2025 K League 1

Hana 1Q
K League 1
Season	2025
	← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 24 November 2024.

The 2025 K League 1, also known as the Hana 1Q K League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the 43rd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea, and the twelfth season of the K League 1. Ulsan HD defended their title for the third consecutive year.^[1]

Teams

Team changes

FC Anyang were promoted from the 2024 K League 2 for 1st time in club history. ^[2] Incheon United was relegated to 2025 K League 2 in the club's first absence from the top flight of Korean football.^[3]

Promoted from K League 2	Relegated to K League 2
FC Anyang	Incheon United

Locations

Locations of the 2025 K League 1 teams

15km
10miles

Seoul

Anyang

Locations of the 2025 K League 1 teams in the Seoul Capital Area

The following twelve clubs are competing in the 2025 K League 1.^[4]

Team	City/Province	Abbreviation
Daegu FC	Daegu	Daegu
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Daejeon	Daejeon
FC Anyang	Anyang	Anyang
Gangwon FC	Gangwon	Gangwon
Gimcheon Sangmu	Gimcheon	Gimcheon
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	Gwangju
Jeju SK	Jeju	Jeju
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Jeonbuk	Jeonbuk
Pohang Steelers	Pohang	Pohang
FC Seoul	Seoul	Seoul
Suwon FC	Suwon	Suwon FC
Ulsan HD	Ulsan	Ulsan

Stadiums

Daegu FC	Daejeon Hana Citizen	Gangwon FC
DGB Daegu Bank Park	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	Chuncheon Songam Leports Town	Gangneung Stadium
Capacity: 12,415	Capacity: 40,903	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 22,333

FC Anyang	Gimcheon Sangmu	Gwangju FC	Jeju SK
Anyang Stadium	Gimcheon Stadium	Gwangju Football Stadium	Jeju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 10,007	Capacity: 29,791

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Pohang Steelers	FC Seoul	Suwon FC
Jeonju World Cup Stadium	Pohang Steel Yard	Seoul World Cup Stadium	Suwon Stadium
Capacity: 42,477	Capacity: 17,443	Capacity: 66,704	Capacity: 11,808

Ulsan HD
Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 44,102

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor	Other sponsor(s)
Daegu FC	Park Chang-hyun	Goal Studio	iM Bank	List Front: None Back: Daegu Haany University, Daeguro Sleeves: Powerful Daegu Shorts: None
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Hwang Sun-hong	Puma	Hana Bank	List Front: Hana Capital Back: Hana Securities, Hana Card, Hana Life Sleeves: Hana Savings Bank, CNCITY Energy, Gyeryong Construction, Hana Insurance, Daejeon First-Class Economic City Shorts: None
FC Anyang	Ryu Byeong-hoon	Osang Healthcare	V-EXX	List Front: All Ways Incheon, Ddangyo, Shinhan Bank Back: None Sleeves: 2025 APEC Incheon, Incheon Shorts: None
Gangwon FC	Chung Kyung-ho	Fila	High1 Resort	List Front: None Back: Gangwon Hanwoo Sleeves: Kangwon Land, Gangwon State Shorts: None
Gimcheon Sangmu	Chung Jung-yong	Kelme	Happy Gimcheon	List Front: Nonghyup Bank Back: Neo Tech, DGB Financial Group, North Gyeongsang Province Sleeves: Aju Steel, Shine Muscat, Gimcheon Shorts: None
Gwangju FC	Lee Jung-hyo	Kelme	Kwangju Bank	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: Parangsae Eye Clinic, Gwangju City Shorts: Namhai Honnête
Jeju SK	Kim Hak-bum	Fila	SK Energy	List Front: Jeju, SK Muffin Back: Jeju Samdasoo Sleeves: EnClean Solux Plus+, Only Jeju Shorts: None
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Kim Do-heon	Adidas	Hyundai N	List Front: Hyundai Motors Back: Hyundai N, Hyundai Motors/Kumho Tire Sleeves: Jeonbuk State, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N/Hyundai Avante N Shorts: None
Pohang Steelers	Park Tae-ha	Puma	POSCO	List Front: Pohang, POSCO (away) Back: Lashevan, POSCO E&C Sleeves: Pohang Shorts: None
FC Seoul	Kim Gi-dong	Pro-Specs	Xi (home) GS Caltex (away)	List Front: TMON Back: Shinhan SOL Pay, GS Caltex Sleeves: KEF, Seoul My Soul, GS25 Shorts: None
Suwon FC	Kim Eun-jung	Hummel	Suwon Special City	List Front: None Back: Industrial Bank of Korea Sleeves: Kiko Luggage, Suwon Special City Shorts: None
Ulsan HD	Kim Pan-gon	Adidas	HD Hyundai	List Front: Ulsan, the city of dreams, Ulsan, the corporate city Back: HD Hyundai Oilbank Kazen Sleeves: BNK Kyongnam Bank, Develon, Ulsan Shorts: None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Gangwon FC	Yoon Jong-hwan	End of Contract	30 November 2024	Pre-season	Chung Kyung-ho	6 December 2024

Foreign players

The number of allowed foreign players was kept strictly to six per team but could field at most five foreign players at any given time.^[5]

As a military-owned team, Gimcheon Sangmu are not allowed to sign any foreign players.

North Korean player An Byong-jun, who played for Suwon FC, was deemed as a native player by South Korean nationality law.

Players in bold were registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Daegu FC	Caio Marcelo	Césinha	Edgar	Lucas Barcellos	Kyohei Yoshino
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Aaron Calver	Anton Kryvotsyuk	Kelvin	Victor Bobsin	Masatoshi Ishida	Vladislavs Gutkovskis
FC Anyang	Matheus Oliveira	Nicolas Careca	Yago César
Gangwon FC	Irfan Hadžić	Vitor Gabriel	Marko Tući
Gwangju FC	Jasir Asani	Alexandar Popovic	Bruno Oliveira	Gabriel Tigrão	João Magno	Beka Mikeltadze
Jeju SK	Italo	Jefferson Galego	Reis	Yuri
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Andrigo	Hernandes Rodrigues	Tiago Orobó	Nana Boateng
Pohang Steelers	Jonathan Aspropotamitis	Jorge Luiz	Oberdan	Wanderson
FC Seoul	Lucas Rodrigues	Willyan	Jesse Lingard	Stanislav Iljutcenko	Yazan Al-Arab
Suwon FC	Eljon Sota	Lachlan Jackson	Anderson Oliveira	Pratama Arhan
Ulsan HD	Matheus Sales	Yago Cariello	Giorgi Arabidze	Ataru Esaka	Darijan Bojanić	Gustav Ludwigson

^ Left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

Positions by matchday

  Leaders, qualification for Champions League Elite league stage
  Qualification for Champions League Elite play-off round
  Qualification for Champions League Two group stage
  Qualification for relegation play-offs
  Relegation to K League 2

Round 1–33

Team ╲ Round
Team ╲ Round

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: K League

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Relegation play-offs

The tenth-placed team and the eleventh-placed team will play against the play-off winners and the runners-up of the K League 2, respectively, in the relegation play-offs.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player^[6]	Team	Goals

Top assist providers

Rank	Player^[6]	Team	Assists

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.

References

^ "Defending champions to take on runners-up to kick off 2023 K League football season". Yonhap News Agency. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "FC Anyang promoted to top football league for 1st time in club history".
^ "Incheon United relegated to K League 2 for 1st time". 11 November 2024.
^ "기록" [Records]. K League. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Paik, Ji-hwan (6 December 2023). "K League to relax Asian quota in 2025, count 'homegrown' foreign players as Korean". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "K LEAGUE / Record".

External links

[6] Left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

[1] "Defending champions to take on runners-up to kick off 2023 K League football season". Yonhap News Agency. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[2] "FC Anyang promoted to top football league for 1st time in club history".

[3] "Incheon United relegated to K League 2 for 1st time". 11 November 2024.

[4] "기록" [Records]. K League. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[5] Paik, Ji-hwan (6 December 2023). "K League to relax Asian quota in 2025, count 'homegrown' foreign players as Korean". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[Record-7] "K LEAGUE / Record".

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