2024 K3 League

The 2024 K3 League is the fourth season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league.^[2] It was held from 2 March to 2 November 2024. The 16 participating teams played each other twice in a double round-robin format.

K3 League

Season	2024
Dates	2 March – 16 November 2024
Champions	Siheung Citizen (1st title)
Promoted	Hwaseong FC
Relegated	Daegu FC B
Matches played	56
Goals scored	145 (2.59 per match)
Best Player	Camilo[1]
Top goalscorer	Camilo (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Siheung 5–0 Mokpo (7 April)
Biggest away win	Yeoju 1–5 KHNP (14 April)
Highest scoring	Yeoju 1–5 KHNP (14 April)
Longest winning run	6 matches Gyeongju KHNP
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches 3 teams
Longest winless run	7 matches Busan Transportation Corporation
Longest losing run	6 matches Busan Transportation Corporation
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 2 November 2024.

The 15th and 16th-placed teams were going to be automatically relegated to the K4 League,^[3][4] but the 15th-placed team qualified for the relegation play-off instead of the 14th-placed team after the dissolution of K4 League club Daejeon Hana Citizen B was decided.^[5]

Runners-up Hwaseong FC turned professional after the season ended and joined K League 2 ahead of the 2025 season.^[6][7]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from K4 League

• Yeoju FC
• Daegu FC B^[8]

Relegated to K4 League

• Yangju Citizen

Stadiums and locations

Hwaseong

Siheung

Paju

Gangneung

KHNP

Korail

Yangpyeong

Yeoju

Daegu

Ulsan

Changwon

Chuncheon

Busan TC

Gimhae

Mokpo

Pocheon

Locations of the 2024 K3 League teams

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Busan Transportation Corporation	Busan	Busan Gudeok Stadium	12,349[9]
Changwon FC	Changwon	Changwon Stadium	30,000[10]
Chuncheon Citizen	Chuncheon	Chuncheon Songam Sports Town	20,000[11]
Daegu FC B	Daegu	Daegu Stadium	66,422[12]
Daejeon Korail	Daejeon	Daejeon World Cup Stadium Auxiliary Pitch	478[13]
FC Mokpo	Mokpo	Mokpo International Football Center	5,952
Gangneung Citizen	Gangneung	Gangneung Stadium	21,416[14]
Gimhae FC	Gimhae	Gimhae Public Stadium	11,467[15]
Gyeongju KHNP	Gyeongju	Gyeongju Civic Stadium	12,118[16]
Hwaseong FC	Hwaseong	Hwaseong Stadium	35,265[17]
Paju Citizen	Paju	Paju Stadium	23,000
Pocheon Citizen	Pocheon	Pocheon Stadium	5,964[18]
Siheung Citizen	Siheung	Siheung Hope Park Stadium	1,500
Ulsan Citizen	Ulsan	Ulsan Stadium	19,431[19]
Yangpyeong FC	Yangpyeong	Yangpyeong Sports Complex	5,608[20]
Yeoju FC	Yeoju	Yeoju Stadium	3,000

Personnel

Club	Manager
Busan Transportation Corporation	Shin Hong-gi
Changwon FC	Lee Young-jin
Chuncheon Citizen	Jeong Seon-woo
Daegu FC B	Seo Dong-won
Daejeon Korail	Kim Seung-hee
FC Mokpo	Cho Deok-je
Gangneung Citizen	Kim Do-keun
Gimhae FC	Son Hyeon-jun
Gyeongju KHNP	Seo Bo-won
Hwaseong FC	Ju Seung-jin
Paju Citizen	Oh Beom-seok
Pocheon Citizen	Lee Seong-jae
Siheung Citizen	Park Seung-soo
Ulsan Citizen	Yoon Kyun-sang
Yangpyeong FC	Kim Sam-su
Yeoju FC	Shim Bong-seop

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to three per team, or four per team if one player is from an AFC country.^[3]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former player(s)
Gangneung Citizen	Jordan Rodrigues	Careca	Fernando
Gyeongju KHNP	Leonardo Kalil			Reo Nishiguchi
Hwaseong FC	Luan Costa	Sandy		Moudi Najjar	Caio Marcelo
Siheung Citizen	Dimitri	Camilo
Yangpyeong FC	Victor Ribeiro	Ruster	Henrique Bahia

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Siheung Citizen (C)	30	18	6	6	60	27	+33	60
2	Hwaseong FC (P)	30	16	8	6	56	32	+24	56	Promotion to K League 2[a]
3	Gyeongju KHNP	30	17	5	8	44	28	+16	56
4	Changwon FC	30	14	8	8	48	31	+17	50
5	Gimhae FC	30	13	11	6	41	28	+13	50
6	FC Mokpo	30	15	4	11	49	45	+4	49
7	Daejeon Korail	30	11	13	6	42	28	+14	46
8	Paju Citizen	30	11	9	10	30	30	0	42
9	Gangneung Citizen	30	10	9	11	34	41	−7	39
10	Yangpyeong FC	30	11	4	15	33	45	−12	37
11	Yeoju FC	30	9	8	13	26	42	−16	35
12	Ulsan Citizen	30	9	7	14	30	43	−13	34
13	Busan Transportation Corporation	30	9	3	18	38	60	−22	30
14	Chuncheon Citizen	30	4	14	12	27	38	−11	26
15	Pocheon Citizen (O)	30	5	11	14	34	49	−15	26	Qualification for relegation play-off
16	Daegu FC B (R)	30	5	6	19	36	61	−25	21	Relegation to K4 League

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Promoted after getting a license for K League 2.

Results

Home \ Away	BTC	CHA	CHU	DGU	DKO	GNE	GIH	GYE	HWA	MOK	PJC	POC	SIH	ULC	YPY	YEO
Busan Transportation Corporation	—	2–1	0–1	1–6	0–0	0–3	2–3	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–4	1–3	0–1
Changwon FC	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0
Chuncheon Citizen	2–2	2–3	—	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–1
Daegu FC B	4–2	0–1	2–2	—	0–4	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–3	2–0	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–2	1–2
Daejeon Korail	0–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–1
Gangneung Citizen	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	—	2–3	1–2	1–6	0–5	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Gimhae FC	1–2	2–1	0–0	5–0	1–1	3–0	—	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0
Gyeongju KHNP	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2
Hwaseong FC	5–2	4–5	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–4	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0
FC Mokpo	2–0	0–3	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–3	—	1–0	3–2	3–3	1–0	3–1	3–0
Paju Citizen	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	—	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0
Pocheon Citizen	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–4	1–2	—	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–2
Siheung Citizen	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	0–1	—	2–0	6–0	4–1
Ulsan Citizen	3–1	0–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–3	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	—	3–2	2–0
Yangpyeong FC	3–1	1–5	1–0	3–4	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	—	0–0
Yeoju FC	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–4	0–2	1–5	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	—

Source: JoinKFA Livesport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off was contested between the 15th-placed team of K3 League and the third-placed team of K4 League (instead of runners-up Daejeon Hana Citizen B).^[5]

Pocheon Citizen	3–1	Seoul Nowon United
	Report

9 November 2024

14:00 (UTC+9)

Pocheon Stadium, Pocheon

See also

• 2024 in South Korean football
• 2024 Korea Cup

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