K League 1

South Korea's professional league was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League with five member clubs. It became the K League in 1998, and the top flight has been called K League 1 since 2018, with K League 2 beneath it.

It is one of the oldest professional leagues in Asia, and its format differs from most leagues in two ways — the late-season split of the table and the tiebreaker for clubs level on points — both explained below. For anyone new to the league, those are the two things worth knowing first.

Twelve clubs play each other three times, 33 matches each. The table then splits in two: Final A for the top six and Final B for the bottom six. Each club plays the others in its half once more, for 38 matches in total.

Points carry over, so the split is not a reset — it simply means the last five rounds are played between clubs chasing the same thing. A club in Final B cannot finish above one in Final A, however many points it collects after the split.

Another difference from most leagues: when clubs are level on points, K League looks at goals scored before goal difference, so a free-scoring side is favoured even if it concedes more.

The bottom club is relegated directly to K League 2, while the clubs just above it enter promotion-relegation play-offs against K League 2 sides to keep their place — so Final B carries as much at stake as the title race.

At the top, the leading clubs qualify for the AFC Champions League Elite or the AFC Champions League Two. The number of places depends on Korea's standing in Asia and on the Korea Cup, the domestic cup renamed from the Korean FA Cup in 2024.

K League follows the calendar year, starting in late February or early March and finishing in late November, so seasons carry a single year such as 2025 rather than a European-style split.

South Korea (UTC+9) is two hours ahead of Thailand (UTC+7): a 19:00 kick-off in Korea is 17:00 in Thailand, and afternoon matches in Korea fall around midday to early afternoon Thai time. Every time on this page is already converted to your own zone.

The tabs above separate fixtures with converted kick-off times, results, the full 12-club table and the top scorers.

After the split, read each club's position alongside the half it is in. Scores update on their own while matches are in progress, with no refresh needed.