2021 K League 1

The 2021 K League 1 will be the 39th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as the K League, and the fourth season under its current name, the K League 1. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are the defending champions. They successfully defended their title and won a record-breaking eight K League championships.[1]

Hana1Q K League 1 2021
Season2021
Dates27 February 2021 ~ TBA
← 2020
2022 →
Locations of the 2021 K League 1 teams


Due to COVID-19, the number of games per team is flexible in the 2021 season, and the number of games will be decided in February 2021. The 2021 season will be divided into two parts. First, there will be # Regular Rounds in which 12 teams play a round robin with 2 or 3 rounds (1~22 or 1~33 rounds). Then there will be a Final A and Final B, each with 6 teams divided based on regular round performance, with each final being a round robin (23-27 or 34-38 rounds).


Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to the 2021 K League 2

Teams promoted from the 2020 K League 2

Participating clubs by province

The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2021 season.[2]

Club City / Area Manager Joined Owner(s) Kit Supplier Sponsor(s)
0 Daegu FC 0 Daegu Lee Byung-keun 2002 Government of Daegu, Citizen Stockholder Goal Studio DGB Daegu Bank, AJIN Industrial Co., Ltd.
0 Gangwon FC 0 Gangwon Kim Byung-soo 2009 Government of Gangwon, Citizen Stockholder Applerind Gangwon Land
0 Gwangju FC 0 Gwangju Kim Ho-young 2010 Government of Gwangju, Citizen Stockholder Kelme Government of Gwangju
0 Incheon United 0 Incheon Jo Sung-hwan 2004 Government of Incheon, Citizen Stockholder Macron Shinhan Bank, Incheon International Airport
0 Jeju United 0 Jeju-do Nam Ki-il 1983 SK Energy Puma SK Energy
0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 Jeonbuk Kim Sang-sik 1995 Hyundai Motor Company Hummel Hyundai Motor Company
0 Pohang Steelers 0 Pohang Kim Gi-dong 1983 POSCO Astore POSCO, Pohang City Hall
0 Seongnam FC 0 Seongnam Kim Nam-il 1988 Government of Seongnam, Citizen Stockholder Umbro Government of Seongnam
0 FC Seoul 0 Seoul Park Jin-sub 1984 GS Group Le Coq Sportif GS Shop, GS Caltex
0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 Suwon Park Kun-ha 1996 Cheil Worldwide in Samsung Puma Samsung Electronics
0 Suwon FC 0 Suwon Kim Do-kyun 2013 Government of Suwon, Citizen Stockholder Hummel Government of Suwon
0 Ulsan Hyundai 0 Ulsan Hong Myung-bo 1984 Hyundai Heavy Industries Hummel Hyundai Oil Bank, Hyundai Heavy Industries

Stadiums
Daegu FC Gangwon FC Gwangju FC Incheon United Jeju United Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
DGB Daegu Bank Park Chuncheon Songam Leports Town
Gangneung Stadium		 Gwangju World Cup Auxiliary Stadium Incheon Football Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 12,415 Capacity: 20,000
22,333		 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 20,891 Capacity: 29,791 Capacity: 42,477
Pohang Steelers Seongnam FC FC Seoul Suwon Samsung
Bluewings		 Suwon FC Ulsan Hyundai
Pohang Steel Yard Tancheon Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon World Cup Stadium Suwon Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 17,443 Capacity: 16,146 Capacity: 66,704 Capacity: 44,031 Capacity: 11,808 Capacity: 44,102

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries and a slot for a player from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. A team could use five foreign players on the field each game, including at least one player from the AFC confederation. Samuel Pungi, playing for Pohang Steelers, was deemed to be a native player as he had been granted South Korean nationality.
The name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player ASEAN Player
Daegu FC Césinha Edgar Tsubasa Nishi
Gangwon FC Vladimir Silađi Masatoshi Ishida Rustam Ashurmatov
Gwangju FC Felipe
Incheon United Negueba Stefan Mugoša Elías Aguilar Harrison Delbridge
Jeju United Islom Kenzhaboev
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Gustavo Modou Barrow Stanislav Iljutcenko Takahiro Kunimoto
Pohang Steelers Manuel Palacios Alex Grant
Seongnam FC Richard Windbichler Fejsal Mulić Sergiu Buș Jamshid Iskanderov
FC Seoul Osmar Aleksandar Paločević Ikromjon Alibaev
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Doneil Henry Uroš Đerić Nicolao Dumitru Terry Antonis
Suwon FC Murilo Lars Veldwijk
Ulsan Hyundai Lukas Hinterseer Dave Bulthuis Jason Davidson

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Daegu FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Gangwon FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3 Gwangju FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Incheon United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jeju United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Pohang Steelers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Seoul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seongnam FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Suwon FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
12 Ulsan Hyundai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to K League 2
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
Notes:
  1. Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.

Positions by matchday

  Leader & AFC Champions League group stage
  Qualification to AFC Champions League qualification play-offs
  Relegation to the 2022 K League 2

Round 1-33
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: kleague.com

Round 34-38

Final rounds are from round 34 to round 38

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: kleague.com

Fixtures and results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.

Home \ Away
First match(es) will be played on 27 February 2021. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Teams will play each other at once.

Home \ Away
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Round Matches 34-38

Teams will play each other at once.

Season statistics
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