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, which participated in the K3 League since 2013, was accepted to the K League 2 by the judgement of K League Federation.
+ Incoming Relegated from K League 1 Incheon United Accepted from K3 League Hwaseong FC+ Outgoing Promoted to K League 1 FC Anyang
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 Capacity: 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 Hong Seong-yo (caretaker) Government of Ansan Applerind Bucheon FC 1995 Lee Young-min Government of Bucheon Kelme Busan IPark Jo Sung-hwan HDC Hyundai Development Company Mizuno Cheonan City Cho Sung-yong (caretaker) Government of Cheonan Puma Chungbuk Cheongju Kim Gil-sik Applerind Chungnam Asan Cho Jin-soo (caretaker) Haeyu Construction FCMM Gimpo FC Ko Jeong-woon Government of Gimpo Sunderland of Scotland Gyeongnam FC Kim Pil-jong (caretaker) 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 TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableReplaced byDate of appointment Chungbuk Cheongju Choi Yun-kyum Resigned 2 October 2024 Pre-season Kwon Ou-ghu 11 December 2024 Hwaseong FC Ju Seung-jin End of contract 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 Mutual consent 21 December 2024 Pre-season Yoon Jong-hwan 22 December 2024 Chungbuk Cheongju Kwon Ou-ghu Resigned 10 June 2025 13th Kim Gil-sik 8 July 2025 Cheonan City Kim Tae-wan Resigned 20 August 2025 14th Cho Sung-yong (caretaker) 22 August 2025 Gyeongnam FC Lee Eul-yong Resigned 6 September 2025 11th Kim Pil-jong (caretaker) 7 September 2025 Ansan Greeners Lee Kwan-woo Resigned 18 September 2025 14th Hong Seong-yo (caretaker) 19 September 2025 Chungnam Asan Bae Sung-jae Mutual consent 4 October 2025 9th Cho Jin-soo (caretaker) 5 September 2025
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former players Ansan Greeners Bruno Lapa Eduardo Silverio Felipe Saraiva Jefferson Carioca Luan Santos Bucheon FC 1995 Jefferson Galego Rodrigo Bassani Thiaguinho Santos Jhon Montaño Kazuki Takahashi Busan IPark Fessin Gonzalo Fornari Xavier Paul Villero Cheonan City Bruno Paraíba Misaki Sato Aboubacar Toungara Felipe Valdívia Pavle Ivelja Chungbuk Cheongju Pedro Vitor Jop van der Avert Gabriel Santos Mateusinho Chungnam Asan Charles Lokolingoy Denisson Silva Adam Bergmark Wiberg Semir Smajlagić Misaki Sato Kevin Méndez Gimpo FC Connor Chapman Djalma Luis Mina Leonard Pllana Bruno Paraíba Gyeongnam FC Danrlei Leonardo Kalil Renan Areias Bruno Costa Rúben Macedo Felipe Fonseca Matheus Souza Hwaseong FC Aleksandar Vojnović Arthur Moura Demethryus Dimitri Luan Costa Dominic Vinicius Incheon United Harrison Delbridge Modou Barrow Gerso Fernandes Shota Saijo Stefan Mugoša Jeonnam Dragons Ronan David Valdívia Keelan Lebon José Alberti Leandro Ribeiro Seongnam FC Freitas Leandro Ribeiro Samuel Andrade Venício Tomás Leonardo Acevedo Seoul E-Land Aaron Calver John Iredale Euller Gabriel Santos Osmar Alan Carius Ítalo Pedrinho Suwon Samsung Bluewings Bruno Silva Léo Andrade Matheus Serafim Paulo Henrique Stanislav Iljutcenko
League table
Positions by matchday
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 competed with the tenth and eleventh-placed teams of the 2025 K League 1, respectively, in the final round. Each of the finals was a two-legged tie, with the winners securing the final spots in the 2026 K League 1.
The final first leg between Bucheon FC 1995 and Suwon FC was postponed from 4 December to 5 December due to heavy snow.
Bracket
First round
Second round
Final round
Jeju SK won 3–0 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.
Bucheon FC 1995 won 4–2 on aggregate and was promoted to K League 1, while Suwon FC was relegated to K League 2.
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals 1 Stefan MugošaIncheon United 20 2 Leonardo AcevedoSeongnam FC 17 3 ValdíviaJeonnam Dragons 16 4 Luis MinaGimpo FC 14 Rodrigo BassaniBucheon FC 1995 6 Stanislav IljutcenkoSuwon Samsung Bluewings 13 Matheus SerafimSuwon Samsung Bluewings 8 Ronan DavidJeonnam Dragons 12 FessinBusan IPark Jhon MontañoBucheon FC 1995 Kim Ji-hyeonSuwon Samsung Bluewings EullerSeoul E-Land Gerso FernandesIncheon United
Top assist providers RankPlayerTeamAssists 1 EullerSeoul E-Land 11 2 Gerso FernandesIncheon United 10 3 ValdíviaJeonnam Dragons 9 Shin Jae-wonSeongnam FC 5 José AlbertiJeonnam Dragons 8 6 Lee Ki-jeSuwon Samsung Bluewings 7 Paul VilleroBusan IPark 8 Ronan DavidJeonnam Dragons 6 Han Kyo-wonChungnam Asan Stanislav IljutcenkoSuwon Samsung Bluewings Son Jun-hoChungnam Asan Rodrigo BassaniBucheon FC 1995
Awards Weekly awards
RoundPlayer of the RoundPlayerClub1 Leonardo AcevedoSeongnam FC2 Luis MinaGimpo FC3 PedrinhoSeoul E-Land4 Jefferson GalegoBucheon FC 19955 Kim Hyun-taeAnsan Greeners6 Paulo HenriqueSuwon Samsung Bluewings7 Leonardo AcevedoSeongnam FC8 Bruno SilvaSuwon Samsung Bluewings9 FessinBusan IPark10 Paul VilleroBusan IPark11 Gerso FernandesIncheon United12 Kim Seung-hoChungnam Asan13 Stefan MugošaIncheon United14 Baek Ga-onBusan IPark15 Han Kyo-wonChungnam Asan16 Park Seung-hoIncheon United17 Felipe ValdíviaCheonan City18 Park Chang-junBucheon FC 199519 Luis MinaGimpo FC20 Park Ju-yeongHwaseong FC
RoundPlayer of the RoundPlayerClub21 Jhon MontañoBucheon FC 199522 Paul VilleroBusan IPark23 Kim Min-junSuwon Samsung Bluewings24 ValdíviaJeonnam Dragons25 Ronan DavidJeonnam Dragons26 Gerso FernandesIncheon United27 Seo Jae-minSeoul E-Land28 Aboubacar ToungaraCheonan City29 Denisson SilvaChungnam Asan30 Park Dong-jinGimpo FC31 Ronan DavidJeonnam Dragons32 ValdíviaJeonnam Dragons33 ValdíviaJeonnam Dragons34 Matheus SerafimSuwon Samsung Bluewings35 Lee Eui-hyungBucheon FC 199536 Park Chang-hwanSeoul E-Land37 Luis MinaGimpo FC38 ValdíviaJeonnam Dragons39 OsmarSeoul E-Land
Annual awards The 2025 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2025.
AwardWinnerClubMost Valuable Player Gerso FernandesIncheon UnitedYoung Player of the Year Park Seung-hoIncheon UnitedTop goalscorer Stefan MugošaIncheon UnitedTop assist provider EullerSeoul E-LandManager of the Year Yoon Jong-hwanIncheon United
PositionBest XIGoalkeeper Min Seong-jun (Incheon)Defenders Shin Jae-won (Seongnam) Venício Tomás (Seongnam) Kim Geon-hui (Incheon) Lee Ju-yong (Incheon)Midfielders Euller (Seoul E) Valdívia (Jeonnam) Lee Myung-joo (Incheon) Gerso Fernandes (Incheon)Forwards Stefan Mugoša (Incheon) Leonardo Acevedo (Seongnam)
Attendance
See also 2025 in South Korean football 2025 K League 1 2025 K3 League 2025 Korea Cup
References
External links Official K League website