The 2023 K4 League is the third season of the

K4 League The K4 League is the fourth tier of the South Korean football league system. After 2019, the semi-professional Korea National League and the former amateur K3 League were rebranded into the current K3 League and K4 League. Competition format T ...

as a semi-professional league and the fourth tier of

South Korean football league system The South Korean football league system contains two professional leagues, two semi-professional leagues, and various amateur leagues for Korean football clubs. The highest level of football in South Korea is the K League 1, which was founded in 1 ...

. The regular season is from 25 February to 11 November 2023.

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is the defending champions and was promoted together with

Yangpyeong FC Yangpyeong FC is a South Korean football club based in the county of Yangpyeong in Gyeonggi Province. The club is a member of the K3 League, an semi-professional league and the third tier of league football in South Korea, since the 2023 ...

(the runner-up) and Chuncheon Citizen (play-off winner) to

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. Dangjin Citizen were relegated from 2022 K3 League via K3-K4 League Relegation play-off and will play in the K4 League after one season.

Competition format

The 2022 K4 League is contested by 17 teams, with no relegation system in place. Each team competes home and away, playing 32 games. The top two teams get promoted to the

K3 League The K3 League is the third tier of South Korean football league system, which was created from the rebranding of the Korea National League (2003–2019) and the former K3 League (2007–2019) into K3 League and K4 League in 2020. 16 teams are ...

, while the third and the fourth placed teams qualify for the promotion play-off.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from the 2022 K3 League * Dangjin Citizen (via Relegation play-off) Teams promoted to the

* Yangpyeong * Chuncheon Citizen (via Promotion play-off) New teams from 2023 K4 League * Busan I'Park Futures *

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* FC Chungju (previously Chungju Citizen FC dissolved in 2022)

Teams

League table

Results

Promotion play-off

The match will be played on 5 November 2023. The 3rd and 4th placed team from the 2023 K4 League will play for a spot in the 2024 K3 League against the team placed 14th in the

Competition format

Promotion and relegation

Teams

League table

Results

Promotion play-off

Promotion play-off

Promotion–relegation play-off

Winner

See also

References