2014 K League Challenge

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K League Challenge 2014
Season	2014
Champions	Daejeon Citizen ; (1st title)
Promoted	Daejeon Citizen ; Gwangju FC
Matches played	180
Goals scored	467 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adriano ; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Ansan 6–1 Daejeon ; (June 29) ; Daegu 6–1 Gangwon ; (November 2)
Biggest away win	Chungju 0–4 Daejeon ; (April 19)
Highest scoring	7 goals ; (6 matches)
Highest attendance	6,279 ; Anyang v Gangwon ; (March 29)
Lowest attendance	217 ; Gangwon v Daegu ; (September 17) ; Ansan v Goyang ; (October 15)
Average attendance	1,211
	← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 K League Challenge was the second season of the K League Challenge, the second tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013. From the 2014 season, a top place team was promoted to the K League Classic and the promotion play-offs among three clubs ranked between 2nd and 4th took place after the regular season ends.^[1]

Teams

Sangju Sangmu, the champions of the 2013 K League Challenge, was promoted to 2014 K League Classic, then Gangwon FC, Daegu FC and Daejeon Citizen were relegated from the top tier. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

Participating clubs

Location of teams in 2014 K League Challenge

Team	City	Manager	Home venue	Capacity
Ansan Police	Ansan	Cho Dong-hyun	Ansan Wa~ Stadium	7004350000000000000♠35,000
FC Anyang	Anyang	Lee Woo-hyung	Anyang Stadium	7004182160000000000♠18,216
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Choi Jin-han	Bucheon Stadium	7004345450000000000♠34,545
Chungju Hummel	Chungju	Kim Jong-pil	Chungju Stadium	7004150000000000000♠15,000
Daegu FC	Daegu	Choi Duck-joo	Daegu Stadium	7004680140000000000♠68,014
Daejeon Citizen	Daejeon	Cho Jin-ho	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	7004421760000000000♠42,176
Gangwon FC	Gangneung	Arthur Bernardes Park Hyo-jin (C)	Gangneung Stadium	7004223330000000000♠22,333
Goyang Hi FC	Goyang	Lee Young-moo Lee Sung-kil (C)	Goyang Stadium	7004413110000000000♠41,311
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	Nam Ki-il	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	7004441180000000000♠44,118
Suwon FC	Suwon	Cho Duck-je	Suwon Stadium	7004246700000000000♠24,670

Stadiums

Primary venues used in the K League Challenge:

Ansan Police	FC Anyang	Bucheon FC 1995	Chungju Hummel	Daegu FC
Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Anyang Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Chungju Stadium	Daegu Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 34,545	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 68,014

Daejeon Citizen	Gangwon FC	Goyang Hi FC	Gwangju FC	Suwon FC
Daejeon World Cup Stadium	Gangneung Stadium	Goyang Stadium	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Suwon Stadium
Capacity: 42,176	Capacity: 22,333	Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 44,118	Capacity: 24,670

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Kit Manufacturer¹	Main sponsor¹
Ansan Police	Zaicro
FC Anyang	Zaicro	KB Kookmin Bank
Bucheon FC 1995	Ninety Plus	Bucheon Government
Chungju Hummel	Hummel	Chungju Government
Daegu FC	Hummel
Daejeon Citizen	Kelme
Gangwon FC	Hummel
Goyang Hi FC	New Balance
Gwangju FC	Joma	Gwangju Bank
Suwon FC	Hummel	Suwon Government

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player
FC Anyang	Wagner	Felipe Adão
Bucheon FC 1995	Rodrigo Paraná
Chungju Hummel	Ciprian Vasilache	Raphael	Kalel
Daegu FC	Matheus	Johnathan
Daejeon Citizen	Adriano	Vanderlei	Maranhão
Gangwon FC	Joélson	Alex	Almir	Diogo
Goyang Hi FC	Roniere	Maycon
Gwangju FC	Diego Silva	Fábio Neves
Suwon FC	Japa	Vladan Adžić

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Daejeon Citizen (C, P)	36	20	10	6	64	36	+28	70	Promotion to 2015 K League Classic
2	Ansan Police	36	16	11	9	58	48	+10	59	Qualification for K League Challenge play-offs
3	Gangwon FC	36	16	6	14	48	50	−2	54
4	Gwangju FC (O, P)	36	13	12	11	40	35	+5	51
5	FC Anyang	36	15	6	15	49	52	−3	51
6	Suwon FC	36	12	12	12	52	49	+3	48
7	Daegu FC	36	13	8	15	50	47	+3	47
8	Goyang Hi FC	36	11	14	11	36	41	−5	47
9	Chungju Hummel	36	6	16	14	37	57	−20	34
10	Bucheon FC 1995	36	6	9	21	33	52	−19	27

Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2014. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Positions by matchday

Leader & Promotion to the 2015 K League Classic
Qualification to Relegation/promotion play-offs

Round 1–18

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Daejeon Citizen	9	6	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Daegu FC	4	7	8	5	4	4	2	2	4	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
FC Anyang	5	4	2	1	2	2	4	4	2	6	5	7	3	3	3	4	2	3
Gangwon FC	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Goyang Hi FC	5	8	7	4	7	6	3	4	6	5	3	3	5	6	6	6	7	5
Ansan Police	2	1	1	3	3	3	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	6
Suwon FC	1	2	6	7	5	7	6	3	5	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	7
Gwangju FC	8	5	5	8	6	5	7	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	5	8
Chungju Hummel	3	3	4	6	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Bucheon FC 1995	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	7	7	9	9	10	10

Source: kleague.com

Round 19–36

Team ╲ Round	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
Daejeon Citizen	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ansan Police	5	6	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Gangwon FC	7	3	3	5	3	5	5	4	3	5	3	2	4	4	4	5	3	3
Gwangju FC	6	8	5	6	6	4	4	6	4	3	5	6	5	5	5	6	4	4
FC Anyang	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	7	6	4	3	3	3	3	5	5
Suwon FC	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	6	4	4	5	7	6	6	4	6	6
Daegu FC	3	4	6	4	5	6	7	5	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7
Goyang Hi FC	4	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	6	7	8	8	8	8
Chungju Hummel	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Bucheon FC 1995	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: kleague.com

Results

Matches 1–18

Home \ Away^[1]	ASM	ANY	BUC	CJH	DGU	DJC	GWN	GHI	GWJ	SUW
Ansan Police		0–3	1–2	0–0	3–2	6–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	4–3
FC Anyang	2–0		3–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–2
Bucheon FC 1995	3–4	0–1		2–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–3
Chungju Hummel	1–1	2–1	0–2		2–3	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2
Daegu FC	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–1		2–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Daejeon Citizen	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		2–2	4–1	4–0	2–0
Gangwon FC	0–3	0–0	0–2	5–2	0–1	1–3		0–1	2–1	1–0
Goyang Hi FC	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–3		2–4	1–0
Gwangju FC	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–2		1–0
Suwon FC	0–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 4 October 2014.
Source: K League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Matches 19–36

Home \ Away^[1]	ASM	ANY	BUC	CJH	DGU	DJC	GWN	GHI	GWJ	SUW
Ansan Police		1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–1
FC Anyang	1–2		1–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–3
Bucheon FC 1995	2–2	1–2		0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–2
Chungju Hummel	2–2	4–1	1–1		1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0
Daegu FC	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–2		1–0	6–1	0–1	0–0	1–2
Daejeon Citizen	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0		3–0	1–0	0–1	5–2
Gangwon FC	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2		1–0	2–4	2–1
Goyang Hi FC	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–4	2–2	0–0		0–0	0–3
Gwangju FC	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		2–0
Suwon FC	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–4	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 16 November 2014.
Source: K League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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Promotion-Relegation Playoffs

Promotion and relegation playoffs were held between 2nd and 4th placed clubs of 2014 K League Challenge and 11th club of the 2014 K League Classic.

Semi-Playoff			Playoff			Relegation/Promotion Playoffs

						1	Gyeongnam FC	1	1	2
			2	Ansan Police	0	Ch4	Gwangju FC	3	1	4
3	Gangwon FC	0	Ch4	Gwangju FC	3
4	Gwangju FC	1

Semi-Playoff

22 November 201414:00

Gangwon FC	0 – 1	Gwangju FC
	Report	Kim Ho-nam 53'

Wonju Stadium, Wonju

Attendance: 1,065

Referee: Choi Myung-yong

Playoff

29 November 201414:00

Ansan Police	0 – 3	Gwangju FC
	Report	Fábio 70', 71' Diego 76'

Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan

Attendance: 2,767

Referee: Kim Seong-ho

Promotion-Relegation Playoffs

First leg

3 December 201419:00

Gwangju FC	3 – 1	Gyeongnam FC
Cho Yong-tae 20' Diego 48' Sreten 85' (o.g.)	Report	Stojanović 32'

Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju

Attendance: 2,667

Second leg

6 December 201414:00

Gyeongnam FC	1 – 1	Gwangju FC
Song Soo-young 70'	Report	Kim Ho-nam 75'

Changwon Football Center, Changwon

Attendance: 1,969

Gwangju FC secure promotion to the 2015 K League Classic season, 4–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Adriano	Daejeon Citizen	27
2	Alex	Gangwon FC	16
3	Johnathan	Daegu FC	14
4	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC	13
5	Rodrigo Paraná	Bucheon FC 1995	11
5	Ko Kyung-min	Ansan Police	11
7	Fábio Neves	Gwangju FC	8
	Kim Chan-hee	Daejeon Citizen	8
	Jung Min-woo	Suwon FC	8
	Park Sung-jin	FC Anyang	8
	Kim Han-won	Suwon FC	8

Top assists

Rank	Assistor	Club	Assists
1	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC	9
1	Kwon Yong-hyun	Suwon FC	9
3	Choi Jin-soo	FC Anyang	8
4	Kim Seo-jun	Suwon FC	6
4	Park Sung-jin	FC Anyang	6
6	Choi Kwang-hee	Ansan Police	5
	Lee Jong-min	Gwangju FC	5
	Kim Chan-hee	Daejeon Citizen	5
	Seo Myeong-won	Daejeon Citizen	5
	Yoo Joon-young	Bucheon FC 1995	5
	Lee Woo-hyeok	Gangwon FC	5
	Song Ju-han	Daejeon Citizen	5

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Daejeon Citizen	57,583	5,834	772	3,197	2998534436643263120♠−46.6%^†
2	FC Anyang	28,298	6,279	415	1,572	2998866115702479340♠−13.4%^†
3	Gwangju FC	24,200	4,846	615	1,344	2998574113626655280♠−42.6%^†
4	Bucheon FC 1995	19,374	5,562	305	1,076	2998627405247813410♠−37.3%^†
5	Gangwon FC	18,144	3,556	217	1,008	2998320610687022900♠−67.9%^†
6	Suwon FC	17,823	3,450	405	990	+5.4%^†
7	Daegu FC	17,383	3,605	472	966	2998133499170812600♠−86.7%^†
8	Chungju Hummel	13,938	1,647	317	774	2998465423932651830♠−53.5%^†
9	Ansan Police	10,761	3,568	217	598	2998565752128666040♠−43.4%^†
10	Goyang Hi FC	10,508	1,842	252	584	2998791327913279130♠−20.9%^†
	League total	217,967	6,279	217	1,211	2998718694362017800♠−28.1%^†

Updated to games played on 16 November 2014
Source: K League
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
^† Team played previous season in K League Classic.

Awards

The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014.

K League Challenge Best XI

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Park Ju-won	Daejeon Citizen
Defender	Lee Jae-kwon	Ansan Police
Defender	Heo Jae-won	Daegu FC
Defender	Yoon Won-il	Daejeon Citizen
Defender	Rim Chang-woo	Daejeon Citizen
Midfielder	Kim Ho-nam	Gwangju FC
Midfielder	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC
Midfielder	Lee Yong-rae	Ansan Police
Midfielder	Choi Jin-soo	FC Anyang
Forward	Alex	Gangwon FC
Forward	Adriano	Daejeon Citizen

K League Challenge Manager of the Year

The K League Challenge Manager of the Year award was won by Cho Jin-ho (Daejeon Citizen)

References

↑ "2014년 K리그, 달라지는 점은?" (in Korean). K League. 31 December 2013.

2014 Season Review at K League Website (in Korean)

External links

Official K League Website (in Korean)

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[1] "2014년 K리그, 달라지는 점은?" (in Korean). K League. 31 December 2013.

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2014 K League Challenge

Teams

Participating clubs

Stadiums

Personnel and kits

Foreign players

League table

Positions by matchday

Round 1–18

Round 19–36

Results

Matches 1–18

Matches 19–36

Promotion-Relegation Playoffs

Semi-Playoff

Playoff

Promotion-Relegation Playoffs

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Attendance

Awards

K League Challenge Most Valuable Player

K League Challenge Top Scorer

K League Challenge Top Assistor

K League Challenge Best XI

K League Challenge Manager of the Year

References

External links