This is Gangwon FC's first season under new head coach Chung Kyung-ho, who was assistant manager and announced as Yoon Jong-hwan's replacement on 6 December 2024.[1]
^Yang's transfer was announced on 28 July 2024 and his contract will commence on 1 January 2025.
Note: Players will join other clubs after being released or terminated from their contract. Only the following clubs are mentioned when that club signed the player in the same transfer window.
As usual, the league season will be played with 38 matches split in two stages. After 33 league matches between the 12 participating teams, the teams are split into the Final Round (Top 6 teams, which aims to won an AFC Champions spot) and Relegation Round (Bottom 6 teams, that aims to survive relegation).