2012 Challengers League

Daum Challengers League 2012
Season	2012
Dates	3 March 2012 – 24 November 2012
Champions	FC Pocheon (2nd title)
Matches played	228
Goals scored	996 (4.37 per match)
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Bucheon

Cheonan

Cheongju

Chuncheon

Goyang

Gwangju

Gyeongju

Icheon

Jeonju EM

Jungnang

Namyangju

Paju

Pocheon

Seoul M.

Seoul Utd.

Yangju

Yeonggwang

Yesan

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Location of teams in 2012 Challengers League

The 2012 Challengers League was the sixth season of the Challengers League. 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.

Competition format[]

The 2012 season run from March 5 through October 22. The 18 teams in the league are divided into the Group A and Group B — nine in the Group A, nine 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 25 games. The two group winners and two runners-up qualify to the Championship playoff.

Team changes from last season[]

New clubs[]

Jungnang Chorus Mustang
Paju Citizen

Name changed[]

Asan Citizen FC → Yesan Citizen FC

2012 Challengers League Clubs[]

Club	City	Stadium	Manager
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Bucheon Stadium	Gwak Kyung-keun
Cheonan FC	Cheonan	Cheonan Football Center	Park Yoon-ki
Cheongju Jikji FC	Cheongju	Cheongju Stadium	Kim Jong-hyun
Chuncheon FC	Chuncheon	Chuncheon Stadium
Goyang Citizen	Goyang	Goyang Eoulimnuri ground
Gwangju Gwangsan FC	Gwangju	Honam University ground
Gyeongju Citizen	Gyeongju	Gyeongju Civic Stadium
Icheon Citizen	Icheon	Icheon City Stadium
Jeonju EM	Jeonju	Jeonju University ground
Jungnang Chorus Mustang	Seoul	Jungnang Public Ground
Namyangju United	Namyangju	Namyangju Stadium
Paju Citizen	Paju	Paju Stadium
FC Pocheon	Pocheon	Pocheon Stadium
Seoul FC Martyrs	Seoul	Gangbuk Stadium
Seoul United	Seoul	Madeul Stadium
Yangju Citizen	Yangju	Yangju Stadium	Kim Jong-boo
Yeonggwang FC	Yeonggwang	Yeonggwang Sportium
Yesan Citizen	Yesan	Yesan Stadium	Choi Jong-duk

League standing[]

Group A[]

League standing is calculated by group A result (16 round) plus inter league (9 round) result.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Pocheon (Q)	25	20	2	3	101	24	+77	62	Championship playoff
2	Chuncheon FC (Q)	25	18	4	3	62	25	+37	58	Championship playoff
3	Icheon Citizen	25	17	2	6	73	28	+45	53
4	Yeonggwang FC	25	9	5	11	45	38	+7	32
5	Jeonju FC	25	8	4	13	51	55	−4	28
6	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	25	8	4	13	47	68	−21	28
7	Jungnang Chorus Mustang	26	6	3	17	33	75	−42	21
8	Namyangju United	25	2	1	22	28	115	−87	6^[a]
9	Seoul FC Martyrs	25	0	2	23	28	155	−127	2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2012. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Namyangju Citizen were deducted one point

Group B[]

League standing is calculated by group A result (16 round) plus inter league (9 round) result.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paju Citizen (Q)	25	15	5	5	61	34	+27	50	Championship playoff
2	Cheongju FC (Q)	25	14	7	4	72	30	+42	49	Championship playoff
3	Yangju Citizen	25	14	4	7	79	51	+28	46
4	Gyeongju Citizen	25	12	7	6	48	30	+18	43
5	Bucheon FC 1995	25	12	5	8	52	29	+23	41
6	Seoul United	25	11	5	9	62	56	+6	38
7	Cheonan FC	25	7	10	8	44	43	+1	31
8	Yesan United	25	8	2	15	58	72	−14	26
9	Goyang Citizen	25	5	7	13	44	60	−16	21^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2012. Source: www.kfa.or.kr (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Goyang FC were deducted one point

League total[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Pocheon (Q)	25	20	2	3	101	24	+77	62	Championship playoff
2	Chuncheon FC (Q)	25	18	4	3	62	25	+37	58	Championship playoff
3	Icheon Citizen	25	17	2	6	73	27	+46	53
4	Paju Citizen (Q)	25	15	5	5	61	34	+27	50	Championship playoff
5	Cheongju FC (Q)	25	14	7	4	72	30	+42	49	Championship playoff
6	Yangju Citizen	25	14	4	7	79	51	+28	46
7	Gyeongju Citizen	25	12	7	6	48	30	+18	43
8	Bucheon FC 1995	25	12	5	8	52	29	+23	41
9	Seoul United	25	11	5	9	62	56	+6	38
10	Yeonggwang FC	25	9	5	11	45	38	+7	32
11	Cheonan FC	25	7	10	8	44	43	+1	31
12	Jeonju FC	25	8	4	13	51	55	−4	28
13	Gwangju Gwangsan FC	25	8	4	13	47	68	−21	28
14	Yesan United	25	8	2	15	57	72	−15	26
15	Goyang Citizen	25	5	7	13	44	60	−16	21^[a]
16	Jungnang Chorus Mustang	25	6	2	17	33	75	−42	20
17	Namyangju United	25	2	1	22	31	120	−89	6^[b]
18	Seoul FC Martyrs	25	0	2	23	33	158	−125	2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2012. Source: ^[1]^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Goyang FC were deducted one point
^ Namyangju Citizen were deducted one point

Championship Play-off[]

Playoff			Semifinals			Finals

						1	FC Pocheon	1
			2	Chuncheon FC	3	2	Chuncheon FC	0
3	Paju Citizen (p)	1 (5)	4	Paju Citizen	2
4	Cheongju Jikji	1 (4)

Playoff[]

10 November 2012

15:00

Paju Citizen	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Cheongju Jikji
86'		90+2'
Penalties
Park Han-woong	5–4

Paju Public Stadium

Semifinal[]

17 November 2012

14:00

Chuncheon FC	3–2	Paju Citizen
Lee Kang-min 10' 40' 56'		69' 73'

Chuncheon Stadium

Final[]

24 November 2012