2019 K3 League Basic

K3 League Basic

Season	2019
Dates	24 March – 13 October 2019
Champions	Ulsan Citizen (1st title)
Promoted	Jeonju Citizen Yangju Citizen
Matches played	84
Goals scored	314 (3.74 per match)
Best Player	Gu Jong-wook [1]
Top goalscorer	Patrick Allan (14 goals)
← 2018 2020 K4 League →

The 2019 K3 League Basic was the third and last season of the K3 League Basic. After the 2019 season, amateur K3 Leagues were relaunched as semi-professional leagues in the name of K3 League and K4 League. ^[2]

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from K3 League Advanced

• Jeonju Citizen
• Seoul Jungnang

Promoted to K3 League Advanced

• Chungju Citizen
• Paju Citizen
• Siheung Citizen

Withdrawn

• Busan FC
• Buyeo FC
• FC Uijeongbu

Newly joined

• Ulsan Citizen

General information

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Goyang Citizen	Goyang	Goyang Sports Complex	41,311	Kim Jin-ok
Pyeongchang FC	Pyeongchang	Pyeongchang Sports Complex	6,000	An Hong-min
Seoul Nowon United	Seoul	Nowon Madeul Stadium	446	Jo Dong-hyun
Yangju Citizen	Pyeongtaek	Yangju Godeok Stadium	15,000	Kim Seong-il
Yeoju Sejong	Yeoju	Yeoju Sports Complex	21,600	Oh Ju-po
Ulsan Citizen	Ulsan	Ulsan Stadium	19,471	Yoon Kyun-sang
Jeonju Citizen	Jeonju	Jeonju Stadium	30,000	Jung Jin-hyuk
Seoul Jungnang	Seoul	Jungnang Public Ground	400	Kim Sang-hwa

Foreign players

In this year, the number of foreign players limition is changed. 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 including at least one player from the AFC confederation. ^[3]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player
Goyang Citizen	Martin Sawi	Paul Puk Kun Pal		Cao Hanchen
Pyeongchang FC
Seoul Nowon United
Yangju Citizen	Lazar Djurovic
Yeoju Sejong	Patrick Allan
Ulsan Citizen
Jeonju Citizen
Seoul Jungnang

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ulsan Citizen (C)	21	15	5	1	44	12	+32	50
2	Jeonju Citizen	21	15	4	2	56	22	+34	49	Qualification for K3 League [a]
3	Yangju Citizen	21	14	6	1	62	19	+43	48
4	Yeoju Sejong	21	12	2	7	58	25	+33	38
5	Seoul Jungnang	21	6	1	14	25	41	−16	19
6	Goyang Citizen	21	4	2	15	23	58	−35	14
7	Pyeongchang FC	21	2	4	15	23	66	−43	10
8	Seoul Nowon United [b]	21	3	2	16	33	81	−48	1

Source: 7m.com KFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Qualified after getting a license for K3 League.
2. Seoul Nowon United was deducted 10 points.

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away	ULC	JC	YC	YSF	SJ	GC	SU	PFC
Ulsan Citizen	—	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	2–1
Jeonju Citizen	0–0	—	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	7–0	7–1
Yangju Citizen	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	4–1	8–0	5–2	11–0
Yeoju Sejong	0–1	1–2	0–2	—	1–0	6–0	5–1	6–1
Seoul Jungnang	0–1	1–7	0–1	2–3	—	3–1	1–3	2–1
Goyang Citizen	0–3	1–2	2–3	1–5	1–3	—	5–0	1–0
Seoul Nowon United	0–8	2–3	1–2	1–6	4–1	7–1	—	3–3
Pyeongchang FC	0–1	0–4	0–1	1–5	0–0	1–2	3–2	—

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

Matches 15–21

Home \ Away	ULC	JC	YC	YSF	SJ	GC	SU	PFC
Ulsan Citizen	—	—	0–1	1–1	—	—	—	3–1
Jeonju Citizen	1–1	—	—	2–1	—	—	3–1	2–1
Yangju Citizen	—	3–3	—	—	—	4–2	8–0	—
Yeoju Sejong	—	—	1–2	—	3–1	—	—	6–0
Seoul Jungnang	0–2	0–1	0–1	—	—	—	4–2	—
Goyang Citizen	1–2	1–4	—	0–2	1–0	—	—	—
Seoul Nowon United	0–4	—	—	1–3	—	0–0	—	1–4
Pyeongchang FC	—	—	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	—	—

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

Promotion playoffs

The promotion-relegation playoff was contested between winners of Basic league playoff (semi-final) and 10th-placed team of Advanced league, ^[4] 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]

	Semi-final				Final
	Yangju Citizen	3
	Yeoju Sejong	0
					Yangju Citizen	0
					Chuncheon FC	0
	Chuncheon FC	bye
	—	—

Top scorers

Rank	Player [6]	Club	Goals
1	Patrick Allan	Yeoju Sejong	14
2	Kim Sang-min	Jeonju Citizen	12
	Oh Tae-hwan	Jeonju Citizen
	Hwang Jung-hyun	Yangju Citizen
5	Lazar Djurovic	Yangju Citizen	11
	Martin Sawi	Goyang Citizen

See also

• 2019 in South Korean football
• 2019 Korean FA Cup

References

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2. KFA 3,4부리그 접수 마감…K3, N리그, 신규팀 등 총 30팀 신청 (in Korean). News1. 1 October 2019.
3. 점진적 프로화 K3, 올해부터 '선수 이적료' 생긴다 (in Korean). Football Journal. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
4. "2019 K3 League Basic playoff" (in Korean). JoinKFA.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
5. 울산시민축구단 팬 여러분들께 알려드립니다. (in Korean). Ulsan Citizen FC. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
6. "Player statistics" (in Korean). JoinKFA. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.