Baseball and football are traditionally considered to be the most popular sports in South Korea. Place your football bets on hundreds of leagues across the football world.

The K-League 1, one of the major leagues in the Asian zone, is the first professional football division in South Korea. The K-League has very strict rules regarding foreign players. Teams have five spots on the roster for foreigners, but one is reserved for players from other Asian countries and Australia, and another can only be used for players from ASEAN countries.

Two teams neck and neck in the national championship

The K League, one of the major leagues in the Asian zone, runs from February to December and has 228 matches on which you can bet. The top division of the Korean league comprises just 12 teams, and midway through the season, it splits into two parts, with the top 6 playing for the title and the lower 6 battling to avoid relegation to K League 2. Make bets on the K League 2 on our online sports betting platform.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors is the most powerful team in the South Korean championship over the last decade. Since winning their first title in 2009, the team has been racking up records. It is now the most successful team in the country, with many championship trophies.

Next in line under this dominance, and often finishing second in the K League 1 standings, Ulsan Hyundai is slowly catching up. The Ulsan Hyundai team won the AFC Champions League in 2020.

Recommended bets on the K League

In the South Korean football league, the goal average is only 2.42 goals per game. This is a league with a low number of goals, especially in the first half. Out of 228 league games, nearly 100 games ended the first half goalless — that's 42% of K League games. A recommended first bet is to go 0-0 in the first half.

It means that usually the vast majority of goals came after the break. In fact 63.3% of goals were scored after the break. Another recommended bet on the K League is betting on more goals in the second half.

Betting on AFC Champions League

The top three teams in the standings at the end of the season have a chance to participate in the Asian Champions League. With several victories in the AFC Champions League, Pohang Steelers are the second most successful team in this international tournament. Place your bets on the AFC Champions League with bwin.

Among the top five teams that have won the AFC's top international competition, three are South Korean.