2011 Challengers League

Daum Challengers League 2011

Season	2011
Dates	5 March 2011 - 13 November 2011
Champions	Gyeongju Citizen (2nd title)
Korean FA Cup	0
Matches played	180
Goals scored	668 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeon Se-Jun (Chuncheon, 15 goals)
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Asan

Bucheon

Cheonan

Cheongju

Chuncheon

Goyang

Gwangju

Gyeongju

Icheon

Jeonju EM

Pocheon

Seoul M.

Seoul Utd.

Yangju

Yeonggwang

Namyangju

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Location of teams in 2011 Challengers League

The 2011 Challengers League was the fifth season of the K3 League. The league announced its new name as Challengers League from this season. Playoff systems were used as the same as last season and league was divided two groups and play with home and away each other, with the winners of each stage and the two runners-up advancing to the post-season championship playoffs.

The season began on 5 March 2011.

Competition Format

The 2011 season run from March 5 through October 22. The 16 teams in the league are divided into the Group A and Group B — eight in the Group A, eight in the Group B. Each team competes against the other team in same group twice, home and away, the other group's team once, home or away, for a total of 22 games. The two group winners and two runners-up qualify to the Championship playoff.

Team changes from last season

Defunct clubs

• Samcheok Shinwoo Electronics FC
• Yongin Citizen

League standing

Group A

League standing is calculated by group A result (14 round) plus inter league (8 round) result.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yangju Citizen	22	15	5	2	52	28	+24	50	Championship playoff
2	Gyeongju Citizen	22	13	6	3	57	24	+33	45
3	Bucheon FC 1995	22	8	5	9	37	31	+6	29
4	Jeonju FC	22	7	8	7	29	34	−5	29
5	Seoul United	22	7	5	10	44	46	−2	26
6	Namyangju United	22	5	5	12	40	56	−16	20
7	Yeonggwang FC	22	4	3	15	26	51	−25	15
8	Asan United	22	3	6	13	37	73	−36	15

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2011. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

League standing is calculated by group A result (14 round) plus inter league (8 round) result.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Icheon Citizen	22	15	4	3	72	25	+47	49	Championship playoff
2	FC Pocheon	22	14	6	2	49	22	+27	48
3	Chuncheon FC	22	13	4	5	38	23	+15	43
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	37	55	−18	20
7	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	22	4	5	13	29	55	−26	17
8	Goyang Citizen	22	3	4	15	24	56	−32	13

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2011. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Inter League

Inter League was scheduled from May 5 to June 25.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Icheon Citizen	8	6	2	0	35	9	+26	20
2	Gyeongju Citizen	8	6	1	1	21	5	+16	19
3	FC Pocheon	8	6	1	1	24	11	+13	19
4	Yangju Citizen	8	6	1	1	18	10	+8	19
5	Chuncheon FC	8	4	2	2	13	10	+3	14
6	Cheongju FC	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14
7	Seoul FC Martyrs	8	4	0	4	18	23	−5	12
8	Bucheon FC 1995	8	3	2	3	10	8	+2	11
9	Asan United	8	3	2	3	20	24	−4	11
10	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	8	3	1	4	10	15	−5	10
11	Jeonju FC	8	2	2	4	10	16	−6	8
11	Goyang Citizen	8	2	2	4	10	16	−6	8
13	Cheonan FC	8	2	1	5	9	15	−6	7
14	Seoul United	8	2	1	5	14	21	−7	7
15	Namyangju United	8	0	1	7	8	21	−13	1
16	Yeonggwang FC	8	0	1	7	8	26	−18	1

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Championship playoff

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

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Final

First leg

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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Second leg

13 November 2011

12:00 KST

Gyeongju Citizen	3 – 2	Yangju Citizen
Kim Min-Seob 60', 84' Choi Jin-Seok 89'		Choi Young-Nam 24' Park Sang-Yong 30'

Gyeongju Stadium, Gyeongju

Winner

Challengers League 2011 Winners
Gyeongju Citizen 2nd title

See also

• 2011 Korean FA Cup
• 2011 K-League
• 2011 Korea National League