2011 Challengers League
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| Season | 2011 |
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| Champions | Gyeongju Citizen (2nd) |
| Korean FA Cup | |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 668 (3.71 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Jeon Se-Jun(Chuncheon, 15 goals) |
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The 2011 Challengers League is the fifth season of the K3 League. The league announced its new name as Challengers League from this season. Playoff systems were used as the same as last season and league was divided two groups and play with home and away each other, with the winners of each stage and the two runners-up advancing to the post-season championship playoffs.
The season began on 5 March 2011.
Contents
Competition Format
The 2011 season run from March 5 through October 22. The 16 teams in the league are divided into the Group A and Group B — eight in the Group A, eight 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 22 games. The two group winners and two runners-up qualify to the Championship playoff.
Team changes from last season
Defunct clubs
League standing
Group A
League standing is calculated by group A result (14 round) plus inter league (8 round) result.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yangju Citizen | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 50 | Championship playoff |
| 2 | Gyeongju Citizen | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 45 | |
| 3 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 29 | |
| 4 | Jeonju FC | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 29 | |
| 5 | Seoul United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 26 | |
| 6 | Namyangju United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 20 | |
| 7 | Yeonggwang FC | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 15 | |
| 8 | Asan United | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 15 |
Updated to games played on 22 October 2011.
Source: www.kfa.or.kr (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Group B
League standing is calculated by group A result (14 round) plus inter league (8 round) result.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icheon Citizen | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 25 | +47 | 49 | Championship playoff |
| 2 | FC Pocheon | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 48 | |
| 3 | Chuncheon FC | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 43 | |
| 4 | Cheongju FC | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 40 | |
| 5 | Seoul FC Martyrs | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 30 | |
| 6 | Cheonan FC | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 20 | |
| 7 | Gwangju Gwangsan FC | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 17 | |
| 8 | Goyang Citizen | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 13 |
Updated to games played on 22 October 2011.
Source: www.kfa.or.kr (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Inter League
Inter League was scheduled from May 5 to June 25.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icheon Citizen | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 9 | +26 | 20 |
| 2 | Gyeongju Citizen | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 19 |
| 3 | FC Pocheon | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 19 |
| 4 | Yangju Citizen | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 19 |
| 5 | Chuncheon FC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 14 |
| 6 | Cheongju FC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 14 |
| 7 | Seoul FC Martyrs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 12 |
| 8 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 |
| 9 | Asan United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 11 |
| 10 | Gwangju Gwangsan FC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 10 |
| 11 | Jeonju FC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 8 |
| 11 | Goyang Citizen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 8 |
| 13 | Cheonan FC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7 |
| 14 | Seoul United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 7 |
| 15 | Namyangju United | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 1 |
| 16 | Yeonggwang FC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 1 |
Source: www.kfa.or.kr (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Championship playoff
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| A1 | Yangju Citizen (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| B2 | FC Pocheon | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| A1 | Yangju Citizen | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| A2 | Gyeongju Citizen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| B1 | Icheon Citizen | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| A2 | Gyeongju Citizen (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Semi-finals
Final
First leg
Second leg
| Gyeongju Citizen | 3 – 2 | Yangju Citizen |
|---|---|---|
Kim Min-Seob  60', 84'Choi Jin-Seok 89' |
Choi Young-Nam 24' Park Sang-Yong 30' |
Winner
| Challengers League 2011 Winners |
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| Gyeongju Citizen 2nd Title |
