2020 K4 League

K4 League
Season	2020
Dates	16 May – 22 November 2020
Champions	Paju Citizen ; (1st title)
Promoted	Paju Citizen; Ulsan Citizen
Matches played	157
Goals scored	482 (3.07 per match)
Best Player	Heo Keon
Top goalscorer	Yoo Dong-gyu ; (15 goals)
	← 2019 K3 Basic 2021 →

The 2020 K4 League is the first season of the K4 League. The K4 League was regarded as the successor to the K3 League Basic, which was abolished in 2019.

Five K3 League Advanced teams, six K3 League Basic teams and two newly-founded teams entered in the inaugural season.^[2] The 13 participating teams played each other twice. The top two teams could be directly promoted to the relaunched K3 League, and the third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the promotion play-offs.^[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Chungju Citizen	Chungju	Chungju Tangeum Stadium	3,000
Goyang Citizen	Goyang	Eoulimnuri Byeolmuri Ground	2,500
Icheon Citizen	Icheon	Icheon City Stadium	20,305
Jinju Citizen	Jinju	Jinju Stadium	20,116
FC Namdong	Incheon	Namdong Industrial Complex Park	2,500
Paju Citizen	Paju	Paju Public Stadium	23,000
Pocheon Citizen	Pocheon	Pocheon Stadium	7,000
Seoul Jungnang	Seoul	Jungnang Public Ground
Seoul Nowon United	Seoul	Nowon Madeul Stadium	446
Siheung Citizen	Siheung	Jeongwang Sports Park	1,500
Ulsan Citizen	Ulsan	Ulsan Stadium	19,471
Yangpyeong FC	Yangpyeong	Yongmun Sports Park
Yeoju Citizen	Yeoju	Yeoju Stadium	16,000

Personnel

Club	Manager
Chungju Citizen	Gong Mun-bae
Goyang Citizen	Kim Young-ho
Icheon Citizen	Lee Cheon-hong
Jinju Citizen	Choi Cheong-il
FC Namdong	Kim Jeong-jae
Paju Citizen	Oh Won-jae
Pocheon Citizen	Cho Man-geun
Seoul Jungnang	Kim Sang-hwa
Seoul Nowon United	Lee Jeong-jae
Siheung Citizen	Jeong Seon-woo
Ulsan Citizen	Jung Jin-hyuk
Yangpyeong FC	Kim Chang-yoon
Yeoju Citizen	Shim Bong-seop

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paju Citizen (C, P)	24	16	5	3	42	27	15	53	Promotion to K3 League
2	Ulsan Citizen (P)	24	16	3	5	50	29	21	51	Promotion to K3 League
3	Jinju Citizen	24	15	5	4	46	25	21	50	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Pocheon Citizen	24	15	4	5	58	26	32	49	Qualification for promotion play-offs
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 Official Instagram
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored; 5) Wins
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

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	—

Source: JoinKFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Bracket

First round			Final

			K3	Gyeongju Citizen	2
3	Jinju Citizen	w/o	K4	Jinju Citizen	2
4	Pocheon Citizen	—

First round

The first round of promotion play-offs was contested between the third and fourth-placed teams, and its winners played the 14th-placed team of K3 League in the final (K3 League relegation play-off). Pocheon Citizen withdrew from the play-offs and so Jinju Citizen advanced to the final.^[4]

29 November 2020

14:00 KST

Jinju Citizen	Walkover	~~Pocheon Citizen~~

Venue Jinju Sports Complex

Attendance: 0

Referee: Park Myung-ho

Final

When the match was finished as a draw, both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

21 November 2020

14:00 KST

Gyeongju Citizen	2–2	Jinju Citizen
Min Jae-kwon 26' Seong Jun-jeong 57' (pen.)		Cho Seong-wook 78' Jun Beom-byun 90 1'

Gyeongju Civic Stadium

Attendance: 0

Referee: Choi Ki-chang

References

^ ^a ^b 2020 K3·4리그 시상식 개최...최용우-허건, K3·4리그 MVP 수상 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Breaking: K3 and K4 League Teams Confirmed". K League United. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^ K3·K4리그 대표자회의 개최...3월 7일 개막 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ 진주시민축구단 K3리그 승강결정전 자동 진출 (in Korean). Gyeongnam Media. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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[awards-1] 2020 K3·4리그 시상식 개최...최용우-허건, K3·4리그 MVP 수상 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[kleague-2] "Breaking: K3 and K4 League Teams Confirmed". K League United. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.

[3] K3·K4리그 대표자회의 개최...3월 7일 개막 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[4] 진주시민축구단 K3리그 승강결정전 자동 진출 (in Korean). Gyeongnam Media. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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