2022 K3 League

The 2022 K3 League was the third season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league. Its regular season was held from 26 February to 29 October 2022.^[2]

K3 League

Season	2022
Dates	26 February – 29 October 2022
Champions	Changwon City (1st title)
Promoted	Cheonan City Cheongju FC
Relegated	Dangjin Citizen
Matches played	240
Goals scored	546 (2.28 per match)
Best Player	Luan Costa[1]
Top goalscorer	Shin Young-jun (16 goals)[1]
← 2021 2023 →

Defending champions Gimpo FC became a professional club and joined the K League. Cheonan City and Cheongju FC are also going to be join the K League in the next year.^[3]

The 16 participating teams played each other twice, and the bottom team advanced to the relegation play-off. The K3 League Championship which had been held in play-off format to decide champions before was not held since this year.^[2]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from K4 League

• Pocheon Citizen
• Siheung Citizen
• Dangjin Citizen

Promoted to K League 2

• Gimpo FC

Relegated to K4 League

• Pyeongtaek Citizen

Stadiums and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Busan Transportation Corporation	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium	24,363
Changwon City	Changwon	Changwon Football Center	15,116
Cheonan City	Cheonan	Cheonan Football Center	15,500
Cheongju FC	Cheongju	Cheongju Stadium	17,264
Daejeon Korail	Daejeon	Daejeon World Cup Stadium Practice Pitch	17,371
Dangjin Citizen	Dangjin	Dangjin Sports Complex	11,718
Gangneung Citizen	Gangneung	Gangneung Stadium	33,000
Gimhae FC	Gimhae	Gimhae Public Stadium	25,000
Gyeongju KHNP	Gyeongju	Gyeongju Civic Stadium	12,199
Hwaseong FC	Hwaseong	Hwaseong Stadium	35,270
FC Mokpo	Mokpo	Mokpo International Football Center	5,952
Paju Citizen	Paju	Paju Public Stadium	23,000
Pocheon Citizen	Pocheon	Pocheon Stadium	7,000
Siheung Citizen	Siheung	Jeongwang Sports Park	1,500
Ulsan Citizen	Ulsan	Ulsan Stadium	19,471
Yangju Citizen	Yangju	Godeok Artificial Turf Ground	5,000

Personnel

Club	Manager
Busan Transportation Corporation	Kim Gwi-hwa
Changwon City	Choi Kyeong-don
Cheonan City	Kim Tae-young
Cheongju FC	Choi Sang-hyeon
Daejeon Korail	Kim Seung-hee
Dangjin Citizen	Han Sang-min
Gangneung Citizen	Kim Do-keun
Gimhae FC	Yoon Sung-hyo
Gyeongju KHNP	Seo Bo-won
Hwaseong FC	Kang Chul
FC Mokpo	Jeong Hyun-ho
Paju Citizen	Lee Eun-no
Pocheon Citizen	Cho Man-geun
Siheung Citizen	Park Seung-soo
Ulsan Citizen	Yoon Kyung-sang
Yangju Citizen	Park Sung-bae

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former players
Changwon City	Luan Costa
Cheonan City	Bruno Mota	Juliano	Rodolfo
Cheongju FC	Denilson	Ruster Santos	Yan Victor
Gangneung Citizen	Cristian	Júnior Batista
Hwaseong FC	Carlinhos	Julen Sandy
Gimhae FC	Masato Shimokawa	Marko Rajkovic
Paju Citizen	Samuel Pungi	Bruno Kairon	Matheus Medeiros
Ulsan Citizen	Paul Puk Kun Pal
Yangju Citizen	Danyllo

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Changwon City (C)	30	17	6	7	39	21	+18	57
2	Paju Citizen	30	15	11	4	43	29	+14	56
3	Gyeongju KHNP	30	15	8	7	44	26	+18	53
4	Busan Transportation Corporation	30	11	13	6	47	33	+14	46
5	Siheung Citizen	30	13	7	10	40	34	+6	46
6	Hwaseong FC	30	12	10	8	33	29	+4	46
7	Gimhae FC	30	12	9	9	33	26	+7	45
8	Yangju Citizen	30	12	5	13	30	29	+1	41
9	Daejeon Korail	30	12	5	13	28	36	−8	41
10	Cheonan City (P)	30	9	13	8	30	27	+3	40	Promotion to K League 2[a]
11	Pocheon Citizen	30	10	9	11	40	36	+4	39
12	Gangneung Citizen	30	9	9	12	39	43	−4	36
13	FC Mokpo	30	9	4	17	24	45	−21	31
14	Cheongju FC (P)	30	7	9	14	21	41	−20	30	Promotion to K League 2[a]
15	Ulsan Citizen	30	6	10	14	29	40	−11	28
16	Dangjin Citizen (R)	30	3	8	19	26	51	−25	17	Qualification for relegation play-off

Source: Flashscore Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Promoted after getting a license for K League 2.

Results

Home \ Away	BTC	CHA	CHC	CHE	DAN	DKO	GNE	GIH	GYE	HWA	MOK	PCI	POC	SIH	ULS	YJU
Busan Transportation Corporation	—	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–1
Changwon City	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1
Cheonan City	1–1	1–2	—	4–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2
Cheongju FC	0–2	3–2	0–1	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–0
Dangjin Citizen	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	—	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–4	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1
Daejeon Korail	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	—	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–1	2–0
Gangneung Citizen	3–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–3	0–3	4–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–1
Gimhae FC	0–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1
Gyeongju KHNP	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	—	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1
Hwaseong FC	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–2	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0
FC Mokpo	1–6	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	0–1	—	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0
Paju Citizen	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–1
Pocheon Citizen	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–0
Siheung Citizen	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	—	3–4	2–1
Ulsan Citizen	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–3	1–4	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	—	0–1
Yangju Citizen	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–4	2–3	1–0	0–0	—

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

Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off (K4 League promotion play-offs final) was contested between the bottom team of K3 League and the winners of K4 League play-off (semi-final).

13 November 2022

14:00 (UTC+9)

Dangjin Citizen	0–2	Chuncheon Citizen

Dangjin Stadium, Dangjin

Top scorers

Rank	Player[4]	Club	Goals
1	Shin Young-jun	Busan Transportation Corporation	16
2	Seo Dong-hyeok	Gyeongju KHNP	14
3	Kim Yeong-jun	Pocheon Citizen	12
	Luan Costa	Changwon City
5	Marko Rajkovic	Gimhae FC	10

See also

• 2022 in South Korean football
• 2022 Korean FA Cup