K League Challenge 2014

K League Challenge 2014
master	Daejeon Citizen
Climbers	Daejeon Citizen Gwangju FC
Relegation ↑	Ansan Police FC Gwangju FC Gangwon FC
Teams	10
Games	180
Gates	467  (ø 2.59 per game)
spectator	217,967  (ø 1211 per game)
Top scorer	Adriano ( Daejeon Citizen )
← K League Challenge 2013 K League Challenge 2015 →
↑ K League Classic 2014

The K League Challenge 2014 was the second season of the second highest South Korean football league under this name.

The champion was the Daejeon Citizen , who was promoted to the K League Classic . The two relegation matches between the play-off winners, Gwangju FC , and the penultimate of the relegation round of the K League Classic 2015 , Gyeongnam FC , took place on December 3 and 6, 2014. The second division club secured promotion.

Participants and their venues

Ansan Anyang Beech Chungju Daegu Daejeon Gangneung Goyang Gwangju Suwon

Venues of the K League Challenge 2014

team	city	Trainer	Home stadium	capacity	In the league since	Previous year's placement
Ansan Police FC	Ansan	Jo Dong-hyeon	Ansan Wa ~ Stadium	35,000	2013	2nd place
FC Anyang	Anyang	Lee Uh-hyeong	Anyang stadium	18,216		5th place
Bucheon FC 1995	Beech	Choi Jin-han	Bucheon Stadium	34,545		7th place
Chungju Hummel FC	Chungju	Kim Jong-pil	Chungju Stadium	15,000		8th place
Daegu FC	Daegu	Choi Deok-ju	Daegu Stadium	68.014	2014	Relegated
Daejeon Citizen FC	Daejeon	Jo Jin-ho	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	40,407
Gangwon FC	Gangneung	Park Hyo-jin	Gangneung Stadium	22,333
Goyang Hi FC	Goyang	Lee Seong-kil	Goyang Stadium	41,311	2013	6th place
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	Nam Ki-il (Interim)	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	44,118		3rd place
Suwon FC	Suwon	Jo Deok-je	Suwon Stadium	24,670		4th Place

Venues

Ansan Police FC	FC Anyang	Chungju Hummel FC	Bucheon FC 1995	Daejeon Citizen FC
Ansan Wa ~ Stadium	Anyang stadium	Chungju Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 34,545	Capacity: 40,407
Goyang Hi FC	Gwangju FC	Gangwon FC	Suwon FC	Daegu FC
Goyang Stadium	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Gangneung Stadium	Suwon Stadium	Daegu Stadium
Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 44,118	Capacity: 22,333	Capacity: 11,808	Capacity: 65,754

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Daejeon Citizen (A)	36	20th	10	6th	064:360	+28	70
2.	Ansan Police FC	36	16	11	9	058:480	+10	59
3.	Gangwon FC (R)	36	16	6th	14th	048:500	−2	54
4th	Gwangju FC	36	13	12	11	040:350	+5	51
5.	FC Anyang	36	15th	6th	15th	049:520	−3	51
6th	Suwon FC	36	12	12	12	052:490	+3	48
7th	Daegu FC (A)	36	13	8th	15th	050:470	+3	47
8th.	Goyang Hi FC	36	11	14th	11	036:410	−5	47
9.	Chungju Hummel FC	36	6th	16	14th	037:570	−20	34
10.	Bucheon FC 1995	36	6th	9	21st	033:520	−19	27

	Promotion to the K League Classic 2015 : Daejeon Citizen
	Participation in the final of the play-off games : Gwangju FC
	Participation in the semi-finals of the play-off games : Ansan Police FC & Gangwon FC
(A)	Relegated from the K League Classic 2013 : Daejeon Citizen, Daegu FC
(R)	Relegation games loser : Gangwon FC

Play-off games

Places 2 to 4 and the penultimate of the relegation round of the K League Classic 2014 played in three play-off games for relegation . In the semifinals the 4th played against the 3rd and the winner against the 2nd of the K League Challenge. The winner of this game, in turn, met the penultimate of the relegation round in two-legged matches. The winner qualified for the K League Classic 2015 .

Semifinals

	Result
Gangwon FC	0: 1	Gwangju FC

final

	Result
Ansan Police FC	0: 3	Gwangju FC

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
Gwangju FC	4: 2	Gyeongnam FC	3: 1	1: 1

List of goalscorers

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

space	player	team	Gates
01.	Adriano	Daejeon Citizen	27
02.	Alex	Gangwon FC	16
03.	Johnathan	Daegu FC	14th
04th	Choi Jin-ho	Gangwon FC	13
05.	Rodrigo Paraná	Bucheon FC 1995	11
0	Ko Kyung-min	Ansan Police FC	11
07th	Fábio Neves	Gwangju FC	8th
0	Kim Chan-hee	Daejeon Citizen FC	8th
0	Jung Min-woo	Suwon FC	8th
0	Park Sung-jin	FC Anyang	8th
0	Kim Han-won	Suwon FC	8th
Status: end of the season

Spectator table

space	team	Home games	spectator	per game
01.	Daejeon Citizen	18th	57,583	3,199
02.	FC Anyang	18th	28,298	1,572
03.	Gwangju FC	17th	24,200	1,344
04th	Bucheon FC 1995	18th	19,374	1,076
05.	Gangwon FC	19th	18,144	1.008
06th	Suwon FC	18th	17,823	0990
07th	Daegu FC	18th	17,383	0966
08th.	Chungju Hummel FC	18th	013,938	0774
09.	Ansan Police FC	18th	010,761	0598
10.	Goyang Hi FC	18th	010,508	0584
total		180	217.9670	1,211
Status: end of the season

Change of coach

date	team		Table position	Trainer	reason	successor
November 30, 2013		Daegu FC	Winter break	Baek Jong-cheol	End of contract	Choi Deok-ju
December 10, 2013		Gangwon FC		Kim Yong-kab	End of contract	Arthur Bernardes
January 8, 2014		Bucheon FC 1995		Kwak Kyeong-keun	resignation	Choi Jin-han
May 9, 2014		Daejeon Citizen FC	1st place	Jo Jin-ho	Short-term change of coach	Jo Jin-ho
July 27, 2014		Goyang Hi FC	4th Place	Lee Yeong-mu	Discharge	Lee Seong-kil (Interim)
18th September 2014		Gangwon FC	3rd place	Arthur Bernardes	Discharge	Park Hyo-jin (Interim)
18th November 2014		Daegu FC	7th place	Choi Deok-ju	Discharge	Lee Yeong-jin

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ K League Challenge 2014: Goal scorers . In: Soccerway.com . Retrieved January 21, 2016.