"There is a K-League team that has already been demoted." Vietnamese media also noted the situation Sangmu of Gimcheon Sangmu.

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Vietnamese media also highlighted the situation in which the professional soccer K League 1 Gimcheon Sangmu is automatically demoted to the K League 2 regardless of their performance. The media explained that the original complex K-League promotion system became more complicated by the plan to expand the number of K-League 1 participants and the relocation of Gimcheon's ties.

Vietnamese media Z News said on the 8th (Korea Standard Time), "There is a team in the K-League that has already been demoted at the beginning of the season," adding, "Kim Chun will start again in K-League 2 due to the relocation of his hometown according to K-League regulations. There was already a similar situation when I left Sangju (Gimcheon) and moved to Gimcheon in 2020. Under the rule, Gimcheon will be demoted regardless of its final ranking this season. "It is a team that has already been demoted since the beginning of the season," he said.

In fact, as the agreement between Sangmu (National Military Sports Unit) and Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, has expired, Gimcheon has been demoted to K League 2 this season regardless of its ranking. Depending on Gimcheon's final ranking, only whether or not to hold the promotion playoffs will be different.

If Gimcheon is at the bottom of the K League 1, no team will be demoted and further demoted. On the contrary, if Gimcheon is not at the bottom, Gimcheon will be demoted and the promotion playoff will be held between the lowest K League 1 and the third to sixth K League 2 teams.

Sangmu has already been demoted even after ranking fourth in the K League 1 in the 2020 season, when the relocation from Sangju to Gimcheon was confirmed, and Sangmu, based in Gimcheon, started anew in K League 2 the following year.

In line with this, K League 1 will expand from 12 to 14 teams from next season. In the K League 2, the winning team and the runner-up team will be directly promoted, and the final winning team of the K League 2 playoffs, which will be played by the third- to sixth-place players, will also be promoted. On top of that, there will be up to four teams that will be promoted to K League 1 next season depending on whether or not the promotion playoffs are held.

"The K-League has become more special due to the plan to expand K-League 1 next season and the relocation of Gimcheon's hometown," Z News said. "The direct promotion of the K-League 2 winners and second-place winners is to increase the number of K-League 1 teams to 14, and the team that is promoted through the K-League 2 playoffs will take Gimcheon's place." If Gimcheon is not the lowest, the lowest team in the K League 1 must play the K League 2 playoff defeat team for fairness. In this case, a fourth promotion team could come out," he added.

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