2021 K League 2

KEB Hana Bank
K League 2 2021
Season	2021
Dates	27 February – 3 November 2021
Matches played	180
	← 2020 2022 → All statistics correct as of 21 January 2021.

The 2021 K League 2 is the ninth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2013, and the fourth one with its current name, the K League 2. The top-ranked team and the winner of the promotion-relegation play-off will got promoted to the 2022 K League 1.

On 21 January 2021, the Korean Professional Football Union has confirmed that 2021 season of K League 2 will begin on 27 February 2021 by 36 regular season matches per team.^[1]

Teams

Jeonnam Dragons (Gwangyang)

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Locations of the 2021 K League 2 teams

New Team

Sangju Sangmu was renamed to Gimcheon Sangmu and was relegated to K League 2 and moved to Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang, South Korea ahead for 2021 season after the club was dissolved in the 2020 season.

Team	City	Home venue
Ansan Greeners	Ansan	Ansan Wa~ Stadium
FC Anyang	Anyang	Anyang Stadium
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Bucheon Stadium
Busan IPark	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium
Chungnam Asan	Asan	Yi Sun-sin Stadium
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Daejeon	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Gimcheon Sangmu FC	Gimcheon	Gimcheon Stadium
Gyeongnam FC	Gyeongnam	Changwon Football Center
Jeonnam Dragons	Jeonnam	Gwangyang Stadium
Seoul E-Land	Seoul	Seoul Olympic Stadium

Stadiums

Ansan Greeners	FC Anyang	Bucheon FC 1995	Busan IPark	Chungnam Asan
Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Anyang Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Busan Gudeok Stadium	Yi Sun-sin Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 34,456	Capacity: 12,349	Capacity: 17,376

Daejeon Hana Citizen	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	Gyeongnam FC	Jeonnam Dragons	Seoul E-Land
Daejeon World Cup Stadium	Gimcheon Stadium	Changwon Football Center	Gwangyang Stadium	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 40,535	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 15,074	Capacity: 13,496	Capacity: 69,950
				File:Olympic Park Stadium.jpg

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer¹	Main sponsor¹
Ansan Greeners	Kim Gil-sik	Kappa	Ansan Government
FC Anyang	Lee Woo-hyung	Joma	Anyang Government
Bucheon FC 1995	Lee Young-min	Kappa	Bucheon Government
Busan IPark	Ricardo Peres	Adidas	HDC Group
Chungnam Asan	Park Dong-hyuk	Mizuno	Asan Government
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Lee Min-sung	Astore	Hana Financial Group
Gimcheon Sangmu	Kim Tae-wan	Kelme
Gyeongnam FC	Seol Ki-Hyeon	Hummel	Nonghyup BNK Kyongnam Bank
Jeonnam Dragons	Jeon Kyung-jun	Puma	POSCO
Seoul E-Land	Chung Jung-yong	New Balance	E-Land

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Busan IPark	Lee Ki-Hyung	End of caretaker spell	November 25, 2020	Ricardo Peres	November 25, 2020^[2]

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from AFC and ASEAN countries. Gimcheon Sangmu FC, being a military-owned team, is not allowed to sign any foreign players. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game. Players in bold are players who join midway through the competition. An Byong-jun, playing for Busan IPark,^[3] was deemed to be a native player.

As of March 10, 2021^[4]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	ASEAN Player
Ansan Greeners	Santiago De Sagastizabal	Canhoto	Duarte	Go Iwase	Asnawi Mangkualam
FC Anyang	Nilson Júnior	Jonathan Moya	Maxwell Acosty	Ryosuke Tamura	Saiful Sallahuddin Najeeh Saiful Adli
Bucheon FC 1995	Crislan			Wataru Murofushi
Busan IPark	Domagoj Drožđek	Valentinos Sielis
Chungnam Asan	Alex Sandro	Matheus		Ryohei Michibuchi
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Baio	Edinho	Pato	Ikromjon Alibaev	Muhammad Farhan Nabil Mohamed Harith
Gyeongnam FC	Hernandes	Willyan
Jeonnam Dragons	Alex	Balotelli	Samuel Nnamani	Oleg Zoteev	Thomas Lee Jee Xiang
Seoul E-Land	Nicolás Benegas	Barbio	Leandro

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Gimcheon Sangmu (C)	36	20	11	5	60	34	+26	71	Promotion to K League 1
2	FC Anyang	36	17	11	8	51	37	+14	62	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final
3	Daejeon Hana Citizen	36	17	7	12	53	48	+5	58	Qualification for promotion play-offs first round
4	Jeonnam Dragons	36	13	13	10	38	33	+5	52	Qualification for Champions League group stage and promotion play-offs first round^[a]
5	Busan IPark	36	12	9	15	46	56	−10	45
6	Gyeongnam FC	36	11	10	15	40	45	−5	43
7	Ansan Greeners	36	11	10	15	37	49	−12	43
8	Chungnam Asan	36	11	8	17	38	41	−3	41
9	Seoul E-Land	36	8	13	15	40	39	+1	37
10	Bucheon FC 1995	36	9	10	17	32	53	−21	37

Source: K League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Qualified as Korean FA Cup champions.

Positions by matchday

Leader & Promotion to the 2022 K League 1
Qualification to Relegation/promotion play-offs

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Daejeon Hana Citizen	2	4	8	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	1
Jeonnam Dragons	6	3	2	5	6	4	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	2
FC Anyang	2	4	5	9	8	6	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	3
Busan IPark	10	7	10	4	5	8	7	8	6	7	5	6	4	4
Ansan Greeners	4	2	4	2	3	5	4	4	5	6	4	4	5	5
Gyeongnam FC	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	6
Gimcheon Sangmu	4	9	6	8	7	7	8	6	8	5	7	7	8	7
Seoul E-Land	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	5	4	4	6	5	6	8
Chungnam Asan	6	8	3	7	4	3	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9
Bucheon FC 1995	8	6	7	6	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2021. Source: kleague.com

Results

Matches 1–18

Home \ Away	ASG	AYG	BCN	BSI	CNAS	DJC	GCS	GNM	JND	SUE
Ansan Greeners	—	3–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1
FC Anyang	1–2	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Bucheon FC 1995	0–1	0–0	—	0–2		1–2	0–0		1–1	1–1
Busan IPark	1–1		1–1	—		4–1	2–1		0–1	0–3
Chungnam Asan		2–2			—		1–2	2–1
Daejeon Hana Citizen			4–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1
Gimcheon Sangmu		0–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	—	1–2	1–1
Gyeongnam FC	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1			—	0–2	0–0
Jeonnam Dragons	2–0	0–1		1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	—
Seoul E-Land	1–0	1–2	4–0		0–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2021. Source: K League 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 19–36

Home \ Away	ASG	AYG	BCN	BSI	CNAS	DJC	GCS	GNM	JND	SUE
Ansan Greeners	—
FC Anyang		—
Bucheon FC 1995			—
Busan IPark				—
Chungnam Asan					—
Daejeon Hana Citizen						—
Gimcheon Sangmu							—
Gyeongnam FC								—
Jeonnam Dragons									—
Seoul E-Land										—

First match(es) will be played: 27 February 2021. Source: K League 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion-relegation playoffs

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the clubs placed in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th position in the 2021 K League 2, and the 11th-placed club of the 2021 K League 1. If scores were tied after regular time in the Semi-playoff and Playoff rounds, the higher-placed team would advance to the next phase. The same conditions did not apply for the final round of Promotion-Relegation playoffs, which was instead held over two legs.

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Semi-playoff

2021

KST

3rd place of K League 2	v	4th place of K League 2

Home stadium of 3rd place team

Playoff

2021

KST

2nd place of K League 2	v	Winner of Semi-play-off

Home stadium of 2nd place team

Promotion-relegation playoffs

First leg

2021

KST

Winner of promotion play-off of K League 2	v	11th place of K League 1

Home stadium of Winner of promotion play-off of K League 2

Second leg

2021

KST

11th place of K League 1	v	Winner of promotion play-off of K League 2

Home stadium of 11th place of K League 1

Season statistics

Top scorers

^[5]

Awards

Most Valuable Player of The Round

Season Awards

Notes

References

^ "[공식발표] K리그2, 2월 27일 개막..경남vs안양으로 스타트" (in Korean). InterFootball. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ "OFFICIAL | Busan IPark have appointed ex-Casa Pia manager Ricardo Peres as a new manager of the team". Twitter. November 25, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Wilde, Todd (January 22, 2021). "Busan IPark have announced the signing of K League 2 MVP and 2020 top scorer Ahn Byung-jun. The North Korean international signs from Suwon FC". Twitter. Retrieved January 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "2021 K League 2 Foreign Players".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "K LEAGUE / Record".

External links

Official K League website

[table_note_res_CLGS0.49455610918559-5] Qualified as Korean FA Cup champions.

[1] "[공식발표] K리그2, 2월 27일 개막..경남vs안양으로 스타트" (in Korean). InterFootball. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

[2] "OFFICIAL | Busan IPark have appointed ex-Casa Pia manager Ricardo Peres as a new manager of the team". Twitter. November 25, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Wilde, Todd (January 22, 2021). "Busan IPark have announced the signing of K League 2 MVP and 2020 top scorer Ahn Byung-jun. The North Korean international signs from Suwon FC". Twitter. Retrieved January 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "2021 K League 2 Foreign Players".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Record-6] "K LEAGUE / Record".

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Teams

New Team

Stadiums

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Positions by matchday

Results

Matches 1–18

Matches 19–36

Promotion-relegation playoffs

Semi-playoff

Playoff

Promotion-relegation playoffs

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Awards

Most Valuable Player of The Round

Season Awards

See also

Notes

References

External links