2018 K League 2
| Season | 2018 |
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| Champions | Asan Mugunghwa (1st title) |
| Promoted | Seongnam FC |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 426 (2.37 per match) |
| Best Player | Na Sang-ho[1] |
| Top goalscorer | Na Sang-ho (16 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Gwangju 5–0 Suwon FC (21 April 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Seoul E 0–5 Busan (11 August 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Busan 4–3 Anyang (29 July 2018) |
| Highest attendance | 6,532 Busan 2–2 Gwangju (4 November 2018) |
| Lowest attendance | 312 Seoul E 1–0 Anyang (14 April 2018) |
| Average attendance | 1,672 |
← 2017 2019 → | |
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]
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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.
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.
- ^ 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 |
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| 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Positions by matchday
[edit] Leaders
Qualification for the promotion playoffs
Round 1–18
[edit]Round 19–36
[edit]Results
[edit]Matches 1–18
[edit]Matches 19–36
[edit]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 Citizen | 1–0 | Gwangju FC |
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Chițu  68' |
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Semi-final
[edit]| Busan IPark | 3–0 | Daejeon Citizen |
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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 IPark | 1–3 | FC Seoul |
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| FC Seoul | 1–1 | Busan IPark |
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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 |
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| 1 |  Na Sang-ho
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Gwangju FC | 16 |
| 2 |  Wesley Alex
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FC Anyang | 15 |
| 3 |  Aurelian Chițu
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Daejeon Citizen | 11 |
| 4 | Jung Sung-min
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Seongnam FC | 10 |
| Willian Popp
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Bucheon FC 1995 | ||
| 6 | Ko Kyung-min
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Busan IPark | 9 |
| Rômulo
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Busan IPark | ||
| 8 |  Shohrux Gadoyev
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Daejeon Citizen | 8 |
| 9 | 7 players | 7 | |
Top assist providers
[edit]Attendance
[edit]Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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| 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]- ^ a b 나상호, K리그2 가장 빛난 별…MVP·득점왕·베스트11 3관왕(종합) (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "South Korea 2018". RSSSF. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ 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