42nd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea
Football league season
Hana 1Q K League 1 Season 2024 Dates 1 March – 24 November 2024 Champions Ulsan HD Relegated Incheon United Champions League Elite Ulsan HD FC Gangwon FC Seoul (play-off round)Matches played 225 Goals scored 587 (2.61 per match) Top goalscorer Stefan Mugoša (Incheon United ) (15 goals)Biggest home win Suwon FC 5–0 Jeju United (25 August) Biggest away win Suwon FC 0–6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (14 September) Highest scoring Ulsan HD 5–4 Pohang Steelers (31 August) Longest winning run 6 matches Gangwon FC Longest unbeaten run 6 matches Pohang Steelers Longest winless run 8 matches Incheon United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Longest losing run 6 matches Gwangju Pohang Steelers Highest attendance 52,600 FC Seoul 0–1 Ulsan HD FC (4 May 2024) Lowest attendance 1,085 Gimcheon Sangmu 2–3 Suwon FC (9 July 2024) Total attendance 2,450,696 Average attendance 11,039
All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024.
The 2024 K League 1 , also known as the Hana 1Q K League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the ongoing 42nd season of the top division of professional football in South Korea , and the twelfth season of the K League 1 . Ulsan HD are the defending champions.[ 1]
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.[ 2]
Locations of the 2024 K League 1 teams
The following twelve clubs are competing in the 2024 K League 1.[ 3]
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
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.[ 10]
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.
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2024. Source:
Soccerway ,
K League Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champions;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.
^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups, the top six and the bottom six.
^ Military-owned team Gimcheon Sangmu cannot qualify for AFC competitions.
Positions by matchday [ edit ]
Leaders, qualification for Champions League Elite league stage
Qualification for Champions League Elite play-off round
Qualification for Champions League Two group stage
Qualification for relegation play-offs
Relegation to K League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 6 Ocober 2024. Source:
K League
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2024. Source:
K League
Source:
K League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matchday 8 (20–21 April, 15 May)
Matchday 10 (30 April – 1 May)
Matchday 26 (9–11 August)
Matchday 27 (16–18 August)
Matchday 28 (24–25 August)
Matchday 29 (31 August – 1 September)
Matchday 30 (13–15 September)
Matchday 31 (21–22 September)
Matchday 32 (27–29 September)
Teams played each other once, either at home or away.
Source:
K League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matchday 34 (18–20 October)
Matchday 35 (26–27 October)
Matchday 36 (1–3 November)
Matchday 37 (9-10 November)
Matchday 38 (23 November)
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source:
K League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matchday 34 (18–20 October)
Matchday 35 (26-27 October)
Matchday 36 (1–3 November)
Matchday 37 (10 November)
Matchday 38 (24 November)
Relegation play-offs [ edit ]
The tenth-placed team and the eleventh-placed team will play against the play-off 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
Winner of promotion PO of K League 2
agg.
10th place of 2024 K League 1
Chungnam Asan
agg.
11th place of 2024 K League 1
Jeonbuk ACL2 11.28
Becues 12.1/12.8
Top assist providers [ edit ]
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
FC Seoul
501,091
52,600
13,040
27,838
+22.8% †
2
Ulsan HD
353,615
29,007
9,444
18,611
+2.2% †
3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
295,642
25,782
5,560
16,425
+30.7% †
4
Daegu FC
202,170
12,133
7,152
11,232
+2.4% †
5
Incheon United
208,045
15,422
6,164
10,950
+22.5% †
6
Daejeon Hana Citizen
174,456
18,473
4,759
9,692
−24.6% †
7
Pohang Steelers
189,718
13,467
4,611
9,486
+9.7% †
8
Gangwon FC
173,929
13,170
3,056
9,154
+41.7% †
9
Jeju United
120,924
12,409
3,044
6,364
+6.0% †
10
Suwon FC
100,738
9,557
2,328
5,597
+7.9% †
11
Gwangju FC
90,287
8,091
1,562
4,752
−2.9% †
12
Gimcheon Sangmu
65,458
5,848
1,085
3,445
+191.0% †
League total
2,434,608
52,600
1,085
10,967
+2.2% †
Updated to games played on 18 August 2024 Source: K League Notes: † Teams that played previous season in K League 2.
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