2020 K3 League

The 2020 K3 League is the first season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league and the third tier of South Korean football league system. After the 2019 season, the former Korea National League and K3 League Advanced went defunct and rebranded into the K3 League. In the 2020 season, 16 teams are going to compete in the K3 League, and they are 8 teams from KNL, 6 teams from K3 League Advanced, and 2 teams from K3 League Basic. The teams for the 2020 season were announced by the Korea Football Association on 19 December 2019.[1]

2020 K3 League
Season2020
Dates16 May 2020 – 5 September 2020
(Regular Season)
ChampionsGimhae FC
1st Title
RelegatedChuncheon Citizen
Jeonju Citizen
Matches played119
Goals scored430 (3.61 per match)
Biggest home winGyeongju KHNP 7 - 0 Yangju Citizen
Biggest away winYangju Citizen 0 - 5 Changwon City
2021 →

Competition format

16 teams will compete in the 2020 season, including all 8 teams from the 2019 edition of the now-defunct Korea National League,[2] six teams from the 2019 K3 League Advanced, and two teams from the 2019 K3 League Basic.[2] Each team will play 22 games this season, 15 games in a round-robin way and 7 games in a split division. No team will be promoted to K League 2 this year. The 15th and 16th teams are to be relegated to K4 League, and the 14th team will qualify for the promotion/relegation playoff. [3]

Teams
Club City Stadium Capacity Manager
Busan TC Busan Busan Gudeok Stadium 24,363 Park Sang-In
Changwon City Changwon Changwon Football Center 15,116 Park Hang-seo
Cheonan City Cheonan Cheonan Football Center 15,500 Kim Tae-young
Cheongju FC Cheongju Cheongju Stadium 17,264 Kwon Oh-gyu
Chuncheon FC Chuncheon Chuncheon Stadium 20,000 Kim Yong-Ho
Daejeon Korail Daejeon Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex 17,371 Kim Seung-hee
Gangneung City Gangneung Gangneung Stadium 33,000 Park Moon-Young
Gimhae FC Gimhae Gimhae Public Stadium 25,000 Kim Gwi-Hwa
Gimpo Citizen Gimpo Gimpo Sports Complex 5,068 Oh Jong-yeol
Gyeongju Citizen Gyeongju Gyeongju Civic Stadium 12,199 Kim Dae-geon
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Civic Stadium 12,199 Uh Yong-kuk
Hwaseong FC Hwaseong Hwaseong Stadium 35,270 Kim Seong-nam
Jeonju Citizen Jeonju Jeonju Stadium 30,000 Jung Jin-hyuk
Mokpo City Mokpo Mokpo International Football Center 5,952 Kim Jung-Hyuk
Pyeongtaek Citizen Pyeongtaek Sosabeol Reports Town 15,000 Lee Ho-joon
Yangju Citizen Yangju Godeok Artificial Turf Ground 5,000 Lee Seung-Hee

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Player
Changwon FC Takuma Ishibashi
Cheonan City FC Jerry van Ewijk
Gimhae FC Carlos
Gimpo Citizen FC Ismael Jorge Balea
Hwaseong FC Olivier Bonnes
Pyeongtaek Citizen FC Matheus Wictor Hugo Abdoulie Gomez Hirotomo Kawazu
Yangju Citizen Martin Sawi Paul Puk Kun Pal

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Gimhae (C) 22 15 4 3 39 18 +21 49 Qualification to K3 League Championship Final
2 Gyeongju KHNP (Q) 22 12 6 4 38 20 +18 42 Qualification to K3 League Championship Semi-final
3 Gangneung City (Q) 22 13 3 6 30 15 +15 42 Qualification to K3 League Championship Preliminary round
4 Busan TC (Q) 22 12 5 5 36 17 +19 41
5 Mokpo City 22 10 3 9 39 30 +9 33
6 Hwaseong 22 9 6 7 29 27 +2 33
7 Daejeon Korail 22 8 8 6 30 18 +12 32
8 Gimpo Citizen 22 6 8 8 27 27 0 26
9 Changwon City 22 9 7 6 33 25 +8 34
10 Cheongju 22 9 7 6 25 25 0 34
11 Cheonan City 22 9 6 7 27 25 +2 33
12 Pyeongtaek Citizen 22 6 5 11 24 40 −16 23
13 Yangju Citizen 22 6 2 14 17 45 −28 20
14 Gyeongju Citizen 22 3 6 13 16 36 −20 15 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Chuncheon Citizen (R) 22 2 8 12 21 43 −22 14 Relegation to 2021 K4 League
16 Jeonju Citizen (R) 22 3 4 15 19 39 −20 13
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Split A:Rank 1-8, Split B:Rank9-16 after 15 rounds

Results

Matches 1-15
Home \ Away BUS CHA CHC CHE CHU DAE GAN GIH GIM GYC GYE HWA JEO MOK PYE YAN
Busan TC — 0–0 1–1 — — 3–1 — 1–2 1–1 — 2–2 0–1 — — — —
Changwon City — — 3–3 — 0–0 — 0–1 — 0–0 — — 2–1 — 0–3 — 3–1
Cheonan City — — — 1–0 — 0–2 1–2 — 2–2 2–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–2 —
Cheongju FC 0–3 2–0 — — — — — 2–1 — — 1–1 0–2 1–0 — 0–0 —
Chuncheon FC 0–4 — 1–2 2–1 — 1–2 — — 2–2 — — — — — 2–3 —
Daejeon Korail — — 4–0 0–0 — — — — 3–1 0–0 — — 2–2 2–0 4–0
Gangneung City 1–4 — — — 5–0 1–1 — 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 — — — — —
Gimhae FC — 1–0 1–1 — 4–2 1–0 — — — — — — 2–1 2–1 5–0 3–0
Gimpo Citizen — — — 1–1 4–2 1–0 — 2–3 — 1–1 2–0 — 2–0 — — —
Gyeongju Citizen 0–1 2–2 — 1–1 1–0 — — 0–4 — — — — 1–1 0–2 — —
Gyeongju KHNP — 2–0 1–0 — — — — 2–0 0–2 1–0 — 4–0 2–1 — 4–2 7–0
Hwaseong FC — — — — 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 — — — 2–3 — 1–0
Jeonju Citizen 0–2 1–3 — — 1–0 0–3 1–3 — — — 2–4 — 2–1 0–0 —
Mokpo City 2–2 — — 0–1 5–1 — 2–2 — 0–1 — 1–2 — — — — 3–0
Pyeongtaek Citizen 2–1 0–1 1–2 — — — 0–2 — 0–4 1–0 — 1–2 — 2–4 — —
Yangju Citizen 0–2 — 4–2 0–2 0–0 — 1–0 — 3–2 — — 1–2 — 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 16-22

After 15 matches, the league splits into two sections of eight teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Final A
Home \ Away BUS DAE GAN GIH GIM GYE HWA MOK
Busan TC — 0–1 1–0 — — — — 3–1
Daejeon Korail — — — 0–0 1–1 — 1–1 —
Gangneung City — 1–0 — — 2–0 — 1–0 2–0
Gimhae FC 0–2 — 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 — —
Gimpo Citizen 0–1 — — — — 1–4 — 1–2
Gyeongju KHNP 2–1 1–1 0–0 — — — — 0–2
Hwaseong FC 0–1 — — 1–1 2–2 2–3 — —
Mokpo City — 2–1 — 0–1 — — 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final B
Home \ Away CHA CHC CHE CHU GYC JEO PYE YAN
Changwon City — — 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 — —
Cheonan City 0–3 — — 0–0 — — 3–0 0–1
Cheongju FC — 1–3 — 3–1 1–1 — — 2–1
Chuncheon FC — — — — 1–2 2–2 — 2–0
Gyeongju Citizen — 0–1 — — — — 1–3 0–1
Jeonju Citizen — 0–1 2–3 — 1–3 — — —
Pyeongtaek Citizen 1–3 — 3–0 2–2 — 1–1 — —
Yangju Citizen 0–5 — — — — 2–1 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Play-off

Championship Play-off start at 14 November to Final at 5 December. If scores are tied after regular time, the higher placed team advances to the next phase.

  1R     2R     Final
                               
        2 Gyeongju KHNP 1  
  3 Gangneung City 0     3 Gangneung City 0    
  4 Busan TC 0         1 Gimhae 1 1 2
      2 Gyeongju KHNP 0 1 0

1R
Gangneung City0–0Busan TC
Report
Attendance: 155
Referee: Lee Youngkyun

Gangneung City advance to the next round as they are the higher seed.

2R
Gyeongju KHNP1–0Gangneung City
Kim Chan Hee  34' Report
Attendance: 156
Referee: Choi GyuHyun

Final

1st;

Gyeongju KHNP0–1Gimhae
Joo Han-Sung  80'
Attendance: 286
Referee: Seoul Tae-Hwan

2nd;

Gimhae1–1Gyeongju KHNP
Joo Han-Sung  31' Report Cho Woo-Jin  51'
Gimhae Public Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Choi Cheol-Joon

Promotion-Relegation Play-off

Promotion-Relegation Play-off start at 6 December. The 14th position of K3 League will face winner of K4 League Play-off for reach promotion to K3 League next season.

Final
   
14 Gyeongju Citizen 2
K4 Jinju Citizen 2

14th of K3 League vs K4
Gyeongju Citizen2–2Jinju Citizen
Min Jae Kwon  26'
Seong Jun Jeong  57' (P)		 Cho Seong-wook  78'
Jun Beom Byun  90+1'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Choi Ki-chang

Winner
2020 K3 League Winners
Gimhae FC
1st Title

See also

References
  1. "Breaking: K3 and K4 League Teams Confirmed". K League United. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. "Breaking: K3 and K4 League Teams Confirmed". K League United. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. "K3·K4리그 대표자회의 개최...3월 7일 개막". KFA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.


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