2020 K3 League

2020 K3 League
Season	2020
Dates	16 May 2020 – 5 September 2020; (Regular Season)
Matches played	1
Goals scored	20 (20 per match)
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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]

Competition format

16 teams will compete in the 2020 season, including all eight 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
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
1	Gimhae	12	10	2	0	31	10	+21	32	Qualification to K3 League Championship
2	Gangneung City	12	8	2	2	20	8	+12	26
3	Gyeongju KHNP	12	7	4	1	25	9	+16	25
4	Busan TC	12	6	4	2	21	9	+12	22
5	Daejeon Korail	12	6	3	3	21	11	+10	21
6	Hwaseong	12	6	3	3	14	12	+2	21
7	Gimpo Citizen	12	5	4	3	17	10	+7	19
8	Cheonan City	12	4	4	4	16	17	−1	16
9	Cheongju	12	4	4	4	10	11	−1	16
10	Changwon City	12	4	4	4	14	16	−2	16
11	Mokpo City	12	4	3	5	21	16	+5	15
12	Pyeongtaek Citizen	12	2	3	7	8	23	−15	9
13	Yangju Citizen	12	2	2	8	9	28	−19	8
14	Jeonju Citizen	12	2	1	9	8	21	−13	7	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Gyeongju Citizen	12	1	3	8	5	19	−14	6	Relegation to 2021 K4 League
16	Chuncheon Citizen	12	1	2	9	10	30	−20	5	Relegation to 2021 K4 League

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins

Results

Regular season

Home \ Away	BUS	CHA	CHC	CHE	CHU	DAE	GAN	GIH	GIM	GYC	GYE	HWA	JEO	MOK	PYE	YAN
Busan TC	—	0–0				3–1		1–2	1–1		2–2	0–1
Changwon City		—	3–3				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		—							1–1	0–2	1–0		0–0
Chuncheon FC	0–4		1–2	2–1	—	1–2									2–3
Daejeon Korail						—				3–1	0–0			2–2	2–0	4–0
Gangneung City					5–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–0	2–0
Gimhae FC			1–1			1–0		—					2–1	2–1	5–0	3–0
Gimpo Citizen				1–1	4–2			2–3	—		2–0		2–0
Gyeongju Citizen	0–1	2–2								—				0–2
Gyeongju KHNP		2–0			1–0			0–4		1–0	—	4–0	2–1		4–2	7–0
Hwaseong FC					3–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0		—
Jeonju Citizen	0–2	1–3				0–3	1–3						—		0–0
Mokpo City	2–2			0–1	5–1		2–2		0–1		1–2			—
Pyeongtaek Citizen		0–1					0–2		0–4	1–0		1–2			—
Yangju Citizen	0–2		4–2	0–2	0–0		1–0						1–2		1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 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.

Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final

	2
3
4		1

Quarter-final

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Semi-final

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Final

1st;

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2nd;

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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


	K4

	14

K4 vs 14th of K3 League

	v

Winner

2020 K3 League Winners
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