The box office continues to run. K-League 1+2 Division has surpassed 3 million paid spectators for 3 consecutive years

Oct 18, 2025

The box office continues to run. K-League 12 Division has surpassed 3 million paid spectators for 3 consecutive years
Seoul World Cup Stadium/ K League1/ FC Seoul vs Ulsan HDFC/ Spectator/ Seoul Fan/ Seoul Supporters Guardian/ Seoul Mascot Seouli/ Photo by Jung Jae-hoon



The box office continues to run. K-League 12 Division has surpassed 3 million paid spectators for 3 consecutive years
Suwon World Cup Stadium/ K League 2/ Suwon Samsung Bluewings vs Cheonan City FC/ Spectator/ Suwon Fan/ Suwon Supporters Prentet Tricolo/ Photo by Jung Jae-hoon
The box office continues to run. K-League 12 Division has surpassed 3 million paid spectators for 3 consecutive years
Jeonju World Cup Stadium/ K League1/ Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors vs Ulsan HDFC/ electronic display/ foreground/ All seats sold out/ All seats sold out/ Photo Kim Jung-soo
The K-League's box office run continued this year. For the third consecutive year, the total number of paid spectators in the K League 1 and 2 exceeded 3 million.

On the 18th, when the last six games of the regular round were held at the same time, 84,263 people entered the K League 1, recording a total of 2,047,564 cumulative spectators. It exceeded 3 million people. So far, 1,010,6102 people have visited the stadium in K League 2. In the first and second parts, it achieved a total of 3,063,666 paid spectators.

This season, K League 1 has consistently maintained an average of more than 10,000 spectators since the opening, and currently has an average of 10,341. FC Seoul has the highest average attendance among the 12 teams in the K League with an average of 24,417. Daejeon Hana Citizen, Pohang Steelers, Jeju SK, and FC Anyang, including Jeonbuk Hyundai in the league, which confirmed the championship early, have increased their average attendance compared to last season, helping the league's success.




Last season's K League 1 had a total of 2.58,585 spectators entering, surpassing 2 million spectators for the second consecutive year, and the highest number of spectators in a single season since the paid audience was counted.

K League 2 is still ongoing. The 35th round will take place on the 19th. K League 2 has already exceeded 1 million spectators for the first time since its launch.

In this season's K League 2, Suwon Samsung (average 12,467) and Incheon United (average 11,187) are leading the box office with an average of 10,000 spectators. In addition, a number of clubs, including Jeollanam-do Dragons, Busan I'Park, Seongnam FC, Chungnam Asan, Cheonan City FC, and Gimpo FC, have increased their average attendance slightly compared to last season, raising the overall enthusiasm of the league.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.