The soccer fever is still hot, and the 2025 K-League is back, new and faster!!
The winds of change are even more abundantly contained in the 『2025 K-League Scouting Report』!

The 2024 K-League was fiercely competitive, exceeding previous years.
Following the 2023 season, which saw over 3 million paid spectators across both K League 1 and K League 2, the 2024 season will also record the highest number of spectators in both leagues' history.
Accordingly, the 2025 K-League season has been continuously delivering various news that will increase fans' expectations even before its opening, and as it is heralding the biggest change since the launch of professional soccer, new elements for improving K-League performance and box office success are noticeable.


First of all, the biggest change in the K League as a whole is the news of Hwaseong FC joining K League 2.
With this, starting this season, the K League will have a total of 26 clubs, with 12 in K League 1 and 14 in K League 2.
Additionally, the limit on foreign players has been significantly increased, making the professional soccer transfer market more competitive than ever.
In particular, this season, with the big clubs representing K League 1 and leading the league undergoing major squad reorganizations, a fierce competition is expected between teams with many new faces and significantly strengthened power.


FC Seoul broke its long slump by advancing to the Final A last season for the first time in five years under new manager Kim Ki-dong, and now aims for a 'win now'.
We have strengthened several national team level resources.
By signing Kim Jin-su and Moon Seon-min from Jeonbuk and Jeong Seung-won from Suwon FC, they showed the strongest investment in the winter transfer market.
And Daejeon Hana Citizen, who succeeded in remaining in K League 1 by finishing 8th last season under the reappointment of manager Hwang Sun-hong, but remained in the lower ranks in team scoring, announced the news of recruiting national team striker Joo Min-kyu this season.
Joo Min-kyu, who met with the former striker coach who represented Korean soccer, can be seen as having reached a turning point in his advancement despite his old age.
Daejeon is now determined to show a high level of perfection with the goal of advancing to the top ranks of the league and the AFC Champions League.


Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors barely managed to secure 10th place last season after struggling in the lower ranks and nearing relegation, dramatically securing their place in the league and damaging their pride as the team with the most wins in the K League.
This year, the team is gearing up to reclaim the pride of its traditional powerhouse with the help of former Greek national team coach and Premier League player Gus Poyet.
They focused on strengthening the defense with goalkeeper Song Beom-geun and center back Kim Young-bin, and Lee Seung-woo, who joined in the middle of last season, is working with a foreign manager who is "communicative" for the first time in the K League, so fans have high expectations for the kind of synergy they will show.

Meanwhile, Suwon Samsung, who had dreamed of immediate promotion after overcoming the pain of relegation to the second division, ended up finishing in 6th place, failing to advance to the playoffs or return to the first division.
However, coach Byun Seong-hwan, who took over during last season, showed ample potential and possibility.
This season, he is determined to show a different side once again, and has put his heart and soul into building the squad he wants and strengthening his team.
They successfully recruited veteran foreign striker Iljutcenko, who played for FC Seoul in K League 1 last season, and brought in Kim Ji-hyun, who won the Young Player Award in the 2019 season, from Ulsan HD.
As the most popular club in the country, the only one in the second division to record an average attendance of over 10,000, they will need to make another leap forward this year with a different look.

In addition, starting this year, the K League welcomed fans anew amidst various reforms designed to increase efficiency, such as the homegrown system, which allows foreign youth players to be considered domestic players if they have played for a certain period of time on a domestic amateur team, a concussion replacement system for player safety, and changes to rental regulations.
This time, the K League 1 season opened on February 15, 2025, about two weeks earlier than last season, and the K League 2 season opened on February 22.
With the unprecedented winds of change blowing, fans' expectations and interest have grown even higher, and in line with this, Brainstore Publishing's "2025 K-League Scouting Report" has been reorganized and reborn anew.
For the seventh consecutive year, we have published Korea's only K-League guidebook, and this time, we have filled the pages with even more substantial content and structure to satisfy both beginners and fans.

Just like last year, reporters Jin-man Yoon and Chan-jun Park from the K-League YouTube channel “Bolmanchan Reporters” and six reporters from the Sports Chosun soccer team (Seong-won Kim, Jin-man Yoon, Chan-jun Park, Ga-eul Kim, Dae-sik Kim, and Hyeon-seok Lee) participated as contributors.
The authors personally covered the busiest winter schedules of all K-League clubs to ensure the book's accuracy and completeness, with the support of the Korea Professional Football League, which included accurate data and colorful photos.

This season, which is hotter and more competitive than ever, is the best time to enter the K-League.
From the 2025 season transfer market, which has been evaluated as the best ever, to the latest news you can't miss, you can find it all in one volume, the "2025 K-League Scouting Report."
Let's take a look at the story and history of the K-League that will unfold in the 2025 season through the "2025 K-League Scouting Report."