2013 Challengers League

The 2013 Challengers League was the seventh season of the Challengers League. Playoff systems were expanded to six clubs and league was divided two groups and play with home and away each other, with top three of each group will be advancing to the post-season championship playoffs.

Daum Challengers League 2013
Season2013
Dates2 March 2013 – 9 November 2013
ChampionsFC Pocheon (3rd title)
Matches played230
Goals scored863 (3.75 per match)
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Competition format

The 2013 season run from March 2 through November 9. The 18 teams in the league are divided into the Group A and Group B — nine in the Group A, nine in the Group B. Each team competes against the other team in same group twice, home and away, the other group's team once, home or away, for a total of 25 games. The top three of each groups qualify to the Championship playoff.

Team changes from the previous season
Joined the K League Challenge
Dissolved club
Renamed club
New clubs

Teams
Club City Stadium Manager
Asan Citizen Asan Yi Sun-sin Sports Complex Jung Nam-Kil
Cheonan FC Cheonan Cheonan Football Center Seo Won-Sang
Cheongju Jikji FC Cheongju Cheongju Stadium Kim Jong-Hyun
Chuncheon FC Chuncheon Chuncheon Stadium Kim Yong-Ho
Gimpo Citizen Gimpo Gimpo City Stadium Yoo Jong-Wan
Goyang Citizen Goyang Goyang Eoulimnuri ground Kim Jin-Ok
Gwangju Gwangsan FC Gwangju Honam University ground Kim Kang-Seon
Gyeongju Citizen Gyeongju Gyeongju Civic Stadium Kim Jin-Hyung
Hwaseong FC Hwaseong Hwaseong Stadium Kim Jong-Boo
Icheon Citizen Icheon Icheon City Stadium Lee Hyun-Chang
Jeonbuk Maeil Jeonju Jeonju University ground Yang Young-Cheol
Jungnang Chorus Mustang Seoul Jungnang Public Ground Yoo Bong-Ki
Paju Citizen Paju Paju Public Stadium Oh Won-Jae
FC Pocheon Pocheon Pocheon Stadium In Chang-Soo
Seoul FC Martyrs Seoul Gangbuk Stadium Kim Yong-Hae
Seoul United Seoul Madeul Stadium Kim Chang-Kyum
Yangju Citizen Yangju Yangju Stadium Lee Seung-Hee
Yeonggwang FC Yeonggwang Yeonggwang Sportium Kim Han-Bong

League standing

Group A

League standing is calculated by group A result (16 round) plus inter league (9 round) result.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Pocheon (Q) 16 12 2 2 50 17 +33 38 Championship playoff
2 Icheon Citizen (Q) 16 12 1 3 44 18 +26 37
3 Chuncheon FC 16 12 1 3 38 15 +23 37
4 Yeonggwang FC 16 5 4 7 31 26 +5 19
5 Jeonju FC 16 5 3 8 29 33 −4 18
6 Gwangju Gwangsan FC 16 4 1 11 21 45 −24 13
7 Jungnang Chorus Mustang 16 4 1 11 17 54 −37 13
8 Namyangju United 16 2 0 14 16 54 −38 5[lower-alpha 1]
9 Seoul FC Martyrs 16 0 0 16 12 101 −89 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2012. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Namyangju Citizen had one point deducted.

Group B

League standing is calculated by group A result (16 round) plus inter league (9 round) result.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cheongju FC (Q) 16 10 4 2 49 16 +33 34 Championship playoff
2 Paju Citizen (Q) 16 10 4 2 38 14 +24 34
3 Yangju Citizen 16 10 2 4 58 29 +29 32
4 Gyeongju Citizen 16 9 3 4 35 19 +16 30
5 Bucheon FC 1995 16 9 2 5 35 19 +16 29
6 Yesan United 16 7 2 7 44 34 +10 23
7 Seoul United 16 6 4 6 39 39 0 22
8 Cheonan FC 16 3 6 7 24 28 −4 15
9 Goyang Citizen 16 3 2 11 32 51 −19 10[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2012. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Goyang FC had 1 point deducted

Inter League

Inter League was scheduled from May 19 to August 11.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Yangju Citizen 6 6 0 0 38 7 +31 18
2 Icheon Citizen 6 5 1 0 18 4 +14 16
3 Paju Citizen 6 5 0 1 23 6 +17 15
4 Gyeongju Citizen 6 5 0 1 18 5 +13 15
5 Bucheon FC 1995 6 4 1 1 18 5 +13 13
6 Cheongju FC 6 4 0 2 17 6 +11 12
7 Chuncheon FC 6 4 0 2 16 10 +6 12
8 FC Pocheon 6 4 0 2 16 11 +5 12
9 Yesan United 6 3 1 2 22 16 +6 10
10 Seoul United 6 3 0 3 17 18 −1 9
11 Yeonggwang FC 6 2 1 3 10 7 +3 7
12 Jungnang Chorus Mustang 6 2 0 4 8 26 −18 6
13 Goyang Citizen 6 2 0 4 13 17 −4 5[lower-alpha 1]
14 Cheonan FC 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4
15 Jeonju FC 6 1 1 4 11 18 −7 4
16 Gwangju Gwangsan FC 6 0 0 6 6 24 −18 0
17 Seoul FC Martyrs 6 0 0 6 4 50 −46 0
18 Namyangju United 6 0 0 6 3 23 −20 −1[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2012. Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Goyang FC had 1 point deducted
  2. Namyangju Citizen had 1 point deducted

Championship playoff
               
Preliminary Semifinals Qualified
     
1  Icheon Citizen  2 (4)
     Gyeongju Citizen
2  Gyeongju Citizen  2 (5)    
     
1  Cheongju Jikji  1
     Paju Citizen
2  Paju Citizen  3    
  Playoff Semifinals Finals
                               
    1 FC Pocheon 4  
    2 Hwaseong FC 1     Paju Citizen 0  
  3 Paju Citizen 1     Paju Citizen 2  
  4 Gyeongju Citizen 0  

Preliminary semifinals
Icheon Citizen2–2Gyeongju Citizen
Penalties
4–5
Cheongju Jikji1–3Paju Citizen

Playoff
Paju Citizen1–0Gyeongju Citizen

Semifinal
Hwaseong FC1–2Paju Citizen

Final
FC Pocheon4–0Paju Citizen

See also

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101203085118/https://www.kfa.or.kr/k_league/k3_league_game.asp www.kfa.or.kr
  2. "Summary - K4 League - Korea Republic - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
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