2024 K3 League
CompetitionK3 League
Season2024
Dates2 March – 16 November 2024
WinnersSiheung Citizen
(1st title)
PromotedHwaseong FC
RelegatedDaegu FC B
Matches56
Total goals145
Best playerCamilo[1]
League topscorerCamilo
(15 goals)
Biggest home winSiheung 5–0 Mokpo
(7 April)
Biggest away winYeoju 1–5 KHNP
(14 April)
Highest scoringYeoju 1–5 KHNP
(14 April)
Longest wins6 matches
Gyeongju KHNP
Longest unbeaten7 matches
3 teams
Longest winless7 matches
Busan Transportation Corporation
Longest losses6 matches
Busan Transportation Corporation
Prevseason2023
Nextseason2025
Updated2 November 2024

The 2024 K3 League is the fourth season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league.[2] It was held from 2 March to 2 November 2024. The 16 participating teams played each other twice in a double round-robin format.

The 15th and 16th-placed teams were going to be automatically relegated to the K4 League,[3][4] but the 15th-placed team qualified for the relegation play-off instead of the 14th-placed team after the dissolution of K4 League club Daejeon Hana Citizen B was decided.[5]

Runners-up Hwaseong FC turned professional after the season ended and joined K League 2 ahead of the 2025 season.[6][7]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from K4 League

Relegated to K4 League

Stadiums and locations

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Busan Transportation CorporationBusanBusan Gudeok Stadium12,349[9]
Changwon FCChangwonChangwon Stadium30,000[10]
Chuncheon CitizenChuncheonChuncheon Songam Sports Town20,000[11]
Daegu FC BDaeguDaegu Stadium66,422[12]
Daejeon KorailDaejeonDaejeon World Cup Stadium Auxiliary Pitch478[13]
FC MokpoMokpoMokpo International Football Center5,952
Gangneung CitizenGangneungGangneung Stadium21,416[14]
Gimhae FCGimhaeGimhae Public Stadium11,467[15]
Gyeongju KHNPGyeongjuGyeongju Civic Stadium12,118[16]
Hwaseong FCHwaseongHwaseong Stadium35,265[17]
Paju CitizenPajuPaju Stadium23,000
Pocheon CitizenPocheonPocheon Stadium5,964[18]
Siheung CitizenSiheungSiheung Hope Park Stadium1,500
Ulsan CitizenUlsanUlsan Stadium19,431[19]
Yangpyeong FCYangpyeongYangpyeong Sports Complex5,608[20]
Yeoju FCYeojuYeoju Stadium3,000

Personnel

ClubManager
Busan Transportation CorporationShin Hong-gi
Changwon FCLee Young-jin
Chuncheon CitizenJeong Seon-woo
Daegu FC BSeo Dong-won
Daejeon KorailKim Seung-hee
FC MokpoCho Deok-je
Gangneung CitizenKim Do-keun
Gimhae FCSon Hyeon-jun
Gyeongju KHNPSeo Bo-won
Hwaseong FCJu Seung-jin
Paju CitizenOh Beom-seok
Pocheon CitizenLee Seong-jae
Siheung CitizenPark Seung-soo
Ulsan CitizenYoon Kyun-sang
Yangpyeong FCKim Sam-su
Yeoju FCShim Bong-seop

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to three per team, or four per team if one player is from an AFC country.[3]

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC playerFormer player(s)
Gangneung CitizenJordan RodriguesCarecaFernando
Gyeongju KHNPLeonardo KalilReo Nishiguchi
Hwaseong FCLuan CostaSandyMoudi NajjarCaio Marcelo
Siheung CitizenDimitriCamilo
Yangpyeong FCVictor RibeiroRusterHenrique Bahia

Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off was contested between the 15th-placed team of K3 League and the third-placed team of K4 League (instead of runners-up Daejeon Hana Citizen B).[5]

See also

References

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