K3 League

The K3 League is a football competition in South Korea. Created in 2020, it is considered the third tier of South Korean football league system. After the 2019 season, the former Korea National League and K3 League Advanced became defunct and were rebranded into the K3 League.

K3 League
Founded2020 (2020)
CountrySouth Korea
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toNone
Relegation toK4 League
Domestic cup(s)Korean FA Cup
2020 K3 League
K3 League
Hangul
K3리그
Revised RomanizationK3 Rigeu
McCune–ReischauerK3 Rigŭ

History
See also: Korea National League
See also: K3 League (2007)

In 1964, a semi-professional league that existed until 2002 was started with the Korean National Semi-Professional Football League. In 2003, it was replaced by the Korea National League (KNL). Over time, more and more associations joined the association. Meanwhile, 15 clubs played in one match at the KNL. With the establishment of the K League Challenge(currently K League 2) as second-tier professional league in 2013, the number of clubs in the KNL has decreased. Since 2017, only eight clubs have participated to the league. At the same time, the amateur league K3 league has developed into a promotion and relegation league. In 2015, the Korea Football Association (KFA)'s structural reform plan will be announced to merge the KNL and K3 leagues [1]. In late 2019, both the Korea National League and K3 leagues were disbanded, replaced by two new class profiles; K3 League and K4 League. In 2020, the K3 League was launched with a total of 16 teams, with eight teams in the KNL, seven teams in the K3 League Advanced (including one team promoted from K3 League Basic to K3 League Advanced), and one team in the K3 League Basic.

Competition format

The promotion and relegation system exists between the K3 League and the K4 League.[2]

In 2020, the K3 League will have 16 teams played one stage double round-robin again total 30 of games. Teams will not be able to promote to the higher tier since the K League 2 is played under the different league system. However, the teams will be able to get relegated to the K4 League.

Clubs

The following 16 clubs will compete in the K3 League during the 2020 season.[2]

The following sixteen clubs will compete in the K3 League during the 2020 season, including all eight teams from the 2019 KNL of the now defunct Korea National League, six teams from the 2019 K3 League Advanced and two teams from the 2019 K3 League Basic.[3]

Team City Stadium Founded Joined Head Coach Position
Busan TC FC Busan Busan Gudeok Stadium 2006 2020 Park Sang-In 5th in the 2019 N League
Changwon City FC Changwon Changwon Football Center 2005 Park Hang-seo 8th in the 2019 N League
Cheonan City FC Cheonan Cheonan Football Center 2008 Kim Tae-young 2nd in the 2019 N League
Cheongju FC Cheongju Heungdeok Football Park 2004 Seo Won-sang 9th in the 2019 K3 Advanced
Chuncheon FC Chuncheon Chuncheon Stadium 2010 Kim Yong-ho 10th in the 2019 K3 Advanced
Daejeon Korail FC Daejeon Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex 2003 Kim Seung-hee 4th in the 2019 N League
Gangneung City FC Gangneung Gangneung Stadium 2003 Park Moon-Young 1st in the 2019 N League
Gimhae FC Gimhae Gimhae Public Stadium 2008 Kim Gwi-Hwa 7th in the 2019 N League
Gimpo Citizen Gimpo Gimpo City Stadium 2013 Yoo Jong-wan 4th in the 2019 K3 Advanced
Gyeongju Citizen Gyeongju Gyeongju Civic Stadium 2008 Kim Jin-hyung 2nd in the 2019 K3 Advanced
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Civic Stadium 2003 Uh Yong-kuk 3rd in the 2019 N League
Hwaseong FC Hwaseong Hwaseong Stadium 2013 Kim Jong-boo 1st in the 2019 K3 Advanced
Jeonju Citizen Jeonju Jeonju Stadium 2007 Jung Jin-hyuk 2nd in the 2019 K3 Basic
Mokpo City FC Mokpo Mokpo International Football Center 2010 Kim Jung-Hyuk 6th in the 2019 N League
Pyeongtaek Citizen Pyeongtaek Sosabeol Reports Town 2017 Lee Ho-joon 11th in the 2019 K3 Advanced
Yangju Citizen Yangju Yangju Stadium 2007 Lee Seung-hee 3rd in the 2019 K3 Basic

See also

References
  1. "Breaking: Division system drive...Expanding the 4th Division by 2020". InterFootball. December 23, 2015. Retrieved Feb 12, 2020.(in Korean)
  2. "Breaking: K3 and K4 League Teams Confirmed". K League United. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  3. "Breaking: K3 and K4 League Teams Confirmed". K League United. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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