Key facts
- Organising body
- K League Federation
- Founded
- 1983 ; 43 years ago ( 1983 )
- Country
- South Korea
- Confederation
- AFC
- Relegation to
- K League 2
- Domestic cup s
- Korea Cup , K League Super Cup
- International cup s
- AFC Champions League Elite , AFC Champions League Two
- Current champions
- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors , ( 2025 )
- Most championships
- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (10 titles)
- Broadcaster s
- JTBC Golf&Sports , IB Sports, Sky Sports (South Korea) , Coupang Play , Next Level Sports
- Website
- kleague.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- K League
- Has part
- 1991 K-League
- Country
- South Korea
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.kleague.com
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- season ends
- November
- sponsor
- Hana Bank
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 228
- native label
- K리그1
- league system
- South Korean football league system
- number of participants
- 12
- inception
- 1983-00-00
- event interval
- 1
- league level below
- K League 2
- competition class
- men's association football
- social media followers
- 334000
- operating area
- South Korea
- season starts
- February
- topic's main category
- Category:K League 1
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Encyclopedic overview
The K League 1 (Korean: K리그1) is a professional association football league in South Korea and the highest level of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. It is one of the most successful leagues in the Asian Football Confederation, with its past and present clubs having won a record twelve AFC Champions League titles.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “K League 1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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