2021 K4 League

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2021 K4 League
Season 2021
Dates13 March 2021 – 13 November 2021
Champions Pocheon Citizen
Promoted Pocheon Citizen
Siheung Citizen
Dangjin Citizen (play-off winner)
Matches played241
Goals scored769 (3.19 per match)
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 K4 League is the second season of the K4 League as a semi-professional league and the fourth tier of South Korean football league system. Paju Citizen are the defending champions and was promoted together with Ulsan Citizen (the runner-up) to 2021 K3 League. Chuncheon Citizen and Jeonju Citizen were relegated from 2020 K3 League and will play in the K4 League for the first time. [1] Icheon Citizen have disbanded due to financial problems and haven't registered for the league, while Yeoju Citizen (now Yeoju FC) has submitted a new entry in the competition after first announcing their disbandment.

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Plus, four new teams, Geoje Citizen, Dangjin Citizen, Pyeongchang United (a semi-successor of former K3 League team Pyeongchang FC, disbanded in 2019) and the B team of Gangwon FC were welcomed to the K4 League. [1]

For the first time in the history of the South Korean football system, teams from professional leagues K League 1 and K League 2 were allowed to create reserve teams set to play in the K4 League, in order to give academy players and/or other registered players more playing time. The main condition for them is to have at least seven out of eleven players in the starting formation aged 23 or younger. At the end of January 2021, it was announced that Gangwon FC would be the first club to take advantage of this new rule, having founded a reserve team that was officially allowed to take part in the 2021 edition of K4 League. [1] [2]

Competition format

The 2021 K4 League is contested by sixteen teams, with no relegation system in place. [1] Each team competes home and away, playing 30 games. The top two teams get promoted to the K3 League, while the third and the fourth placed teams qualify for the promotion play-off. [1]

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from the 2020 K3 League

Teams promoted to the 2021 K3 League

New Teams

Name Changes

Dissolved Teams from 2020 Season

Teams

ClubCityStadiumCapacityManager
Chuncheon Citizen Chuncheon Chuncheon Stadium 25,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Son Hyun-jun
Chungju Citizen Chungju Chungju Tangeum Stadium 3,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Gong Mun-bae
Dangjin Citizen Dangjin Dangjin Sports Complex 11,718 Flag of South Korea.svg Han Sang-min
FC Namdong Incheon Namdong Industrial Complex Park 2,500 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jeong-Jae
Gangwon FC B Gangwon Chuncheon Songam Stadium 20,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Seul-gi
Geoje Citizen Geoje Geoje Stadium 7,500 Flag of South Korea.svg Song Jae-gyu
Goyang Citizen Goyang Eoulimnuri Byeolmuri Ground 2,500 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Young-ho
Jeonju Citizen Jeonju Jeonju Stadium 30,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Yang Young Cheol
Jinju Citizen Jinju Jinju Stadium 20,116 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Cheong-il
Pocheon Citizen Pocheon Pocheon Stadium 7,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Man-geun
Pyeongchang United Pyeongchang Jinbu Sports Park 300 Flag of South Korea.svg An Hong-min
Seoul Jungnang Seoul Jungnang Public Ground 400 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sang-Hwa
Seoul Nowon United Seoul Nowon Madeul Stadium 446 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jeong-jae
Siheung Citizen Siheung Jeongwang Sports Park 1,500 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Seon-woo
Yangpyeong FC Yangpyeong Yongmun Sports Park 3,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Chang-yoon
Yeoju FC Yeoju Yeoju Stadium 16,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Shim Bong-Seop

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Pocheon Citizen (C)3021638028+5269Promotion to 2022 K3 League
2 Siheung Citizen (P)3021457532+4367
3 Dangjin Citizen (Q)3019566040+2062Qualification to Promotion Play-off
4 Chungju Citizen (Q)3017676031+2957
5 Jinju Citizen 3016865728+2956
6 Geoje Citizen 3013895039+1147
7 Pyeongchang United 30144124349−646
8 Gangwon FC B 30117125044+640
9 FC Namdong 30113163947−836
10 Chuncheon Citizen 30106144051−1136
11 Seoul Nowon United 3095164053−1332
12 Yeoju FC 3086163458−2430
13 Yangpyeong FC 3078153952−1329
14 Seoul Jungnang 3067173362−2925
15 Jeonju Citizen 3073203971−3224
16 Goyang Citizen 3054213084−5419
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3)Head-to-head points; 4) number of goals scored; 5) Number of wins
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Matches 1 to 30

Home \ Away PCH GWO NAM JIN SIH YPY SNU DAN POC CHC GOY GEO CHU JEO YEO SJN
Pyeongchang United —2–12–11–31–43–24–41–12–41–12–02–00–03–11–01–0
Gangwon FC B 1–2—4–10–10–31–12–11–10–02–32–01–10–32–00–24–0
FC Namdong 1–20–2—1–40–02–01–00–10–11–21–20–23–03–02–12–0
Jinju Citizen 4–02–12–2—2–22–14–01–11–13–00–23–01–11–10–10–0
Siheung Citizen 0–13–21–11–0—2–04–14–03–22–13–21–24–32–14–00–1
Yangpyeong FC 2–11–04–01–11–2—2–11–30–21–11–00–00–22–41–13–1
Seoul Nowon United 0–10–22–10–40–22–0—0–11–21–02–10–11–02–14–23–1
Dangjin Citizen 1–04–41–00–21–03–33–2—2–12–15–02–41–02–05–23–1
Pocheon Citizen 1–03–14–02–02–24–12–15–1—3–01–13–24–03–14–04–0
Chungju Citizen 4–01–11–31–01–31–02–21–03–2—7–02–12–14–13–00–0
Goyang Citizen 1–41–30–21–21–102–21–30–53–20–4—1–72–11–20–22–1
Geoje Citizen 2–11–31–12–01–23–32–20–23–31–31–1—0–12–10–03–0
Chuncheon Citizen 1–32–13–12–30–22–12–11–30–51–13–10–2—3–13–10–2
Jeonju Citizen 2–11–34–20–51–31–20–02–30–40–43–21–21–1—1–31–5
Yeoju FC 1–21–41–31–12–23–23–20–10–20–32–10–11–11–3—0–0
Seoul Jungnang 4–02–20–31–30–42–12–23–22–20–31–11–12–20–41–2—
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2021. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

The match was played on the 14 November 2021. The 3rd and 4th placed team from the 2020 K4 League will play for a spot in the 2022 K3 League .

Final
   
3 Dangjin Citizen 1
4 Chungju Citizen 1

Promotion play-off

Dangjin Citizen 1–1 Chungju Citizen
Dangjin Stadium, Dangjin

Dangjin Citizen has been promoted as a higher ranked team in the regular season.

Winner

2021 K4 League Winners
Pocheon Citizen
1st Title

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