2019 K3 League Advanced

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]

K3 League Advanced
Season2019
Dates23 March – November 2019[1]
ChampionsHwaseong FC
(2nd title)
Matches played132
Goals scored351 (2.66 per match)
Best PlayerMoon Joon-ho[2]
Top goalscorerBae Chun-suk[2]
← 2018

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]

Teams
Club City Stadium Capacity Manager
Cheongju City Cheongju Cheongju Stadium 17,264 South Korea Kwon Oh-gyu
Chuncheon FC Chuncheon Chuncheon Stadium 20,000 South Korea Kim Yong-ho
Chungju Citizen Chungju Chungju Stadium 15,000 South Korea Gong Mun-bae
Gimpo Citizen Gimpo Gimpo Sports Complex 5,068 South Korea Oh Jong-yeol
Gyeongju Citizen Gyeongju Gyeongju Civic Stadium 12,199 South Korea Kim Dae-geon
Hwaseong FC Hwaseong Hwaseong Stadium 35,270 South Korea Kim Seong-nam
Icheon Citizen Icheon Icheon Stadium 20,305 South Korea Lee Yeong-gi
Paju Citizen Paju Paju Public Stadium 22,000 South Korea Oh Won-jae
Pocheon Citizen Pocheon Pocheon Stadium 7,000 South Korea Kim Jae-hyeong
Pyeongtaek Citizen Pyeongtaek Sosabeol Reports Town 15,000 South Korea Lee Seong-gyun
Siheung Citizen Siheung Jeongwang Sports Park South Korea Jung Sun-woo
Yangpyeong FC Yangpyeong Yongmun Sports Park 400 South Korea Kim Gyeong-bum

Regular season

League table

The bottom two clubs were going to be relegated to the 2020 K4 League, but the original plan was cancelled after KFA decided that all K3 League clubs could choose for themselves whether to enter the K4 League.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hwaseong FC (C) 22 16 2 4 44 19 +25 50 Qualification for the Championship final
2 Gyeongju Citizen 22 14 4 4 36 21 +15 46 Qualification for the Championship first round
3 Gimpo Citizen 22 12 6 4 28 19 +9 42
4 Yangpyeong FC (R) 22 13 2 7 42 30 +12 41 Qualification for the Championship first round
and the K4 League
5 Pocheon Citizen (R) 22 12 3 7 30 21 +9 39
6 Paju Citizen (R) 22 11 2 9 30 26 +4 35 Qualification for the K4 League
7 Siheung Citizen (R) 22 8 5 9 22 25 −3 29
8 Cheongju City 22 8 4 10 29 32 −3 28
9 Icheon Citizen (R) 22 7 6 9 27 33 −6 27 Qualification for the K4 League
10 Chuncheon FC 22 4 3 15 23 38 −15 15 Qualification for the relegation playoff
11 Pyeongtaek Citizen 22 3 2 17 23 47 −24 11
12 Chungju Citizen[lower-alpha 1] (R) 22 3 3 16 17 40 −23 2 Qualification for the K4 League
Source: Soccerway KFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Chungju Citizen was deducted 10 points.

Relegation playoff

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 every K3 League club got an option to participate in the K4 League.

Chuncheon FC0–0Yangju Citizen
Report
Gongjicheon Football Field
Attendance: 234
Referee: Park Young-rok

Championship playoffs

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.[5]

Bracket

First round
Gyeongju Citizen1–3Pocheon Citizen
Kim Jin-yung 20' Report
  • Lee Soon-min 6'
  • Kim Seul-ki 16'
  • Kim Kung-hoon 60'
Attendance: 655
Referee: Choi Kyu-hyun
Gimpo Citizen0–1Yangpyeong FC
Report Oh Dong-kyu 61'
Gimpo Sports Complex
Attendance: 359
Referee: Kim Jae-hong

Semi-final
Yangpyeong FC3–0Pocheon Citizen
  • Yoo Dong-kyu 12', 41'
  • Kim Tae-kung 18'
 Report
Yongmun Sports Park
Attendance: 288
Referee: Woo Bung-hun

Final
Yangpyeong FC0–1Hwaseong FC
Report Park Jun-tae 77'
Yongmun Sports Park
Attendance: 657
Referee: Park Jin-ho
Hwaseong FC1–0Yangpyeong FC
Moon Jun-tae 71' Report
Attendance: 827
Referee: Lee Huk-jae

Hwaseong FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

See also

References
  1. '도전 향한 열정'...달라지는 K3리그 23일 개막 (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. 화성FC, 양평FC 꺾고 K3리그 챔피언 등극!. Naver.com (in Korean). KFA. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  3. KFA 3,4부리그 접수 마감…K3, N리그, 신규팀 등 총 30팀 신청 (in Korean). News1. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. K3 이천시민축구단, 잔여경기 포기…돼지열병 방지 차원 (in Korean). Sports Seoul. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. K3리그 챔피언십과 플레이오프 개최…각각 26, 27일 스타트 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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