K League 2 2026
K League 2 analysis
The table in numbers - what the arithmetic can already say, and what it cannot say yet.
⬆️ Mon, Sep 21
K League 2 promotion race 2026 - Suwon Samsung need 7 points from 7 matches to clinch a top five place
As of the September 20 update, with the league idle until October 9. Suwon Samsung need seven more points from their last seven matches to clinch a top five place no matter what anyone else does. Suwon FC and Seoul E-Land need 12, Daegu 14, Hwaseong 16. Busan are the first club below the line, and only a run of six defeats ends them.
🔵 Mon, Sep 21
Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 2 2026 - seven points clinch a top five place, the title needs 17 of 21
As of the September 20 update. Suwon need 7 points from seven matches for a top five place and 17 from a possible 21 for the title, the only title clinch number in the league. Their floor is ninth, the highest in the table, and their 20 goals conceded is the lowest.
📘 Mon, Sep 21
How the K League 2 promotion race is decided in 2026 - 17 clubs, 32 matches each, no relegation
An explainer, not a table. Where the clinch and tragic numbers on this site come from, why one club sits out every round, and what separates clubs that finish level on points. Worked through with the September 20 figures.
⬇️ Mon, Sep 21
K League 2 bottom of the table 2026 - four clubs are out of the top five and none of them go down
As of the September 20 update. Cheonan, Ansan, Jeonnam and Gimhae all show a tragic number of 0 for the promotion places with six or seven matches each still to play. There is no relegation place in this table, so what is left for them is position.
📅 Mon, Sep 21
K League 2 fixtures October 9 to 11 - eight matches, a three week wait, and Daegu do not play
The league is idle until October 9. Eight matches cover sixteen of the seventeen clubs and fourth placed Daegu sit the round out on 46 points. Nobody can clinch a top five place in this block: the smallest clinch number is Suwon's 7 and no club plays twice.