2020 K4 League

The 2020 K4 League is the first season of the K4 League as a semi-professional league and the fourth tier of South Korean football league system. After the 2019 season, the former K3 League Basic went defunct and was rebranded into the K4 League. In the 2020 season, the K4 League will consist of 13 teams with 5 teams from K3 League Advanced, 6 teams from K3 League Basic, and 2 teams newly founded in 2019. The teams for the 2020 season were announced by the Korea Football Association on 19 December 2019.[1]

2020 K4 League
Season2020
Dates16 May 2020 – 22 November 2020
ChampionsPaju Citizen
PromotedPaju Citizen
Ulsan Citizen
Matches played157
Goals scored482 (3.07 per match)
2021 →

Competition format

The 2020 K4 League is contested by thirteen teams, with no relegation system in place.[1] Each team competes home and away, playing 24 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.[2]

Teams
Club City Stadium Capacity Manager
Chungju Citizen Chungju Chungju Tangeum Stadium 3,000 South Korea Gong Mun-bae
Goyang Citizen Goyang Eoulimnuri Byeolmuri Ground 2,500 South Korea Kim Young-ho
Icheon Citizen Icheon Icheon City Stadium 20,305 South Korea Lee Cheon-hong
Jinju Citizen Jinju Jinju Stadium 20,116 South Korea Choi Cheong-il
FC Namdong Incheon Namdong Industrial Complex Park 2,500 South Korea Kim Jeong-Jae
Paju Citizen Paju Paju Public Stadium 23,000 South Korea Oh Won-jae
Pocheon Citizen Pocheon Pocheon Stadium 7,000 South Korea Man-geun Cho
Seoul Jungnang Seoul Jungnang Public Ground South Korea Kim Sang-Hwa
Seoul Nowon United Seoul Nowon Madeul Stadium 446 South Korea Lee Jeong-jae
Siheung Citizen Siheung Jeongwang Sports Park 1,500 South Korea Jeong Seon-woo
Ulsan Citizen Ulsan Ulsan Stadium 19,471 South Korea Jung Jin-hyuk
Yangpyeong FC Yangpyeong Yongmun Sports Park South Korea Kim Chang-yoon
Yeoju Citizen Yeoju Yeoju Stadium 16,000 South Korea Shim Bong-Seop

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paju Citizen (C) 24 16 5 3 42 27 +15 53 Promotion to 2021 K3 League
2 Ulsan Citizen (P) 24 16 3 5 50 29 +21 51
3 Jinju Citizen (Q) 24 15 5 4 46 25 +21 50 Qualification for promotion play-off
4 Pocheon Citizen (Q) 24 15 4 5 58 26 +32 49
5 FC Namdong 24 13 2 9 46 27 +19 41
6 Yeoju Citizen 24 12 3 9 37 36 +1 39
7 Yangpyeong FC 24 11 3 10 28 28 0 36
8 Siheung Citizen 24 8 5 11 35 31 +4 29
9 Icheon Citizen 24 7 6 11 29 40 −11 27
10 Chungju Citizen 24 5 4 15 24 45 −21 19
11 Goyang Citizen 24 5 4 15 33 65 −32 19
12 Seoul Nowon United 24 4 5 15 32 46 −14 17
13 Seoul Jungnang 24 2 5 17 22 57 −35 11
Source: Soccerway, K3&K4 league official Instagram
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3)Head-to-head points; 4) number of goals scored; 5) Number of wins
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Matches 1 to 24
Home \ Away CHU GC ICH JC NAM PC POC SJU SNU SC ULC YPY YEO
Chungju Citizen — 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–5 3–1 0–1
Goyang Citizen 0–1 — 3–4 1–3 0–4 0–3 3–0 1–1 3–4 2–0 1–3 1–2 3–2
Icheon Citizen 1–0 1–1 — 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2
Jinju Citizen 2–0 4–1 3–2 — 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–2
FC Namdong 1–0 5–1 3–1 1–2 — 2–0 2–4 2–1 4–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0
Paju Citizen 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–6 — 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–3
Pocheon Citizen 5–2 7–0 6–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 — 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1
Seoul Jungnang 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 — 0–3 0–6 2–3 0–3 0–2
Seoul Nowon United 2–1 2–3 4–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–3 2–2 — 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2
Siheung Citizen 3–4 5–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 2–1 4–2 1–1 — 1–2 1–0 0–1
Ulsan Citizen 4–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 — 0–0 4–2
Yangpyeong FC 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 — 0–1
Yeoju Citizen 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2020. Source: https://www.joinkfa.com/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

The match was played on the 29th of November 2020. The 3rd and 4th placed team from the 2020 K4 League will play for a spot in the 2021 K3 League against the team placed 14th in the 2020 K3 League.


Final
   
3 Jinju Citizen 3
4 Pocheon Citizen 0

Promotion play-off
Jinju Citizen3–0Pocheon Citizen
Venue Jinju Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Park Myung-Ho

Winner
2020 K4 League Winners
Paju Citizen
1st Title

See also

References
  1. "Breaking: K3 and K4 League Teams Confirmed". K League United. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. "K3·K4리그 대표자회의 개최...3월 7일 개막". KFA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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