2023 K League 1

Hana 1Q
K League 1
Season	2023
Dates	25 February – 3 December 2023
Champions	Ulsan Hyundai; (4th title)
Relegated	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Champions League Elite	Ulsan Hyundai; Pohang Steelers; Gwangju FC
Champions League 2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Matches played	174
Goals scored	447 (2.57 per match)
Best Player	Kim Young-gwon
Top goalscorer	Joo Min-kyu; Tiago Orobó; (17 goals each)
Biggest home win	Gwangju 5–0 Incheon; (18 March 2023)
Biggest away win	Suwon FC 0–5 Jeju; (14 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Seoul 7–2 Suwon FC; (12 July 2023)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Ulsan Hyundai
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; Gwangju FC; Pohang Steelers
Longest winless run	15 matches; Gangwon FC
Longest losing run	5 matches; Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Highest attendance	45,007; Seoul 3–0 Daegu; (8 April 2023)
	← 2022 2024 →

Defending champions Ulsan Hyundai successfully defended their title.

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

Team changes

Gwangju FC and Daejeon Hana Citizen (both promoted after absences of one and seven years, respectively) were promoted from the 2022 K League 2. Gimcheon Sangmu and Seongnam FC (both relegated after one and four years in the top flight, respectively) were relegated to 2023 K League 2.

Promoted from K League 2	Relegated to K League 2
Gwangju FC Daejeon Hana Citizen	Gimcheon Sangmu Seongnam FC

Locations

Locations of the 2023 K League 1 teams

The following twelve clubs competed in the K League 1 during the 2023 season.

Team	City/Province	Abbreviation
Daegu FC	Daegu	Daegu
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Daejeon	Daejeon
Gangwon FC	Gangwon	Gangwon
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 Samsung Bluewings	Suwon	Suwon
Suwon FC	Suwon	Suwon FC
Ulsan Hyundai	Ulsan	Ulsan

Stadiums

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	Daejeon Hana Citizen
Pohang Steel Yard	Suwon Stadium	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 17,443	Capacity: 11,808	Capacity: 40,903

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

Gwangju FC	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Gwangju Football Stadium	Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 10,007	Capacity: 42,477

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

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer	Other sponsor(s)
Daegu FC	Choi Won-kwon	Daegu Government	Goal Studio	DGB Daegu Bank AJIN Industrial Co., Ltd.
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Lee Min-sung	Hana Financial Group	Astore
Gangwon FC	Yoon Jong-hwan	Gangwon Provincial Government	Fila	High1 Resort
Gwangju FC	Lee Jung-hyo	Gwangju 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	Dan Petrescu	Hyundai Motor Company	Adidas
Pohang Steelers	Kim Gi-dong	POSCO	Puma	Pohang Government
FC Seoul	An Ik-soo	GS Group	Pro-Specs
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Kim Byung-soo	Cheil Worldwide	Puma	Samsung Electronics Deutsch Motors
Suwon FC	Kim Do-kyun	Suwon Government	Hummel
Ulsan Hyundai	Hong Myung-bo	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Adidas	Hyundai Oil Bank

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.

North Korean player An Byong-jun, who played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings, 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	Césinha	Edgar	Lucas Barcellos	Victor Bobsin		Keita Suzuki	Daniel Penha Marcos Serrato
Daejeon Hana Citizen	Anton Kryvotsyuk	Leandro Ribeiro	Tiago Orobó	Vladislavs Gutkovskis		Masatoshi Ishida
Gangwon FC	Galego	Vitor Gabriel	Welinton Júnior	Yago Cariello	Marko Tući	Ikromjon Alibaev	Dino Islamović Kevin Höög Jansson
Gwangju FC	Jasir Asani	Thomás Bedinelli	Beka Mikeltadze	Timo Letschert		Aaron Calver	Sandro Lima
Incheon United	Hernandes	Paul-José M'Poku	Gerso Fernandes	Stefan Mugoša		Harrison Delbridge
Jeju United	Reis	Yuri	Jonathan Ring
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	André Luis	Gustavo	Rafael Silva	Tomáš Petrášek	Nana Boateng	Jun Amano
Pohang Steelers	Oberdan	Wanderson	Zeca			Alex Grant
FC Seoul	Willyan	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	Stanislav Iljutcenko	Aleksandar Paločević	Osmar	Hosam Aiesh
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Rodrigo Bassani	Werik Popó	Boadu Maxwell Acosty	Dave Bulthuis	Fejsal Mulić	Kazuki Kozuka
Suwon FC	Hugo Gomes	Ricardo Lopes	Walterson			Lachlan Jackson	Luan Ferreira Murilo Henrique Lars Veldwijk
Ulsan Hyundai	Valeri Qazaishvili	Martin Ádám	Darijan Bojanić	Gustav Ludwigson		Ataru Esaka

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ulsan Hyundai (C)	38	23	7	8	63	42	+21	76	Qualification for Champions League Elite league stage
2	Pohang Steelers	38	16	16	6	53	40	+13	64
3	Gwangju FC	38	16	11	11	47	35	+12	59
4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	38	16	9	13	45	35	+10	57	Qualification for Champions League 2 group stage
5	Incheon United	38	14	14	10	46	42	+4	56
6	Daegu FC	38	13	14	11	42	43	−1	53

7	FC Seoul	38	14	13	11	63	49	+14	55
8	Daejeon Hana Citizen	38	12	15	11	56	58	−2	51
9	Jeju United	38	10	11	17	43	49	−6	41
10	Gangwon FC (O)	38	6	16	16	30	41	−11	34	Qualification for relegation play-offs
11	Suwon FC (O)	38	8	9	21	44	76	−32	33	Qualification for relegation play-offs
12	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (R)	38	8	9	21	35	57	−22	33	Relegation to K League 2

Source: Soccerway, K League
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:

Home \ Away	DGU	DHC	GWN	GJU	ICU	JJU	JHM	PHS	SEL	SSB	SWN	USH
Daegu FC	—	1–0	0–0	3–4	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–3
Daejeon Hana Citizen	0–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–3	2–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–1
Gangwon FC	1–1	1–2	—	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–2	1–2	0–1
Gwangju FC	0–2	0–0	0–0	—	5–0	0–1	2–0	4–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–1
Incheon United	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1
Jeju United	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	—	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Pohang Steelers	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	—	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1
FC Seoul	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	3–1	7–2	1–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–3	0–3	1–1	0–1	—	1–2	2–3
Suwon FC	1–1	5–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–5	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–0	—	1–3
Ulsan Hyundai	3–1	3–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	5–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–1	3–0	—

Home \ Away	DGU	DHC	GWN	GJU	ICU	JJU	JHM	PHS	SEL	SSB	SWN	USH
Daegu FC	—	—	1–0	—	—	1–0	—	0–0	—	—	2–2	0–0
Daejeon Hana Citizen	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	4–3	3–1	0–1	—
Gangwon FC	—	1–1	—	—	1–1	—	—	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	2–0
Gwangju FC	1–1	3–0	1–0	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	4–0	—	—
Incheon United	3–1	2–0	—	2–2	—	2–1	—	0–2	—	2–0	—	—
Jeju United	—	—	1–1	1–2	—	—	0–0	—	1–3	—	3–0	—
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–3	1–1	1–3	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	—
Pohang Steelers	—	4–3	—	1–1	—	4–2	2–1	—	—	—	2–0	0–0
FC Seoul	2–2	—	—	0–1	0–1	—	0–2	2–2	—	—	—	2–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–1	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	1–0	0–1	—	0–2	3–1
Suwon FC	—	—	1–1	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	2–3
Ulsan Hyundai	—	1–1	—	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	—	—	—	—	—

Home \ Away	DGU	GJU	ICU	JHM	PHS	USH
Daegu FC	—	1–1	2–1	1–2	—	—
Gwangju FC	—	—	0–2	—	0–0	1–0
Incheon United	—	—	—	1–1	—	3–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	—	2–0	—	—	1–1	—
Pohang Steelers	1–0	—	1–1	—	—	—
Ulsan Hyundai	2–0	—	—	1–0	3–2	—

Home \ Away	DHC	GWN	JJU	SEL	SSB	SWN
Daejeon Hana Citizen	—	0–1	—	2–2	—	1–1
Gangwon FC	—	—	1–1	—	—	2–0
Jeju United	0–2	—	—	0–0	2–0	—
FC Seoul	—	2–1	—	—	0–1	—
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–2	0–0	—	—	—	—
Suwon FC	—	—	1–1	3–4	2–3	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gimpo FC	1–2	Gangwon FC	0–0	1–2
Busan IPark	4–6	Suwon FC	2–1	2–5 (a.e.t.)

2023 K League 1

Teams

Team changes

Locations

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsoring

Foreign players

League table

Positions by matchday

Round 1–33

Round 34–38

Results

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–33

Matches 34–38

Final A

Final B

Relegation play-offs

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assist providers

Hat-tricks

Awards

Weekly awards

Monthly Awards

Annual awards

Attendance

See also

References

External links

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Jeju United	6	6	10	10	12	10	7	10	7	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	5	7	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Suwon FC	6	10	7	9	9	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Gangwon FC	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	11	10	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Joo Min-kyu	Ulsan Hyundai	17
1	Tiago Orobó	Daejeon Hana Citizen	17
3	Zeca	Pohang Steelers	12
3	Na Sang-ho	FC Seoul	12
5	Valeri Qazaishvili	Ulsan Hyundai	11
6	Yuri	Jeju United	10
6	Lee Seung-woo	Suwon FC	10
8	Lars Veldwijk	Suwon FC	9
	Edgar	Daegu FC
	Go Jae-hyeon	Daegu FC

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Baek Sung-dong	Pohang Steelers	8
2	Leandro Ribeiro	Daejeon Hana Citizen	7
	Kim Seung-dae	Pohang Steelers
	Tiago Orobó	Daejeon Hana Citizen
	Zeca	Pohang Steelers
	Doo Hyeon-seok	Gwangju FC
7	Kim In-kyun	Daejeon Hana Citizen	6
	Hong Chul	Daegu FC
	Gerso Fernandes	Incheon United
10	7 Players		5

Month	Player of the Month		Young Player of the Month		Goal of the Month
Month	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
February/March	Joo Min-kyu	Ulsan	Jeong Ho-yeon	Gwangju	Lee Jin-hyun	Daejeon
April	Na Sang-ho	Seoul	Cheon Seong-hoon	Incheon	Na Sang-ho	Seoul
May	Paik Seung-ho	Jeonbuk	Hwang Jae-won	Daegu	Lee Ki-je	Suwon
June	Valeri Qazaishvili	Ulsan	Lee Ho-jae	Pohang	Joo Min-kyu	Ulsan
July	Na Sang-ho	Seoul	Kim Ju-chan	Suwon	Kim Ju-chan	Suwon
August	Lee Seung-woo	Suwon FC	Eom Ji-sung	Gwangju	Tiago Orobó	Daejeon
September	Zeca	Pohang	Heo Yool	Gwangju	Beka Mikeltadze	Gwangju
October–December	Seol Young-woo	Ulsan	Kim Ju-chan	Suwon	Ki Sung-yueng	Seoul

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Kim Young-gwon	Ulsan Hyundai
Young Player of the Year	Jeong Ho-yeon	Gwangju FC
Top goalscorer	Joo Min-kyu	Ulsan Hyundai
Top assist provider	Baek Sung-dong	Pohang Steelers
Manager of the Year	Hong Myung-bo	Ulsan Hyundai

Position	Best XI
Goalkeeper	Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan)
Defenders	Seol Young-woo (Ulsan)	Alex Grant (Pohang)	Kim Young-gwon (Ulsan)	Wanderson (Pohang)
Midfielders	Um Won-sang (Ulsan)	Lee Soon-min (Gwangju)	Oberdan (Pohang)	Gerso Fernandes (Incheon)
Forwards	Zeca (Pohang)		Joo Min-kyu (Ulsan)

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	FC Seoul	430,029	45,007	10,236	22,663	+157.9%^†
2	Ulsan Hyundai	345,990	30,756	5,318	18,210	+108.3%^†
3	Daejeon Hana Citizen	244,274	20,592	8,377	12,857	+466.4%^†
4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	238,759	27,797	5,067	12,566	+108.8%^†
5	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	224,177	24,932	4,727	11,799	+101.7%^†
6	Daegu FC	208,340	12,334	6,943	10,965	+71.0%^†
7	Incheon United	169,826	15,738	5,076	8,938	+69.9%^†
8	Pohang Steelers	164,295	14,640	3,080	8,647	+81.1%^†
9	Gangwon FC	122,772	11,084	2,581	6,462	+198.5%^†
10	Jeju United	114,015	10,041	3,280	6,001	+90.4%^†
11	Suwon FC	98,580	9,221	1,605	5,188	+64.1%^†
12	Gwangju FC	86,090	7,357	1,871	4,831	+269.6%^†
	League total	2,447,147	45,007	1,605	10,733	+122.7%^†