K League Challenge 2013

K League Challenge 2013
master	Sangju Sangmu
Climbers	Daejeon Citizen
Teams	8th
Games	140
Gates	404  (ø 2.89 per game)
spectator	235,846  (ø 1685 per game)
Top scorer	Lee Keun-ho ( Sangju Sangmu FC )
K League Challenge 2014 →
↑ K League Classic 2013

The K League Challenge 2013 was the first season of the second highest South Korean football league under this name.

The champion was Sangju Sangmu , who had to play in the relegation to the K League Classic against Gangwon FC. Sangju Sangmu FC rose to the K League Classic .

Participants and their venues

Anyang Beech Chungju Goyang Gwangju Sangju Suwon

Locations of the K League Challenge 2013

team	city	Trainer	Home stadium	capacity	In the league since	Previous year's placement
Police FC *		Jo Dong-hyeon			2013	R-League member
FC Anyang	Anyang	Lee Uh-hyeong	Anyang stadium	18,216		Newly founded
Bucheon FC 1995	Beech	Kwak Kyeong-keun	Bucheon Stadium	34,545		K3 League member
Chungju Hummel FC	Chungju	Kim Jong-pil	Chungju Stadium	15,000		Korea National League member
Goyang Hi FC	Goyang	Lee Yeong-mu	Goyang Stadium	41,311
Suwon FC	Suwon	Jo Deok-je	Suwon Stadium	24,670
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	Nam Ki-il (Interim)	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	44,118		Relegated
Sangju Sangmu FC	Sangju	Park hang-seo	Sangju Stadium	15,042		Relegated

• Police FC does not have a home ground, so all games for the team are away games

Venues

Police FC	FC Anyang	Chungju Hummel FC	Bucheon FC 1995
no home ground	Anyang stadium	Chungju Stadium	Bucheon Stadium
Capacity: -	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 34,545
Goyang Hi FC	Gwangju FC	Sangju Sangmu FC	Suwon FC
Goyang Stadium	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Sangju Stadium	Suwon Stadium
Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 44,118	Capacity: 15,042	Capacity: 11,808

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sangju Sangmu FC (A)	35	23	8th	4th	065:300	+35	77
2.	Police FC	35	20th	4th	11	060:470	+13	64
3.	Gwangju FC (A)	35	16	5	14th	055:540	+1	53
4th	Suwon FC	35	13	8th	14th	053:510	+2	47
5.	FC Anyang	35	12	9	14th	050:510	−1	45
6th	Goyang Hi FC	35	10	11	14th	043:500	−7	41
7th	Bucheon FC 1995	35	8th	9	18th	045:610	−16	33
8th.	Chungju Hummel FC	35	7th	8th	20th	033:590	−26	29

	Participation in the relegation games : Sangju Sangmu FC
(A)	Relegated from the K League 2012 : Sangju Sangmu FC, Gwangju FC

Relegation

The champion of the K League Challenge 2013 had to play against the penultimate of the K League Classic 2013 in the relegation games. The winner qualified for the K League Classic 2014 .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sangju Sangmu FC	4: 2	Gangwon FC	4: 1	0: 1

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	team	Gates
01.	Lee Keun-ho	Sangju Sangmu FC	15th
0	Lee Sang-Hyup	Sangju Sangmu FC	15th
0	Alex	Goyang Hi FC	15th
04th	Lúcio	Gwangju FC	13
05.	Yang Dong-hyun	Police FC	11
0	Park Jong-chan	Suwon FC	11
07th	Kim Young-Hoo	Police FC	10
08th.	Young yo-gook	Police FC	9
09.	Ha Tae-Goon	Sangju Sangmu FC	8th
0	Ko Kyung-Min	Police FC	8th
Status: end of the season

Spectator table

space	team	Home games	spectator	per game
01.	Sangju Sangmu	20th	50,759	2,538
02.	Gwangju FC	20th	46,813	2,341
03.	FC Anyang	21st	38,115	1,815
04th	Bucheon FC 1995	20th	34,307	1,715
05.	Chungju Hummel FC	20th	33,250	1,663
06th	Suwon FC	19th	17,834	0939
07th	Goyang Hi FC	20th	14,768	0738
total		140	235.8460	01,685
Status: end of the season

Change of coach

date	team		Table position	Trainer	reason	successor
January 12, 2012		Gwangju FC	Winter break	Choi Man-heui	End of contract	Yeo Beom-kyu
June. 17.2013		Chungju Hummel FC	8th place	Lee Jae-cheol	Discharge	Kim Jong-pil
August 16, 2013		Gwangju FC	3rd place	Yeo Beom-kyu	Discharge	Nam Ki-il (Interim)

Web links

• Official Website (Korean)
• Official website (English)

Individual evidence