2020 in South Korean football

The 2020 South Korean football season started in May 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. K League was scheduled to begin on February 29, but the season was suspended until the pandemic slowed. Players must be tested before each match, and are restricted from talking to other players.[1]

Football in South Korea
Season2020
Men's football
K League 1Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
K League 2Jeju United
K3 LeagueGimhae FC
K4 LeaguePaju Citizen
Korea FA CupJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Women's football
WKLIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
South Korea

Leagues

K League 1
Main article: 2020 K League 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (C) 27 19 3 5 46 21 +25 60 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Ulsan Hyundai 27 17 6 4 54 23 +31 57
3 Pohang Steelers 27 15 5 7 56 35 +21 50
4 Sangju Sangmu[lower-alpha 2] (R) 27 13 5 9 34 36 −2 44 Relegation to K League 2
5 Daegu FC 27 10 8 9 43 39 +4 38 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
6 Gwangju FC 27 6 7 14 32 46 −14 25
7 Gangwon FC 27 9 7 11 36 41 −5 34
8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 27 8 7 12 27 30 −3 31
9 FC Seoul 27 8 5 14 23 44 −21 29
10 Seongnam FC 27 7 7 13 24 37 −13 28
11 Incheon United 27 7 6 14 25 35 −10 27
12 Busan IPark (R) 27 5 10 12 25 38 −13 25 Relegation to K League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2020. Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Teams are split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 22 matches.
  2. Sangju Sangmu are a military team and are not eligible to represent South Korea in the AFC club competitions. Additionally, they have confirmed that the team will move their franchise city in the 2021 season and will be relegated to K League 2 season regardless of their final position in this season.

K League 2
Main article: 2020 K League 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Jeju United (C, P) 27 18 6 3 50 23 +27 60 Promotion to 2021 K League 1
2 Suwon FC (O, P) 27 17 3 7 52 28 +24 54 Qualification for K League 2 play-offs
3 Gyeongnam FC 27 10 9 8 40 37 +3 39
4 Daejeon Hana Citizen 27 11 6 10 36 35 +1 39
5 Seoul E-Land 27 11 6 10 33 30 +3 39
6 Jeonnam Dragons 27 8 14 5 31 25 +6 38
7 Ansan Greeners 27 7 7 13 18 34 −16 28
8 Bucheon FC 1995 27 7 5 15 19 36 −17 26
9 FC Anyang 27 6 7 14 27 38 −11 25
10 Chungnam Asan 27 5 7 15 20 40 −20 22
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

K3 League
Main article: 2020 K3 League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Gimhae (C) 22 15 4 3 39 18 +21 49 Qualification for K3 League championship final
2 Gyeongju KHNP (Q) 22 12 6 4 38 20 +18 42 Qualification for K3 League championship semi-final
3 Gangneung City (Q) 22 13 3 6 30 15 +15 42 Qualification for K3 League championship preliminary round
4 Busan TC (Q) 22 12 5 5 36 17 +19 41
5 Mokpo City 22 10 3 9 39 30 +9 33
6 Hwaseong 22 9 6 7 29 27 +2 33
7 Daejeon Korail 22 8 8 6 30 18 +12 32
8 Gimpo Citizen 22 6 8 8 27 27 0 26
9 Changwon City 22 9 7 6 33 25 +8 34
10 Cheongju 22 9 7 6 25 25 0 34
11 Cheonan City 22 9 6 7 27 25 +2 33
12 Pyeongtaek Citizen 22 6 5 11 24 40 −16 23
13 Yangju Citizen 22 6 2 14 17 45 −28 20
14 Gyeongju Citizen 22 3 6 13 16 36 −20 15 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Chuncheon Citizen (R) 22 2 8 12 21 43 −22 14 Relegation to 2021 K4 League
16 Jeonju Citizen (R) 22 3 4 15 19 39 −20 13
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Split A:Rank 1-8, Split B:Rank9-16 after 15 rounds

K4 League
Main article: 2020 K4 League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paju Citizen (C) 24 16 5 3 42 27 +15 53 Promotion to 2021 K3 League
2 Ulsan Citizen (P) 24 16 3 5 50 29 +21 51
3 Jinju Citizen (Q) 24 15 5 4 46 25 +21 50 Qualification for promotion play-off
4 Pocheon Citizen (Q) 24 15 4 5 58 26 +32 49
5 FC Namdong 24 13 2 9 46 27 +19 41
6 Yeoju Citizen 24 12 3 9 37 36 +1 39
7 Yangpyeong FC 24 11 3 10 28 28 0 36
8 Siheung Citizen 24 8 5 11 35 31 +4 29
9 Icheon Citizen 24 7 6 11 29 40 −11 27
10 Chungju Citizen 24 5 4 15 24 45 −21 19
11 Goyang Citizen 24 5 4 15 33 65 −32 19
12 Seoul Nowon United 24 4 5 15 32 46 −14 17
13 Seoul Jungnang 24 2 5 17 22 57 −35 11
Source: Soccerway, K3&K4 league official Instagram
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3)Head-to-head points; 4) number of goals scored; 5) Number of wins
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

WK-League
Main article: 2020 WK League

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C) 21 18 1 2 60 11 +49 55 WK League Championship
2 Gyeongju KHNP 21 17 3 1 43 13 +30 54 WK League Playoffs
3 Suwon UDC 21 11 0 10 34 24 +10 33
4 Hwacheon KSPO 21 9 5 7 24 31 −7 32
5 Changnyeong WFC 21 7 5 9 33 41 −8 26
6 Sejong Sportstoto 21 6 3 12 27 41 −14 21
7 Seoul WFC 21 3 4 14 20 49 −29 13
8 Boeun Sangmu 21 2 1 18 21 52 −31 7
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions

Playoff and championship
 
Play-offChampionship final
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 022
 
 
 
 Gyeongju KHNP 00 0
 
 Gyeongju KHNP 1
 
 
 Suwon UDC 0
 

National teams

South Korea national football team
Main article: South Korea national football team

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round
26 March 2020 World Cup & Asian Cup qualification South Korea  Postponed  Turkmenistan Cheonan, South Korea
Report Stadium: Cheonan Stadium
31 March 2020 World Cup & Asian Cup qualification Sri Lanka  Postponed  South Korea Colombo, Sri Lanka
Report Stadium: Colombo Racecourse
4 June 2020 World Cup & Asian Cup qualification South Korea  Postponed  North Korea South Korea
Report
9 June 2020 World Cup & Asian Cup qualification South Korea  Postponed  Lebanon South Korea
Report

2023 AFC Asian Cup Qualification
Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 6 5 1 0 22 1 +21 16 World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup — 2–1 5–0 8–0 Canc.
2  Lebanon 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 0–0 — 2–1 3–2 0–0
3  Turkmenistan 6 3 0 3 8 11 −3 9 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–2 3–2 — 2–0 3–1
4  Sri Lanka 6 0 0 6 2 23 −21 0 0–5 0–3 0–2 — 0–1
5  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew 0–0 2–0 Canc. Canc. —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

South Korea U-17 national football team
Main article: South Korea national under-17 football team

South Korea U-20 national football team
Main article: South Korea national under-20 football team

South Korea U-23 national football team
Main article: South Korea national under-23 football team

AFC competitions

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League

Men's football
League Promoted to league Relegated from league
K League 1

References
  1. "South Korea's K-League to begin new season with restrictions on talking". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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