2020 K League 1

The 2020 K League 1 is the 38th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K League, and the third season under its current name, the K League 1.[1][2] Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are the defending champions.

Hana1Q K League 1 2020
Season2020
Dates8 May – 8 November 2020
RelegatedSangju Sangmu
Matches played90
Goals scored226 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerJúnior Negrão
(15 goals)
Biggest home winDaegu 6–0 Seoul
(14 June 2020)
Biggest away winIncheon 1–4 Pohang
(31 May 2020)
Seoul 1–4 Jeonbuk
(6 June 2020)
Highest scoringSangju 2–4 Pohang
(13 June 2020)
Daegu 6–0 Seoul
(14 June 2020)
Longest winning run3 matches
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Ulsan Hyundai
Gwangju FC
Longest unbeaten run8 matches
Ulsan Hyundai
Longest winless run15 matches
Incheon United
Longest losing run8 matches
Incheon United
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 28 June 2020.
Locations of the 2020 K League 1 teams

The regular season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and to end on 4 October,[3] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The K League 1 season officially began on 8 May.[5][6] On 24 April 2020, the Korean Professional Football Union (K League) has confirmed that they will adopt a modified plan for the season, changing the regular season to 22 matches, and 5 Final Round matches per team. Sangju Sangmu and the lowest team at the end of this season will be relegated to K League 2 season 2021.[7]

Commencing this season, an additional spot for foreign players has been added for players from member countries of the ASEAN Football Federation.[8][9]

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to the 2020 K League 2

Teams promoted from the 2019 K League 2

Participating clubs by province

The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2020 season.[10]

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) Kit Supplier Sponsor(s)
0 Busan IPark 0 Busan Cho Deok-je 1983 Hyundai Development Company Adidas HDC Group
0 Daegu FC 0 Daegu Lee Byung-keun (C) 2002 Government of Daegu, Citizen Stockholder Forward DGB Daegu Bank, AJIN Industrial Co., Ltd.
0 Gangwon FC 0 Gangwon Kim Byung-soo 2009 Government of Gangwon, Citizen Stockholder Applerind Gangwon Land
0 Gwangju FC 0 Gwangju Park Jin-sub 2010 Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder Kelme Government of Gwangju
0 Incheon United 0 Incheon Lim Joong-yong (C) 2004 Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder Macron Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 Jeonbuk José Morais 1995 Hyundai Motor Company Hummel Hyundai Motor Company
0 Pohang Steelers 0 Pohang Kim Gi-dong 1983 POSCO Astore POSCO, Pohang City Hall
0 Sangju Sangmu 0 Sangju Kim Tae-wan 2011 Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps Kelme
0 Seongnam FC 0 Seongnam Kim Nam-il 1988 Government of Seongnam, Citizen Stockholder Umbro Government of Seongnam
0 FC Seoul 0 Seoul Kim Ho-young (C) 1984 GS Group Le Coq Sportif GS Shop, GS Caltex
0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Suwon Ju Seung-jin (C) 1996 Cheil Worldwide in Samsung Puma Samsung Electronics
0 Ulsan Hyundai FC 0 Ulsan Kim Do-hoon 1984 Hyundai Heavy Industries Hummel Hyundai Oil Bank, Hyundai Heavy Industries

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Seongnam FC Nam Ki-il[11] Resigned 16 December 2019 Kim Nam-il[12] 23 December 2019
Incheon United Yoo Sang-chul[13] Resigned 2 January 2020 Lim Wan-sup[14] 6 February 2020
Incheon United Lim Wan-sup Resigned 27 June 2020 Lim Joong-yong (caretaker) 28 June 2020
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Lee Im-saeng[15] Resigned 17 July 2020 Ju Seung-jin (caretaker)[16] 17 July 2020
FC Seoul Choi Yong-soo[17] Resigned 30 July 2020 Kim Ho-young (caretaker)[18] 31 July 2020

Stadiums
  • Primary venues used in the K League 1 include:
Busan IPark Daegu FC Gangwon FC Gwangju FC Incheon United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Busan Gudeok Stadium DGB Daegu Bank Park Chuncheon Songam Leports Town
Gangneung Stadium		 Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Gwangju World Cup Auxiliary Stadium		 Incheon Football Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 12,349 Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 20,000
22,333		 Capacity: 40,245
12,000		 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 42,477
Pohang Steelers Sangju Sangmu Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings		 Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steel Yard Sangju Civic Stadium Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 15,042 Capacity: 16,146 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 43,959 Capacity: 44,102

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries and a slot for a player from ASEAN. A team could use five foreign players on the field each game including at least one player from the AFC confederation[2]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player ASEAN Player
Busan IPark Gustavo Vintecinco Rômulo Dostonbek Tursunov
Daegu FC Césinha Edgar Dejan Damjanović Tsubasa Nishi
Gangwon FC Takahiro Nakazato
Gwangju FC Felipe Willyan Marco Ureña Rustam Ashurmatov
Incheon United Stefan Mugoša Elías Aguilar Gustavo Rashid Mahazi
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Murilo Henrique Modou Barrow Gustavo Takahiro Kunimoto
Pohang Steelers Manuel Palacios Stanislav Iljutcenko Aleksandar Paločević Brandon O'Neill
Seongnam FC Igor Jovanović Tomislav Kiš Jamshid Iskanderov
FC Seoul Adriano Osmar Ikromjon Alibaev
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Sulejman Krpić Doneil Henry Terry Antonis Adam Taggart
Ulsan Hyundai Júnior Negrão Dave Bulthuis Bjørn Maars Johnsen Jason Davidson

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Ulsan Hyundai (Y) 16 12 3 1 36 10 +26 39 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Y) 16 12 2 2 28 10 +18 38 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3 Sangju Sangmu[lower-alpha 2] (R) 16 8 4 4 20 20 0 28 Relegation to K League 2
4 Pohang Steelers 16 7 4 5 28 20 +8 25 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Daegu FC 16 7 4 5 26 19 +7 25
6 FC Seoul 16 6 1 9 16 31 −15 19
7 Seongnam FC 16 4 6 6 13 17 −4 18
8 Gangwon FC 16 4 5 7 20 26 −6 17
9 Busan IPark 16 3 7 6 16 22 −6 16
10 Gwangju FC 16 4 4 8 16 23 −7 16
11 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 16 3 5 8 14 20 −6 14
12 Incheon United 16 1 5 10 9 24 −15 8 Relegation to K League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(R) Relegated; (Y) Assured of a place in top six group, but may still qualify for 2021 AFC Champions League via league path.
Notes:
  1. Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.
  2. Sangju Sangmu are a military team and are not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they have confirmed that the team will move its franchise city in the 2021 season and will be relegated to K League 2 season regardless of their final position in this season.

Positions by matchday

  Leader & AFC Champions League group stage
  Qualification to AFC Champions League qualification play-offs
  Relegation to the 2021 K League 2

Round 1–22
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Ulsan Hyundai1122222222111111
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors5211111111222222
Sangju Sangmu12746564333334433RRRRRR
Pohang Steelers3364645555443544
Daegu FC6889856444555355
FC Seoul8637791011991011111186
Seongnam FC445347998111188967
Gangwon FC2575333667666678
Busan IPark1011111011111110116777799
Gwangju FC1112121210877789101081010
Suwon Samsung Bluewings910108910881010899101111
Incheon United7991112121212121212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 169 August 2020. Source: kleague.com

Round 23–27

Final rounds are from round 23 to round 27

Team ╲ Round2324252627
Ulsan Hyundai
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Sangju SangmuRRRRR
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: kleague.com

Fixtures and results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away BSI DGU GWN GJU ICU JHM PHS SJS SFC SEO SSB USH
Busan IPark — 2–2 16 Sep 0–0 13 Sep 1–2 22 Aug 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2
Daegu FC 3–0 — 2–1 30 Aug 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 16 Sep 6–0 3–1 1–3
Gangwon FC 2–4 22 Aug — 4–1 26 Aug 1–0 13 Sep 2–2 1–1 3–1 20 Sep 0–3
Gwangju FC 3–1 2–4 2–2 — 2–1 12 Sep 0–2 15 Sep 0–2 22 Aug 0–1 1–1
Incheon United 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 — 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 16 Sep 22 Aug 20 Sep
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 15 Sep 2–0 30 Aug 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 23 Aug 2–2 3–0 1–0 15 Sep
Pohang Steelers 2–0 25 Aug 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 20 Sep 30 Aug 1–2 1–1 0–4
Sangju Sangmu 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 29 Aug 1–0 2–4 — 12 Sep 1–0 26 Aug 1–5
Seongnam FC 1–1 1–2 0–0 20 Sep 0–0 26 Aug 0–4 0–1 — 1–2 0–2 23 Aug
FC Seoul 25 Aug 20 Sep 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–3 2–1 0–1 — 13 Sep 0–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 29 Aug 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 16 Sep 0–1 0–1 3–3 — 2–3
Ulsan Hyundai 1–1 12 Sep 1–0 26 Aug 4–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 30 Aug 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round Matches 23–27

Teams will play each other at once.

Season statistics

Most assists

Ref. [19]

As of match(es) played by 9 August 2020

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kim In-sung Ulsan Hyundai 6
2 Kim Seung-dae Gangwon FC 5
Jung Seung-won Daegu FC
Stanislav Iljutcenko Pohang Steelers
4 Aleksandar Paločević Pohang Steelers 4
Han Kyo-won Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Kang Sang-woo Sangju Sangmu
Son Jun-ho Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Awards

Most Valuable Player of The Round

Monthly Awards
Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month
Player Club Manager Club Division Player Club
May Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai Kim Nam-il Seongnam FC K League 1 Cho Jae-wan Gangwon FC
June Cesinha Daegu FC José Morais Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K League 1 Cesinha Daegu FC
July Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai Kim Do-hoon Ulsan Hyundai K League 1
August
September
October
November

Season Awards

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