K League 2 will also play during the 'A-match break' in 2025
Dec 06, 2024
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According to the soccer community, the Korean Professional Football Federation reported at the 5th board meeting held on the 29th of last month that the K League 2 in 2025 will continue to play during the A-match period. K League 2 games will be available during the A-match period in June, September and October 2025. In addition, K League 2 matches will be held during the EAFF E-1 (formerly East Asia Cup) scheduled for July. This minimizes the number of K League 2 games played during the week. However, it is not held in March and November. In March, the second round of the Korea Cup (formerly FA Cup) is expected. In November, the final round of the league could not be played due to the problem of holding it at the same time. It is known that the information related to this was delivered to each club in the K League 2.
There are variables. This is the case when a representative A or a representative under the age of 23 (U-23) is produced from the K League 2 team. In this case, it can be played as a pure match at the request of the target team (if not desired, proceed as scheduled). It is decided that the game of Soon-yeon will be played during the week after the A match. For example, if the A match period is from December 9th to 17th, the game should be held on December 14th. However, the game of the team that produced the representative players will be postponed until December 25. This applies equally to the transfer of foreign players to represent A or U-23 teams.
There is something concerning. It is a matter of schedule of the opposing team playing against the team that produced the representative player. If it's on schedule, we'll play weekend-weekend games. But you have to play weekend-weekday-weekend games. Also, the issue of home stadium schedule should be considered.
Despite some voices of concern, related contents were passed through representative discussions. It is to have K-League continuity during the A-match period. This season, K League 2 received more love than ever. In 2024, it attracted 901,659 spectators (average 3,821). It increased significantly in 2023 compared to a total of 558,432 (average 2,366).
An official from the Korea Professional Football Association said, `K League 2 is rarely affected because there are not many players from the national team as in K League 1. In terms of performance and box office, it was judged that it was more desirable to play weekend games than weekday games. Regarding this, he said, "We collected opinions in advance with K League 2 team officials and reflected them."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
