2015 Korea National League

The 2015 Korea National League, also known as Incheon International Airport National League 2015 due to the sponsorship of Incheon International Airport, was the 13th season of the Korea National League, the third tier of South Korea's football league system. Each of the ten clubs played three times against all other clubs in the regular season, and the top four clubs of the regular season qualified for post-season playoffs.

Incheon International Airport
Korea National League

Season	2015
Dates	14 March – 4 November 2015
Champions	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (6th title)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	314 (3.49 per match)
Best Player	Koo Sang-min
Top goalscorer	Han Gun-yong (13 goals)[1]
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Teams

Busan
Transportation
Corporation

Changwon City

Cheonan City

Gyeongju KHNP

Gangneung City

Gimhae City

Daejeon Korail

Mokpo City

Hyundai
Mipo Dockyard

Yongin City

Locations of the 2015 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
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	Ulsan	Ulsan Stadium
Mokpo City	Mokpo	Mokpo International Football Center
Yongin City	Yongin	Yongin Football Center

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	27	13	11	3	47	24	+23	50	Qualification for the playoffs final
2	Changwon City	27	13	7	7	37	33	+4	46	Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3	Gyeongju KHNP	27	12	9	6	39	27	+12	45	Qualification for the playoffs first round
4	Mokpo City	27	12	8	7	30	21	+9	44
5	Daejeon Korail	27	8	9	10	36	27	+9	33
6	Yongin City	27	8	9	10	25	29	−4	33
7	Gimhae City	27	6	11	10	29	39	−10	29
8	Cheonan City	27	6	10	11	27	39	−12	28
9	Gangneung City	27	5	12	10	20	29	−9	27
10	Busan Transportation Corporation	27	5	8	14	24	46	−22	23

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

Positions by matchday

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	5	7	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1
Changwon City	1	1	2	3	2	5	5	5	3	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	2
Gyeongju KHNP	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	2	3
Mokpo City	7	3	4	2	3	3	4	3	5	5	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Daejeon Korail	7	9	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	5
Yongin City	1	4	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Gimhae City	5	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7
Cheonan City	7	4	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	6	8	7	8
Gangneung City	1	6	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	8	7	8	9
Busan Transportation Corporation	7	10	10	10	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	10	10	10

Source: Korea National League
  = Leaders;   = Qualification for the playoffs

Results

Matches 1–18

Home \ Away	BTC	CWC	CAC	DJK	GNC	GHC	GHN	HMD	MPC	YIC
Busan Transportation Corporation	—	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–4	1–2	0–1
Changwon City	2–1	—	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1
Cheonan City	1–2	0–1	—	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Daejeon Korail	4–0	1–1	4–0	—	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Gangneung City	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0
Gimhae City	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–0	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–0
Gyeongju KHNP	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	—	1–1	0–3	0–0
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	3–1	5–2	6–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	—	2–2	1–0
Mokpo City	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	—	0–1
Yongin City	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	—

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

Matches 19–27

Home \ Away	BTC	CWC	CAC	DJK	GNC	GHC	GHN	HMD	MPC	YIC
Busan Transportation Corporation	—	—	—	0–0	—	2–0	—	—	1–2	0–0
Changwon City	3–0	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	—	—	2–0	1–0	—
Cheonan City	2–0	—	—	2–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	2–1
Daejeon Korail	—	—	—	—	1–0	—	—	1–1	0–0	1–2
Gangneung City	0–1	—	1–1	—	—	2–2	—	0–2	—	2–2
Gimhae City	—	0–0	—	2–1	—	—	1–1	—	0–1	—
Gyeongju KHNP	3–2	5–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	—	—	—	—	—
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	4–0	—	1–1	—	—	4–0	1–1	—	1–3	—
Mokpo City	—	—	1–1	—	0–0	—	1–0	—	—	2–0
Yongin City	—	0–3	—	—	—	1–0	2–2	0–1	—	—

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

Championship playoffs

Bracket

	First round					Semi-final					Final
						2	Changwon City	0 (5)
						1R	Gyeongju KHNP (p)	0 (6)
	3	Gyeongju KHNP	2
	4	Mokpo City	0
											SF	Gyeongju KHNP	0	0	0
											1	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	1	1	2

First round

4 November 2015

15:00

Gyeongju KHNP	2–0	Mokpo City
Yu Man-gi 25' Kim Bon-kwang 45'	Report

Gyeongju Civic Stadium, Gyeongju

Attendance: 300

Referee: Choi Gwang-ho

Semi-final

7 November 2015

15:00

Changwon City	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Gyeongju KHNP
	Report
Penalties
	5–6

Changwon Football Center, Changwon

Attendance: 400

Referee: Park Mal-bong

Final

11 November 2015

15:00

Gyeongju KHNP	0–1	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
		Cho Woo-jin 34'

Gyeongju Civic Stadium, Gyeongju

Attendance: 400

Referee: Hong Chang-ki

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14 November 2015

15:00

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	1–0	Gyeongju KHNP
Cho Woo-jin 85'

Ulsan Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Kim Deok-chul

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won 2–0 on aggregate.

See also

• 2015 in South Korean football
• 2015 Korea National League Championship
• 2015 Korean FA Cup