2020 K4 League

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K4 League
Season 2020
Dates16 May – 22 November 2020
Champions Paju Citizen
(1st title)
Promoted Paju Citizen
Ulsan Citizen
Matches played157
Goals scored482 (3.07 per match)
Best Player Heo Keon [1]
Top goalscorerYoo Dong-gyu
(15 goals) [1]
2021

The 2020 K4 League is the first season of the K4 League. The K4 League was regarded as the successor to the K3 League Basic, which was abolished in 2019.

Contents

Five K3 League Advanced teams, six K3 League Basic teams and two newly-founded teams entered in the inaugural season. [2] The 13 participating teams played each other twice. The top two teams could be directly promoted to the relaunched K3 League, and the third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the promotion play-offs. [3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Chungju Citizen Chungju Chungju Tangeum Stadium 3,000
Goyang Citizen Goyang Eoulimnuri Byeolmuri Ground 2,500
Icheon Citizen Icheon Icheon City Stadium 20,305
Jinju Citizen Jinju Jinju Stadium 20,116
FC Namdong Incheon Namdong Industrial Complex Park 2,500
Paju Citizen Paju Paju Public Stadium 23,000
Pocheon Citizen Pocheon Pocheon Stadium 7,000
Seoul Jungnang Seoul Jungnang Public Ground
Seoul Nowon United Seoul Nowon Madeul Stadium 446
Siheung Citizen Siheung Jeongwang Sports Park 1,500
Ulsan Citizen Ulsan Ulsan Stadium 19,471
Yangpyeong FC Yangpyeong Yongmun Sports Park
Yeoju Citizen Yeoju Yeoju Stadium 16,000

Personnel

ClubManager
Chungju Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Gong Mun-bae
Goyang Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Young-ho
Icheon Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Cheon-hong
Jinju Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Cheong-il
FC Namdong Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jeong-jae
Paju Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Oh Won-jae
Pocheon Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Man-geun
Seoul Jungnang Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sang-hwa
Seoul Nowon United Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jeong-jae
Siheung Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Seon-woo
Ulsan Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Jin-hyuk
Yangpyeong FC Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Chang-yoon
Yeoju Citizen Flag of South Korea.svg Shim Bong-seop

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Paju Citizen (C, P)2416534227+1553Promotion to K3 League
2 Ulsan Citizen (P)2416355029+2151
3 Jinju Citizen 2415544625+2150Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Pocheon Citizen 2415455826+3249
5 FC Namdong 2413294627+1941
6 Yeoju Citizen 2412393736+139
7 Yangpyeong FC 24113102828036
8 Siheung Citizen 2485113531+429
9 Icheon Citizen 24761129401127
10 Chungju Citizen 24541524452119
11 Goyang Citizen 24541533653219
12 Seoul Nowon United 24451532461417
13 Seoul Jungnang 24251722573511
Source: Soccerway Official Instagram
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored; 5) Wins
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away CHU GC ICH JC NAM PC POC SJU SNU SC ULC YPY YEO
Chungju Citizen 2–20–20–31–21–21–13–10–00–11–53–10–1
Goyang Citizen 0–13–41–30–40–33–01–13–42–01–31–23–2
Icheon Citizen 1–01–12–21–00–21–13–12–12–11–10–11–2
Jinju Citizen 2–04–13–24–10–10–01–01–11–12–31–01–2
FC Namdong 1–05–13–11–22–02–42–14–00–00–21–21–0
Paju Citizen 2–14–11–11–10–61–03–11–11–02–11–15–3
Pocheon Citizen 5–27–06–00–12–21–24–03–11–02–03–12–1
Seoul Jungnang 1–11–21–11–40–11–10–30–62–30–30–2
Seoul Nowon United 2–12–34–10–10–21–32–32–21–11–20–12–2
Siheung Citizen 3–45–01–11–20–23–22–14–21–11–21–00–1
Ulsan Citizen 4–13–21–01–33–11–20–22–03–12–00–04–2
Yangpyeong FC 2–03–12–11–31–00–11–42–22–11–00–10–1
Yeoju Citizen 0–11–11–03–21–01–11–31–22–10–02–22–1
Source: JoinKFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Bracket

First round Final
K3 Gyeongju Citizen 2
3 Jinju Citizen w/o K4 Jinju Citizen 2
4 Pocheon Citizen

First round

The first round of promotion play-offs was contested between the third and fourth-placed teams, and its winners played the 14th-placed team of K3 League in the final (K3 League relegation play-off). Pocheon Citizen withdrew from the play-offs and so Jinju Citizen advanced to the final. [4]

Jinju Citizen Walkover Pocheon Citizen
Venue Jinju Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Park Myung-ho

Final

When the match was finished as a draw, both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Gyeongju Citizen 22 Jinju Citizen
  • Min Jae-kwon Soccerball shade.svg26'
  • Seong Jun-jeong Soccerball shade.svg57' (pen.)
  • Cho Seong-wook Soccerball shade.svg78'
  • Jun Beom-byun Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Gyeongju Civic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Choi Ki-chang

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