2019 K3 League Advanced

The 2019 K3 League Advanced was the 13th and last season of amateur K3 League. After the end of the 2019 season, the K3 League was relaunched as a semi-professional league by Korea Football Association (KFA).^[3]

K3 League Advanced

Season	2019
Dates	23 March – November 2019[1]
Champions	Hwaseong FC (2nd title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	351 (2.66 per match)
Best Player	Moon Joon-ho[2]
Top goalscorer	Bae Chun-suk[2]
← 2018 2020 K3 League →

Icheon Citizen abandoned the last three matches of the regular season to avoid the spread of African swine fever virus, which could damage pig farms in Icheon.^[4]

Teams

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Cheongju FC	Cheongju	Cheongju Stadium	17,264	Kwon Oh-gyu
Chuncheon FC	Chuncheon	Chuncheon Stadium	20,000	Kim Yong-ho
Chungju Citizen	Chungju	Chungju Stadium	15,000	Gong Mun-bae
Gimpo Citizen	Gimpo	Gimpo Sports Complex	5,068	Oh Jong-yeol
Gyeongju Citizen	Gyeongju	Gyeongju Civic Stadium	12,199	Kim Dae-geon
Hwaseong FC	Hwaseong	Hwaseong Stadium	35,270	Kim Seong-nam
Icheon Citizen	Icheon	Icheon Stadium	20,305	Lee Yeong-gi
Paju Citizen	Paju	Paju Public Stadium	22,000	Oh Won-jae
Pocheon Citizen	Pocheon	Pocheon Stadium	7,000	Kim Jae-hyeong
Pyeongtaek Citizen	Pyeongtaek	Sosabeol Reports Town	15,000	Lee Seong-gyun
Siheung Citizen	Siheung	Jeongwang Sports Park		Jung Sun-woo
Yangpyeong FC	Yangpyeong	Yongmun Sports Park	400	Kim Gyeong-bum

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hwaseong FC (C)	22	16	2	4	44	19	+25	50	Qualification for Championship final
2	Gyeongju Citizen	22	14	4	4	36	21	+15	46	Qualification for Championship first round
3	Gimpo Citizen	22	12	6	4	28	19	+9	42
4	Yangpyeong FC	22	13	2	7	42	30	+12	41	Qualification for Championship first round and K4 League[a]
5	Pocheon Citizen	22	12	3	7	30	21	+9	39
6	Paju Citizen	22	11	2	9	30	26	+4	35	Qualification for K4 League[b]
7	Siheung Citizen	22	8	5	9	22	25	−3	29
8	Cheongju FC	22	8	4	10	29	32	−3	28
9	Icheon Citizen	22	7	6	9	27	33	−6	27	Qualification for K4 League[b]
10	Chuncheon FC	22	4	3	15	23	38	−15	15
11	Pyeongtaek Citizen	22	3	2	17	23	47	−24	11
12	Chungju Citizen[c]	22	3	3	16	17	40	−23	2	Qualification for K4 League[b]

Source: Soccerway KFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Qualified after getting a license for K4 League.
2. Qualified after getting a license for K4 League.
3. Chungju Citizen was deducted 10 points.

Relegation playoff

The promotion-relegation playoff was contested between winners of Basic league playoff and 10th-placed team of Advanced league, but the match became meaningless after Korea Football Association decided to examine every K3 League club for qualification for newly-founded K3 League or K4 League.^[5]

Chuncheon FC	0–0	Yangju Citizen
	Report

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)

14:00 KST

Gongjicheon Football Field

Attendance: 234

Referee: Park Young-rok

Championship playoffs

When the first round and semi-final matches were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out.^[6]

Bracket

	First round					Semi-final					Final
	Gyeongju Citizen		1
											Hwaseong FC		1	1	2
	Pocheon Citizen		3
						Yangpyeong FC		3			Yangpyeong FC		0	0	0
						Pocheon Citizen		0
	Gimpo Citizen		0
	Yangpyeong FC		1

First round

Gyeongju Citizen	1–3	Pocheon Citizen
Kim Jin-yung 20'	Report	Lee Soon-min 6' Kim Seul-ki 16' Kim Kung-hoon 60'

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26)

14:00 KST

Gyeongju Civic Stadium

Attendance: 655

Referee: Choi Kyu-hyun

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Gimpo Citizen	0–1	Yangpyeong FC
	Report	Oh Dong-kyu 61'

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26)

14:00 KST

Gimpo Sports Complex

Attendance: 359

Referee: Kim Jae-hong

Semi-final

Yangpyeong FC	3–0	Pocheon Citizen
Yoo Dong-kyu 12', 41' Kim Tae-kung 18'	Report

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)

14:00 KST

Yongmun Sports Park

Attendance: 288

Referee: Woo Bung-hun

See also

• 2019 in South Korean football
• 2019 Korean FA Cup