2008 K3 League

The K3 League 2008 was the second season of K3 League. It operated in two stages, with the winners of each stage and the two runners-up advancing to the post-season championship playoffs. The five clubs on high rank also earned a spot to the 2009 Korean FA Cup competition.

The league began on 22 May 2008, and ended on 6 December 2008.

League standing

First Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics	15	11	3	1	42	14	+28	36
2	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	15	11	1	3	38	17	+21	34
3	Yong-in FC	15	9	5	1	35	13	+22	32
4	Seoul United FC	15	9	2	4	33	29	+4	29
5	Yangju FC	15	8	4	3	27	14	+13	28
6	Jeonju Ongoeul FC	15	8	2	5	43	26	+17	26
7	Cheonan FC	15	7	4	4	30	26	+4	25
8	Namyangju Citizen	15	7	3	5	31	21	+10	24
9	Jeonju EM FC	15	7	2	6	25	18	+7	23
10	Seoul Pabal FC	15	7	1	7	38	27	+9	22
11	Bucheon FC 1995	15	5	4	6	19	17	+2	19
12	Asan United FC	15	6	1	8	29	40	−11	19
13	Gyeongju Citizen	15	3	1	11	21	38	−17	10
14	Changwon United	15	1	2	12	23	56	−23	5
15	Pocheon FC	15	1	2	12	13	53	−40	5
16	Goyang FC	15	1	1	13	19	67	−48	4

Second Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yong-in FC	14	10	2	2	38	21	+17	32
2	Yangju FC	14	9	2	3	35	28	+7	29
3	Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics	14	7	4	3	26	19	+7	25
4	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	14	7	2	5	31	19	+12	23
5	Asan United FC	14	7	2	5	34	33	+1	23
6	Namyangju Citizen	14	6	4	4	34	30	+4	22
7	Cheonan FC	14	6	3	5	28	28	0	21
8	Gyeongju Citizen	14	6	2	6	31	27	+4	20
9	Jeonju Ongoeul FC¹	14	7	4	3	29	15	+14	19
10	Seoul United FC	14	5	4	5	30	28	+2	19
11	Pocheon FC	14	5	1	8	30	27	+3	16
12	Jeonju EM FC	14	4	4	6	29	32	−3	16
13	Bucheon FC 1995	14	2	3	9	21	36	−15	9
14	Seoul Pabal FC	14	1	4	9	21	36	−15	7
15	Goyang FC	14	1	3	10	23	52	−29	6
-	Changwon United²	withdrew

1: Jeonju Ongoeul have 6 points deducted.
2: Changwon United withdrew after playing 2 matches. All matches against Changwon were annulled.

Final Standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yong-in FC	29	19	7	3	73	34	+39	64	Second Stage Winner (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
2	Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics	29	18	7	4	68	33	+34	61	First Stage Winner (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
3	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	29	18	3	8	69	36	+33	57	Championship Play-off (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
4	Yangju FC	29	17	6	6	62	42	+20	57	Championship Play-off (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
5	Seoul United FC	29	14	6	9	63	47	+16	48	Qualified 2009 FA Cup
6	Namyangju Citizen	29	13	7	9	65	51	+14	46
7	Cheonan FC	29	13	7	9	58	54	+4	46
8	Jeonju Ongoeul FC	29	15	6	8	72	41	+31	45
9	Asan United FC	29	13	3	13	63	73	−10	42
10	Jeonju EM FC	29	11	6	12	54	50	+4	39
11	Gyeongju Citizen	29	9	3	17	52	65	−13	30
12	Seoul Pabal FC	29	8	5	16	60	73	−13	29
13	Bucheon FC 1995	29	7	7	15	40	53	−13	28
14	Pocheon FC	29	6	3	20	43	80	−37	21
15	Goyang FC	29	2	5	23	42	119	−77	10
-	Changwon United	15	1	2	12	23	56	−33	5

Championship Playoff

Semi-finals		Final

22 November – Yongin

Yong-in FC	3 (4)
		29 Nov & 6 Dec – Yangju & Hwasung
Yangju FC (pen)	3 (5)
		Yangju FC (away goal)0	0002020
22 November - Hwasung
		Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics0	0002020
Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics0	1

Gwangju Gwangsan FC	0

Semifinals

November 22

Yong-in FC	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Yangju FC
Cho Hyun-Doo 44' Kim Jong-Cheon 64' Moon Ji-Hwan 119'		Park Byung-Seon 56' Lee Sung-Jae 86' Park Jung-In 100'
Penalties
	4 – 5

Yongin Sports Complex, Yongin

November 22

Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics	1 – 0	Gwangju Gwangsan FC
Kim Dae-Moon 71'

Bibong Stadium, Hwasung

Final

1st leg

November 29

Yangju FC	0 – 0	Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics

Yangju Godeok Stadium, Yangju

2nd leg

December 6

Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics	2 – 2	Yangju FC
Kim Seung-Chul 56' Lee Chan-Dong 60'		Park Jung-In 48' Yoo Byung-Sik 79'