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K3 League
Season	2021
Dates	Regular season: 13 March – 13 November 2021 Championship: 17–27 November 2021
Champions	Gimpo FC (1st title)
Promoted	Gimpo FC
Relegated	Pyeongtaek Citizen
Matches played	214
Goals scored	479 (2.24 per match)
Best Player	Kim Jong-seok
Top goalscorer	Kim Jong-seok (15 goals)
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The 2021 K3 League was the second season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league. The 15 participating teams played each other twice, and the bottom team was relegated to the K4 League.

Teams

Team changes

Relegated to K4 League

Promoted from K4 League

Withdrawn

Gyeongju 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 Hanbat Sports Complex	17,371
Gangneung City	Gangneung	Gangneung Stadium	33,000
Gimhae FC	Gimhae	Gimhae Public Stadium	25,000
Gimpo FC	Gimpo	Gimpo Stadium	1,024
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
Pyeongtaek Citizen	Pyeongtaek	Sosabeol Reports Town	15,000
Ulsan Citizen	Ulsan	Ulsan Stadium	19,471
Yangju Citizen	Yangju	Godeok Artificial Turf Ground	5,000

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Changwon City	Takuma Ishibashi
Cheonan City	Jerry van Ewijk
Cheongju FC	Muhammad Iqbal
Gimhae FC	Rafael Ramazotti	Lucas Willian	Luan Costa
Gimpo Citizen	Ayumu Tachibana
Pyeongtaek Citizen	Abdoulie Gomez
Ulsan Citizen	Martin Sawi	Paul Puk Kun Pal

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cheonan City	28	16	6	6	50	25	+25	54	Qualification for Championship final
2	Gimpo FC (C, P)	28	14	10	4	35	20	+15	52	Qualification for Championship semi-final and K League 2
3	Mokpo City	28	14	8	6	34	23	+11	50	Qualification for Championship first round
4	Gyeongju KHNP	28	13	7	8	39	30	+9	46	Qualification for Championship first round
5	Gimhae FC	28	12	8	8	39	35	+4	44
6	Busan Transportation Corporation	28	11	8	9	32	33	−1	41
7	Ulsan Citizen	28	9	11	8	32	24	+8	38
8	Changwon City	28	9	11	8	28	27	+1	38
9	Daejeon Korail	28	8	12	8	32	30	+2	36
10	Paju Citizen	28	8	11	9	32	36	−4	35
11	Cheongju FC	28	9	7	12	37	39	−2	34
12	Hwaseong FC	28	8	10	10	29	34	−5	34
13	Gangneung City	28	4	8	16	23	42	−19	20
14	Yangju Citizen	28	4	8	16	17	43	−26	20
15	Pyeongtaek Citizen (R)	28	5	7	16	20	38	−18	2	Relegation to K4 League

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

Results

Matches 1–28

Home \ Away	CHC	GIM	MOK	BTC	GYE	GIH	ULS	CHA	HWA	PCI	DKO	CHE	YJU	PTA	GNE
Cheonan City	—	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	2–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–0
Gimpo FC	3–2	—	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0
FC Mokpo	2–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–0
Busan Transportation Corporation	2–2	0–0	2–0	—	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
Gyeongju KHNP	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	—	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–1
Gimhae FC	1–5	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–3	1–0	3–0	3–1	5–2
Ulsan Citizen	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–0
Changwon City	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0
Hwaseong FC	0–3	0–1	2–3	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0
Paju Citizen	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	0–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	2–1
Daejeon Korail	1–1	2–0	0–1	5–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Cheongju FC	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	3–3	0–2	1–3	—	2–0	0–3	2–1
Yangju Citizen	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–6	—	0–1	1–1
Pyeongtaek Citizen	1–4	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	—	2–1
Gangneung City	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	—

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

Championship play-offs

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.

Bracket

First round			Semi-final			Final

			2	Gimpo FC	2

			3	Mokpo City	0
3	Mokpo City	1

4	Gyeongju KHNP	1
							Gimpo FC	1	2	3

						1	Cheonan City	0	2	2

First round

17 November 202114:00 (UTC+9)

Mokpo City	1–1	Gyeongju KHNP
Kim Dong-wook 54'		Shin Young-jun 49'

Mokpo International Football Centre, Mokpo

Semi-final

20 November 202114:00 (UTC+9)

Gimpo FC	2–0	Mokpo City
Son Seok-yong 35', 78'

Gimpo Solteo Sports Park, Gimpo

Final

24 November 202114:00 (UTC+9)

Gimpo FC	1–0	Cheonan City
Yoon Min-ho 83'

Gimpo Solteo Sports Park, Gimpo

27 November 202114:00 (UTC+9)

Cheonan City	2–2	Gimpo FC
Jo Ju-young 28' Lee Ye-chan 58'	Report	Jeong Eui-chan 90+1' Park Gyeong-rok 90+4'

Cheonan Stadium, Cheonan

Gimpo FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

^ 천안시축구단 2021 K3리그 ‘MVP 김종석’… BEST 11 4명 최다 배출 (in Korean). Mediaboot. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

External links

K3 League

Clubs

2025	Busan Transportation Corporation Changwon FC Chuncheon Citizen Daejeon Korail Gangneung Citizen Gimhae FC Gyeongju KHNP FC Mokpo Paju Citizen Pocheon Citizen Siheung Citizen Ulsan Citizen Yangpyeong FC Yeoju FC
Former	Cheonan City Cheongju FC Daegu FC B Dangjin Citizen Gimpo FC Gyeongju Citizen Hwaseong FC Jeonju Citizen Pyeongtaek Citizen Yangju Citizen

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