The 2012 Challengers League was the sixth season of amateur K3 League.

The Challengers League maintained home and away season of two groups and a one-time interleague play. The winners and runners-up of both groups qualified for the championship playoffs like before. On the basis of the overall standings, however, third and fourth-placed club entered the first round, and second and first-placed club directly advanced to the semi-final and final respectively.

18 clubs participated in this season after Jungnang Chorus Mustang and Paju Citizen joined the league. Asan Citizen moved its city to Yesan before the start of the season, and changed its name to Yesan Citizen.

Teams

ClubCityStadiumManager
Bucheon FC 1995BucheonBucheon StadiumSouth Korea Gwak Kyung-keun
Cheonan FCCheonanCheonan Football CenterSouth Korea Park Yoon-ki
Cheongju JikjiCheongjuCheongju StadiumSouth Korea Kim Jong-hyun
Chuncheon FCChuncheonChuncheon StadiumSouth Korea Ham Cheol-kwon
Goyang CitizenGoyangGoyang Eoulimnuri groundSouth Korea Kim Jin-ok
Gwangju GwangsanGwangjuHonam University groundSouth Korea Hwang Young-woo
Gyeongju CitizenGyeongjuGyeongju Civic StadiumSouth Korea Kim Jin-hyung
Icheon CitizenIcheonIcheon City StadiumSouth Korea Lee Hyun-chang
Jeonju EMJeonjuJeonju University groundSouth Korea Oh In-eui
Jungnang Chorus MustangSeoulJungnang Public GroundSouth Korea Kim Sang-hwa
Namyangju UnitedNamyangjuNamyangju StadiumSouth Korea Lee Jong-woon
Paju CitizenPajuPaju StadiumSouth Korea Cho Deok-jeung
FC PocheonPocheonPocheon StadiumSouth Korea Lee Su-sik
Seoul FC MartyrsSeoulGangbuk StadiumSouth Korea Yoo Bong-ki
Seoul UnitedSeoulMadeul StadiumSouth Korea Bae Hyung-ryul
Yangju CitizenYangjuYangju StadiumSouth Korea Kim Jong-boo
Yeonggwang FCYeonggwangYeonggwang SportiumSouth Korea Kim Han-bong
Yesan CitizenYesanYesan StadiumSouth Korea Choi Jong-duk

Regular season

Group A

2012 Challengers League is located in South Korea
Locations of the 2012 K3 League Group A teams
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1FC Pocheon25202310124+7762Qualification for the playoffs and the FA Cup first round
2Chuncheon FC2518436225+3758
3Icheon Citizen2517267328+4553
4Yeonggwang FC2595114538+732
5Jeonju EM2584135155−428
6Gwangju Gwangsan2584134768−2128
7Jungnang Chorus Mustang2663173375−4221
8Namyangju United25212228115−876
9Seoul FC Martyrs25022328155−1272

Group B

2012 Challengers League is located in South Korea
Locations of the 2012 K3 League Group B teams
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Paju Citizen2515556134+2750Qualification for the playoffs and the FA Cup first round
2Cheongju Jikji2514747230+4249
3Yangju Citizen2514477951+2846
4Gyeongju Citizen2512764830+1843
5Bucheon FC 19952512585229+2341
6Seoul United2511596256+638
7Cheonan FC2571084443+131
8Yesan United2582155872−1426
9Goyang Citizen2557134460−1621

Overall table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1FC Pocheon25202310124+7762Qualification for the playoffs final
2Chuncheon FC2518436225+3758Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3Paju Citizen2515556134+2750Qualification for the playoffs first round
4Cheongju Jikji2514747230+4249
5Icheon Citizen2517267327+4653Qualification for the FA Cup first round
6Yangju Citizen2514477951+2846
7Gyeongju Citizen2512764830+1843
8Bucheon FC 1995 (P)2512585229+2341Qualification for the K League Challenge and the FA Cup second round
9Seoul United2511596256+638Qualification for the FA Cup first round
10Yeonggwang FC2595114538+732
11Cheonan FC2571084443+131
12Jeonju EM2584135155−428
13Gwangju Gwangsan2584134768−2128
14Yesan United2582155772−1526
15Goyang Citizen2557134460−1621
16Jungnang Chorus Mustang2562173375−4220
17Namyangju United25212231120−896
18Seoul FC Martyrs25022333158−1252

Championship playoffs

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalFinal
1FC Pocheon1
2Chuncheon FC3Chuncheon FC0
3Paju Citizen (p)1 (5)Paju Citizen2
4Cheongju Jikji1 (4)

First round

Paju Citizen1–1 (a.e.t.)Cheongju Jikji
Kim Su-won 86'Kim Hee-jung 90+2'
Penalties
Jo Jae-seok Park Han-woong Yoo Seung-moo ? ? No. 10 Lee Ji-ho5–4No. 8 Ahn Seung-hoon Shin Kang-seon ? Ahn Joong-hoon Lee Joon-hee Jang Bong-gu

Semi-final

Chuncheon FC3–2Paju Citizen
Lee Kang-min 10' Yoon Chul-soon 40' Sun Min-su 56'Jung Sung-jo 69' Choi Hyun-seo 73'

Final

FC Pocheon1–0Chuncheon FC
Kang Seok-gu 65'

See also

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