2020 K League 1

Ulsan Hyundai
Longest winless run	15 matches ; Incheon United
Longest losing run	8 matches ; Incheon United
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The 2020 K League 1 was the 38th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea, and the eighth season of the K League 1. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won their eighth title, becoming the most successful K League club which had the most titles.^[1]

The regular season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and to end on 4 October,^[2] but was postponed until 8 May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]^[4]^[5]

On 24 April 2020, the K League Federation confirmed that they would adopt a modified plan for the season, reducing the number of matchdays to 27 including five matchdays of each divided final league.

Sangju Sangmu and the lowest-placed team at the end of the season were relegated to the K League 2 for the 2021 season.^[6]

In this season, one additional spot for players from ASEAN countries was added regardless of the "3+1" foreign players rule.^[7]^[8]

Teams

Team changes

Relegated to K League 2

Gyeongnam FC
Jeju United

Promoted from K League 2

Locations

Ulsan

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Locations of the 2020 K League 1 teams^[9]

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Team	City/Province
Busan IPark	Busan
Daegu FC	Daegu
Gangwon FC	Gangwon
Gwangju FC	Gwangju
Incheon United	Incheon
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Jeonbuk
Pohang Steelers	Pohang
Sangju Sangmu	Sangju
Seongnam FC	Seongnam
FC Seoul	Seoul
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Suwon
Ulsan Hyundai	Ulsan

Busan IPark	Daegu FC	Incheon United
Busan Gudeok Stadium	DGB Daegu Bank Park	Incheon Football Stadium
Capacity: 12,349	Capacity: 12,415	Capacity: 20,891

Pohang Steelers	Sangju Sangmu	Seongnam FC
Pohang Steel Yard	Sangju Civic Stadium	Tancheon Stadium
Capacity: 17,443	Capacity: 15,042	Capacity: 16,146

FC Seoul	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Ulsan Hyundai
Seoul World Cup Stadium	Suwon World Cup Stadium	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 66,704	Capacity: 44,031	Capacity: 44,102

Gwangju FC	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Gwangju Football Stadium	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 40,245	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 42,477

Gangwon FC
Chuncheon Songam Leports Town	Gangneung Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 22,333

Team	Manager	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer	Other sponsor(s)
Busan IPark	Lee Ki-hyung (caretaker)	Hyundai Development Company	Adidas
Daegu FC	Lee Byung-keun (caretaker)	Daegu Government	Forward	DGB Daegu Bank AJIN Industrial Co., Ltd.
Gangwon FC	Kim Byung-soo	Gangwon Provincial Government	Applerind	Kangwon Land
Gwangju FC	Park Jin-sub	Gwangju Government	Kelme
Incheon United	Jo Sung-hwan	Incheon Government	Macron	Shinhan Bank Incheon International Airport
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	José Morais	Hyundai Motor Company	Hummel
Pohang Steelers	Kim Gi-dong	POSCO	Astore	Pohang Government
Sangju Sangmu	Kim Tae-wan	Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps	Kelme
Seongnam FC	Kim Nam-il	Seongnam Government	Umbro
FC Seoul	Park Hyuk-soon (caretaker)	GS Group	Le Coq Sportif
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Park Kun-ha	Cheil Worldwide	Puma	Samsung Electronics
Ulsan Hyundai	Kim Do-hoon	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Hummel	Hyundai Oil Bank

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former player(s)
Busan IPark	Vintecinco	Rômulo		Dostonbek Tursunov	Reis
Daegu FC	Césinha	Edgar	Dejan Damjanović	Tsubasa Nishi
Gangwon FC				Takahiro Nakazato
Gwangju FC	Felipe	Willyan	Marco Ureña	Rustam Ashurmatov
Incheon United	Stefan Mugoša	Elías Aguilar	Gustavo	Rashid Mahazi	Lanre Kehinde Gordan Bunoza
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Murilo	Modou Barrow	Gustavo	Takahiro Kunimoto	Lars Veldwijk
Pohang Steelers	Manuel Palacios	Stanislav Iljutcenko	Aleksandar Paločević		Brandon O’Neill
Seongnam FC	Igor Jovanović	Tomislav Kiš		Jamshid Iskanderov
FC Seoul	Adriano	Osmar		Ikromjon Alibaev	Aleksandar Pešić
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Doneil Henry	Terry Antonis		Adam Taggart	Sulejman Krpić
Ulsan Hyundai	Júnior Negrão	Dave Bulthuis	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	Jason Davidson

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)	27	19	3	5	46	21	+25	60	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Ulsan Hyundai	27	17	6	4	54	23	+31	57
3	Pohang Steelers	27	15	5	7	56	35	+21	50
4	Sangju Sangmu^[b] (R)	27	13	5	9	34	36	−2	44	Relegation to K League 2
5	Daegu FC	27	10	8	9	43	39	+4	38	Qualification for Champions League group stage
6	Gwangju FC	27	6	7	14	32	46	−14	25

7	Gangwon FC	27	9	7	11	36	41	−5	34
8	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	27	8	7	12	27	30	−3	31
9	FC Seoul	27	8	5	14	23	44	−21	29
10	Seongnam FC	27	7	7	13	24	37	−13	28
11	Incheon United	27	7	6	14	25	35	−10	27
12	Busan IPark (R)	27	5	10	12	25	38	−13	25	Relegation to K League 2

2020 K League 1

Teams

Team changes

Locations

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Foreign players

League table

Positions by matchday

Round 1–22

Round 23–27

Results

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–27

Final A

Final B

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assist providers

Awards

Weekly awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Attendance

See also

References

External links

Home \ Away	BSI	DGU	GWN	GJU	ICU	JHM	PHS	SJS	SFC	SEO	SSB	USH
Busan IPark	—	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2
Daegu FC	3–0	—	2–1	4–6	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	6–0	3–1	1–3
Gangwon FC	2–4	0–0	—	4–1	2–3	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–3
Gwangju FC	3–1	2–4	2–2	—	2–1	3–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1
Incheon United	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	—	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1
Pohang Steelers	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	4–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–4
Sangju Sangmu	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–4	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–5
Seongnam FC	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–4	0–1	—	1–2	0–2	1–2
FC Seoul	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–3	2–1	0–1	—	2–1	0–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–3	—	2–3
Ulsan Hyundai	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	—

Position	Best XI
Goalkeeper	Ulsan )
Defenders	Ulsan )	Sangju )	Hong Jeong-ho (Jeonbuk)	Sangju, Pohang )
Midfielders	Aleksandar Paločević (Pohang)	Cesinha (Daegu)	Son Jun-ho (Jeonbuk)	Han Kyo-won (Jeonbuk)
Forwards	Stanislav Iljutcenko (Pohang)		Ulsan )

Pos	Team	Total	High	Average	Change
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	16,808	10,535	1,200	−91.4%^†
2	Ulsan Hyundai	16,352	6,973	1,168	−87.9%^†
3	FC Seoul	13,047	5,485	931	−91.9%^†
4	Daegu FC	7,265	3,030	558	−94.8%^†
5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	7,072	2,912	544	−93.8%^†
6	Incheon United	6,849	3,428	526	−93.8%^†
7	Pohang Steelers	6,996	3,280	499	−94.1%^†
8	Seongnam FC	5,066	1,655	361	−93.5%^†
9	Gangwon FC	2,978	1,967	212	−92.6%^†
10	Gwangju FC	1,711	860	131	−95.8%^†
11	Busan IPark	1,416	830	108	−97.4%^†
12	Sangju Sangmu	1,080	666	83	−96.5%^†
	League total	86,640	10,535	534	−93.3%^†