2019 Korea National League

Kyobo Life
Korea National League
Season	2019
Dates	16 March – 9 November 2019
Champions	Gangneung City; (2nd title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	267 (4.77 per match)
Best Player	Shin Young-joon
Top goalscorer	Seo Dong-hyeon; Shin Young-joon; (15 goals each)
	← 2018 2020 K3 League →

The 2019 Korea National League was the 17th and the last season of the Korea National League, the third-highest division of the South Korean football league system. After this season, Korea National League clubs entered the newly developed K3 League.^[1]

Teams

Busan
Transportation
Corporation

Locations of the 2019 Korea National League clubs

Team	Location	Stadium
Busan Transportation Corporation	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium
Changwon City	Changwon	Changwon Football Center
Cheonan City	Cheonan	Cheonan Stadium
Daejeon Korail	Daejeon	Daejeon Hanbat Stadium
Gangneung City	Gangneung	Gangneung Stadium
Gimhae City	Gimhae	Gimhae Stadium
Gyeongju KHNP	Gyeongju	Gyeongju Civic Stadium
Mokpo City	Mokpo	Mokpo International Football Center

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gangneung City (C)	28	19	4	5	50	26	24	61	Qualification for playoffs final
2	Cheonan City	28	12	8	8	32	33	−1	44	Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3	Gyeongju KHNP	28	10	11	7	35	28	7	41	Qualification for playoffs semi-final
4	Daejeon Korail	28	10	9	9	38	36	2	39
5	Busan Transportation Corporation	28	9	11	8	37	32	5	38
6	Mokpo City	28	7	8	13	26	35	−9	29
7	Gimhae FC	28	7	7	14	26	29	−3	28
8	Changwon City	28	5	8	15	23	48	−25	23

Source: Korea National League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away	BTC	CWC	CAC	DJK	GNC	GHC	GJK	MPC
Busan Transportation Corporation	—	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1
Changwon City	0–4	—	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–0
Cheonan City	2–2	1–1	—	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–1
Daejeon Korail	1–1	1–1^[a]	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2
Gangneung City	3–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	—	2–0	0–0	4–2
Gimhae City	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	—	1–1	0–1
Gyeongju KHNP	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	—	1–0^[a]
Mokpo City	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	—

Source: Korea National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

^ ^a ^b Played at opponents' ground.

Matches 15–28

Home \ Away	BTC	CWC	CAC	DJK	GNC	GHC	GJK	MPC
Busan Transportation Corporation	—	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–0
Changwon City	0–0	—	1–2	1–3^[a]	0–1	1–0	0–4	1–2
Cheonan City	1–0	3–0	—	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–2
Daejeon Korail	3–0	2–1	3–2	—	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–0
Gangneung City	2–3	3–0	4–1	0–3	—	2–1	3–1	1–0
Gimhae City	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	1–0
Gyeongju KHNP	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–5	0–0	—	1–1
Mokpo City	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1^[a]	—

Source: Korea National League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

^ ^a ^b Played at opponents' ground.

Championship playoffs

Semi-final					Final

					1	Gangneung City	0	2	2
2	Cheonan City	0	2	2	SF	Gyeongju KHNP	0	0	0
3	Gyeongju KHNP	2	2	4

Top scorers

Seo Dong-hyeon won the top scorer award due to a smaller number of appearances.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shin Young-joon	Gangneung City	15
1	Seo Dong-hyeon	Gyeongju KHNP	15
3	Cho Woo-jin	Gangneung City	13
4	Lee Min-woo	Busan Transportation Corporation	9
5	Lee Gwan-pyo	Daejeon Korail	7
5	Lee Kang-uk	Busan Transportation Corporation	7
7	Kim Jeong-ju	Daejeon Korail	6
	Cho Seok-jae	Daejeon Korail	6
	Ahn Sang-min	Gimhae City	6
	Heo Jun-ho	Cheonan City	6
	Kong Da-hee	Busan Transportation Corporation	6

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Gimhae City	10,016	1,508	287	715	n/a^†
2	Cheonan City	8,605	987	327	615	n/a^†
3	Busan Transportation Corporation	5,598	1,700	187	400	n/a^†
4	Gangneung City	5,153	575	181	368	n/a^†
5	Gyeongju KHNP	3,799	624	105	271	n/a^†
6	Mokpo City	2,682	550	86	192	n/a^†
7	Changwon City	2,625	652	50	188	n/a^†
8	Daejeon Korail	1,841	350	64	132	n/a^†
	League total	40,319	1,700	50	360	n/a^†

Source: Korea National League

References

^ ^a ^b 2019 내셔널리그 아듀 어워즈, 마지막 'MVP'는 강릉 신영준 (in Korean). InterFootball. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b 후반기만 뛴 서동현, 괴력 뽐내며 내셔널리그 득점왕 등극 (in Korean). Starnews Korea. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

External links

RSSSF

[AW-3] Played at opponents' ground.

[AW-4] Played at opponents' ground.

[Awards-1] 2019 내셔널리그 아듀 어워즈, 마지막 'MVP'는 강릉 신영준 (in Korean). InterFootball. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

[Scorer-2] 후반기만 뛴 서동현, 괴력 뽐내며 내셔널리그 득점왕 등극 (in Korean). Starnews Korea. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

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