2008 K3 League

The K3 League 2008 is second season of K3 League. It operates its season in two stages, with the winners of each stage and the two runners-up advancing to the post-season championship playoffs. If in the event of the same team winning both stages, there will be no playoff. The five clubs on high rank will also earn a spot in the 2009 FA Cup competition.

League was begun on 22 May 2008, and ended on 6 December 2008.

Contents

League standing

First Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics 15 11 3 1 42 14 +28 36
2 Gwangju Gwangsan FC 15 11 1 3 38 17 +21 34
3 Yong-in FC 15 9 5 1 35 13 +22 32
4 Seoul United FC 15 9 2 4 33 29 +4 29
5 Yangju FC 15 8 4 3 27 14 +13 28
6 Jeonju Ongoeul FC 15 8 2 5 43 26 +17 26
7 Cheonan FC 15 7 4 4 30 26 +4 25
8 Namyangju Citizen 15 7 3 5 31 21 +10 24
9 Jeonju EM FC 15 7 2 6 25 18 +7 23
10 Seoul Pabal FC 15 7 1 7 38 27 +9 22
11 Bucheon FC 1995 15 5 4 6 19 17 +2 19
12 Asan United FC 15 6 1 8 29 40 −11 19
13 Gyeongju Citizen 15 3 1 11 21 38 −17 10
14 Changwon United 15 1 2 12 23 56 −23 5
15 Pocheon FC 15 1 2 12 13 53 −40 5
16 Goyang FC 15 1 1 13 19 67 −48 4

Second Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Yong-in FC 14 10 2 2 38 21 +17 32
2 Yangju FC 14 9 2 3 35 28 +7 29
3 Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics 14 7 4 3 26 19 +7 25
4 Gwangju Gwangsan FC 14 7 2 5 31 19 +12 23
5 Asan United FC 14 7 2 5 34 33 +1 23
6 Namyangju Citizen 14 6 4 4 34 30 +4 22
7 Cheonan FC 14 6 3 5 28 28 0 21
8 Gyeongju Citizen 14 6 2 6 31 27 +4 20
9 Jeonju Ongoeul FC1 14 7 4 3 29 15 +14 19
10 Seoul United FC 14 5 4 5 30 28 +2 19
11 Pocheon FC 14 5 1 8 30 27 +3 16
12 Jeonju EM FC 14 4 4 6 29 32 −3 16
13 Bucheon FC 1995 14 2 3 9 21 36 −15 9
14 Seoul Pabal FC 14 1 4 9 21 36 −15 7
15 Goyang FC 14 1 3 10 23 52 −29 6
- Changwon United2 withdrew
  • 1: Jeonju Ongoeul have 6 points deducted.
  • 2: Changwon United withdrew after playing 2 matches. All matches against Changwon were annulled.

Final Standing

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yong-in FC 29 19 7 3 73 34 +39 64 Second Stage Winner (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
2 Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics 29 18 7 4 68 33 +34 61 First Stage Winner (Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
3 Gwangju Gwangsan FC 29 18 3 8 69 36 +33 57 Championship Play-off
(Qualified 2009 FA Cup)
4 Yangju FC 29 17 6 6 62 42 +20 57
5 Seoul United FC 29 14 6 9 63 47 +16 48 Qualified 2009 FA Cup
6 Namyangju Citizen 29 13 7 9 65 51 +14 46
7 Cheonan FC 29 13 7 9 58 54 +4 46
8 Jeonju Ongoeul FC 29 15 6 8 72 41 +31 45
9 Asan United FC 29 13 3 13 63 73 −10 42
10 Jeonju EM FC 29 11 6 12 54 50 +4 39
11 Gyeongju Citizen 29 9 3 17 52 65 −13 30
12 Seoul Pabal FC 29 8 5 16 60 73 −13 29
13 Bucheon FC 1995 29 7 7 15 40 53 −13 28
14 Pocheon FC 29 6 3 20 43 80 −37 21
15 Goyang FC 29 2 5 23 42 119 −77 10
- Changwon United 15 1 2 12 23 56 −33 5

Championship Playoff

  Semi-finals Final
22 November – Yongin
 Yong-in FC 3 (4)  
 Yangju FC (pen) 3 (5)  
 
29 Nov & 6 Dec – Yangju & Hwasung
     Yangju FC (away goal)0 0002020
   Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics0 0002020
22 November - Hwasung
 Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics0 1
 Gwangju Gwangsan FC 0  

Semifinals

November 22
Yong-in FC 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) Yangju FC Yongin Sports Complex, Yongin
Cho Hyun-Doo  44'
Kim Jong-Cheon  64'
Moon Ji-Hwan  119'
Park Byung-Seon  56'
Lee Sung-Jae  86'
Park Jung-In  100'
  Penalties  
4 – 5

November 22
Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics 1 – 0 Gwangju Gwangsan FC Bibong Stadium, Hwasung
Kim Dae-Moon  71'

Final

1st leg

November 29
Yangju FC 0 – 0 Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics Yangju Godeok Stadium, Yangju

2nd leg

December 6
Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics 2 – 2 Yangju FC Bibong Stadium, Hwasung
Kim Seung-Chul  56'
Lee Chan-Dong  60'
Park Jung-In  48'
Yoo Byung-Sik  79'

Yangju FC 2–2 Hwasung Shinwoo Electronics on aggregate. Yangju FC won by away goals.

Winner

K3 League 2008 Winners
Yangju FC
1st Title

See also