The K-League's annual salary king is Lingard from EPL, and Cho Hyun-woo in Korea...Ulsan's biggest hand for 3 consecutive losses, 2024 K-League club annual salary revealed
Dec 30, 2024
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The Korea Professional Football Federation announced on the 30th the annual salary expenditure of 11 K League 11 clubs (excluding military team Kim Cheon-moo) and 13 K League 2 clubs in the 2024 season. The annual salary was calculated based on the actual payment of the basic salary and various allowances (such as attendance allowance, victory allowance, attack point allowance, and other options). The allowance included the K League, the Korea Cup, and the Asian Champions League.
The calculation targets are all players who have been registered with each club at least once during the entire 2024 season. Players who joined or retired in the middle of the season were included as a number proportional to the length of time they actually belonged to the team. For example, if a player was on the team for only half of the season, it was calculated as 0.5.
The total annual salary spent by all K League 1 clubs in the 2024 season was 139.5 billion won. By club, Ulsan, which won its third consecutive K League 1 title, was in the order of 20.91 billion won, Jeonbuk was in the order of 20.451579 million won, and Seoul was in the order of 1,481,803,000 won.
The average annual salary per player in K League 1 is 34995,000 won. The average annual salary of Korean players was 235.198 million won per person, and the average annual salary of foreign players was 793.981 million won per person. The average annual salary per player for each club was 610.69 million won in Ulsan, 48351 million won in Jeonbuk, and 374.951 million won in Seoul.
Starting with Cho Hyun-woo (1.49 billion won), Ulsan Kim Young-kwon (1.45 billion won), Jeonbuk Kim Jin-soo (1.37 billion won), Jeonbuk Lee Seung-woo (1.35 billion won), and Jeonbuk Park Jin-seop (1.17 billion won) ranked first and fifth in the top salary among domestic players.
Among the foreign players, the highest salaries were Lingard in Seoul (1.82 billion won), Cesinha in Daegu (1.73 billion won), Mugosa in Incheon (1.54 billion won), Gerso in Incheon (1.44 billion won), and Illichenko in Seoul (1.43 billion won).
The total annual salary of 13 K League 2 clubs was 58.76 billion won, and the average annual salary per person was 130.7 million won. By club, Suwon spent the most 8.87 billion won, followed by Seongnam with 6.13999 million won and Seoul E-Land with 5.6163 million won.
The average annual salary per player for each club was 219.87 million won in Suwon, 181.656 million won in Seoul E-Land and 178.02 million won in Anyang.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
