2021 in South Korean football

Football in South Korea
Season	2021
Women's football
WKL	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

South Korean football in 2021.

Leagues[]

K League 1[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C)	38	22	10	6	71	37	+34	76	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Ulsan Hyundai	38	21	11	6	64	41	+23	74	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3	Daegu FC	38	15	10	13	41	48	−7	55	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Jeju United	38	13	15	10	52	44	+8	54^[b]
5	Suwon FC	38	14	9	15	53	57	−4	51
6	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	38	12	10	16	42	50	−8	46

7	FC Seoul	38	12	11	15	46	46	0	47
8	Incheon United	38	12	11	15	38	45	−7	47
9	Pohang Steelers	38	12	10	16	41	45	−4	46
10	Seongnam FC	38	11	11	16	34	46	−12	44
11	Gangwon FC (O)	38	10	13	15	40	51	−11	43	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
12	Gwangju FC (R)	38	10	7	21	42	54	−12	37^[b]	Relegation to K League 2

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams were split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each team had played 33 matches.
^ ^a ^b Originally a 1–1 draw, the Gwangju vs Jeju United match was awarded 0–3 to Jeju United by the Korean Professional Football League, after breaches of rules for substitutes by Gwangju.^[1]

K League 2[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Gimcheon Sangmu (C)	36	20	11	5	60	34	+26	71	Promotion to 2022 K League 1
2	FC Anyang	36	17	11	8	51	37	+14	62	Qualification to K League 2 Playoff
3	Daejeon Hana Citizen	36	17	7	12	53	48	+5	58	Qualification to K League 2 Semi-playoff
4	Jeonnam Dragons	36	13	13	10	38	33	+5	52	Qualification for the Champions League group stage and K League 2 Semi-playoff^[a]
5	Busan IPark	36	12	9	15	46	56	−10	45
6	Gyeongnam FC	36	11	10	15	40	45	−5	43
7	Ansan Greeners	36	11	10	15	37	49	−12	43
8	Chungnam Asan	36	11	8	17	38	41	−3	41
9	Seoul E-Land	36	8	13	15	40	39	+1	37
10	Bucheon FC 1995	36	9	10	17	32	53	−21	37

Source: Official website of K League SOCCERWAY
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Qualified as 2021 Korean FA Cup winners

K3 League[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Cheonan City (Q)	28	16	6	6	50	25	+25	54	Qualification to K3 League Championship Final
2	Gimpo FC (C)	28	14	10	4	35	20	+15	52	Qualification to K3 League Championship Semi-final
3	FC Mokpo (Q)	28	14	8	6	34	23	+11	50	Qualification to K3 League Championship Preliminary round
4	Gyeongju KHNP (Q)	28	13	7	8	39	30	+9	46	Qualification to K3 League Championship Preliminary round
5	Gimhae FC	28	12	8	8	39	35	+4	44
6	Busan TC	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 2022 K4 League

Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2021. Source: [1] [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Split A:Rank 1-8, Split B:Rank9-15 after 15 rounds

K4 League[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pocheon Citizen (C)	30	21	6	3	80	28	+52	69	Promotion to 2022 K3 League
2	Siheung Citizen (P)	30	21	4	5	75	32	+43	67	Promotion to 2022 K3 League
3	Dangjin Citizen (Q)	30	19	5	6	60	40	+20	62	Qualification to Promotion Play-off
4	Chungju Citizen (Q)	30	17	6	7	60	31	+29	57	Qualification to Promotion Play-off
5	Jinju Citizen	30	16	8	6	57	28	+29	56
6		30	13	8	9	50	39	+11	47
7	Pyeongchang United	30	14	4	12	43	49	−6	46
8		30	11	7	12	50	44	+6	40
9	FC Namdong	30	11	3	16	39	47	−8	36
10	Chuncheon Citizen	30	10	6	14	40	51	−11	36
11	Seoul Nowon United	30	9	5	16	40	53	−13	32
12	Yeoju FC	30	8	6	16	34	58	−24	30
13	Yangpyeong FC	30	7	8	15	39	52	−13	29
14	Seoul Jungnang	30	6	7	17	33	62	−29	25
15	Jeonju Citizen	30	7	3	20	39	71	−32	24
16	Goyang Citizen	30	5	4	21	30	84	−54	19

Source: Soccerway [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3)Head-to-head points; 4) number of goals scored; 5) Number of wins
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

WK-League[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C)	21	17	1	3	51	14	+37	52	WK League Championship
2	Gyeongju KHNP	21	16	3	2	59	17	+42	51	WK League Playoffs
3	Suwon UDC	21	9	3	9	35	27	+8	30	WK League Playoffs
4	Seoul WFC	21	9	3	9	28	44	−16	30
5	Hwacheon KSPO	21	7	7	7	28	30	−2	28
6	Boeun Sangmu	21	5	7	9	16	30	−14	22
7	Sejing Sportstoto	21	4	2	15	17	44	−27	14
8	Changnyeong WFC	21	1	6	14	19	47	−28	9

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champion

Cups[]

Korean FA Cup[]

South Korean clubs performance in Asia[]

Champions League[]

National teams[]

Men's[]

Results[]

25 March Friendly	Japan	3–0	South Korea	Yokohama, Japan
19:20 UTC+9	Yamane 16' Kamada 27' Endo 83'	Report		Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 8,356 Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

5 June 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	South Korea	5–0	Turkmenistan	Goyang, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Hwang Ui-jo 9', 72' Nam Tae-hee 45+2' Kim Young-gwon 56' Kwon Chang-hoon 62'	Report		Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 3,932 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

7 June 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	South Korea	Cancelled	North Korea	Goyang, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Goyang Stadium

9 June 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	Sri Lanka	0–5	South Korea	Goyang, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9		Report	Kim Shin-wook 14', 42' (pen.) Lee Dong-gyeong 22' Hwang Hee-chan 52' Jeong Sang-bin 76'	Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 4,008 Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)

13 June 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	South Korea	2–1	Lebanon	Goyang, South Korea
15:00 UTC+9	Sabra 50' (o.g.) Son Heung-min 65' (pen.)	Report	Saad 12'	Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 4,061 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

2 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round	South Korea	0–0	Iraq	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

7 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round	South Korea	1–0	Lebanon	Suwon, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Kwon Chang-hoon 59'	Report		Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

7 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round	South Korea	2–1	Syria	Ansan, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Hwang In-beom 47' Son Heung-min 88'	Report	Kharbin 83'	Stadium: Ansan Wa~ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

12 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round	Iran	1–1	South Korea	Tehran, Iran
17:00 UTC+3:30	Jahanbakhsh 76'	Report	Son Heung-min 48'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

11 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round	South Korea	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Goyang, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Hwang Hee-chan 36' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 30,152 Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

16 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round	Iraq	0–3	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3		Report	Lee Jae-sung 33' Son Heung-min 74' (pen.) Jeong Woo-yeong 80'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Player statistics[]

Women's[]

Results[]

8 April 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Play-off round (1st leg)	South Korea	1–2	China PR	Goyang, South Korea
16:00 UTC+9	Kang Chae-rim 39'	Live Report (AFC) Stats Report (AFC) Report (KFA) Report (Soccerway)	Zhang Xin 33' Wang Shuang 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 1,091 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

13 April 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Play-off round 2nd leg	China PR	2–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Suzhou, China
16:00 UTC+8	Wang Shuang 69', 104'	Live Report (AFC) Stats Report (AFC) Report (KFA) Report (Soccerway)	Kang Chae-rim 31' Choe Yu-ri 45'	Stadium: Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group E	Mongolia	0–12	South Korea	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5		Stats Report Report (Soccerway)	4', 44' Cho So-hyun 24', 54' Lee Geum-min 30', 41' Lee Min-a 32' Ji So-yun 35' Moon Mi-ra 67', 81', 89' 88'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

23 September 2021 (2021-09-23) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group E	South Korea	4–0	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5	Kamoltoeva 17' (o.g.) Choe Yu-ri 52' Moon Mi-ra 88', 90+4'	Stats Report Report (Soccerway)		Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

21 October 2021 Friendly	United States	0–0	South Korea	Kansas City, Kansas, United States
20:00 ET		Report (Soccerway)		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

26 October 2021 Friendly	United States	6–0	South Korea	St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
20:00 ET	Horan 9' Cho So-hyun 45' (o.g.) Morgan 70' Rapinoe 85' Lavelle 89' Williams 90+2'	Report (Soccerway)		Stadium: Allianz Field

27 November 2021 International friendly	South Korea	2–1	New Zealand	Goyang, South Korea
14:00 KST (UTC+9)	Moore 59' (o.g.) Lim Seon-joo 81'	Report (KFA) Report (Soccerway)	Hand 25'	Stadium: Goyang Stadium

30 November 2021 International friendly	South Korea	0–2	New Zealand	Goyang, South Korea
19:00 KST (UTC+9)		Report (KFA) Report (Soccerway)	Satchell 83' Rennie 85'	Stadium: Goyang Stadium

Player statistics[]

References[]

^ "'교체 횟수 초과' 광주, 제주전 0-3 몰수패". www.news1.kr (in Korean). News 1. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[1] Teams were split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each team had played 33 matches.

[table_hth_JJU0.15356757731809-3] Originally a 1–1 draw, the Gwangju vs Jeju United match was awarded 0–3 to Jeju United by the Korean Professional Football League, after breaches of rules for substitutes by Gwangju.^[1]

[table_note_res_CLGS0.205786784741-4] Qualified as 2021 Korean FA Cup winners

[5] Split A:Rank 1-8, Split B:Rank9-15 after 15 rounds

[2] "'교체 횟수 초과' 광주, 제주전 0-3 몰수패". www.news1.kr (in Korean). News 1. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

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