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2022 K League 1
The 2022 K League 1, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea, and the tenth season of the K League 1. After progressing 33 regular rounds as ever, the league was divided into two groups, the top six and the bottom six, and each team played five matches against other teams in its group. Teams Team changes Relegated to K League 2 * Gwangju FC Promoted from K League 2 * Gimcheon Sangmu Locations The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2022 season. Stadiums Personnel and sponsoring Foreign players Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries and a slot for a player from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Gimcheon Sangmu FC, being a military-owned team, is not allowed to sign any foreign players. A team could use five fo ...
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Hana Bank
Hana Bank (), known from its initial establishment in 1971 to 1991 as Korea Investment Finance Corporation (), is one of South Korea's largest banks. It merged with Seoul Bank (est. 1959) in 2002, then with Korea Exchange Bank (est. 1967) in 2015, and was branded KEB Hana Bank from 2015 to 2019. It is a subsidiary of Hana Financial Group. Hana Bank is the largest and longest-running exchange bank in South Korea, with 40% of South Korea's foreign exchange market. Its exchange services include currency exchange and wire transfers. History The Korea Investment Finance Corporation was established in 1971, and changed its name to Hana Bank as it started banking operations in 1991. In 1998, it acquired Chungcheong Bank, which it rebranded as Chungcheong Hana Bank (later Hana Bank Chungcheong Business Group). In 1999, it merged with . In August 2002, it was announced that Seoul Bank, one of Korea's largest banks which had been determined as insolvent and taken into government owners ...
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2022 K League 2
The 2022 K League 2 was the tenth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional football league. The champions and the winners of the promotion play-offs could be promoted to the K League 1. Teams Team changes Relegated from K League 1 *Gwangju FC Promoted to K League 1 * Gimcheon Sangmu Promoted from K3 League *Gimpo FC Locations Stadiums Personnel and sponsoring Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Foreign players The maximum number of foreign players on the K League 2 is restricted to five players per team, including slots for a player from AFC and ASEAN countries status. A team could only use a maximum of four foreign players in each matchday. Players in bold joined midway through the competition. League table Positions by matchday Round 1–22 Round 23–44 Results Promotion play-offs The first round was ...
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Jeju United
Jeju SK FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeju Province that competes in the K League 1, the top division in South Korea. In the past, the club has been known as the Yukong Elephants, Bucheon SK, and Jeju United. History The club was founded on 17 December 1982 as Yukong FC, becoming the second professional football club to be established in South Korea. The club's mascot was an elephant and the team became known as the Yukong Elephants. It was owned and financially supported by the Sunkyoung Group's subsidiary, Yukong (currently SK Group's "SK Energy"), along with Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi as its franchise. Yukong FC was a founding member of the ''Korean Super League'', South Korea's first professional football league and forerunner to the K League. Yukong Elephants won the league championship on only one occasion, in 1989. When the Super League was established there was no home and away system, but following its implementation in 1987, Yukong F ...
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Ulsan Hyundai
Ulsan HD FC (), formerly Ulsan Hyundai FC, is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in 1984. Their home ground is Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium. The club is owned by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. Ulsan HD have won the league title five times, most recently in 2024, and the Korean FA Cup once, in 2017. At the international level, they have won the AFC Champions League twice, in 2012 and 2020, and are the only club to have won the tournament twice without defeat. History Early years: before Ulsan (1983–1989) The club was founded on 6 December 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, with tiger as its mascot (horangi means tiger in Korean). Their original franchise area was Incheon and Gyeonggi Province. They joined the professional K League from 1984 season. While they finished their debut season as 3rd place, the team's striker Baek ...
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Suwon FC
Suwon FC (; Hanja: 水原 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Suwon, that competes in the K League 1, the South Korea's top professional league. They play their home games at Suwon Stadium. History Early years: semi-professional Suwon city government decided to create a semi-professional level football club that would link school-level football clubs within the city and Suwon Samsung Bluewings, which is a professional club based in the city. On 15 March 2003, Suwon City Football Club was officially formed. The club appointed Kim Chang-kyum as their manager and joined the semi-professional Korea National League, which was then called the K2 League. They won their first trophy in 2004 by winning the Korean President's Cup National Football Tournament. Slowly, they rose to strong contenders in the Korea National League as they reached the play-off on four occasions between 2005 and 2009, although they failed to lift the trophy on all four occasions. Finally, ...
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings
The Suwon Samsung Bluewings () are a South Korean Association football, football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the K League on four occasions (1998 K League, 1998, 1999 K League, 1999, 2004 K League, 2004 and 2008 K League, 2008), as well as the Asian Club Championship twice, in 2000–01 Asian Club Championship, 2000–01 and 2001–02 Asian Club Championship, 2001–02. History The club was formally founded on 15 December 1995 by Samsung Electronics, becoming the ninth member of the K League from the K-League 1996, 1996 season. It was also the first club to be founded in one specific city, a plan which led to the K-League initiating plans to encourage its other clubs to forge similar links with local communities. Former South Korea national football team, South Korean national team manager Kim Ho took charge of the side from their first season in the K-League, and the te ...
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Incheon United
Incheon United FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in 2003, the club is a so-called "community club", with the government of the city of Incheon being its key shareholder. The club's home stadium is the Incheon Football Stadium. History Formation Officially founded at the end of the 2003 season, the move to create a professional football club in Incheon had come about in part by the construction of the Incheon Munhak Stadium for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Mayor of Incheon Ahn Sang-soo began the process of creating a new club in earnest in June 2003 with the official founding of Incheon FC. German Werner Lorant was appointed as manager in September of that year, assisted by Chang Woe-ryong and Kim Si-seok. A public share issue was launched and ran from October to November 2003 and in December, the name ''Incheon United'' was adopted. Sponsorship contracts worth a ...
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Gangneung Stadium
The Gangneung Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Gangneung, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for football (American English: soccer) matches. The stadium has a capacity of 22,333 spectators and was opened in 1984. It is the home ground of Gangneung City FC and Gangwon FC (since 2009). It is located within the Gangneung Olympic Park, one of the main sites of the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko .... External links Gangneung Sports Facilities Management Center World Stadiums Football venues in South Korea Gangwon FC Ulsan HD FC Multi-purpose stadiums in South Korea Sports venues in Gangneung Sports venues completed in 1984 K League 2 stadiums {{SouthKorea-sports-venue-stub ...
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Chuncheon Songam Sports Town
Chuncheon Songam Sports Town is a sports complex in Chuncheon, South Korea. The former stadium was built in 1980 as '' Chuncheon Civic Stadium''. Facilities Chuncheon Songam Stadium Newly established main stadium was opened in May 2009. It is used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... matches. The stadium has a capacity for 20,000 spectators. It is home ground of Gangwon FC since June 2009. See also * Chuncheon Civic Stadium External links Chuncheon Songam Sports Town at World Stadiums Football venues in South Korea Gangwon FC Sports complexes in South Korea Buildings and structures in Chuncheon Sport in Chuncheon Sports venues in Gangwon Province, South Korea Sports venues completed in 2009 K League 1 stadiums 2009 establi ...
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Gangwon FC
Gangwon FC () is a South Korean football club based in Gangwon Province. They joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort. History Gangwon Province's governor Kim Jin-sun announced a schedule for the foundation of the 15th professional football club to participate in the K League on 28 April 2008. A committee, the "Foundation of Football Club in Gangwon Preparation Committee", was organized on 18 June 2008 to facilitate the foundation. Preparations had advanced sufficiently that by 17 November 2008, 14 players had joined Gangwon FC in a first nomination. On 20 November 2008, Gangwon FC organized its first full squad, a total of 23 players, including nine players from the 2009 K League draft. Gangwon FC was formally founded on 18 December 2008 in time to enter the 2009 edition of the K League. Gangwon FC played its first ever K League match against Jeju United on 8 March 2009, at Gangneung Stadium, winning 1–0 with a de ...
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Daegu FC
Daegu FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was relegated at the end of the 2013 season to the K League 2. They were promoted back to the top tier for the 2017 season and went on to win the 2018 Korean FA Cup, which qualified them for the 2019 AFC Champions League. The club's best season in K League 1 was in 2021, when they finished third out of twelve teams and were also runners-up in the Korean FA Cup. At the international level, they advanced to the round of 16 in the 2021 and 2022 AFC Champions League. History Foundation Daegu FC was established in 2002 as a community club (generally in South Korea, a "community-club" means that the club issues shares) based in the city of Daegu. The city is a key shareholder, and the current mayor is chairman of the club. Following their foundation, the c ...
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FC Seoul
FC Seoul () is a South Korean professional Association football, football club based in Seoul that competes in the K League 1, the top flight of Football in South Korea, South Korean football. The club is owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS Group. Since 2004, FC Seoul have played its home games at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul's Mapo District. The club was founded as Lucky-Goldstar Football Club in 1983, by the LG Corporation, Lucky-Goldstar Group, and was later renamed as LG Cheetahs in 1990. Due to the K League decentralization policy in 1996, the club was relocated to the Seoul's satellite city of Anyang, Gyeonggi, Anyang for eight years, before returning to Seoul in 2004. FC Seoul have won six List of South Korean football champions#Professional era (1983–present), K League titles, two Korean FA Cup, FA Cups, two Korean League Cup, League Cups and one Korean Super Cup, Super Cup. Internationally, the club reached the AFC Champions League final on two occasions, in ...
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