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2018 K League 2

Summary

The 2018 K League 2 was the sixth season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in the South Korean football league system.[2]

KEB Hana Bank
K League 2
Season2018
ChampionsAsan Mugunghwa
(1st title)
PromotedSeongnam FC
Matches played180
Goals scored426 (2.37 per match)
Best PlayerNa Sang-ho[1]
Top goalscorerNa Sang-ho
(16 goals)[1]
Biggest home winGwangju 5–0 Suwon FC
(21 April 2018)
Biggest away winSeoul E 0–5 Busan
(11 August 2018)
Highest scoringBusan 4–3 Anyang
(29 July 2018)
Highest attendance6,532
Busan 2–2 Gwangju
(4 November 2018)
Lowest attendance312
Seoul E 1–0 Anyang
(14 April 2018)
Average attendance1,672
← 2017
2019 →

Asan Mugunghwa once again grabbed an opportunity for promotion by winning its second K League 2 title (officially first title after Ansan era), but its owner Korean Police Agency did not recruit new players who could meet clubs' requisite for maintenance before the end of the season. Asan Mugunghwa, which was in the process of being dissolved, was finally disqualified from promoting.[3]

Runners-up Seongnam FC directly qualified for the K League 1 instead of Asan Mugunghwa, and the third, fourth, and fifth-placed team advanced to the promotion playoffs.

Teams edit

Team changes edit

Relegated from K League Classic

Promoted to K League 1

Stadiums edit

Ansan Greeners FC Anyang Asan Mugunghwa Bucheon FC 1995 Busan IPark
Ansan Wa~ Stadium Anyang Stadium Yi Sun-sin Stadium Bucheon Stadium Busan Gudeok Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 17,143 Capacity: 19,283 Capacity: 34,545 Capacity: 12,349
         
Daejeon Citizen Gwangju FC Seongnam FC Seoul E-Land Suwon FC
Daejeon World Cup Stadium Gwangju World Cup Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul Olympic Stadium Suwon Sports Complex
Capacity: 40,535 Capacity: 40,245 Capacity: 16,146 Capacity: 69,950 Capacity: 11,808
       

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Managers Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Ansan Greeners   Lee Heung-sil Kelme Ansan Government
FC Anyang   Ko Jeong-woon Zaicro Anyang Government
Asan Mugunghwa   Park Dong-hyuk Puma Asan Government
Bucheon FC 1995   Jeong Gab-seok Astore Bucheon Government
Busan IPark  Choi Yun-kyum Adidas Hyundai Development Company
Daejeon Citizen   Ko Jong-soo Astore Daejeon Government
Gwangju FC   Park Jin-sub Joma Gwangju Government
Seongnam FC   Nam Ki-il Umbro Seongnam Government
Seoul E-Land   In Chang-soo New Balance E-Land
Suwon FC   Cho Duck-je Hummel Suwon Government

Foreign players edit

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.

As of 24 July 2018.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player
Ansan Greeners   Fidel   Seku Conneh   Raúl Tarragona
FC Anyang   Wesley Alex   Marcos Antônio
Bucheon FC 1995   Cristovam   Nilson Júnior   Willian Popp   Nan Song
Busan IPark   Rômulo   Arsenio Valpoort   Sherjill MacDonald
Daejeon Citizen   Aurelian Chițu   Filip Hlohovský   Sanzhar Tursunov   Shohrux Gadoyev
Gwangju FC   Gil   Felipe Silva   Róbson Duarte   Minori Sato
  Wang Chien-ming[a]
Seongnam FC   Éder Lima   Olivier Bonnes
Seoul E-Land   Diego Bielkiewicz   Ignacio Herrera   Ivan Herceg
Suwon FC   Alex Lima   Alex Bruno   Fernando Viana   Adrian Leijer
  1. ^ Wang Chien-ming represented Chinese Taipei at international level, but he was considered Korean in the K League 2.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Asan Mugunghwa[a] (C) 36 21 9 6 54 27 +27 72
2 Seongnam FC (P) 36 18 11 7 49 36 +13 65 Promotion to the K League 1
3 Busan IPark 36 14 14 8 53 35 +18 56 Qualification for the promotion playoffs semi-final
4 Daejeon Citizen 36 15 8 13 47 44 +3 53 Qualification for the promotion playoffs first round
5 Gwangju FC 36 11 15 10 51 41 +10 48
6 FC Anyang 36 12 8 16 44 50 −6 44
7 Suwon FC 36 13 3 20 29 46 −17 42
8 Bucheon FC 1995 36 11 6 19 37 50 −13 39
9 Ansan Greeners 36 10 9 17 32 45 −13 39
10 Seoul E-Land 36 10 7 19 30 52 −22 37
Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Asan Mugunghwa was disqualified from promoting to the K League 1 due to lack of players who could meet clubs' requisite for maintenance. Therefore, runner-up Seongnam FC was directly promoted, and 5th-placed team Gwangju FC qualified for the promotion playoffs.[3]

Positions by matchday edit

  Leaders
  Qualification for the promotion playoffs

Round 1–18 edit

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Asan Mugunghwa 223453244333322121
Seongnam FC464524311111111212
Busan IPark455235556444444443
Bucheon FC 1995111111122222233334
Gwangju FC678888865677756755
Ansan Greeners 932342433555565566
Suwon FC247777679989999987
Daejeon Citizen8106666787766677678
FC Anyang691010101010101010101010101010109
Seoul E-Land9889999988988888910
Source: K League

Round 19–36 edit

Team ╲ Round192021222324252627282930313233343536
Asan Mugunghwa222221122211111111
Seongnam FC111112211122222222
Busan IPark433333333344433333
Daejeon Citizen889877654433344444
Gwangju FC554444545555557555
FC Anyang10910999988988665666
Suwon FC776665466666876777
Bucheon FC 1995345556777777789888
Ansan Greeners667101010101010899998999
Seoul E-Land9108788899101010101010101010
Source: K League

Results edit

Matches 1–18 edit

Home \ Away ANS ANY ASM BUC BIP DJC GWJ SEN SEL SUW
Ansan Greeners — 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0
FC Anyang 1–0 — 0–3 0–3 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 0–1
Asan Mugunghwa 1–0 1–1 — 4–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–0
Bucheon FC 1995 1–1 1–2 0–1 — 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 4–1
Busan IPark 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 — 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Daejeon Citizen 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 — 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–2
Gwangju FC 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 — 1–3 3–0 5–0
Seongnam FC 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 — 1–1 2–1
Seoul E-Land 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–4 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 — 0–1
Suwon FC 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–0 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36 edit

Home \ Away ANS ANY ASM BUC BIP DJC GWJ SEN SEL SUW
Ansan Greeners — 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–1
FC Anyang 3–2 — 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
Asan Mugunghwa 2–0 2–1 — 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1
Bucheon FC 1995 1–2 0–1 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0
Busan IPark 0–0 4–3 1–2 1–1 — 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–1
Daejeon Citizen 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 — 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Gwangju FC 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 — 3–1 2–2 0–2
Seongnam FC 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 — 1–2 0–0
Seoul E-Land 2–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–5 1–0 1–4 1–2 — 1–0
Suwon FC 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 —
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs edit

Bracket edit

First round Semi-final Final
           
3 Busan IPark 3
4 Daejeon Citizen 0
4 Daejeon Citizen 1
5 Gwangju FC 0
Busan IPark 1 1 2
FC Seoul 3 1 4

First round edit

Daejeon Citizen1–0Gwangju FC
Chițu   68' Report
Attendance: 3,121
Referee: Kim Hee-gon

Semi-final edit

Busan IPark3–0Daejeon Citizen
 Report
Attendance: 8,132
Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Final edit

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2018 K League 2 playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2018 K League 1. The winners on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2019 K League 1.

Busan IPark1–3FC Seoul
 Report
Attendance: 10,127
Referee: Kim Woo-sung
FC Seoul1–1Busan IPark
 Report
Attendance: 8,554
Referee: Kim Dae-yong

FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Player statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Na Sang-ho Gwangju FC 16
2   Wesley Alex FC Anyang 15
3   Aurelian Chițu Daejeon Citizen 11
4   Jung Sung-min Seongnam FC 10
  Willian Popp Bucheon FC 1995
6   Ko Kyung-min Busan IPark 9
  Rômulo Busan IPark
8   Shohrux Gadoyev Daejeon Citizen 8
9 7 players 7

Top assist providers edit

Rank Player Club Assists
1   Rômulo Busan IPark 9
2   Park Soo-il Daejeon Citizen 8
  Chang Hyuk-jin Ansan Greeners
4   Moon Sang-yun Seongnam FC 7
5   Jo Seong-joon Asan Mugunghwa 6
6   Lee Euddeum Asan Mugunghwa 6
  Cho Chan-ho Seoul E-Land
  Lee Jae-kwon Busan IPark
  Lee Myung-joo Asan Mugunghwa
  Moon Ki-han Bucheon FC 1995
  Kim Dong-hyun Gwangju FC

Attendance edit

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Busan IPark 44,572 6,532 1,008 2,476 +3.0%†
2 Seongnam FC 43,208 4,167 1,128 2,400 −14.3%†
3 Suwon FC 33,792 3,060 815 1,877 −11.0%†
4 Ansan Greeners  32,775 5,532 645 1,820 −32.6%†
5 Asan Mugunghwa  31,594 4,039 844 1,755 −10.3%†
6 Daejeon Citizen 29,617 4,142 418 1,645 −26.5%†
7 Gwangju FC 27,393 5,439 464 1,522 −51.8%†
8 FC Anyang 27,090 6,503 405 1,505 −54.9%†
9 Bucheon FC 1995 18,464 1,655 618 1,026 −50.2%†
10 Seoul E-Land 12,410 1,349 312 689 −57.2%†
League total 300,895 6,532 312 1,672 −28.2%†

Source: K League
Notes:
† Team played previous season in K League Classic.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b 나상호, K리그2 가장 빛난 별…MVP·득점왕·베스트11 3관왕(종합) (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. ^ "South Korea 2018". RSSSF. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b [공식 발표] 아산, 승격 자격 박탈…성남 1부 승격, 28일 대전-광주 준플레이오프. SPOTV News. 19 November 2018.

External links edit

  • Official website (in Korean)
  • 2018 K League 2 at RSSSF

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