2014 K League Challenge

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K League Challenge 2014
Season	2014
Champions	Daejeon Citizen ; (1st title)
Promoted	Daejeon Citizen ; Gwangju FC
Matches played	180
Goals scored	467 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adriano ; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Ansan 6–1 Daejeon ; (June 29) ; Daegu 6–1 Gangwon ; (November 2)
Biggest away win	Chungju 0–4 Daejeon ; (April 19)
Highest scoring	7 goals ; (6 matches)
Highest attendance	6,279 ; Anyang v Gangwon ; (March 29)
Lowest attendance	217 ; Gangwon v Daegu ; (September 17) ; Ansan v Goyang ; (October 15)
Average attendance	1,211
	← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 K League Challenge was the second season of the K League Challenge, the second tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013. From the 2014 season, a top place team was promoted to the K League Classic and the promotion play-offs among three clubs ranked between 2nd and 4th took place after the regular season ends.^[1]

Teams[]

Sangju Sangmu, the champions of the 2013 K League Challenge, was promoted to 2014 K League Classic, then Gangwon FC, Daegu FC and Daejeon Citizen were relegated from the top tier. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

Participating clubs[]

Ansan

Goyang

Daejeon

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Location of teams in 2014 K League Challenge

Team	City	Manager	Home venue	Capacity
Ansan Police	Ansan	Cho Dong-hyun	Ansan Wa~ Stadium	35,000
FC Anyang	Anyang	Lee Woo-hyung	Anyang Stadium	18,216
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Choi Jin-han	Bucheon Stadium	34,545
Chungju Hummel	Chungju	Kim Jong-pil	Chungju Stadium	15,000
Daegu FC	Daegu	Choi Duck-joo	Daegu Stadium	68,014
Daejeon Citizen	Daejeon	Cho Jin-ho	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	42,176
Gangwon FC	Gangneung	Arthur Bernardes (C)	Gangneung Stadium	22,333
Goyang Hi FC	Goyang	Lee Young-moo (C)	Goyang Stadium	41,311
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	Nam Ki-il	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	44,118
Suwon FC	Suwon	Cho Duck-je	Suwon Stadium	24,670

Stadiums[]

Primary venues used in the K League Challenge:

Ansan Police	FC Anyang	Bucheon FC 1995	Chungju Hummel	Daegu FC
Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Anyang Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Chungju Stadium	Daegu Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 34,545	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 68,014

Daejeon Citizen	Gangwon FC	Goyang Hi FC	Gwangju FC	Suwon FC
Daejeon World Cup Stadium	Gangneung Stadium	Goyang Stadium	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Suwon Stadium
Capacity: 42,176	Capacity: 22,333	Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 44,118	Capacity: 24,670

Personnel and kits[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Kit Manufacturer¹	Main sponsor¹
Ansan Police
FC Anyang		KB Kookmin Bank
Bucheon FC 1995	Ninety Plus	Bucheon Government
Chungju Hummel	Hummel	Chungju Government
Daegu FC	Hummel
Daejeon Citizen	Kelme
Gangwon FC	Hummel
Goyang Hi FC	New Balance
Gwangju FC	Joma	Gwangju Bank
Suwon FC	Hummel	Suwon Government

Foreign players[]

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player
FC Anyang	Wagner	Felipe Adão
Bucheon FC 1995	Rodrigo Paraná
Chungju Hummel	Ciprian Vasilache
Daegu FC	Matheus	Johnathan
Daejeon Citizen	Adriano	Vanderlei	Maranhão
Gangwon FC		Alex	Almir	Diogo
Goyang Hi FC	Roniere	Maycon
Gwangju FC	Diego Silva	Fábio Neves
Suwon FC	Japa	Vladan Adžić

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Daejeon Citizen (C, P)	36	20	10	6	64	36	+28	70	Promotion to 2015 K League Classic
2	Ansan Police	36	16	11	9	58	48	+10	59	Qualification for K League Challenge play-offs
3	Gangwon FC	36	16	6	14	48	50	−2	54
4	Gwangju FC (O, P)	36	13	12	11	40	35	+5	51
5	FC Anyang	36	15	6	15	49	52	−3	51
6	Suwon FC	36	12	12	12	52	49	+3	48
7	Daegu FC	36	13	8	15	50	47	+3	47
8	Goyang Hi FC	36	11	14	11	36	41	−5	47
9	Chungju Hummel	36	6	16	14	37	57	−20	34
10	Bucheon FC 1995	36	6	9	21	33	52	−19	27

Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2014. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Positions by matchday[]

Leader & Promotion to the 2015 K League Classic
Qualification to Relegation/promotion play-offs

Round 1–18[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Daejeon Citizen	9	6	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Daegu FC	4	7	8	5	4	4	2	2	4	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
FC Anyang	5	4	2	1	2	2	4	4	2	6	5	7	3	3	3	4	2	3
Gangwon FC	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Goyang Hi FC	5	8	7	4	7	6	3	4	6	5	3	3	5	6	6	6	7	5
Ansan Police	2	1	1	3	3	3	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	6
Suwon FC	1	2	6	7	5	7	6	3	5	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	7
Gwangju FC	8	5	5	8	6	5	7	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	5	8
Chungju Hummel	3	3	4	6	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Bucheon FC 1995	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	7	7	9	9	10	10

Source: kleague.com

Round 19–36[]

Team ╲ Round	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
Daejeon Citizen	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ansan Police	5	6	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Gangwon FC	7	3	3	5	3	5	5	4	3	5	3	2	4	4	4	5	3	3
Gwangju FC	6	8	5	6	6	4	4	6	4	3	5	6	5	5	5	6	4	4
FC Anyang	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	7	6	4	3	3	3	3	5	5
Suwon FC	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	6	4	4	5	7	6	6	4	6	6
Daegu FC	3	4	6	4	5	6	7	5	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7
Goyang Hi FC	4	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	6	7	8	8	8	8
Chungju Hummel	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Bucheon FC 1995	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: kleague.com

Results[]

Matches 1–18[]

Home \ Away	ASM	ANY	BUC	CJH	DGU	DJC	GWN	GHI	GWJ	SUW
Ansan Police		0–3	1–2	0–0	3–2	6–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	4–3
FC Anyang	2–0		3–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–2
Bucheon FC 1995	3–4	0–1		2–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–3
Chungju Hummel	1–1	2–1	0–2		2–3	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2
Daegu FC	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–1		2–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Daejeon Citizen	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		2–2	4–1	4–0	2–0
Gangwon FC	0–3	0–0	0–2	5–2	0–1	1–3		0–1	2–1	1–0
Goyang Hi FC	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–3		2–4	1–0
Gwangju FC	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–2		1–0
Suwon FC	0–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2014. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36[]

Home \ Away	ASM	ANY	BUC	CJH	DGU	DJC	GWN	GHI	GWJ	SUW
Ansan Police		1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–1
FC Anyang	1–2		1–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–3
Bucheon FC 1995	2–2	1–2		0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–2
Chungju Hummel	2–2	4–1	1–1		1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0
Daegu FC	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–2		1–0	6–1	0–1	0–0	1–2
Daejeon Citizen	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0		3–0	1–0	0–1	5–2
Gangwon FC	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2		1–0	2–4	2–1
Goyang Hi FC	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–4	2–2	0–0		0–0	0–3
Gwangju FC	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		2–0
Suwon FC	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–4	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2014. Source: K League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion-Relegation Playoffs[]

Promotion and relegation playoffs were held between 2nd and 4th placed clubs of 2014 K League Challenge and 11th club of the 2014 K League Classic.

Semi-Playoff			Playoff			Relegation/Promotion Playoffs

						1	Gyeongnam	1	1
			2	Ansan	0	4	Gwangju	3	1
3	Gangwon	0	4	Gwangju	3
4	Gwangju	1

Semi-Playoff[]

22 November 2014

14:00

Gangwon FC	0 – 1	Gwangju FC
	Report	Kim Ho-nam 53'

Wonju Stadium, Wonju

Attendance: 1,065

Referee: Choi Myung-yong

Playoff[]

29 November 2014

14:00

Ansan Police	0 – 3	Gwangju FC
	Report	Fábio 70', 71' Diego 76'

Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan

Attendance: 2,767

Referee:

Promotion-Relegation Playoffs[]

First leg[]

3 December 2014

19:00

Gwangju FC	3 – 1	Gyeongnam FC
Cho Yong-tae 20' Diego 48' Sreten 85' (o.g.)	Report	Stojanović 32'

Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju

Attendance: 2,667

Second leg[]

6 December 2014

14:00

Gyeongnam FC	1 – 1	Gwangju FC
Song Soo-young 70'	Report	Kim Ho-nam 75'

Changwon Football Center, Changwon

Attendance: 1,969

Gwangju FC secure promotion to the 2015 K League Classic season, 4–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Adriano	Daejeon Citizen	27
2	Alex	Gangwon FC	16
3	Johnathan	Daegu FC	14
4	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC	13
5	Rodrigo Paraná	Bucheon FC 1995	11
5	Ko Kyung-min	Ansan Police	11
7	Fábio Neves	Gwangju FC	8
	Kim Chan-hee	Daejeon Citizen	8
	Jung Min-woo	Suwon FC	8
	Park Sung-jin	FC Anyang	8
	Kim Han-won	Suwon FC	8

Top assists[]

Rank	Assistor	Club	Assists
1	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC	9
1	Kwon Yong-hyun	Suwon FC	9
3	Choi Jin-soo	FC Anyang	8
4	Kim Seo-jun	Suwon FC	6
4	Park Sung-jin	FC Anyang	6
6	Choi Kwang-hee	Ansan Police	5
	Lee Jong-min	Gwangju FC	5
	Kim Chan-hee	Daejeon Citizen	5
	Seo Myeong-won	Daejeon Citizen	5
	Yoo Joon-young	Bucheon FC 1995	5
	Lee Woo-hyeok	Gangwon FC	5
	Song Ju-han	Daejeon Citizen	5

Attendance[]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Daejeon Citizen	57,583	5,834	772	3,197	−46.6%^†
2	FC Anyang	28,298	6,279	415	1,572	−13.4%^†
3	Gwangju FC	24,200	4,846	615	1,344	−42.6%^†
4	Bucheon FC 1995	19,374	5,562	305	1,076	−37.3%^†
5	Gangwon FC	18,144	3,556	217	1,008	−67.9%^†
6	Suwon FC	17,823	3,450	405	990	+5.4%^†
7	Daegu FC	17,383	3,605	472	966	−86.7%^†
8	Chungju Hummel	13,938	1,647	317	774	−53.5%^†
9	Ansan Police	10,761	3,568	217	598	−43.4%^†
10	Goyang Hi FC	10,508	1,842	252	584	−20.9%^†
	League total	217,967	6,279	217	1,211	−28.1%^†

Updated to games played on 16 November 2014
Source: K League
Notes:
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
^† Team played previous season in K League Classic.

Awards[]

The 2014 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2014.

K League Challenge Most Valuable Player[]

The K League Challenge Most Valuable Player award was won by Adriano (Daejeon Citizen)

K League Challenge Top Scorer[]

The K League Challenge Top Scorer award was won by Adriano (Daejeon Citizen)

K League Challenge Top Assistor[]

The K League Challenge Top Assistor award was won by Choi Jin-ho (Gangwon FC)

K League Challenge Best XI[]

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Park Ju-won	Daejeon Citizen
Defender	Lee Jae-kwon	Ansan Police
Defender	Heo Jae-won	Daegu FC
Defender	Yoon Won-il	Daejeon Citizen
Defender	Rim Chang-woo	Daejeon Citizen
Midfielder	Kim Ho-nam	Gwangju FC
Midfielder	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC
Midfielder	Lee Yong-rae	Ansan Police
Midfielder	Choi Jin-soo	FC Anyang
Forward	Alex	Gangwon FC
Forward	Adriano	Daejeon Citizen

K League Challenge Manager of the Year[]

The K League Challenge Manager of the Year award was won by Cho Jin-ho (Daejeon Citizen)

References[]

^ "2014년 K리그, 달라지는 점은?" (in Korean). K League. 31 December 2013.

2014 Season Review at K League Website (in Korean)

External links[]

Official K League Website (in Korean)

[1] "2014년 K리그, 달라지는 점은?" (in Korean). K League. 31 December 2013.

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