The K League 1 2019 (also called KEB Bank K League 1 2019 for sponsorship reasons ) was the second season of the highest South Korean football league under this name and the 37th season in total since its official introduction in 1983. The season started in early March and ended in early December. The defending champions were Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors . Climber was Seongnam FC .
The relegation will be played between the 11th place in K League 1, Gyeongnam FC and the K League 2 play-off winners, Busan IPark . The first leg will take place on December 5th in Busan and the second leg on December 8th in Changwon . The winner of the relegation will play in the K League 1 next season .
Note: Busan won the relegation due to the away win and will take part in the K League 1 2020 .
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Table history
The championship round and the relegation round will take place from the 34th to the 38th matchday. The table is divided into two halves of six teams each.
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
12
13
14th
15th
16
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23
24
25th
26th
27
28
29
30th
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
Daegu FC
5
4th
3
7th
5
5
5
4th
4th
3
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
5
5
5
5
5
6th
6th
4th
5
5
5
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
5
Gangwon FC
11
9
7th
5
6th
9
10
7th
7th
7th
6th
5
7th
7th
6th
6th
5
5
5
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
5
4th
4th
4th
5
5
6th
5
5
5
6th
6th
Gyeongnam FC
3
7th
10
6th
7th
8th
8th
9
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
Incheon United
5
5
6th
8th
11
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
12
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
Jeju United
5
8th
11
12
12
11
11
12
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
5
3
5
4th
4th
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Pohang Steelers
11
11
8th
9
8th
6th
9
10
8th
8th
7th
6th
6th
6th
7th
7th
7th
8th
8th
8th
7th
8th
9
9
9
9
9
9
8th
8th
6th
6th
5
6th
6th
6th
5
4th
Sangju Sangmu FC
1
1
1
2
3
4th
4th
6th
5
5
5
7th
5
5
5
5
6th
6th
6th
7th
8th
7th
7th
7th
5
5
6th
6th
7th
7th
8th
7th
7th
7th
7th
7th
7th
7th
Seongnam FC
9
10
9
10
9
10
6th
5
6th
6th
8th
8th
9
9
9
9
9
7th
9
9
9
9
8th
8th
8th
8th
8th
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
FC Seoul
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
4th
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
9
12
12
11
10
7th
7th
8th
9
9
9
9
8th
8th
8th
8th
8th
9
7th
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
7th
7th
7th
7th
6th
6th
7th
8th
8th
8th
8th
8th
8th
8th
Ulsan Hyundai
3
6th
4th
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
List of goalscorers
If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.