2011 Challengers League

The 2011 Challengers League was the fifth season of amateur K3 League. In this season, the K3 League was renamed the "Challengers League", and 16 clubs participated after Samcheok Shinwoo Electronics and Yongin Citizen withdrew from the league. The participating clubs were divided into two groups, and the winners and runners-up of both groups qualified for the championship playoffs. All clubs had interleague play once after playing home and away season in each group.

Daum
Challengers League

Season	2011
Dates	5 March - 13 November 2011
Champions	Gyeongju Citizen (2nd title)
Matches played	180
Goals scored	668 (3.71 per match)
Best Player	Kim Min-seop[1]
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Regular season

Group A

Yangju Citizen

Gyeongju Citizen

Bucheon FC 1995

Jeonju EM

Seoul United

Namyangju Citizen

Yeonggwang FC

Asan Citizen

Locations of the 2011 K3 League Group A teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yangju Citizen	22	15	5	2	52	28	+24	50	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Gyeongju Citizen	22	13	6	3	57	24	+33	45
3	Bucheon FC 1995	22	8	5	9	37	31	+6	29	Qualification for the FA Cup first round
4	Jeonju EM	22	7	8	7	28	34	−6	29
5	Seoul United	22	7	5	10	44	46	−2	26
6	Namyangju United	22	5	5	12	41	57	−16	20
7	Yeonggwang FC	22	4	3	15	26	51	−25	15
8	Asan Citizen	22	3	6	13	37	72	−35	15

Source: KFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Group B

Icheon Citizen

FC Pocheon

Chuncheon FC

Seoul FC Martyrs

Cheonan FC

Cheongju FC

Gwangju Gwangsan

Goyang Citizen

Locations of the 2011 K3 League Group B teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Icheon Citizen	22	15	4	3	75	26	+49	49	Qualification for the playoffs
2	FC Pocheon	22	14	6	2	49	22	+27	48
3	Chuncheon FC	22	13	4	5	38	23	+15	43	Qualification for the FA Cup first round
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	38	54	−16	20
7	Gwangju Gwangsan	22	4	5	13	29	56	−27	17
8	Goyang Citizen	22	3	4	15	24	56	−32	13

Source: KFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Yangju Citizen (p)		1 (4)
	FC Pocheon		1 (3)
						Yangju Citizen		1	2	3
						Gyeongju Citizen		1	3	4
	Icheon Citizen		0 (2)
	Gyeongju Citizen (p)		0 (4)

Semi-finals

29 October 2011

14:00 KST

Yangju Citizen	1–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Pocheon
Choi Young-nam 50'		Choi Kyung-sik 62'
Penalties
	4–3

Yangju Godeok Stadium, Yangju

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29 October 2011

14:00 KST

Icheon Citizen	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Gyeongju Citizen
Penalties
	2–4

Icheon City Stadium, Icheon

Final

5 November 2011

14:00 KST

Yangju Citizen	1–1	Gyeongju Citizen
Park Sang-yong 73'		Yoon Chul-soon 12'

Yangju Godeok Stadium, Yangju

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13 November 2011

12:00 KST

Gyeongju Citizen	3–2	Yangju Citizen
Kim Min-seop 60', 84' Choi Jin-seok 89'		Choi Young-nam 24' Park Sang-yong 30'

Gyeongju Stadium, Gyeongju

Gyeongju Citizen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Gyeongju Citizen (C)	Qualification for the FA Cup second round
2	Yangju Citizen	Qualification for the FA Cup first round
3	Icheon Citizen
4	FC Pocheon

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

See also

• 2011 in South Korean football
• 2011 Challengers Cup
• 2011 Korean FA Cup