The 2020 K3 League was the first season of 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 ...

as a semi-professional league and the third 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 ...

. After the 2019 season, the former

Korea National League The Korea National League was a South Korean semi-professional football league held annually from 2003 to 2019. It was considered the second-highest division of the South Korean football league system before the K League 2 was launched in 2013 ...

and K3 League Advanced went defunct and rebranded into the K3 League. In the 2020 season, 16 teams are going to compete in the K3 League, and they are 8 teams from KNL, 6 teams from K3 League Advanced, and 2 teams from K3 League Basic. The teams for the 2020 season were announced by the Korea Football Association on 19 December 2019.

Competition format

16 teams will compete in the 2020 season, including all 8 teams from the 2019 edition of the now-defunct

, six teams from the 2019 K3 League Advanced, and two teams from the 2019 K3 League Basic. Each team will play 22 games this season, 15 games in a round-robin way and 7 games in a split division. No team will be promoted to

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this year. The 15th and 16th teams are to be relegated to

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 ...

, and the 14th team will qualify for the promotion/relegation playoff.

Teams

Foreign players

League table

Results

Matches 1-15

Matches 16-22

After 15 matches, the league splits into two sections of eight teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Final A

Final B

Championship play-off

Championship Play-off start at 14 November to Final at 5 December. If scores are tied after regular time, the higher placed team advances to the next phase.

1R

Gangneung City advance to the next round as they are the higher seed.

2R

Final

1st; 2nd;

Promotion–relegation play-off

Promotion–relegation play-off start at 6 December. The 14th position of K3 League will face winner of K4 League play-off for reach promotion to K3 League next season.

14th of K3 League vs K4

Winner

References

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