2017 K3 League Basic

The 2017 K3 League Basic was the first season of the K3 League Basic.

K3 League Basic

Season	2017
Champions	Jungnang Chorus Mustang (1st title)
Matches played	80
Goals scored	267 (3.34 per match)
Best Player	Park Jae-cheol[1]
Top goalscorer	Roberto Henrique (13 goals)[2]
2018 →

The second division of the K3 League was founded in the name of "K3 League Basic" in 2017, and the bottom eight teams of the 2016 K3 League participated in its inaugural season. Newly formed clubs Busan FC and Pyeongtaek G-SMATT also joined it.

After the regular season, champions were promoted to the first division "K3 League Advanced" and four teams from second to fifth-placed team qualified for the promotion playoffs.

Teams

Yeonggwang FC withdrew from the K3 League Basic after becoming one of eignt teams relegated from the K3 League.

Club	City	Stadium	Manager
Relegated from K3 League
Buyeo FC	Buyeo	Buyeo Stadium	Kang Jeong-hoon
Goyang Citizen	Goyang	Goyang Eoulimnuri ground	Kim Jin-ok
Jungnang Chorus Mustang	Seoul	Jungnang Public Ground	Yoo Bong-ki
Pyeongchang FC	Pyeongchang	Pyeongchang Stadium	Hwang Young-woo
Siheung Citizen	Siheung	Siheung Stadium	Kike Linero
Seoul United	Seoul	Madeul Stadium	Kim Chang-kyum
FC Uijeongbu	Uijeongbu	Uijeongbu Stadium	Kim Hee-tae
Newly formed
Busan FC	Busan	Busan Asiad Supplementary Stadium	?
Pyeongtaek G-SMATT	Pyeongtaek	Sosabeol Reports Town	?

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Jungnang Chorus Mustang (C, P)	16	12	4	0	43	12	+31	40	Promotion to the K3 League Advanced
2	Siheung Citizen	16	13	0	3	32	17	+15	39	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Pyeongtaek G-SMATT (O, P)	16	8	3	5	38	26	+12	27
4	Buyeo FC	16	8	3	5	23	18	+5	27
5	FC Uijeongbu	16	8	0	8	35	25	+10	24
6	Busan FC	16	6	3	7	34	35	−1	21
7	Pyeongchang FC	16	5	3	8	27	29	−2	18
8	Goyang Citizen	16	2	2	12	16	41	−25	8
9	Seoul United	16	0	2	14	19	64	−45	2

Source: KFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	JCM	CIT	PGS	BUY	UIJ	BUS	PYE	GOY	SU
Jungnang Chorus Mustang	—	5–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	4–0
Siheung Citizen	1–3	—	3–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1
Pyeongtaek G-SMATT	1–4	1–2	—	0–0	4–2	4–3	2–1	3–0	4–0
Buyeo FC	2–2	0–1	3–2	—	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–1
FC Uijeongbu	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	—	6–0	2–1	7–1	4–0
Busan FC	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	—	2–2	3–1	9–4
Pyeongchang FC	1–1	0–6	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–5	—	2–0	4–0
Goyang Citizen	1–3	2–3	1–5	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	—	3–3
Seoul United	1–3	0–2*	1–5	0–1	3–5	4–4	1–7	0–2	—

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

Promotion playoffs

When a match was finished as a draw, its winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out.^[3][4]

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 Siheung Citizen	1
	5 FC Uijeongbu	2
					5 FC Uijeongbu	2
					3 Pyeongtaek G-SMATT	2
	3 Pyeongtaek G-SMATT	3
	4 Buyeo FC	0

See also

• 2017 in South Korean football
• 2017 Korean FA Cup