2020 K3 League

Football league season

K3 LeagueSeason| 2020

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Dates| 16 May – 5 September 2020
Champions| Gimhae FC
(1st title)
Relegated| Chuncheon Citizen
Jeonju Citizen
Matches played| 119
Goals scored| 430 (3.61 per match)
Best Player| Choi Yong-woo[1]
Top goalscorer| Choi Yong-woo
(15 goals)[1]
Biggest home win| KHNP 7–0 Yangju
Biggest away win| Yangju 0–5 Changwon

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2021 →

← 2019 K3 Advanced

The 2020 K3 League was the first season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league. After the 2019 season, the former Korea National League and K3 League Advanced went defunct and rebranded as the K3 League.

Eight National League teams, six K3 League Advanced teams and two K3 League Basic teams entered in the 2020 season.[2] The 16 participating teams were divided into two groups, the top eight and the bottom eight, after playing each other once. Each team played 22 matches including 7 group stage matches. The 15th and 16th-placed teams were directly relegated to the K4 League, and the 14th-placed team advanced to the relegation play-off.[3]

## Teams

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### Stadiums and locations

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Club  | City  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Busan Transportation Corporation | Busan | Busan Gudeok Stadium | 24,363
Changwon City | Changwon | Changwon Football Center | 15,116
Cheonan City | Cheonan | Cheonan Football Center | 15,500
Cheongju FC | Cheongju | Cheongju Stadium | 17,264
Chuncheon FC | Chuncheon | Chuncheon Stadium | 20,000
Daejeon Korail | Daejeon | Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex | 17,371
Gangneung City | Gangneung | Gangneung Stadium | 33,000
Gimhae FC | Gimhae | Gimhae Public Stadium | 25,000
Gimpo Citizen | Gimpo | Gimpo Sports Complex | 5,068
Gyeongju Citizen | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Civic Stadium | 12,199
Gyeongju KHNP | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Civic Stadium | 12,199
Hwaseong FC | Hwaseong | Hwaseong Stadium | 35,270
Jeonju Citizen | Jeonju | Jeonju Stadium | 30,000
Mokpo City | Mokpo | Mokpo International Football Center | 5,952
Pyeongtaek Citizen | Pyeongtaek | Sosabeol Reports Town | 15,000
Yangju Citizen | Yangju | Godeok Artificial Turf Ground | 5,000

### Foreign players

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Club  | Player 1  | Player 2  | Player 3  | AFC player  | Former players

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Changwon FC |  Takuma Ishibashi |  |  |  |
Cheonan City |  Jerry van Ewijk |  |  |  |
Gimhae FC |  Carlinhos |  |  |  |
Gimpo Citizen |  Ismael Jorge Balea |  |  |  |
Hwaseong FC |  Olivier Bonnes |  |  |  |
Pyeongtaek Citizen |  Matheus |  Wictor Hugo |  Abdoulie Gomez |  Hirotomo Kawazu |
Yangju Citizen |  Martin Sawi |  Paul Puk Kun Pal |  |  |

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Gimhae FC (C) | 22  | 15  | 4  | 3  | 39  | 18  | +21  | 49  | Qualification for Championship final
2  | Gyeongju KHNP | 22  | 12  | 6  | 4  | 38  | 20  | +18  | 42  | Qualification for Championship semi-final
3  | Gangneung City | 22  | 13  | 3  | 6  | 30  | 15  | +15  | 42  | Qualification for Championship first round
4  | Busan Transportation Corporation | 22  | 12  | 5  | 5  | 36  | 17  | +19  | 41
5  | Mokpo City | 22  | 10  | 3  | 9  | 39  | 30  | +9  | 33  |
6  | Hwaseong FC | 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
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9  | Changwon City | 22  | 9  | 7  | 6  | 33  | 25  | +8  | 34  |
10  | Cheongju FC | 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 (O) | 22  | 3  | 6  | 13  | 16  | 36  | −20  | 15  | Qualification for relegation play-off
15  | Chuncheon Citizen (R) | 22  | 2  | 8  | 12  | 21  | 43  | −22  | 14  | Relegation to K4 League
16  | Jeonju Citizen (R) | 22  | 3  | 4  | 15  | 19  | 39  | −20  | 13

Source: Soccerway Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

## Results

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### Matches 1–15

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Home \ Away  | BUS | CHA | CHC | CHE | CHU | DAE | GAN | GIH | GIM | GYC | GYE | HWA | JEO | MOK | PYE | YAN

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Busan Transportation Corporation | -- | 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  | --

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Matches 16–22

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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

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Home \ Away  | BUS | DAE | GAN | GIH | GIM | GYE | HWA | MOK

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Busan Transportation Corporation | -- | 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  | --

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

#### Final B

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Home \ Away  | CHA | CHC | CHE | CHU | GYC | JEO | PYE | YAN

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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  | --

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Championship play-offs

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When the first round and semi-final matches were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out.[4]

### Bracket

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| First round | | | Semi-final | | | Final |

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| 3 | Gangneung City | 0 |

| 4 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 0 |
| | 1 | Gimhae FC | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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### First round

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14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)

14:00 KST

Gangneung City| 0-0| Busan Transportation Corporation

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Gangneung Stadium

Attendance: 155

Referee: Lee Youngkyun

### Semi-final

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21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)

14:00 KST

Gyeongju KHNP| 1-0| Gangneung City

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Kim Chan-hee  34' | Report |

Gyeongju Civic Stadium

Attendance: 156

Referee: Choi Gyu-hyun

### Final

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28 November 2020 (2020-11-28)

14:00 KST

Gyeongju KHNP| 0-1| Gimhae FC

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|  | Joo Han-sung  80'

Gyeongju Civic Stadium

Attendance: 286

Referee: Seoul Tae-hwan

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5 December 2020 (2020-12-5)

14:00 KST

Gimhae FC| 1-1| Gyeongju KHNP

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Joo Han-sung  31' | Report | Cho Woo-jin  51'

Gimhae Public Stadium

Attendance: 0

Referee: Choi Cheol-joon

Gimhae FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Relegation play-off

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The relegation play-off (K4 League promotion play-offs final) was contested between the 14th-placed team of K3 League and the winners of K4 League play-off (semi-final). When the match was finished as a draw, both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)

14:00 KST

Gyeongju Citizen| 2-2| Jinju Citizen

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* Min Jae-kwon  26'
* Seong Jun-jeong  57' (pen.)

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* Cho Seong-wook  78'
* Jun Beom-byun  90+1'

Gyeongju Civic Stadium

Attendance: 0

Referee: Choi Ki-chang

## See also

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* 2020 in South Korean football
* 2020 Korean FA Cup

## References

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1. ^ a b 2020 K3·4리그 시상식 개최...최용우-허건, K3·4리그 MVP 수상 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
2. ^ "Breaking: K3 and K4 League Teams Confirmed". K League United. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
3. ^ K3·K4리그 대표자회의 개최...3월 7일 개막 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
4. ^ 3위 강릉, 4위 부산과 무승부...2R 진출 (in Korean). KFA. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

## External links

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Clubs|

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* Busan Transportation Corporation
* Changwon FC
* Chuncheon Citizen
* Daejeon Korail
* Gangneung Citizen
* Gimhae FC
* Gyeongju KHNP
* Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors N
* FC Mokpo
* Paju Citizen
* Pocheon Citizen
* Siheung Citizen
* Ulsan Citizen
* Yangpyeong FC
* Yeoju FC

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Former|

* Cheonan City
* Cheongju FC
* Daegu FC B
* Dangjin Citizen
* Gimpo FC
* Gyeongju Citizen
* Hwaseong FC
* Jeonju Citizen
* Pyeongtaek Citizen
* Yangju Citizen

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