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, the second-highest division in

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Teams

Team changes

As the 2023 K League 2 champions,

Gimcheon Sangmu Gimcheon Sangmu Football Club () is a South Korean professional football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Sangmu is the sports division of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. Sangmu' ...

were promoted to the

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were relegated from the K League 1 for the first time in the club's history.

Locations

The following thirteen teams participated in the 2024 K League 2.

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Foreign players

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n player An Byong-jun, who played for

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, was deemed as a native player by

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League table

Positions by matchday

Results

Matches 1–24

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

Matches 25–36

Teams played each other once, either at home or away.

Promotion play-offs

The first round was contested between the fourth and fifth-placed teams of the regular season at the home stadium of the fourth-placed team, and its winners played the third-placed team in the second round. When the first and second round matches were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and penalty shoot-outs. The winners of the second round, and the league runners-up competed with the tenth and eleventh-placed teams of the

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, respectively, in the final round. Each of the finals was a

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, with the winners securing the final spots in the

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Bracket

First round

Second round

Final round

''Daegu FC won 6–5 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.'' ---- ''Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 4–2 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.''

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assist providers

Awards

Weekly awards

Annual awards

The 2024 K League Awards was held on 29 November 2024.

Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.

References

External links

Official K League website

2024 K League Technical ReportArchived
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