams played each other once, either at home or away.
Final A
Final B
Relegation play-offs The tenth-placed team and the eleventh-placed team played against the play-offs winners and the runners-up of the K League 2, respectively, in the relegation play-offs.
Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.
Daejeon Hana Citizen won 6–1 on aggregate and was promoted to K League 1, while Gimcheon Sangmu was relegated to K League 2.
Statistics Top goalscorers Cho Gue-sung, who appeared in less matches than Joo Min-kyu, won the top goalscorer award. RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Cho Gue-sung Gimcheon SangmuJeonbuk Hyundai Motors 17 Joo Min-kyu Jeju United 3 Stefan Mugoša Incheon United 14 Lee Seung-woo Suwon FC 5 Modou Barrow Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 Go Jae-hyun Daegu FC Oh Hyeon-gyu Suwon Samsung Bluewings 8 Césinha Daegu FC 12 Um Won-sang Ulsan Hyundai Kim Dae-won Gangwon FC
Top assist providers RankPlayerClubAssists 1 Lee Ki-je Suwon Samsung Bluewings 14 2 Kim Dae-won Gangwon FC 13 3 Sin Jin-ho Pohang Steelers 10 4 Zeca Daegu FC 7 Lars Veldwijk Suwon FC Joo Min-kyu Jeju United Gerso Fernandes Jeju United Lee Yeong-jae Gimcheon Sangmu Cho Young-wook FC Seoul 10 Modou Barrow Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 Césinha Daegu FC Um Won-sang Ulsan Hyundai
Hat-tricks Player ForAgainst ResultDate Joo Min-kyuJeju UnitedGimcheon Sangmu3–18 May 2022 Stefan MugošaIncheon United Gangwon FC4–122 June 2022
Awards Weekly awards
RoundPlayer of the Round Player Club1 Lim Sang-hyubPohang Steelers2 Jun AmanoUlsan Hyundai3 Jeong Jae-heePohang Steelers4 Cho Gue-sungGimcheon Sangmu5 EdgarDaegu FC6 Lee Seung-wooSuwon FC7 Park Soo-ilSeongnam FC8 Sin Jin-hoPohang Steelers9 Lee Seung-wooSuwon FC10 Elvis SarićSuwon Samsung Bluewings11 Um Won-sangUlsan Hyundai12 Lee Chang-minJeju United13 Jeon Jin-wooSuwon Samsung Bluewings14 Jeong Jae-heePohang Steelers15 Joo Min-kyuJeju United16 Takahiro KunimotoJeonbuk Hyundai Motors17 Stefan MugošaIncheon United18 Kim Dae-wonGangwon FC19 Kim Seung-daePohang Steelers
RoundPlayer of the Round Player Club20 Heo Yong-joonPohang Steelers21 Jung Jae-yongSuwon FC22 Yang Hyun-junGangwon FC23 Manuel Palacios Seongnam FC24 Martin ÁdámUlsan Hyundai25 Park Soo-ilSeongnam FC26 Fejsal MulićSeongnam FC27 Kim HyunSuwon FC28 Jeon Jin-wooSuwon Samsung Bluewings29 Sin Jin-hoPohang Steelers30 ZecaDaegu FC31 Modou BarrowJeonbuk Hyundai Motors32 Lee Seung-wooSuwon FC33 Kim Young-binGangwon FC34 CésinhaDaegu FC35 Martin ÁdámUlsan Hyundai36 CésinhaDaegu FC37 Martin ÁdámUlsan Hyundai38 Cho Gue-sungJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Monthly Awards MonthPlayer of the MonthYoung Player of the MonthManager of the MonthPlayerClubPlayerClubManagerClubFebruary/March Stefan MugošaIncheon Jeon Seong-sooSeongnam Hong Myung-boUlsan1April Stefan MugošaIncheon Yang Hyun-junGangwon Lee Jung-hyoGwangju2May CesinhaDaegu Hwang Jae-wonDaegu Nam Ki-ilJeju1June Lee Seung-wooSuwon FC Yang Hyun-junGangwon Kim Do-kyunSuwon FC1July GustavoJeonbuk Yang Hyun-junGangwon Kim Sang-sikJeonbuk1August HernandesIncheon Kim Jin-hoGangwon Jo Sung-hwanIncheon1September Modou BarrowJeonbuk Yang Hyun-junGangwon Lee Jung-hyoGwangju2October CesinhaDaegu Hong Si-hooIncheon Choi Won-kwonDaegu1 MonthGoal of the MonthPerformance of the MonthPlayer ClubPlayer ClubFebruary Jun AmanoUlsan—March Cho Gue-sungGimcheon—April Kim Gyeong-minGimcheon—May Joo Min-kyuJeju Lee Seung-wooSuwon FCJune Lee Seung-wooSuwon FC Choi Young-junJejuJuly Yang Hyun-junGangwon Yang Hyun-junGangwonAugust Kim HyunSuwon FC Jeon Jin-wooSuwonSeptember Oh Hyeon-gyuSuwon Sin Jin-hoPohangOctober Um Won-sangUlsan—
Annual awards The 2022 K League Awards was held on 24 October 2022.
AwardWinnerClubMost Valuable Player Lee Chung-yongUlsan HyundaiYoung Player of the Year Yang Hyun-junGangwon FCTop goalscorer Cho Gue-sungGimcheon Sangmu Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsTop assist provider Lee Ki-jeSuwon Samsung BluewingsManager of the Year Hong Myung-boUlsan Hyundai
PositionBest XIGoalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan)Defenders Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan) Park Jin-seob (Jeonbuk) Kim Young-gwon (Ulsan) Kim Jin-su (Jeonbuk)Midfielders Lee Chung-yong (Ulsan) Cesinha (Daegu) Sin Jin-ho (Pohang) Kim Dae-won (Gangwon)Forwards Joo Min-kyu (Jeju) Cho Gue-sung (Gimcheon, Jeonbuk)
See also 2022 in South Korean football 2022 Korean FA Cup
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