7th in Ulsan, 1st in Jeonbuk… K -League New Dynasty Dynasty
The K -League dynasty in the 2025 season is shaken.
The defending champion and the K -League 3 consecutive Ulsan HD will be seventh in the seventh place (8 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses and 30 points) on the 21st. In the last four consecutive games (2 draws and 2 losses), the undefeated march, which has been in full swing since 2017, has also been broken in eight years (20th). Fans have also been cheering boycott since the 18th. Kim Pan -gon, director of Ulsan, said, “If you wait, I will overcome it and look good.” Ulsan has never descended below the fifth place (based on the final ranking) in the last nine seasons since the seventh place in 2015.
As the new dynasty shakes, the old dynasty is rebuilt. Jeonbuk Hyundai, which was in the 10th place last season, was defending the first place (14 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses and 48 points) with 18 games undefeated (13 wins and 5 draws) by the 21st. It is the second place, Hana Citizen (9 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses, 36 points) and 12th victory. Jeonbuk is the best dynasty ever to win the K -League’s most championship (9 times) and the most consecutive championships. In the 2022 season, the first place was in Jeonbuk for five years before leaving Ulsan.
Whether or not to keep the dynasty’s reputation, the fight has emerged as a new point of watching the K -League. The Shingu dynasty was noted for showing my color under the new head. Kim Pan -gon took over the team after Hong Myung -bo, who led the golden age of Ulsan, left for the national team in mid -season. Based on the experience of athletes, managers and administrators, he led the team’s championship in three months. This season was highly expected in that it was the first year of spending the whole season with Kim Pan -gon’s system, but there is no clear color yet. The failure of generations, the lack of attack tactics, and the absence of a definite striker are constantly discussed. The advantage of last season, which actively utilized the veteran and given the bench members a chance, and raised the team’s capabilities.
Jeonbuk meets Gus Poe and is seeing the effect. He succeeded in the summer transfer market, and he raised the hidden skills of the players with motivation and stimulus. Jeon Jin -woo, who scored two goals last year, scored 12 goals on the 21st and scored first.
There are still many games. Ulsan fought in the second half of the year, recruiting striker Malcolm (31), who played in Korea for two seasons for 2017-2018 and swept the best player with the best player. Malcolm made a replacement in the second half of Seoul on the 21st and returned to the K -League for about seven years.
By Nam Ji -eun, reporter myviollet@hani.co.kr
