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Manager: Cho Min-gook | Captain: TBC | Nickname: Green Wolves | Est: 2017 | Mascot: Dani, Loni | Rivals: FC Anyang | Stadium: Ansan Wa~ Stadium (2007, 35,000)
Following Ansan Mugunghwa's move to Asan, the city of Ansan sought about founding a citizen team and in 2017 and, following a fan vote for the name, Ansan Greeners were born. The Greeners first-ever match was a 2-1 home victory over Daejeon Citizen on the opening day of the 2017 season. In 2019 the Green Wolves recorded their highest finish by securing fifth place and narrowly missing out on a place in the play-offs. The Greeners are part of one of the league's budding rivalries, the Line 4 Derby, with FC Anyang, named after the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line which connects the two cities. The Green Wolves became the first K League team to utilize the ASEAN Quota in 2021 by signing Indonesian star Asnawi Mangkualam who has signed on for 2022 as well. Experienced manager Cho Min-gook is at the helm this season and will be looking to get the Green Wolves in and around the playoff picture come the end of the year.
Highest K League 2 Finish: 5th (2019)
2021 Finish: 7th
Manager: Lee Woo-hyung | Captain: Baek Dong-gyu | Nickname: Violets | Est: 2013 | Mascot: Bati | Rivals: Ansan Greeners, FC Seoul | Stadium: Anyang Sports Complex (1986, 17,143)
FC Anyang are one of the founding members of K League 2 having joined what was then the K League Challenge in 2013. The Violets missed out on the playoffs in 2014 by finishing fifth which, up until 2021 was their highest ever finish. Last season, Anyang made great strides by finishing second in the able and making it to the K League 2 Promotion Final. The Gyeonggi Province club have impressed off the field too in recent seasons on account of the renovation work which was done to Anyang Civic Stadium which brings fans closer to the action with its temporary stands. After a busy transfer window, the Violets will be looking to go one better in 2022 and secure a first promotion to the top flight of Korean football.
Highest K League 2 Finish: 2nd (2021)
2021 Finish: 2nd
Manager: Lee Young-min | Captain: Cho Soo-cheol | Nickname: Hermes, Reds | Est: 2007 | Mascots: Hergun, Borayang | Rivals: Jeju United, Incheon United | Stadium: Bucheon Stadium (2008, 34,456)
Spawned following Bucheon SK's move to Jeju Island and becoming Jeju United, citizen club Bucheon FC 1995 joined K League 2 in 2013 after five years in the Challengers League, now K3. The Reds are something of a yo-yo team in terms of their final league positions over the years, finishing as high as third and as low and 10th of the last six years. The 2019 season was the second time Bucheon made it into the playoffs, the first being in 2016 when the Reds recorded their highest ever finish by clinching third place. Notoriously strong starters, Bucheon will be looking to bounce back from last season's last-place finish.
Highest K League 2 Finish: 3rd (2016)
2021 Finish: 10th
Manager: Ricardo Peres | Captain: Park Jong-woo | Nickname: Royals | Est: 1983 | Mascot: Ddukdi | Rivals: Gyeongnam FC, Ulsan Hyundai | Stadium: Busan Asiad Stadium (2001, 53,769)
As one of the founding members of the K League, Busan IPark have enjoyed a wealth of success under their former guises over the years but have had differing fortunes since the turn of the century. Having succumbed to relegation in 2015, it took four playoff attempts for the south coast side to achieve promotion in 2019, overcoming rivals Gyeongnam FC in the process. However, Busan's stay back in K League 1 lasted just a year and then looked to Portuguese coach Ricardo Peres to guide them back to the top flight. Busan have made it to the playoffs in some shape or form on no fewer than five occasions and were involved in the K League post-season every year from 2015 to 2019 but missed out last year. The team is guided by Portuguese former goalkeeping coach Ricardo Peres who once served as assistant manager to Paulo Bento.
Honours: K League 1 (1984, 1987, 1991, 1997), Playoff winners (2019), FA Cup (2004), AFC Champions League (1985-86) League Cup (1997, 1997s, 1998s), National Football Championship (1989, 1990) Afro-Asian Club Championship (1986)
2021 Finish: 5th
Manager: Park Dong-hyuk | Captain: Yoo Jun-soo | Est: 2017 | Nickname: Owls | Mascot: Bwong-bwongi Stadium: Yi Sun-sin Stadium (2008, 17,376)
Chungnam Asan, formerly Asan Mugunghwa and Ansan Mugunghwa, were the police team up until 2018 before making the transition into a citizen team. This meant that, despite winning the K League 2 title in 2018, Park Dong-hyuk and his men were not permitted to be promoted to K League 1. Park Dong-hyuk has remained in charge throughout and after a tentative first full season as a citizen club in 2020, the Owls changed their home colours to blue. Ahead of 2022, the club tied manager Park Dong-hyuk down to a new contract and so will be looking to make strides in the new campaign. The team's home stadium is named after Yi Sun-sin, who was a Korean admiral and military general in the 1500s.
Honours: K League 2 (2018)
2021 Finish: 8th
Manager: Lee Min-sung | Captain: Cho Yu-min | Nickname: Purples, Citizen | Est: 1997 | Mascot: Jaju | Rivals: Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium (2001, 40,535)
Daejeon Citizen were founded in 1997, a team for the citizens of Daejeon and owned by a consortium of local companies. When K League was decentralised, and teams didn't play at "home" stadiums as such, and teams from all around the country playing at the city's Hanbat Stadium, it was clear that the citizens of Daejeon wanted a professional football team. Thus, in 1997, Daejeon Citizen was born, a team for the citizens of Daejeon. It then became a citizen club (funded by the local government) in 2006 but the 2020 season was the start of a new era for Daejeon following a takeover from Hana Financial Group, with "Hana" added to the team's name. Daejeon suffered relegation in 2013 and 2015, with a 2014 K League Challenge (second division) title in the middle and have remained in K League 2 ever since. The Purples have reached the playoffs in each of the last two seasons and, after a strong transfer window, will be gunning for automatic promotion in 2022. Daejeon are one of only two second-division sides to play in one of the World Cup Stadiums. Daejeon World Cup Stadium is where South Korea beat Italy in the 2002 World Cup Round of 16.
Honours: K League 2 (2014), FA Cup (2001)
Highest K League 1 Finish: 6th (2003, 2007)
2021 Finish: 3rd (Playoff Finalists)
Manager: Ko Jeong-woon | Captain: TBC | Est: 2013 | Stadium: Gimpo Solteo Stadium (2021, 5,000)
For the first time since 2016, K League 2 will be comprised of more than 10 teams. Gimpo FC are the K League new boys having made the switch from K3. The club was founded in 2013 as Gimpo Citizen and plays at the newly-built Gimpo Solteo Stadium which, by March 2022, will have a capacity of around 5,000. Gimpo are managed by former FC Anyang boss Ko Jeong-woon and won the K3 championship last season. The team played in the fourth tier from 2013 up to 2019 but won promoted to the third tier in 2019.
Manager: Lee Jung-hyo | Captain: Ahn Young-kyu | Nickname: Yellows, Bitgoeul | Est: 2010 | Mascot: Boni | Stadium: Gwangju Football Stadium (2020, 10,007)
When army team Gwangju Sangmu departed the city, Gwangju FC was born. Since playing their first season back in 2011, citizen club Gwangju are one of three clubs to have been relegated to the second tier twice since K League 2 was formed in 2013. In 2019, Gwangju were runaway champions of K League 2, comfortably winning promotion back to K League 1. In 2020, Gwangju finished sixth in K League 1, a club record and even moved to a new football-specific stadium after 10 years at Gwangju World Cup Stadium. Now back in K League 1 and with new manager, Lee Jung-hyo, the Yellows will be keen on securing a quick return to the top division.
Honours: Promotion winners (2014), K League 2 (2019)
Highest K League Finish: 6th (K League 1, 2020)
2021 Finish: 12th (K League 1, relegated)
Manager: Seol Ki-hyun | Captain: Willyan | Nickname: Reds | Est: 2006 | Mascot: Gunhami, Gyeongmami Rivals: Busan IPark | Stadium: Changwon Football Center (2009, 15,074)
Gyeongnam FC are the provincial club South Gyeongsang and play most of their home games at Changwon Football Center. The team was founded in 2006 and joined K League as the 14th club for the 2006 season. The Reds had an eight-year stay in the top flight before being relegated to the second tier in 2014, spending three seasons in what was then the K League Challenge. In 2017, though, Gyeongnam won K League 2 at a canter and then finished second in the top flight the following season, qualifying for the AFC Champions League for the first time ever. However, relegation followed via the playoffs after an aggregate defeat to rivals Busan IPark. The team is now led by Korean football legend Seol Ki-hyun who, as a player, had spells in England with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Reading, and Fulham. The Reds will begin the season away from their regular home stadium in the city of Changwon and will instead use stadiums in Miryang and Jinju up until July.
Honours: K League 2 (2017)
Highest K League 1 Finish: 2nd (2018)
2021 Finish: 6th
Manager: Jeon Kyung-jun | Captain: Kim Hyun-wook | Nickname: Dragons | Est: 1995 | Mascot: Cheolryongi | Rivals: Pohang Steelers, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Stadium: Gwangyang Football Stadium (1993, 13,496)
Owned by POSCO Steel and being located in South Jeolla province, Jeonnam Dragons have rivalries with both Pohang Steelers and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. However, after suffering their first-ever relegation in 2018, the Dragons will have to wait before locking horns with their old foes. Jeonnam have four FA Cup wins to their name, the most recent coming last season meaning that the Dragons have qualified for this season's AFC Champions League Group Stage. In doing so, the Dragons became the first K League 2 team to win the FA Cup and first K League 2 to qualify for Asia's premier continental competition. In league play, Jeonnam finished fourth last year and qualified for the playoffs but were knocked out by Daejeon Hana Citizen in the semifinal stage.
Honours: FA Cup (1997, 2006, 2007, 2021)
Highest K League Finish: 2nd (K League 1, 1997)
2021 Finish: 4th
Manager: Chung Jung-yong | Captain: Kim In-sung | Nickname: Leopards | Est: 2015 | Mascot: Leul | Rivals: FC Seoul | Stadium: Mokdong Stadium (1989, 15,511)
Owned by The E-Land Group, Seoul E-Land were formed in 2015 and made it to the playoffs in their first season. Since then, the Leopards haven't been able to reach the playoff since but came very close in 2020 under the guidance of former Korea U20 manager, Chung Jung-yong. Seoul's home for the last six year. Jamsil Olympic Stadium is undergoing renovation work and so the Leopards are moving to Mokdong Stadium in the northwest of the city. This will be the club's third "home" stadium since 2015 having also played in Cheonan in 2019. The Leopards have had yet another productive transfer window, bringing in K League 1 experience such as goalkeeper Yoon Bo-sang and former Daegu midfielder Tsubasa Nishi. The Leopards fans will be hoping the change of scenery in 2022 will held E-Land fashion an exit out of the second division.
Highest Finish: 4th (2015)
2021 Finish: 9th
