2025 K League 1
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Season | 2025 |
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← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 24 November 2024. |
The 2025 K League 1, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the 43rd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea, and the twelfth season of the K League 1. Ulsan HD defended their title for the third consecutive year.[1]
Teams
[edit]Team changes
[edit]FC Anyang were promoted from the 2024 K League 2 for 1st time in club history. [2] Incheon United was relegated to 2025 K League 2 in the club's first absence from the top flight of Korean football.[3]
Promoted from K League 2 | Relegated to K League 2 |
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Locations
[edit]The following twelve clubs are competing in the 2025 K League 1.[4]
Team | City/Province | Abbreviation |
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Daegu FC | Daegu | Daegu |
Daejeon Hana Citizen | Daejeon | Daejeon |
FC Anyang | Anyang | Anyang |
Gangwon FC | Gangwon | Gangwon |
Gimcheon Sangmu | Gimcheon | Gimcheon |
Gwangju FC | Gwangju | Gwangju |
Jeju SK | Jeju | Jeju |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Jeonbuk | Jeonbuk |
Pohang Steelers | Pohang | Pohang |
FC Seoul | Seoul | Seoul |
Suwon FC | Suwon | Suwon FC |
Ulsan HD | Ulsan | Ulsan |
Stadiums
[edit]Daegu FC | Daejeon Hana Citizen | Gangwon FC | |
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DGB Daegu Bank Park | Daejeon World Cup Stadium | Chuncheon Songam Leports Town | Gangneung Stadium |
Capacity: 12,415 | Capacity: 40,903 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 22,333 |
FC Anyang | Gimcheon Sangmu | Gwangju FC | Jeju SK |
Anyang Stadium | Gimcheon Stadium | Gwangju Football Stadium | Jeju World Cup Stadium |
Capacity: 17,143 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 10,007 | Capacity: 29,791 |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Pohang Steelers | FC Seoul | Suwon FC |
Jeonju World Cup Stadium | Pohang Steel Yard | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Suwon Stadium |
Capacity: 42,477 | Capacity: 17,443 | Capacity: 66,704 | Capacity: 11,808 |
Ulsan HD | |||
Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium | |||
Capacity: 44,102 | |||
Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Gangwon FC | Yoon Jong-hwan | End of Contract | 30 November 2024 | Pre-season | Chung Kyung-ho | 6 December 2024 |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Kim Do-heon | Mutual Termination | 16 December 2024 | Pre-season |
Foreign players
[edit]The number of allowed foreign players was kept strictly to six per team but could field at most five foreign players at any given time.[5]
As a military-owned team, Gimcheon Sangmu are not allowed to sign any foreign players.
North Korean player An Byong-jun, who played for Suwon FC, was deemed as a native player by South Korean nationality law.
Players in bold were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
- ^ Left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.
Positions by matchday
[edit] Leaders, qualification for Champions League Elite league stage
Qualification for Champions League Elite play-off round
Qualification for Champions League Two group stage
Qualification for relegation play-offs
Relegation to K League 2
Round 1–33
[edit]Results
[edit]Matches 1–22
[edit]Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.
Relegation play-offs
[edit]The tenth-placed team and the eleventh-placed team will play against the play-off winners and the runners-up of the K League 2, respectively, in the relegation play-offs.
Statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player[6] | Team | Goals |
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Top assist providers
[edit]Rank | Player[6] | Team | Assists |
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Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Attendance
[edit]Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Defending champions to take on runners-up to kick off 2023 K League football season". Yonhap News Agency. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "FC Anyang promoted to top football league for 1st time in club history".
- ^ "Incheon United relegated to K League 2 for 1st time". 11 November 2024.
- ^ "기록" [Records]. K League. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Paik, Ji-hwan (6 December 2023). "K League to relax Asian quota in 2025, count 'homegrown' foreign players as Korean". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b "K LEAGUE / Record".