Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 1 March – 8 November 2025 |
Promoted | Gimhae FC Paju Citizen (after switched to Professional team) |
← 2024 2026 → |
The 2025 K3 League is the sixth season of the semi-professional K3 League. It is the third tier of men's football in South Korea.
The pre-season winter transfer window opened on 1 January 2025 and will close on 24 March 2025. The summer transfer window will open on 20 June 2025 and close on 31 July 2025.[ citation needed ]
The regular season will be played over 30 rounds (28 rounds), beginning on 1 March 2025. [1] [2] Due to the odd number of teams following Hwaseong FC's move to K League 2, each round will have one team on a bye. [2] The winner of the regular league will be crowned as champions without a playoff, and the 15th-placed team will be automatically relegated to the K4 League. The 14th-placed team will play in a promotion-relegation playoff against the 2nd-placed team in the 2025 K4 League. [3]
On 8 September 2025, the 2025 K3-K4 promotion-relegation system was changed and the lowest ranked team in the K3 League will advance to the K3-K4 League promotion/relegation playoffs instead of being automatically relegated.
Fifteen teams will compete in the 2025 season. Teams must include at least three U-23 players in their matchday squad, and at least one of those players must be in the starting line-up. Teams are limited to four players of foreign nationality. [3]
Joined K League 2
Promoted from K4 League
Relegated to K4 League
Team | Home city | Home ground | Capacity |
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Busan Transportation Corporation | Busan | Gudeok Stadium | 4,549 |
Changwon City FC | Changwon | Changwon Sports Park | 27,085 |
Chuncheon Citizen | Chuncheon | Chuncheon Songam Sports Town Auxiliary Stadium | 500 |
Daejeon Korail | Daejeon | Daejeon World Cup Stadium Auxiliary Pitch | 478 |
Gangneung Citizen FC | Gangneung | Gangneung Stadium | 3,000 |
Gyeongju KHNP | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Civic Stadium | 12,199 |
Gimhae City FC | Gimhae | Gimhae Sports Complex | 15,066 |
Jeonbuk N | Wanju | Wanju Public Stadium | 3,377 |
FC Mokpo | Mokpo | Mokpo International Football Center | 9,132 |
Paju Citizen | Paju | Paju Stadium | 25,000 |
Pocheon Citizen | Pocheon | Pocheon Sports Complex | 7,000 |
Siheung Citizen | Siheung | Jeongwang Stadium | 1,000 |
Ulsan Citizen | Ulsan | Ulsan Stadium | 19,431 |
Yangpyeong FC | Yangpyeong | Yangpyeong Sports Complex | 6,300 |
Yeoju FC | Yeoju | Yeoju Sports Complex | 10,180 |
The number of foreign players is restricted to three per team, or four per team if one player is from an AFC country. [2]
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC player | Former player(s) |
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Busan Transportation Corporation | ![]() | ||||
Changwon City | ![]() | ||||
Chuncheon Citizen | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
FC Mokpo | ![]() | ||||
Gangneung Citizen | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Gimhae City FC | ![]() | ||||
Gyeongju KHNP | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Paju Citizen | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Siheung Citizen | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Yangpyeong FC | ![]() | ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Gimhae FC (P) | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 50 | Promotion to K League 2 [a] |
2 | Siheung Citizen | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 46 | |
3 | Pocheon Citizen | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 44 | |
4 | Busan TC | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 41 | |
5 | Yangpyeong FC | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 37 | |
6 | Daejeon Korail | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 36 | |
7 | Gyeongju KHNP | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 36 | |
8 | Changwon FC | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 32 | |
9 | Chuncheon FC | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 29 | |
10 | Yeoju FC | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 26 | |
11 | Paju Citizen (P) | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 26 | Promotion to K League 2 [a] |
12 | Gangneung Citizen | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 24 | |
13 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors N | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 17 | |
14 | Ulsan Citizen | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 13 | |
15 | FC Mokpo | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 42 | −29 | 7 | Qualification for Promotion-Relegation Play-off [8] |