South Korean K League 1

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Established
1983 (43 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-05-08

Current Season
2026

Current Round
2

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Level Below
South Korean K League 2

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Soccer

Location
South Korea

Gender
Male

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04 Apr	Jeju SK	5:00am	Bucheon F
04 Apr	Jeonbuk H	5:00am	Ulsan HD
04 Apr	Gangwon F	7:30am	Gwangju F
04 Apr	Pohang St	7:30am	Daejeon H
05 Apr	FC Anyang	5:00am	FC Seoul
05 Apr	Incheon U	7:30am	Gimcheon
11 Apr	Pohang St	5:00am	Jeju SK
11 Apr	FC Seoul	5:00am	Jeonbuk H
11 Apr	Gwangju F	7:30am	Bucheon F
11 Apr	Incheon U	7:30am	Ulsan HD
Results
28 Mar	Pohang St	1 - 0	Gangwon F
22 Mar	Pohang St	0 - 0	Bucheon F
22 Mar	Gangwon F	1 - 1	Jeju SK
22 Mar	FC Anyang	0 - 1	Incheon U
22 Mar	Ulsan HD	0 - 0	Gimcheon
22 Mar	FC Seoul	5 - 0	Gwangju F
21 Mar	Daejeon H	0 - 1	Jeonbuk H
18 Mar	Pohang St	0 - 1	FC Seoul
18 Mar	Jeonbuk H	2 - 1	FC Anyang
18 Mar	Jeju SK	0 - 2	Ulsan HD

Description

The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs.

The K League season typically begins around March and runs to late November each year. The number of games, clubs and the systems used have varied through the years.

The K League champions, runners-up, and third-placed team gain entry to the AFC Champions League the following season, with the exception of Sangju Sangmu due to their unique status as an army team. The 12th team is automatically relegated, while the 11th team plays a match against the winner of the K League 2 promotion playoffs.

A number of the member clubs are owned by major South Korean chaebols. Those clubs have adopted local city names in an effort to integrate themselves more with the local communities. All other teams are owned by local governments.

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