Season | 2019 |
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Dates | 23 March – November 2019 [1] |
Champions | Hwaseong FC (2nd title) |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 351 (2.66 per match) |
Best Player | Moon Joon-ho [2] |
Top goalscorer | Bae Chun-suk [2] |
← 2018 |
The 2019 K3 League Advanced was the 13th and last season of amateur K3 League. After the end of the 2019 season, the K3 League was relaunched as a semi-professional league by Korea Football Association (KFA). [3]
Icheon Citizen abandoned the last three matches of the regular season to avoid the spread of African swine fever virus, which could damage pig farms in Icheon. [4]
Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
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Cheongju FC | Cheongju | Cheongju Stadium | 17,264 | Kwon Oh-gyu |
Chuncheon FC | Chuncheon | Chuncheon Stadium | 20,000 | Kim Yong-ho |
Chungju Citizen | Chungju | Chungju Stadium | 15,000 | Gong Mun-bae |
Gimpo Citizen | Gimpo | Gimpo Sports Complex | 5,068 | Oh Jong-yeol |
Gyeongju Citizen | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Civic Stadium | 12,199 | Kim Dae-geon |
Hwaseong FC | Hwaseong | Hwaseong Stadium | 35,270 | Kim Seong-nam |
Icheon Citizen | Icheon | Icheon Stadium | 20,305 | Lee Yeong-gi |
Paju Citizen | Paju | Paju Public Stadium | 22,000 | Oh Won-jae |
Pocheon Citizen | Pocheon | Pocheon Stadium | 7,000 | Kim Jae-hyeong |
Pyeongtaek Citizen | Pyeongtaek | Sosabeol Reports Town | 15,000 | Lee Seong-gyun |
Siheung Citizen | Siheung | Jeongwang Sports Park | Jung Sun-woo | |
Yangpyeong FC | Yangpyeong | Yongmun Sports Park | 400 | Kim Gyeong-bum |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hwaseong FC (C) | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 50 | Qualification for Championship final |
2 | Gyeongju Citizen | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for Championship first round |
3 | Gimpo Citizen | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 42 | |
4 | Yangpyeong FC | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 41 | Qualification for Championship first round and K4 League [lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Pocheon Citizen | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 39 | |
6 | Paju Citizen | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 35 | Qualification for K4 League [lower-alpha 2] |
7 | Siheung Citizen | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 29 | |
8 | Cheongju FC | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 28 | |
9 | Icheon Citizen | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 27 | Qualification for K4 League [lower-alpha 2] |
10 | Chuncheon FC | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 15 | |
11 | Pyeongtaek Citizen | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 11 | |
12 | Chungju Citizen [lower-alpha 3] | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 2 | Qualification for K4 League [lower-alpha 2] |
The promotion-relegation playoff was contested between winners of Basic league playoff and 10th-placed team of Advanced league, but the match became meaningless after Korea Football Association decided to examine every K3 League club for qualification for newly-founded K3 League or K4 League. [5]
Chuncheon FC | 0–0 | Yangju Citizen |
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Report |
When the first round and semi-final matches were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out. [6]
First round | Semi-final | Final | |||||||||||||
Gyeongju Citizen | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Hwaseong FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Pocheon Citizen | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Yangpyeong FC | 3 | Yangpyeong FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Pocheon Citizen | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Gimpo Citizen | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Yangpyeong FC | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Gyeongju Citizen | 1–3 | Pocheon Citizen |
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Kim Jin-yung 20' | Report |
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Gimpo Citizen | 0–1 | Yangpyeong FC |
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Report | Oh Dong-kyu 61' |
Yangpyeong FC | 3–0 | Pocheon Citizen |
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| Report |
Yangpyeong FC | 0–1 | Hwaseong FC |
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Report | Park Jun-tae 77' |
Hwaseong FC | 1–0 | Yangpyeong FC |
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Moon Jun-tae 71' | Report |
Hwaseong FC won 2–0 on aggregate.
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