2014 K League Challenge

Hyundai Oilbank
K League Challenge

Season	2014
Champions	Daejeon Citizen (1st title)
Promoted	Daejeon Citizen Gwangju FC
Matches played	180
Goals scored	467 (2.59 per match)
Best Player	Adriano
Top goalscorer	Adriano (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Ansan 6–1 Daejeon (29 June 2014) Daegu 6–1 Gangwon (2 November 2014)
Biggest away win	Chungju 0–4 Daejeon (19 April 2014)
Highest scoring	7 goals, 6 matches
Highest attendance	6,279 Anyang 1–0 Gangwon (29 March 2014)
Lowest attendance	217 Gangwon 4–1 Daegu (17 September 2014) Ansan 0–0 Goyang (15 October 2014)
Average attendance	1,211
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The 2014 K League Challenge was the second season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in the South Korean football league system. Since the 2014 season, the champions was promoted to the K League Classic and three teams from second to fourth-placed team qualified for the promotion playoffs after the regular season. ^[1]

Teams

Gwangju FC

Chungju Hummel

Goyang Hi FC

Suwon FC

Bucheon FC 1995

FC Anyang

Daegu FC

Daejeon Citizen

Gangwon FC

Ansan Police

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Locations of the 2014 K League Challenge clubs

Team changes

Relegated from K League Classic

• Daegu FC
• Daejeon Citizen
• Gangwon FC

Promoted to K League Classic

• Sangju Sangmu

Stadiums

Ansan Police	FC Anyang	Bucheon FC 1995
Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Anyang Stadium	Bucheon Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 34,545
Chungju Hummel	Daegu FC	Daejeon Citizen
Chungju Stadium	Daegu Stadium	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 68,014	Capacity: 42,176
Gangwon FC	Goyang Hi FC	Gwangju FC
Gangneung Stadium	Goyang Stadium	Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 22,333	Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 44,118
Suwon FC
Suwon Stadium
Capacity: 24,670

Personnel and sponsoring

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

Team	Managers	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Ansan Police	Cho Dong-hyun	Zaicro
FC Anyang	Lee Woo-hyung	Zaicro	KB Kookmin Bank
Bucheon FC 1995	Choi Jin-han	Ninety Plus	Bucheon Government
Chungju Hummel	Kim Jong-pil	Hummel	Chungju Government
Daegu FC	Choi Duck-joo	Hummel
Daejeon Citizen	Cho Jin-ho	Kelme
Gangwon FC	Arthur Bernardes Park Hyo-jin (caretaker)	Hummel
Goyang Hi FC	Lee Young-moo Lee Sung-kil (caretaker)	New Balance
Gwangju FC	Nam Ki-il	Joma	Gwangju Bank
Suwon FC	Cho Duck-je	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 Querino	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	Wesley Alex	Almir	Diogo Rangel
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
1	Daejeon Citizen (C, P)	36	20	10	6	64	36	+28	70	Promotion to the K League Classic
2	Ansan Police	36	16	11	9	58	48	+10	59	Qualification for the promotion playoffs semi-final
3	Gangwon FC	36	16	6	14	48	50	−2	54	Qualification for the promotion playoffs first round
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

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Positions by matchday

  Leaders
  Qualification for the promotion playoffs

Round 1–18

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
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: K League

Round 19–36

Team ╲ Round	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
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: K League

Results

Matches 1–18

Home \ Away	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	—

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

Matches 19–36

Home \ Away	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	—

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

Promotion playoffs

Bracket

	First round					Semi-final					Final
						2	Ansan Police	0
							Gwangju FC	3
	3	Gangwon FC	0
	4	Gwangju FC	1
											Gwangju FC		3	1	4
											Gyeongnam FC		1	1	2

First round

22 November 2014

14:00

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

Wonju Stadium, Wonju

Attendance: 1,065

Referee: Choi Myung-yong

Semi-final

29 November 2014

14:00

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

Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan

Attendance: 2,767

Referee: Kim Seong-ho

Final

The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2014 K League Challenge playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2014 K League Classic. The winners on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2015 K League Classic.

3 December 2014

19:00

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

Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju

Attendance: 2,667

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6 December 2014

14:00

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

Changwon Football Center, Changwon

Attendance: 1,969

Gwangju FC won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League Classic, while Gyeongnam FC were relegated to the K League Challenge.

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adriano	Daejeon Citizen	27
2	Wesley Alex	Gangwon FC	16
3	Johnathan	Daegu FC	14
4	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC	13
5	Rodrigo Paraná	Bucheon FC 1995	11
	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 assist providers

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC	9
	Kwon Yong-hyun	Suwon FC	9
3	Choi Jin-soo	FC Anyang	8
4	Kim Seo-jun	Suwon FC	6
	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

Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.

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

Source: K League
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in K League Classic.

Awards

The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014. ^[2]

Main awards

• Most Valuable Player: Adriano (Daejeon Citizen)
• Top goalscorer: Adriano (Daejeon Citizen)
• Top assist provider: Choi Jin-ho (Gangwon FC)
• Manager of the Year: Cho Jin-ho (Daejeon Citizen)

Best XI

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

See also

• 2014 in South Korean football
• 2014 K League Classic
• 2014 Korean FA Cup

References

1. 2014년 K리그, 달라지는 점은? (in Korean). K League. 31 December 2013.
2. [K리그 시상식] 챌린지, MVP 아드리아노-최우수감독 조진호 감독 (in Korean). The Fact. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Review at K League (in Korean)