K League

Association football league in South Korea

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2025 Hwaseong FC and Incheon United join the K League 2, marking their first season in the league.
2025 Andrea Compagno began playing for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the K League 1, representing players from Italy.
2025 Ri Yong-jik began playing for FC Anyang in the K League 1
2025 Thomas Oude Kotte is set to begin playing for FC Anyang as a foreign player.
2025 Matías Lacava signs with Ulsan Hyundai FC (Ulsan HD), becoming a foreign player in the K League 1 from Venezuela.
2025 Gbato Seloh Samuel signed with FC Seoul as a foreign player from Cote d'Ivoire, expected to play through the present season
2025 Romário Baldé joined Gangwon FC as a foreign player from Guinea-Bissau (with dual Portuguese citizenship).
2025 Mario Ćuže starts playing for Gangwon FC, further extending Croatian representation in the league
2024 FC Anyang wins the K League 2 championship, with Chungnam Asan finishing as runners-up.
2024 Suwon Samsung Bluewings enters the K League 2, starting their current league spell.
2024 Jesse Lingard began playing for FC Seoul in the K League 1
2024 New Australian players Jonathan Aspropotamitis (Pohang Steelers), Alexandar Popovic (Gwangju FC), and Henry Hore (Gangwon FC) joined K League 1.
2024 Josepablo Monreal joined Suwon FC as a foreign player from Chile, also having experience in K League 2.
2024 Franko Kovačević begins playing for Gangwon FC, representing a continuation of Croatian players in the K League 1
2024 Yazan Al-Arab joins FC Seoul, becoming a foreign player in the K League 1 from Jordan
2024 Ronaldo Tavares joined FC Seoul as a dual citizen of Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe
2024 Giorgi Arabidze begins playing for Ulsan Hyundai in the K League 1, continuing the trend of Georgian players in the league.
2024 Peniel Mlapa joined Daejeon Hana Citizen in the K League 1, marking his entry as a foreign player from Togo. He has previously played in K League 2 as well.
2024 An Byong-jun began playing for Suwon FC in the K League 1
2024 Irfan Hadžić begins playing for Gangwon FC, continuing the trend of Bosnian players in the K League 1.
2024 Rebin Sulaka signed with FC Seoul for the K League 1 season.
2024 Eljon Sota started his tenure as a foreign player for Suwon FC from Albania
2024 New Japanese players enter K League 1, including Takuya Shigehiro at FC Seoul, Yuta Kamiya at Gangwon FC, and Kyohei Yoshino joining Daegu FC.
2024 Pratama Arhan joined Suwon FC, becoming a foreign player in the K League 1, representing Indonesia in the Korean professional football league.
2023 Gimcheon Sangmu wins their second K League 2 championship, with Busan IPark finishing as runners-up.
2023 Cheonan City and Chungbuk Cheongju join the K League 2, both beginning their inaugural season.
2023 Bjørn Maars Johnsen transferred to FC Seoul, continuing his career as a foreign player in the K League 1.
2023 Beka Mikeltadze joins Gwangju FC in the K League 1 as a Georgian foreign player.
2023 Jasir Asani began playing for Gwangju FC as a foreign player from Albania
2023 Hosam Aiesh joined FC Seoul, becoming a foreign player in the K League 1 as a dual citizen of Syria and Sweden.
2023 Timo Letschert started playing for Gwangju FC, and Dave Bulthuis continued with Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
2023 A significant influx of Brazilian players continued, with numerous talents joining various K League teams including Rodrigo Bassani (Suwon Samsung Bluewings), Rafael Silva (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), and Thomás Bedinelli (Gwangju FC).
2023 Marko Tući joined Gangwon FC as a foreign player from Montenegro
2023 Masatoshi Ishida joins Daejeon Hana Citizen, and Ataru Esaka starts with Ulsan HD, continuing through 2024.
2023 Vladislavs Gutkovskis began playing for Daejeon Hana Citizen as a foreign player in the K League 1 from Latvia.
2023 Anton Kryvotsyuk began playing for Daejeon Hana Citizen FC, becoming a foreign player in the K League 1 from Azerbaijan
2023 Tomáš Petrášek joins Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors as a foreign player from the Czech Republic.
2023 Nana Boateng began playing for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the K League 1.
2023 Darijan Bojanić joins Ulsan HD, becoming a foreign player in the K League 1.
2023 An Byong-jun continued playing for Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the K League 1
2023 Paul-José M'Poku begins playing for Incheon United in the K League 1
2023 Boadu Maxwell Acosty played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the K League 1, representing players from Italy (with dual Ghanaian citizenship), and also competed in K League 2.
2023 Ikromjon Alibaev moves to Gangwon FC, continuing his career in the K League.
2023 Gustav Ludwigson transfers to Ulsan HD from Sweden as a foreign K League 1 player.
2023 Gerso Fernandes transferred to Incheon United
2023 Lars Veldwijk remained with Suwon FC, maintaining his presence in the K League 1 as a South African and Dutch dual citizen.
2022 Gwangju FC wins their second K League 2 championship, with Daejeon Hana Citizen finishing as runners-up.
2022 Gimpo FC enters the K League 2, starting their current league participation.
2022 Jonathan Ring transfers to Jeju United from Sweden as a foreign K League 1 player.
2022 Márk Koszta joins Ulsan Hyundai as a Hungarian foreign player.

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