2013 Challengers League
| Season | 2013 |
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The 2013 Challengers League was the seventh season of the Challengers League. Playoff systems were expanded to six clubs and league was divided two groups and play with home and away each other, with top three of each group will be advancing to the post-season championship playoffs.
Competition Format
The 2013 season run from March 2 through November 9. The 18 teams in the league are divided into the Group A and Group B — nine in the Group A, nine in the Group B. Each team competes against the other team in same group twice, home and away, the other group's team once, home or away, for a total of 25 games. The top three of each groups qualify to the Championship playoff.
Team changes from last season
- Parted in K League Classic
- Dissolved club
- Name changed club
- New clubs
Challengers League Clubs, 2013
League standing
Group A
League standing is calculated by group A result (16 round) plus inter league (9 round) result.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Pocheon (Q) | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 38 | Championship playoff |
| 2 | Icheon Citizen (Q) | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 37 | |
| 3 | Chuncheon FC | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 37 | |
| 4 | Yeonggwang FC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 19 | |
| 5 | Jeonju FC | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 18 | |
| 6 | Gwangju Gwangsan FC | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 13 | |
| 7 | Jungnang Chorus Mustang | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 54 | −37 | 13 | |
| 8 | Namyangju United | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 54 | −38 | 51 | |
| 9 | Seoul FC Martyrs | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 101 | −89 | 0 |
Updated to games played on 7 July 2012.
Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Namyangju Citizen were deducted one point
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Group B
League standing is calculated by group A result (16 round) plus inter league (9 round) result.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheongju FC (Q) | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 34 | Championship playoff |
| 2 | Paju Citizen (Q) | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 34 | |
| 3 | Yangju Citizen | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 32 | |
| 4 | Gyeongju Citizen | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 30 | |
| 5 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 29 | |
| 6 | Yesan United | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 23 | |
| 7 | Seoul United | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 22 | |
| 8 | Cheonan FC | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 15 | |
| 9 | Goyang Citizen | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 102 |
Updated to games played on 7 July 2012.
Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
2 Goyang FC were deducted one point
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Inter League
Inter League was scheduled from May 19 to August 11.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yangju Citizen | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | +31 | 18 |
| 2 | Icheon Citizen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 16 |
| 3 | Paju Citizen | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 15 |
| 4 | Gyeongju Citizen | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 15 |
| 5 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 13 |
| 6 | Cheongju FC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 12 |
| 7 | Chuncheon FC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 12 |
| 8 | FC Pocheon | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 12 |
| 9 | Yesan United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 10 |
| 10 | Seoul United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 9 |
| 11 | Yeonggwang FC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 |
| 12 | Jungnang Chorus Mustang | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 6 |
| 13 | Goyang Citizen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 52 |
| 14 | Cheonan FC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 |
| 15 | Jeonju FC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 4 |
| 16 | Gwangju Gwangsan FC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 0 |
| 17 | Seoul FC Martyrs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 50 | −46 | 0 |
| 18 | Namyangju United | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23 | −20 | -11 |
Updated to games played on 23 June 2012.
Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Namyangju Citizen were deducted one point
2 Goyang FC were deducted one point
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.