Jeonbuk Hyundai of the K League 1 professional football team will play its first-ever promotion playoff (PO).
Jeonbuk will play the first round of the K League 2 Seoul E-Land and Hana Bank’s K League 2024 promotion PO at Mokdong Stadium in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul at 4 p.m. on the 1st of next month.
A total of two matches will be played for the K League promotion PO.
The bottom of the K League 1 will trade places with the K League 2 promotion team. This season, Incheon United will be demoted and FC Anyang will be promoted.
In addition, the 10th-ranked team in the K League 1 and the 11th-ranked team in the K League 1 will play home-and-away with the 3rd-5th-ranked team and the 2nd-ranked team in the K League 2 respectively to decide whether to stay or be promoted.
Jeonbuk has ranked 10th to secure the promotion and PO. The opponent team is Seoul Land.
Seoul E-Land finished the regular league in third place.
And on the 24th, they held a 2-2 draw with fourth-place Jeonnam Dragons, who beat fifth-place Busan I’Park in the semi-PO.
In the K League 2 PO, a team with a high rank in the regular league can advance to the next stage if it wins a draw. Jeonbuk and Seoul E-Land will have a showdown for the top division position.
Both teams are new to the elevation PO.
Seoul E-Land, which took its first step in the K League 2 in 2015, has stayed in the second division every time, but it will play in its first promotion PO under the leadership of head coach Kim Do-kyun this season and try to be promoted.
If Seoul E-Land is on the rise and receives its first upward PO, Jeonbuk will experience the worst performance.
Jeonbuk is a strong team with the most wins (nine times) in the K League 1.
Even before the opening of this season, he was evaluated to establish a three-way system with Ulsan HD and FC Seoul.
However, he was sluggish from the start and went downhill.
There were changes in the beginning of the season, with former coach Dan Petrescu leaving and head coach Kim Doo-hyun taking the helm, but there was no reversal.
In terms of power alone, Jeonbuk can be expected to remain.
This is why there are many national team-level resources across all positions, including Song Min-gyu, Lee Young-jae, Lee Seung-woo, Moon Sun-min, Park Jin-seop, Ahn Hyun-beom, Kim Jin-soo, Hong Jung-ho, Kim Tae-hwan and Kim Jun-hong.
The atmosphere is not bad these days either.
Jeonbuk defeated Cebu (Philippines) 4-0 on the 28th and confirmed its advance to the round of 16 of the AFC Champions League (ACL2) in the 2024-2025 season.
He laid the foundation for his rise by winning a big victory in the game ahead of an important match.
There are not only positive factors.
Jeonbuk lacks the experience of the head coach than Seoul E-Land.
Kim Doo-hyun is the first coach to take the helm this season. He has yet to accurately portray the soccer he pursues in Jeonbuk.
On the other hand, manager Kim Do-kyun, who leads Seoul E-Land, is one of the best players in the K-League.
In the K League 2 in 2020, Suwon FC was promoted to the K League 1 through the playoffs, and last year, the team remained in the K League 1 through the promotion and playoffs. He is known as an “expert” in the promotion PO.
In addition, Jeonbuk has a physical burden.
The atmosphere was changed, but I used up my stamina by playing during the week.
On the other hand, Seoul E-Land fully prepared for the match against Jeonbuk for a week after the PO against Jeonnam.
Not only the first game, but also the second game should be worried about the schedule of the forced troops.
Jeonbuk will play the first round of the promotion PO against Seoul E-Land on the 1st, followed by an away game against Muangtong United (Thailand) in the 6th round of the ACL2 group league on the 5th.
After that, he will hold the second round of promotion PO with Seoul E-Land at home on the 8th.
As it has already confirmed its advance to the round of 16, it is expected to operate the rotation and go on an away trip, but it is inevitably a burden to play the game before and after the PO schedule.
Despite such unfavorable factors, attention is being paid to whether Jeonbuk will be able to hit the 2025 season in the first division as a K-League master, and whether Seoul E-Land will be able to beat the “giant” Jeonbuk to make the K-League 1 stage for the first time in the club’s history.
Meanwhile, not only Jeonbuk and Seoul E-Land, but also Daegu FC and Chungnam Asan will clash in the promotion PO.
Chungnam Asan ranks second in the K League 2, while Daegu ranks 11th in the league, playing the PO.
Unlike Jeonbuk and Seoul E-Land, which play a little late due to their ACL2 schedule, the two teams have already played the first game. 먹튀검증
On the 28th, Chungnam Asan won 4-3 against Daegu in the first game at home.
The second game between the two teams will be held at DGB Daegu Bank Park, Daegu’s home turf, at 2 p.m. on the 1st.