Which team is the 2023 K-League champion

Who is the 2023 Korea K-League Champion

The K-League Champion for the 2023 season is Ulsan Hyundai. This is the second consecutive year that Ulsan Hyundai has won the K-League title.

Ulsan Hyundai finished the 2023 K-League season with 76 points. In the final standings, Pohang Steelers are second with 64 points, Gwangju are third with 59 points and Jeonbuk Hyundai are fourth with 57 points.

At the K-League Awards Ceremony for the 2023 season, 33-year-old former Guangzhou Evergrande defender Kim Young-Gwon, who now plays for Ulsan Hyundai, was voted MVP of the K-League, where he scored one goal in 32 appearances and completed 2,268 passes, finishing the season ranked No. 3 in the K-League and No. 1 in the team.

The format of the K-League for the 2023 season is as follows:

Teams: There are 12 teams participating in the tournament.

Regular season phase:

Playing Time: The 2023 season begins on February 25th with 33 regular season rounds and runs through approximately October 8th.

Mode of play: 12 teams will play a double round robin, i.e. each team will play home and away matches against the other teams, totaling 33 rounds of matches.

Points Rule: Each team receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.

Playoff stage:

Divisional rules: At the end of the regular season, the top six finishers in the league go into the championship division, and the bottom six go into the relegation division.

MATCH METHOD: The title contenders and the relegation group will then play separate single round-robin group matches, with each team playing one match against the other teams in the group.

Ranking Rules: The final ranking is based on the total points of the regular season and playoffs, and the team with the most points will be ranked higher. If two or more teams have equal points, the total number of goals scored, goal difference, the number of wins in the whole season, mutual performance (mutual points, mutual goal difference, mutual goal difference), fair play points, etc. will be compared, and the ranking will be decided by drawing lots if the points are still the same.

Foreign aid rules: Starting from the 2023 season, K1 League teams will be allowed to have 6 foreign aiders on the field in a single match, and the number of foreign aiders will be changed to a structure of "5 non-Asians + 1 Asian".

AFC Champions League and promotion and relegation places:

AFC Champions League: The champion of the championship group will directly participate in the group stage of AFC Elite (the first level of the AFC Cup) in the 2024-25 season, the runner-up of the championship group will participate in the play-offs of AFC Elite in the 2024-25 season; the third place of the championship group will directly participate in the group stage of AFC Champions League 2 (the second level of the AFC Cup) in the 2024-25 season. In the event that the AFC Cup champion and the top three finishers of the Championship Group overlap, the fourth place of the Championship Group will participate in the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2 (AFC Second Division Cup) for the 2024-25 season.

Relegation places: the bottom one of the relegation group will be directly relegated to the second division (K2 League), the second bottom one of the relegation group will have a two-legged home and away play-off with the second place of the K2 League, and the third bottom one of the relegation group will have a two-legged home and away play-off with the winners of the promotion play-offs from the third place to the fifth place of the K2 League (away goal system is canceled in the play-offs for the promotion play-offs).

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Who is the 2023 Korea K-League Champion

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