2021 K4 League

K4 League
Season2021
Dates13 March – 13 November 2021
ChampionsPocheon Citizen
(1st title)
PromotedPocheon Citizen
Siheung Citizen
Dangjin Citizen
Matches played241
Goals scored769 (3.19 per match)
Best PlayerJung Seung-yong[1]
Top goalscorerLee Chang-hoon
(30 goals)[1]
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 K4 League is the second season of the K4 League.

The R League teams (reserve teams of K League teams) could not have been involved in the South Korean football league system originally, but were allowed to join the K4 League since this season. They had to use seven or more under-23 players in the starting line-up. Gangwon FC became the first club to enter the K4 League with reserve team.[2][3]

Defending champions Paju Citizen were promoted to the K3 League alongside runners-up Ulsan Citizen, and Chuncheon Citizen and Jeonju Citizen played in the K4 League for the first time by being relegated from the K3 League.[2] Icheon Citizen was disbanded due to financial problems, while four newly-founded teams Dangjin Citizen, Geoje Citizen, Pyeongchang United (successor to K3 League Basic team Pyeongchang FC) and Gangwon FC B joined the league.[2]

The 16 participating teams played each other twice. The top two teams were directly promoted to the K3 League, and the third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the promotion play-off.[2]

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from K3 League

Newly joined

Promoted to K3 League

Withdrawn

Stadiums and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity
Chuncheon Citizen Chuncheon Chuncheon Stadium 25,000
Chungju Citizen Chungju Chungju Tangeum Stadium 3,000
Dangjin Citizen Dangjin Dangjin Sports Complex 11,718
FC Namdong Incheon Namdong Industrial Complex Park 2,500
Gangwon FC B Gangwon Chuncheon Songam Stadium 20,000
Geoje Citizen Geoje Geoje Stadium 7,500
Goyang Citizen Goyang Eoulimnuri Byeolmuri Ground 2,500
Jeonju Citizen Jeonju Jeonju Stadium 30,000
Jinju Citizen Jinju Jinju Stadium 20,116
Pocheon Citizen Pocheon Pocheon Stadium 7,000
Pyeongchang United Pyeongchang Jinbu Sports Park 300
Seoul Jungnang Seoul Jungnang Public Ground 400
Seoul Nowon United Seoul Nowon Madeul Stadium 446
Siheung Citizen Siheung Jeongwang Sports Park 1,500
Yangpyeong FC Yangpyeong Yongmun Sports Park 3,000
Yeoju FC Yeoju Yeoju Stadium 16,000

Personnel

Club Manager
Chuncheon Citizen South Korea Son Hyun-jun
Chungju Citizen South Korea Gong Mun-bae
Dangjin Citizen South Korea Han Sang-min
FC Namdong South Korea Kim Jeong-jae
Gangwon FC B South Korea Lee Seul-gi
Geoje Citizen South Korea Song Jae-gyu
Goyang Citizen South Korea Kim Young-ho
Jeonju Citizen South Korea Yang Young-cheol
Jinju Citizen South Korea Choi Cheong-il
Pocheon Citizen South Korea Cho Man-geun
Pyeongchang United South Korea An Hong-min
Seoul Jungnang South Korea Kim Sang-hwa
Seoul Nowon United South Korea Lee Jeong-jae
Siheung Citizen South Korea Jeong Seon-woo
Yangpyeong FC South Korea Kim Chang-yoon
Yeoju FC South Korea Shim Bong-seop

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pocheon Citizen (C, P) 30 21 6 3 80 28 +52 69 Promotion to K3 League
2 Siheung Citizen (P) 30 21 4 5 75 32 +43 67
3 Dangjin Citizen (O, P) 30 19 5 6 60 40 +20 62 Qualification for promotion play-off
4 Chungju Citizen 30 17 6 7 60 31 +29 57
5 Jinju Citizen 30 16 8 6 57 28 +29 56
6 Geoje Citizen 30 13 8 9 50 39 +11 47
7 Pyeongchang United 30 14 4 12 43 49 −6 46
8 Gangwon FC B 30 11 7 12 50 44 +6 40
9 FC Namdong 30 11 3 16 39 47 −8 36
10 Chuncheon Citizen 30 10 6 14 40 51 −11 36
11 Seoul Nowon United 30 9 5 16 40 53 −13 32
12 Yeoju FC 30 8 6 16 34 58 −24 30
13 Yangpyeong FC 30 7 8 15 39 52 −13 29
14 Seoul Jungnang 30 6 7 17 33 62 −29 25
15 Jeonju Citizen 30 7 3 20 39 71 −32 24
16 Goyang Citizen 30 5 4 21 30 84 −54 19
Source: Soccerway JoinKFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored; 5) Wins
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away PCH GWO NAM JIN SIH YPY SNU DAN POC CHC GOY GEO CHU JEO YEO SJN
Pyeongchang United — 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–4 3–2 4–4 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Gangwon FC B 1–2 — 4–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–2 4–0
FC Namdong 1–2 0–2 — 1–4 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0
Jinju Citizen 4–0 2–1 2–2 — 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Siheung Citizen 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 4–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 4–3 2–1 4–0 0–1
Yangpyeong FC 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 — 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 3–1
Seoul Nowon United 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–2 2–0 — 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–1
Dangjin Citizen 1–0 4–4 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–3 3–2 — 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–4 1–0 2–0 5–2 3–1
Pocheon Citizen 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 5–1 — 3–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 3–1 4–0 4–0
Chungju Citizen 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 — 7–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–0
Goyang Citizen 1–4 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–10 2–2 1–3 0–5 3–2 0–4 — 1–7 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–1
Geoje Citizen 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–3 2–2 0–2 3–3 1–3 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0
Chuncheon Citizen 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–5 1–1 3–1 0–2 — 3–1 3–1 0–2
Jeonju Citizen 2–1 1–3 4–2 0–5 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–4 0–4 3–2 1–2 1–1 — 1–3 1–5
Yeoju FC 1–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 — 0–0
Seoul Jungnang 4–0 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–4 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 1–2 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

When the match was finished as a draw, its winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and penalty shoot-out.

Dangjin Citizen1–1Chungju Citizen
Dangjin Stadium, Dangjin

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "KFA Archives - K3 K4 K5" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d K3·K4리그 대표자회의 개최...3월 7일 개막 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Kim, Jin-seong (31 January 2021). "Gangwon FC will become the first team to found a B Team that will participate in the K4 League, as per @goalgoalsong (Seo Ho-jeong)". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ Kim, Jin-seong (20 January 2021). "[...] It's official now. This is the logo of the newly-formed K4 League side Dangjin Citizen FC". Twitter.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ^ Barnes, Tim (22 January 2021). "Welcome Geoje Citizen FC to the #K4 League for the 2021 season". Twitter.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ^ Kim, Jin-Seong (28 January 2021). "One of the three new participants of the K4 League this year, Pyeongchang United FC, have officially announced their logo". Twitter.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2021.


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