South Korea Tier 2

K League 2

All data based on a start date of 23/01/2023 using the Your World preset.

League Guide & Facts

The second tier of South Korean football
13 teams play each other 3 times (36 games)

Promotion

1st place automatically promoted
2nd place play third from bottom in league above for promotion
3rd qualify for playoff final
4th & 5th qualify for playoff semi final

Relegation

No relegation

Other

Maximum of 5 foreign players
Maximum of 4 foreign players (not including Southeast Asian players)
Clubs cannot sign non-Korean Goalkeepers
At least 1 goalkeeper must be on the bench.

Location Of Teams

Suggested* Additional Nations To Load

Asian Journeyman

*As always this is only a suggestion, the leagues listed are in order of importance, feel free to run as many or as little leagues as you think your system can handle. The setup above gives a nice regional feel.

It is advisable however to run as many top tier leagues of major nations as you can to keep the continental club competitions competitive

Media Prediction, Board Expectations and Title Odds

*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save

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Club Culture

No specific supporter culture stated for any team

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Facilities

Facilities Explained

Training Facilities

The better the training facilities the more chance (already visible) players will develop.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Youth Facilities

The training facilities available for Juniors (only).

Does NOT apply to visible players already at the club. All visible players currently at the club use Training Facilities regardless of age.

In theory the better these facilities the greater your players will be developed on the day of intake. But there are a lot of factors at play.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Junior Coaching

The quality and quantity of unseen youth coaches that affects the quality of players in your youth intake

Junior coaching is ranked as follows from worst to best -

Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional

Youth Recruitment

This determines how large a pool of players your team can recruit from. It is the size of your recruitment network. It increases your chances of getting the best young players from your area, nation and beyond.

Some clubs of course will have no youth recruitment at all, which means no youth intakes.

Recruitment is ranked as follows from worst to best -