On December 30th, the Korean Professional Football League announced today the salary expenses of each team in the K League for the 2022 season.
The total annual salary spent by teams in the K League in the 2022 season was 120.860644 million won (about 660 million yuan). In the order of teams, the most are: 19,713,993 million won (about 108 million yuan) in Quanbei Hyundai, 176.85 billion won (about 97.48 million yuan) in Ulsan Hyundai, 12.3601.76 billion won (about 68.13 million yuan) in Jeju Union, and 113.5567 billion won (62.6 million yuan) in Seoul FC113.5567 billion won.
The average annual salary of K-League players is 282.11 million won (about 1.555 million yuan). The average annual salary of domestic players in South Korea is 230995 million won (about 1.273 million yuan), while the average annual salary of foreign aid is 862.685 million won (4.756 million yuan).
Among South Korean players in , the top five with the highest annual salary are Kim Jin-soo of Jeonbei (1.47 billion won, about 8.1 million RMB), Ulsan’s Kim Young-kwon (1.39 billion won, about 7.66 million RMB), Jeong-bei’s Kim Fu-woo (1.34 billion won, about 7.38 million RMB), Ulsan’s Lee Qinglong (1.32 billion won, about 7.27 million RMB), and Jo Hyun-woo of Ulsan (1.32 billion won). It is about 7.27 million yuan.
Among foreign players, the highest annual salary is Jeju United’s Gerso (1.7 billion won, about 9.37 million yuan, striker, 37 games, 8 balls and 7 assists, Guinea-Bissau and Portugal), Daegu FC’s Cecinia (1.6 billion won, about 8.82 million yuan, midfield, 32 games, 13 goals and 6 assists, Brazilian nationality), Jeonbei Hyundai’s Gustavo (1.48 billion won, about 8.16 million yuan) Director forward, 43 games 12 goals 5 assists, Brazilian nationality), Ulsan Hyundai’s Kazazi Ishvili (1.47 billion won, about 8.1 million yuan, post forward, 44 games 10 balls 3 assists, Georgian nationality), Ulsan Hyundai Leonardo (1.23 billion won, about 6.78 million yuan, division forward, 41 games 13 goals 6 assists, Brazilian nationality, for Shandong Taishan team leased player).