2021 K4 League

The 2021 K4 League is the second season of the K4 League as a semi-professional league and the fourth tier of South Korean football league system. Paju Citizen are the defending champions and was promoted together with Ulsan Citizen (the runner-up) to 2021 K3 League. Chuncheon Citizen and Jeonju Citizen were relegated from 2020 K3 League and will play in the K4 League for the first time.[1] Icheon Citizen have disbanded due to financial problems and haven't registered for the league, while Yeoju Citizen (now Yeoju FC) has submitted a new entry in the competition after first announcing their disbandment.

2021 K4 League
Season2021
Dates13 March 2021 – 13 November 2021
ChampionsPocheon Citizen
PromotedPocheon Citizen
Siheung Citizen
Dangjin Citizen (play-off winner)
Matches played241
Goals scored769 (3.19 per match)
← 2020
2022 →

Plus, four new teams, Geoje Citizen, Dangjin Citizen, Pyeongchang United (a semi-successor of former K3 League team Pyeongchang FC, disbanded in 2019) and the B team of Gangwon FC were welcomed to the K4 League.[1]

For the first time in the history of the South Korean football system, teams from professional leagues K League 1 and K League 2 were allowed to create reserve teams set to play in the K4 League, in order to give academy players and/or other registered players more playing time. The main condition for them is to have at least seven out of eleven players in the starting formation aged 23 or younger. At the end of January 2021, it was announced that Gangwon FC would be the first club to take advantage of this new rule, having founded a reserve team that was officially allowed to take part in the 2021 edition of K4 League. [1][2]

Competition format

The 2021 K4 League is contested by sixteen teams, with no relegation system in place.[1] Each team competes home and away, playing 30 games. The top two teams get promoted to the K3 League, while the third and the fourth placed teams qualify for the promotion play-off.[1]

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from the 2020 K3 League

Teams promoted to the 2021 K3 League

New Teams

Name Changes

Dissolved Teams from 2020 Season

Teams
Club City Stadium Capacity Manager
Chuncheon Citizen Chuncheon Chuncheon Stadium 25,000 South Korea Son Hyun-jun
Chungju Citizen Chungju Chungju Tangeum Stadium 3,000 South Korea Gong Mun-bae
Dangjin Citizen Dangjin Dangjin Sports Complex 11,718 South Korea Han Sang-min
FC Namdong Incheon Namdong Industrial Complex Park 2,500 South Korea Kim Jeong-Jae
Gangwon FC B Gangwon Chuncheon Songam Stadium 20,000 South Korea Lee Seul-gi
Geoje Citizen Geoje Geoje Stadium 7,500 South Korea Song Jae-gyu
Goyang Citizen Goyang Eoulimnuri Byeolmuri Ground 2,500 South Korea Kim Young-ho
Jeonju Citizen Jeonju Jeonju Stadium 30,000 South Korea Yang Young Cheol
Jinju Citizen Jinju Jinju Stadium 20,116 South Korea Choi Cheong-il
Pocheon Citizen Pocheon Pocheon Stadium 7,000 South Korea Cho Man-geun
Pyeongchang United Pyeongchang Jinbu Sports Park 300 South Korea An Hong-min
Seoul Jungnang Seoul Jungnang Public Ground 400 South Korea Kim Sang-Hwa
Seoul Nowon United Seoul Nowon Madeul Stadium 446 South Korea Lee Jeong-jae
Siheung Citizen Siheung Jeongwang Sports Park 1,500 South Korea Jeong Seon-woo
Yangpyeong FC Yangpyeong Yongmun Sports Park 3,000 South Korea Kim Chang-yoon
Yeoju FC Yeoju Yeoju Stadium 16,000 South Korea Shim Bong-Seop

League table
Pos Team 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
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
5 Jinju Citizen 30 16 8 6 57 28 +29 56
6 Geoje Citizen 30 13 8 9 50 39 +11 47
7 Pyeongchang United 30 14 4 12 43 49 −6 46
8 Gangwon FC B 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
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

Results

Matches 1 to 30
Home \ Away PCH GWO NAM JIN SIH YPY SNU DAN POC CHC GOY GEO CHU JEO YEO SJN
Pyeongchang United — 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–4 3–2 4–4 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Gangwon FC B 1–2 — 4–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–2 4–0
FC Namdong 1–2 0–2 — 1–4 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0
Jinju Citizen 4–0 2–1 2–2 — 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Siheung Citizen 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 4–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 4–3 2–1 4–0 0–1
Yangpyeong FC 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 — 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 3–1
Seoul Nowon United 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–2 2–0 — 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–1
Dangjin Citizen 1–0 4–4 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–3 3–2 — 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–4 1–0 2–0 5–2 3–1
Pocheon Citizen 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 5–1 — 3–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 3–1 4–0 4–0
Chungju Citizen 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 — 7–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–0
Goyang Citizen 1–4 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–10 2–2 1–3 0–5 3–2 0–4 — 1–7 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–1
Geoje Citizen 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–3 2–2 0–2 3–3 1–3 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0
Chuncheon Citizen 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–5 1–1 3–1 0–2 — 3–1 3–1 0–2
Jeonju Citizen 2–1 1–3 4–2 0–5 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–4 0–4 3–2 1–2 1–1 — 1–3 1–5
Yeoju FC 1–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 — 0–0
Seoul Jungnang 4–0 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–4 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2021. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

The match was played on the 14 November 2021. The 3rd and 4th placed team from the 2020 K4 League will play for a spot in the 2022 K3 League.

Final
   
3 Dangjin Citizen 1
4 Chungju Citizen 1

Promotion play-off
Dangjin Citizen1–1Chungju Citizen
Dangjin Stadium, Dangjin

Dangjin Citizen has been promoted as a higher ranked team in the regular season.

Winner
2021 K4 League Winners
Pocheon Citizen
1st Title

See also

References
  1. "K3·K4리그 대표자회의 개최...3월 7일 개막". KFA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. Kim, Jin-seong (January 31, 2021). "Gangwon FC will become the first team to found a B Team that will participate in the K4 League, as per @goalgoalsong". Twitter. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. Barnes, Tim (January 22, 2021). "Welcome Geoje Citizen FC to the #K4 League for the 2021 season". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-02-10. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  4. Kim, Jin-seong (January 20, 2021). "[...] It's official now. This is the logo of the newly-formed K4 League side Dangjin Citizen FC". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  5. Kim, Jin-Seong (January 28, 2021). "One of the three new participants of the K4 League this year, Pyeongchang United FC, have officially announced their logo". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved January 29, 2021.


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