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.

Hana 1Q
K League 1
Season2022
Dates19 February – 29 October 2022
ChampionsUlsan Hyundai
(3rd title)
RelegatedGimcheon Sangmu
Seongnam FC
Champions LeagueUlsan Hyundai
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Pohang Steelers
Incheon United
Matches played228
Best PlayerLee Chung-yong
Top goalscorerCho Gue-sung
Joo Min-kyu
(17 goals each)
2021
2023

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

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Team changes

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Relegated to K League 2

Promoted from K League 2

Locations

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The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2022 season.[1]

Team City/Province Abbreviation
Daegu FC Daegu Daegu
Gangwon FC Gangwon Gangwon
Gimcheon Sangmu Gimcheon Gimcheon
Incheon United Incheon Incheon
Jeju United Jeju Jeju
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Jeonbuk
Pohang Steelers Pohang Pohang
Seongnam FC Seongnam Seongnam
FC Seoul Seoul Seoul
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon FC
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon Suwon
Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Ulsan

Stadiums

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Jeju United Daegu FC Incheon United
Jeju World Cup Stadium DGB Daegu Bank Park Incheon Football Stadium
Capacity: 29,791 Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 20,891
     
Pohang Steelers Suwon FC Seongnam FC
Pohang Steel Yard Suwon Stadium Tancheon Stadium
Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 11,808 Capacity: 16,146
     
FC Seoul Ulsan Hyundai Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Seoul World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 44,102 Capacity: 44,031
     
Gimcheon Sangmu Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Gimcheon Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 42,477
 
Gangwon FC
Chuncheon Songam Leports Town Gangneung Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 22,333
 

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Main sponsor Kit manufacturer Other sponsor(s)
Daegu FC   Choi Won-kwon (caretaker) Daegu Government Goal Studio DGB Daegu Bank
AJIN Industrial Co., Ltd.
Gangwon FC   Choi Yong-soo Gangwon Provincial Government Fila Kangwon Land
Gimcheon Sangmu   Kim Tae-wan Republic of Korea Armed Forces
Gimcheon Government
Kelme
Incheon United   Jo Sung-hwan Incheon Government Macron Shinhan Bank
Incheon International Airport
Jeju United   Nam Ki-il SK Energy Fila
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Kim Sang-sik Hyundai Motor Company Adidas
Pohang Steelers   Kim Gi-dong POSCO Puma Pohang Government
Seongnam FC   Chung Kyung-ho (caretaker) Seongnam Government Umbro
FC Seoul   An Ik-soo GS Group Pro-Specs
Suwon Samsung Bluewings   Lee Byung-keun Cheil Worldwide Puma Samsung Electronics
Suwon FC   Kim Do-kyun Suwon Government Hummel
Ulsan Hyundai   Hong Myung-bo Hyundai Heavy Industries Adidas Hyundai Oil Bank

Foreign players

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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 foreign players on the field each game, including at least one player from the AFC confederation.

North Korean player An Byong-jun was deemed as a native player in K League by South Korean law and passport.

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

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player ASEAN player[a] Former player(s)
Daegu FC   Césinha   Zeca   Daniel Penha   Keita Suzuki   Edgar
  Lamas
Gangwon FC   Kevin Höög Jansson   Balša Sekulić   Galego   Dino Islamović
  Momchil Tsvetanov
  Yuki Kobayashi
Incheon United   Elías Aguilar   Hernandes   Harrison Delbridge   Stefan Mugoša
Jeju United   Gerso Fernandes   Jonathan Ring   Oskar Zawada
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Modou Barrow   Gustavo   Stanislav Iljutcenko
  Takahiro Kunimoto
Pohang Steelers   Wanderson   Alex Grant   Manuel Palacios
  Moses Ogbu
Seongnam FC   Fejsal Mulić   Manuel Palacios   Miloš Raičković
FC Seoul   Osmar   Aleksandar Paločević   Stanislav Iljutcenko   Keijiro Ogawa   Ricardo Silva
  Ben Halloran
Suwon Samsung Bluewings   Dave Bulthuis   Elvis Sarić   An Byong-jun[b]   Manabu Saitō   Sebastian Grønning
Suwon FC   Lars Veldwijk   Murilo   Urho Nissilä   Lachlan Jackson
Ulsan Hyundai   Valeri Qazaishvili   Leonardo   Martin Ádám   Jun Amano   Márk Koszta
  1. ^ Did not exist in the regulation of AFC.
  2. ^ Deemed as a native player in K League.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Ulsan Hyundai (C) 38 22 10 6 57 33 +24 76 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 38 21 10 7 56 36 +20 73
3 Pohang Steelers 38 16 12 10 52 41 +11 60
4 Incheon United 38 13 15 10 46 42 +4 54 Qualification for Champions League play-off round
5 Jeju United 38 14 10 14 52 50 +2 52
6 Gangwon FC 38 14 7 17 50 52 −2 49
7 Suwon FC 38 13 9 16 56 63 −7 48
8 Daegu FC 38 10 16 12 52 59 −7 46
9 FC Seoul 38 11 13 14 43 47 −4 46
10 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (O) 38 11 11 16 44 49 −5 44 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Gimcheon Sangmu (R) 38 8 14 16 45 48 −3 38
12 Seongnam FC (R) 38 7 9 22 37 70 −33 30 Relegation to K League 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups, the top six and the bottom six.

Positions by matchday

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  Leaders
  Qualification for Champions League group stage
  Qualification for Champions League play-off round
  Qualification for relegation play-offs
  Relegation to K League 2

Round 1–33

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
Ulsan Hyundai631111111111111111111111111111111
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors45791111864655323322222222222222222
Pohang Steelers173224433324545455333333333333333
Incheon United452532222243454544555555454444444
Jeju United12109743355432232233444444545555555
Gangwon FC236475778910111010101111109108787778767676
Suwon FC811121210899779101111111088866666666676767
FC Seoul214681011108876677677789978887888888
Daegu FC1098106768101188966766677899991010111111109
Gimcheon Sangmu62535554656779999910910101011101111111010101110
Suwon Samsung Bluewings88108891011111011988881011111111111110111099999911
Seongnam FC101211111212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Source: K League

Round 34–38

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Source: K League

Results

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Matches 1–22

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

Home \ Away DGU GWN GCS ICU JJU JHM PHS SNM SEL SSB SWN USH
Daegu FC 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–1
Gangwon FC 2–0 3–2 0–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–3
Gimcheon Sangmu 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–2
Incheon United 2–2 4–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1
Jeju United 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 3–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Pohang Steelers 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0
Seongnam FC 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–4 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–2
FC Seoul 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
Suwon FC 4–3 2–4 3–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–4 4–3 3–0 1–2
Ulsan Hyundai 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

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

Home \ Away DGU GWN GCS ICU JJU JHM PHS SNM SEL SSB SWN USH
Daegu FC 0–0 2–3 0–5 1–0 3–0 1–2
Gangwon FC 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–3
Gimcheon Sangmu 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–2
Incheon United 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Jeju United 2–2 0–1 5–0 1–2 1–2 1–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1
Pohang Steelers 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–2
Seongnam FC 0–4 1–4 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
FC Seoul 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–3 0–0 3–3 2–3 0–2 4–1
Suwon FC 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–2
Ulsan Hyundai 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

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

Relegation play-offs

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Anyang 1–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Daejeon Hana Citizen 6–1 Gimcheon Sangmu 2–1 4–0
FC Anyang0–0Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Report
Attendance: 4,863
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok
Suwon Samsung Bluewings2–1 (a.e.t.)FC Anyang
Report Acosty   55'
Attendance: 12,842
Referee: Lee Dong-jun

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.


Daejeon Hana Citizen2–1Gimcheon Sangmu
Report Mun Ji-hwan   22'
Attendance: 8,545
Referee: Lee Dong-jun
Gimcheon Sangmu0–4Daejeon Hana Citizen
Report
Attendance: 2,918
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

Daejeon Hana Citizen won 6–1 on aggregate and was promoted to K League 1, while Gimcheon Sangmu was relegated to K League 2.

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Cho Gue-sung, who appeared in less matches than Joo Min-kyu, won the top goalscorer award.[2]

Rank Player[3] Club Goals
1   Cho Gue-sung Gimcheon Sangmu
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
17
  Joo Min-kyu Jeju United
3   Stefan Mugoša Incheon United 14
  Lee Seung-woo Suwon FC
5   Modou Barrow Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13
  Go Jae-hyeon Daegu FC
  Oh Hyeon-gyu Suwon Samsung Bluewings
8   Césinha Daegu FC 12
  Um Won-sang Ulsan Hyundai
  Kim Dae-won Gangwon FC

Top assist providers

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Rank Player[3] Club Assists
1   Lee Ki-je Suwon Samsung Bluewings 14
2   Kim Dae-won Gangwon FC 13
3   Sin Jin-ho Pohang Steelers 10
4   Zeca Daegu FC 7
  Lars Veldwijk Suwon FC
  Joo Min-kyu Jeju United
  Gerso Fernandes Jeju United
  Lee Yeong-jae Gimcheon Sangmu
  Cho Young-wook FC Seoul
10   Modou Barrow Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6
  Césinha Daegu FC
  Um Won-sang Ulsan Hyundai

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Joo Min-kyu Jeju United Gimcheon Sangmu 3–1 8 May 2022
  Stefan Mugoša Incheon United Gangwon FC 4–1 22 June 2022

Awards

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Weekly awards

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Monthly Awards

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Month Player of the Month Young Player of the Month Manager of the Month
Player Club Player Club Manager Club Div.
February/March   Stefan Mugoša Incheon   Jeon Seong-soo Seongnam   Hong Myung-bo Ulsan 1
April   Stefan Mugoša Incheon   Yang Hyun-jun Gangwon   Lee Jung-hyo Gwangju 2
May   Cesinha Daegu   Hwang Jae-won Daegu   Nam Ki-il Jeju 1
June   Lee Seung-woo Suwon FC   Yang Hyun-jun Gangwon   Kim Do-kyun Suwon FC 1
July   Gustavo Jeonbuk   Yang Hyun-jun Gangwon   Kim Sang-sik Jeonbuk 1
August   Hernandes Incheon   Kim Jin-ho Gangwon   Jo Sung-hwan Incheon 1
September   Modou Barrow Jeonbuk   Yang Hyun-jun Gangwon   Lee Jung-hyo Gwangju 2
October   Cesinha Daegu   Hong Si-hoo Incheon   Choi Won-kwon Daegu 1
Month Goal of the Month[a] Performance of the Month
Player Club Player Club
February   Jun Amano Ulsan
March   Cho Gue-sung Gimcheon
April   Kim Gyeong-min Gimcheon
May   Joo Min-kyu Jeju   Lee Seung-woo Suwon FC
June   Lee Seung-woo Suwon FC   Choi Young-jun Jeju
July   Yang Hyun-jun Gangwon   Yang Hyun-jun Gangwon
August   Kim Hyun Suwon FC   Jeon Jin-woo Suwon
September   Oh Hyeon-gyu Suwon   Sin Jin-ho Pohang
October   Um Won-sang Ulsan
  1. ^ Officially known as the "G Moment Award".

Annual awards

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The 2022 K League Awards was held on 24 October 2022.[4]

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player   Lee Chung-yong Ulsan Hyundai
Young Player of the Year   Yang Hyun-jun Gangwon FC
Top goalscorer   Cho Gue-sung Gimcheon Sangmu
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Top assist provider   Lee Ki-je Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Manager of the Year   Hong Myung-bo Ulsan Hyundai
Position Best XI
Goalkeeper   Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan)
Defenders   Kim Tae-hwan
(Ulsan)
  Park Jin-seop
(Jeonbuk)
  Kim Young-gwon
(Ulsan)
  Kim Jin-su
(Jeonbuk)
Midfielders   Lee Chung-yong
(Ulsan)
  Cesinha
(Daegu)
  Sin Jin-ho
(Pohang)
  Kim Dae-won
(Gangwon)
Forwards   Joo Min-kyu (Jeju)   Cho Gue-sung (Gimcheon, Jeonbuk)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "K League Official Club Profiles Page".
  2. ^ '최종전서 16·17호골' 조규성, 주민규 제치고 '역전 득점왕' (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "K League / Record". K League.
  4. ^ 울산 이청용 K리그 '최고의 별'... 홍명보는 감독상 영예 (종합). Naver (in Korean). Starnews Korea. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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