The 2024 K League 1, also known as the Hana Bank K League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the 42nd 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 second consecutive year.
Teams Team changes Gimcheon Sangmu were promoted from the 2023 K League 2 after a one-year absence from the top flight. Suwon Samsung Bluewings were relegated to 2024 K League 2 in the club's first absence from the top flight of Korean football.
Promoted from K League 2 Relegated to K League 2 Gimcheon Sangmu Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Locations
The following twelve clubs are competing in the 2024 K League 1. Team City/ProvinceAbbreviation Daegu FC Daegu Daegu Daejeon Hana Citizen Daejeon Daejeon Gangwon FC Gangwon Gangwon Gimcheon Sangmu GimcheonGimcheon Gwangju FC Gwangju Gwangju Incheon United Incheon Incheon Jeju United 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 Gimcheon Sangmu DGB Daegu Bank Park Daejeon World Cup Stadium Gimcheon Stadium Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 40,903 Capacity: 25,000 Gangwon FC Gwangju FC Chuncheon Songam Leports Town Gangneung Stadium Gwangju Football Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 22,333 Capacity: 10,007 Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 29,791 Capacity: 42,477 Pohang Steelers FC Seoul Suwon FC Pohang Steel Yard Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon Stadium 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 Daejeon Hana Citizen Hwang Sun-hongPumaHana Bank Gangwon FC Yoon Jong-hwan Fila High1 Resort Gimcheon Sangmu Chung Jung-yong Kelme Happy Gimcheon Gwangju FC Lee Jung-hyo Kelme Kwangju Bank Incheon United Choi Yung-keun Macron IFEZ Jeju United Kim Hak-bumFilaSK Energy Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Kim Do-heon Adidas Hyundai N Pohang Steelers Park Tae-ha Puma POSCO FC Seoul Kim Gi-dong Pro-Specs Xi (home)GS Caltex (away) Suwon FC Kim Eun-jungHummelSuwon Special City Ulsan HD Kim Pan-gon Adidas HD Hyundai
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableReplaced byDate of appointment Jeju United Jung Jo-gook (caretaker) End of interim spell 5 December 2023 Pre-season Kim Hak-bum 5 December 2023 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Dan Petrescu Mutual consent 6 April 2024 12th Kim Do-heon 27 May 2024 Daegu FC Choi Won-kwon Resigned 19 April 2024 11th Park Chang-hyun 23 April 2024 Daejeon Hana Citizen Lee Min-sung Resigned 21 May 2024 12th Hwang Sun-hong 3 June 2024 Incheon United Jo Sung-hwan Mutual consent 6 July 2024 9th Choi Yung-keun 1 August 2024 Ulsan HD Hong Myung-bo Signed by South Korea 11 July 2024 3rd Kim Pan-gon 28 July 2024
Foreign players The number of allowed foreign players was kept strictly to six per team, including a guaranteed slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries. Teams could field at most five foreign players at any given time, including at least one player from the AFC confederation.
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 AFC player Former player(s) Daegu FC Caio Marcelo Césinha Edgar Ítalo Lucas Barcellos Kyohei Yoshino Victor Bobsin Daejeon Hana Citizen Aaron Calver Anton Kryvotsyuk Kelvin Victor Bobsin Vladislavs Gutkovskis Masatoshi Ishida Farley Rosa Leandro Ribeiro Peniel Mlapa Gangwon FC Irfan Hadžić Vitor Gabriel Franko Kovačević Marko Tući Henry Hore Jefferson Galego Welinton Júnior Yago Cariello Yuta Kamiya Gwangju FC Jasir Asani Bruno Oliveira Gabriel Tigrão João Magno Beka Mikeltadze Alexandar Popovic Incheon United Matej Jonjić Paul-José M'Poku Gerso Fernandes Stefan Mugoša Harrison Delbridge Jeju United Italo Jefferson Galego Reis Yuri Kaina Yoshio Tales Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Andrigo Hernandes Rodrigues Tiago Orobó Nana Boateng Marcus Vinícius Tomáš Petrášek Pohang Steelers Jorge Teixeira Oberdan Wanderson Jonathan Aspropotamitis FC Seoul Lucas Rodrigues Willyan Jesse Lingard Ronaldo Tavares Stanislav Iljutcenko Yazan Al-Arab Rebin Sulaka Takuya Shigehiro Aleksandar Paločević Suwon FC Eljon Sota Lachlan Jackson Anderson Oliveira Pratama Arhan Matheus Trindade Josepablo Monreal Ulsan HD Matheus Sales Yago Cariello Giorgi Arabidze Darijan Bojanić Gustav Ludwigson Ataru Esaka Kelvin Martin Ádám
League table
Positions by matchday
Round 1–33
Round 34–38
Results Matches 1–22 Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away.
Matches 23–33 Teams played each other once, either at home or away.
Matches 34–38 Teams played each other once, either at home or away.
Final A
Final B
Relegation play-offs The tenth-placed team and the eleventh-placed team played the play-off winners and the runners-up of the K League 2, respectively, in the relegation play-offs.
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 RankPlayerTeamGoals 1 Stefan MugošaIncheon United 15 2 Stanislav IljutcenkoFC Seoul 14 3 Yago CarielloGangwon FCUlsan HD 13 Lee Sang-heonGangwon FC 5 Lee Dong-gyeongUlsan HDGimcheon Sangmu 12 Lee Seung-wooSuwon FCJeonbuk Hyundai Motors Yang Min-hyeokGangwon FC 8 CesinhaDaegu FC 11 Jeong Seung-wonSuwon FC 10 Joo Min-kyuUlsan HD 10
Top assist providers RankPlayerTeamAssists 1 Anderson OliveiraSuwon FC 13 2 Kim Dae-wonGimcheon Sangmu 8 CesinhaDaegu FC 4 Hwang Mun-kiGangwon FC 7 5 Lee Dong-gyeongUlsan HDGimcheon Sangmu 6 Song Min-kyuJeonbuk Hyundai Motors Lee Seung-wooSuwon FCJeonbuk Hyundai Motors Lee Sang-heonGangwon FC Jeong Seung-wonSuwon FC Yang Min-hyeokGangwon FC
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstResultDate Yago CarielloGangwon FCIncheon United4–121 April 2024 Jeong Jae-heePohang SteelersGangwon FC4–21 May 2024
Awards Weekly awards
RoundPlayer of the RoundPlayerClub1 Gabriel TigrãoGwangju FC2 Lee Dong-gyeongUlsan HD3 Ki Sung-yuengFC Seoul4 Lee Joong-minGimcheon Sangmu5 Stanislav IljutcenkoFC Seoul6 Jung Chi-inGimcheon Sangmu7 Joo Min-kyuUlsan HD8 Yago CarielloGangwon FC9 Lee Dong-gyeongUlsan HD10 Jeong Jae-heePohang Steelers11 Jo Hyeon-wooUlsan HD12 CesinhaDaegu FC13 Kim Tae-hyunGimcheon Sangmu14 Gustav LudwigsonUlsan HD15 Kim Dong-junJeju United16 Anderson OliveiraSuwon FC17 Lee Sang-heonGangwon FC18 CesinhaDaegu FC19 Darijan BojanićUlsan HD
RoundPlayer of the RoundPlayerClub20 Han Seung-gyuFC Seoul21 Seo Jin-suJeju United22 OberdanPohang Steelers23 Maeng Seong-ungGimcheon Sangmu24 Yang Min-hyeokGangwon FC25 Kim Kyung-minGangwon FC26 Lee Sang-heonGangwon FC27 CesinhaDaegu FC28 Anderson OliveiraSuwon FC29 Lee Chang-geunDaejeon Hana Citizen30 AndrigoJeonbuk Hyundai Motors31 Jorge TeixeiraPohang Steelers32 Jo Hyeon-wooUlsan HD33 Lee Sang-heonGangwon FC34 Kim Jun-beomDaejeon Hana Citizen35 Stefan MugošaIncheon United36 Joo Min-kyuUlsan HD37 Kwon Chang-hoonJeonbuk Hyundai Motors38 Cho Young-wookFC Seoul
Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthYoung Player of the MonthGoal of the MonthPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayer ClubMarch Lee Dong-gyeongUlsan Park Seung-hoIncheon Lee Seung-wooSuwon FCApril Lee Dong-gyeongUlsan Yang Min-hyeokGangwon Jeon Byung-kwanJeonbukMay Lee Seung-wooSuwon FC Yang Min-hyeokGangwon Jang Seong-wonDaeguJune Anderson OliveiraSuwon FC Yang Min-hyeokGangwon CesinhaDaeguJuly Yang Min-hyeokGangwon Yang Min-hyeokGangwon Yang Min-hyeokGangwonAugust Anderson OliveiraSuwon FC Hwang Jae-wonDaegu Kim Jae-wooDaejeonSeptember CesinhaDaegu Kim Geon-heeIncheon Kim Jin-gyuJeonbukOctober Ko Seung-beomUlsan Yang Min-hyeokGangwon WandersonPohang
MonthManager of the MonthSave of the MonthManagerClubPlayer ClubMarch Park Tae-haPohang1 Jo Hyeon-wooUlsanApril Yeom Ki-hunSuwon2 Jo Hyeon-wooUlsanMay Yoon Jong-hwanGangwon1 Jeong Min-kiJeonbukJune Chung Jung-yongGimcheon1 Kim Dong-junJejuJuly Yoon Jong-hwanGangwon1 Kim Jeong-hoonJeonbukAugust Kim Gi-dongSeoul1 Kang Hyeon-muSeoulSeptember Kim Hyun-seokChungnam Asan2 Kang Hyeon-muSeoulOctober Yoon Jong-hwanGangwon1 Kang Hyeon-muSeoul
Annual awards The 2024 K League Awards was held on 29 November 2024.
AwardWinnerClubMost Valuable Player Jo Hyeon-wooUlsan HDYoung Player of the Year Yang Min-hyeokGangwon FCTop goalscorer Stefan MugošaIncheon UnitedTop assist provider Anderson OliveiraSuwon FCManager of the Year Yoon Jong-hwanGangwon FC
PositionBest XIGoalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan)Defenders Hwang Mun-ki (Gangwon) Kim Kee-hee (Ulsan) Park Seung-wook (Gimcheon) Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan)Midfielders Yang Min-hyeok (Gangwon) Oberdan (Pohang) Ko Seung-beom (Ulsan) Anderson Oliveira (Suwon FC)Forwards Lee Sang-heon (Gangwon) Lee Dong-gyeong (Ulsan, Gimcheon)
Attendance
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
See also 2024 in South Korean football 2024 Korean FA Cup 2024 K League 2
References
External links 2024 K League Technical Report (Archived)