2015 K League Challenge
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Sangju Sangmu (2nd title) |
Promoted | Sangju Sangmu Suwon FC |
Matches played | 220 |
Goals scored | 593 (2.7 per match) |
Best Player | Johnathan |
Top goalscorer | Johnathan (26 goals) |
Biggest home win | Gangwon 4–0 Bucheon (4 April 2015) Seoul E 4-0 Chungju (16 May 2015) Sangju 4–0 Chungju (13 June 2015) Daegu 5–1 Sangju (23 September 2015) |
Biggest away win | Goyang 0–5 Sangju (13 May 2015) |
Highest scoring | Gangwon 4–4 Seoul E (22 November 2015) |
Highest attendance | 20,157 Daegu 2–1 Gangwon (29 March 2015) |
Lowest attendance | 249 Goyang 1–0 Gangwon (10 June 2015) |
Average attendance | 1,606 |
← 2014 2016 → |
The 2015 K League Challenge was the third season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in the South Korean football league system. Champions and winners of promotion playoffs could be promoted to the K League Classic.[1]
Teams
Team changes
Relegated from K League Classic
Promoted to K League Classic
Newly joined
Stadiums
Ansan Police | FC Anyang | Bucheon FC 1995 |
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Ansan Wa~ Stadium | Anyang Stadium | Bucheon Stadium |
Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 17,143 | Capacity: 34,545 |
Chungju Hummel | Daegu FC | Gangwon FC |
Chungju Stadium | Daegu Stadium | Gangneung Stadium |
Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 68,014 | Capacity: 22,333 |
Goyang Hi FC | Gyeongnam FC | Sangju Sangmu |
Goyang Stadium | Changwon Football Center | Sangju Stadium |
Capacity: 41,311 | Capacity: 15,500 | Capacity: 15,042 |
Seoul E-Land | Suwon FC | |
Seoul Olympic Stadium | Suwon Stadium | |
Capacity: 69,950 | Capacity: 24,670 | |
Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Managers | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
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Ansan Police | Lee Heung-sil | Zaicro | |
FC Anyang | Lee Woo-hyung | Zaicro | KB Kookmin Bank |
Bucheon FC 1995 | Choi Jin-han | Astore | Bucheon Government |
Chungju Hummel | Kim Jong-pil | Hummel | Chungju Government |
Daegu FC | Lee Young-jin | Kelme | Daegu Government |
Gyeongnam FC | Park Sung-hwa | Hummel | |
Gangwon FC | Choi Yun-kyum | Hummel | |
Goyang Hi FC | Lee Young-moo | New Balance | |
Sangju Sangmu | Park Hang-seo | Atemi | |
Seoul E-Land | Martin Rennie | New Balance | E-Land |
Suwon FC | Cho Duck-je | Hummel | Suwon Government |
Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player |
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FC Anyang | Austin Berry | |||
Bucheon FC 1995 | Rodrigo Paraná | Almir | Lukian | |
Chungju Hummel | Marcinho | |||
Daegu FC | Léo Jaime | Johnathan | Serginho | Éder Lima |
Gyeongnam FC | Fauver | Miloš Stojanović | Imed Louati | |
Gangwon FC | Jonatas Belusso | Henan | Gil | |
Goyang Hi FC | ||||
Seoul E-Land | Carlyle Mitchell | Ryan Johnson | Tarabai | Robert Cullen |
Suwon FC | Japa | Vladan Adžić | Sisi |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sangju Sangmu (C, P) | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 57 | +20 | 67 | Promotion to the K League Classic |
2 | Daegu FC | 40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 67 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs semi-final |
3 | Suwon FC (O, P) | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 65 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs first round |
4 | Seoul E-Land | 40 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 61 | |
5 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 55 | |
6 | FC Anyang | 40 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 54 | |
7 | Gangwon FC | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 51 | |
8 | Goyang Hi FC | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 49 | |
9 | Gyeongnam FC | 40 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 43 | |
10 | Ansan Police | 40 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 42 | |
11 | Chungju Hummel | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 41 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Positions by matchday
Leaders
Qualification for the promotion playoffs
Round 1–22
Round 23–44
Team ╲ Round | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 |
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Sangju Sangmu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Daegu FC | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Suwon FC | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Seoul E-Land | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Bucheon FC 1995 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
FC Anyang | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Gangwon FC | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Goyang Hi FC | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Gyeongnam FC | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Ansan Police | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Chungju Hummel | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Results
Matches 1–20
Home \ Away | ASM | ANY | BUC | CJH | DGU | GWN | GHI | GNM | SJS | SEL | SUW |
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Ansan Police | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
FC Anyang | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
Bucheon FC 1995 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
Chungju Hummel | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Daegu FC | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
Gangwon FC | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
Goyang Hi FC | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 2–3 |
Gyeongnam FC | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
Sangju Sangmu | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 |
Seoul E-Land | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 |
Suwon FC | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 21–40
Home \ Away | ASM | ANY | BUC | CJH | DGU | GWN | GHI | GNM | SJS | SEL | SUW |
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Ansan Police | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
FC Anyang | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 |
Bucheon FC 1995 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
Chungju Hummel | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
Daegu FC | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
Gangwon FC | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 |
Goyang Hi FC | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Gyeongnam FC | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Sangju Sangmu | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–5 |
Seoul E-Land | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–4 |
Suwon FC | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion playoffs
When the first round and semi-final match were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out.
Bracket
First round | Semi-final | Final | ||||||||||||||
2 | Daegu FC | 1 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Suwon FC | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Suwon FC | 3 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Seoul E-Land | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Suwon FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Busan IPark | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
First round
Suwon FC | 3–3 | Seoul E-Land |
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| Report |
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Semi-final
Daegu FC | 1–2 | Suwon FC |
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No Byung-jun 40' | Report |
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Final
The promotion-relegation playoffs were held between the winners of the 2015 K League Challenge playoffs and the 11th-placed club of the 2015 K League Classic. The winners on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2016 K League Classic.
Suwon FC | 1–0 | Busan IPark |
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Jung Min-woo 85' | Report |
Busan IPark | 0–2 | Suwon FC |
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Report |
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Suwon FC won 3–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League Classic, while Busan IPark were relegated to the K League Challenge.
Player statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Johnathan | Daegu FC | 26 |
2 | Joo Min-kyu | Seoul E-Land | 23 |
3 | Japa | Suwon FC | 19 |
Cho Seok-jae | Chungju Hummel | ||
5 | Tarabai | Seoul E-Land | 17 |
6 | Ko Kyung-min | FC Anyang | 16 |
7 | Jonatas Belusso | Gangwon FC | 15 |
8 | Lim Sang-hyub | Sangju Sangmu | 12 |
Kim You-sung | Goyang Hi FC | ||
10 | Choi Seung-in | Gangwon FC | 11 |
Rodrigo Paraná | Bucheon FC 1995 |
Top assist providers
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | Kim Jae-sung | Seoul E-Land | 11 |
2 | Lim Chang-gyoon | Gyeongnam FC | 9 |
Seo Bo-min | Gangwon FC | ||
Moon Ki-han | Daegu FC | ||
5 | Kim Jong-woo | Suwon FC | 8 |
6 | Jang Baek-gyu | Daegu FC | 7 |
Japa | Suwon FC | ||
Choi Jin-soo | FC Anyang | ||
Joo Min-kyu | Seoul E-Land | ||
10 | Lee Jung-hyup | Sangju Sangmu | 6 |
Han Sang-woon | Sangju Sangmu | ||
Kim Young-keun | Seoul E-Land | ||
Kwon Yong-hyun | Suwon FC | ||
Lee Hak-min | Bucheon FC 1995 | ||
Jin Chang-soo | Goyang Hi FC | ||
Johnathan | Daegu FC |
Attendance
Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted.
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Daegu FC | 60,569 | 20,157 | 504 | 3,028 | +213.5%† |
2 | Gyeongnam FC | 37,835 | 5,214 | 311 | 1,892 | −58.3%† |
3 | Seoul E-Land | 36,510 | 4,342 | 680 | 1,826 | n/a† |
4 | FC Anyang | 34,003 | 10,147 | 583 | 1,700 | +8.1%† |
5 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 33,943 | 12,332 | 511 | 1,697 | +57.7%† |
6 | Ansan Police | 33,298 | 10,094 | 304 | 1,665 | +178.4%† |
7 | Gangwon FC | 27,137 | 7,051 | 438 | 1,357 | +34.6%† |
8 | Suwon FC | 27,106 | 5,688 | 420 | 1,355 | +36.9%† |
9 | Sangju Sangmu | 24,692 | 4,244 | 512 | 1,235 | −51.7%† |
10 | Chungju Hummel | 24,553 | 3,925 | 514 | 1,228 | +58.7%† |
11 | Goyang Hi FC | 13,764 | 3,083 | 249 | 688 | +17.8%† |
League total | 353,410 | 20,157 | 249 | 1,606 | +32.6%† |
Source: K League
Notes:
† Team played previous season in K League Classic.
Awards
The 2015 K League Awards was held on 1 December 2015.[2]
Main awards
- Most Valuable Player: Johnathan (Daegu FC)
- Top goalscorer: Johnathan (Daegu FC)
- Top assist provider: Kim Jae-sung (Seoul E-Land)
- Manager of the Year: Cho Duck-je (Suwon FC)
Best XI
Position | Player | Club |
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Goalkeeper | Jo Hyeon-woo | Daegu FC |
Defenders | Park Jin-po | Sangju Sangmu |
Shin Hyung-min | Ansan Police | |
Kang Min-soo | Sangju Sangmu | |
Lee Yong | Sangju Sangmu | |
Midfielders | Ko Kyung-min | FC Anyang |
Lee Seung-gi | Sangju Sangmu | |
Cho Won-hee | Seoul E-Land | |
Kim Jae-sung | Seoul E-Land | |
Forwards | Johnathan | Daegu FC |
Joo Min-kyu | Seoul E-Land |
Player of the Round
Manager of the Month
Month | Manager | Club | Division |
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March | Nam Ki-il | Gwangju FC | K League Classic |
April | Choi Kang-hee | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | K League Classic |
May | Kim Hak-bum | Seongnam FC | K League Classic |
June | Park Hang-seo | Sangju Sangmu | K League Challenge |
July | Choi Kang-hee | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | K League Classic |
August | Kim Hak-bum | Seongnam FC | K League Classic |
September | Hwang Sun-hong | Pohang Steelers | K League Classic |
October | Lee Young-jin | Daegu FC | K League Challenge |
November | Cho Duck-je | Suwon FC | K League Challenge |
See also
References
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Review at K League (in Korean)