K League Challenge 2015

K League Challenge 2015
master	Sangju Sangmu FC
Climbers	Sangju Sangmu FC Suwon FC
Relegation ↑	Daegu FC Suwon FC Seoul E-Land FC
Teams	11
Games	221
Gates	593  (ø 2.68 per game)
spectator	353.410  (ø 1599 per game)
Top scorer	Johnathan ( Daegu FC )
← K League Challenge 2014 K League Challenge 2016 →
↑ K League Classic 2015 National League 2015 ↓

The K League Challenge 2015 was the third season of the second highest South Korean football league under this name. The season started on March 21st and ended on November 22nd, 2015.

Champion became the Sangju Sangmu FC , which was promoted to the K League Classic . The two relegation games between the play-off winner, Suwon FC , and the penultimate of the relegation round of the K League Classic 2015 , the Busan IPark , took place on December 2nd and 5th, 2014. The second division club secured promotion.

Participants and their venues

Ansan Anyang Beech Chungju Daegu Gangneung Goyang Changwon Sangju Seoul Suwon

Venues of the K League Challenge 2015

team	city	Trainer	Home stadium	capacity	In the league since	Previous year's placement
Ansan Police FC	Ansan	Lee Heung-sil	Ansan Wa ~ Stadium	35,000	2013	2nd place
FC Anyang	Anyang	Lee Yeong-min	Anyang stadium	18,216		5th place
Bucheon FC 1995	Beech	Song Seon-ho	Bucheon Stadium	34,545		10th place
Chungju Hummel FC	Chungju	Kim Jong-pil	Chungju Stadium	15,000		9th place
Daegu FC	Daegu	Lee Yeong-jin	Daegu Stadium	68.014	2014	7th place
Gangwon FC	Gangneung	Choi Yun-kyeom	Gangneung Stadium	22,333		3rd place
Goyang Hi FC	Goyang	Lee Yeong-mu	Goyang Stadium	41,311	2013	8th place
Gyeongnam FC	Changwon	Seong-hwa Park	Changwon Football Center	15,500	2015	Relegated
Sangju Sangmu FC	Sangju	Park hang-seo	Sangju Stadium	15,042		Relegated
Seoul E-Land FC	Seoul	Martin Rennie	Seoul Olympic Stadium	69,950		Newly founded
Suwon FC	Suwon	Jo Deok-je	Suwon Stadium	11,808	2013	6th place

Venues

Ansan Police FC	FC Anyang	Chungju Hummel FC	Bucheon FC 1995	Gyeongnam FC	Seoul E-Land FC
Ansan Wa ~ Stadium	Anyang stadium	Chungju Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Changwon Football Center	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 17,143	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 34,545	Capacity: 15,500	Capacity: 69,950 1
Goyang Hi FC	Sangju Sangmu FC	Gangwon FC	Suwon FC	Daegu FC
Goyang Stadium	Sangju Stadium	Gangneung Stadium	Suwon Stadium	Daegu Stadium
Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 15,042	Capacity: 22,333	Capacity: 11,808	Capacity: 65,754

1	Only 5,216 seats are available in the Seoul Olympic Stadium

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sangju Sangmu FC (A)	40	20th	7th	13	077:570	+20	67
2.	Daegu FC	40	18th	13	9	067:470	+20	67
3.	Suwon FC	40	18th	11	11	064:540	+10	65
4th	Seoul E-Land FC	40	16	13	11	069:580	+11	61
5.	Bucheon FC 1995	40	15th	10	15th	043:450	−2	55
6th	FC Anyang	40	13	15th	12	053:520	+1	54
7th	Gangwon FC	40	13	12	15th	064:560	+8	51
8th.	Goyang Hi FC	40	13	10	17th	046:680	−22	49
9.	Gyeongnam FC (R)	40	10	13	17th	030:430	−13	43
10.	Ansan Police FC	40	9	15th	16	031:480	−17	42
11.	Chungju Hummel FC	40	10	11	19th	049:650	−16	41

	Promotion to the K League Classic 2016 : Sangju Sangmu FC
	Participation in the final of the play-off games : Daegu FC
	Participation in the semi-finals of the play-off games : Suwon FC & Seoul E-Land FC
(A)	Relegated from the K League Classic 2014 : Sangju Sangmu FC
(R)	Relegation game loser : Gyeongnam FC

Play-off games

Places 2 to 4 as well as the penultimate of the relegation round of the K League Classic 2015 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 2016 .

Semifinals

	Result
Suwon FC	3: 3	Seoul E-Land FC

final

	Result
Daegu FC	1: 2	Suwon FC

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
Suwon FC	3-0	Busan IPark	1-0	2-0

List of goalscorers

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

space	player	team	Gates
01.	Johnathan	Daegu FC	26th
02.	Joo Min-kyu	Seoul E-Land FC	23
03.	Cho Seok-jae	Chungju Hummel FC	19th
	Yep	Suwon FC	19th
05.	Tarabai	Seoul E-Land FC	17th
06th	Ko Kyung-min	FC Anyang	16
07th	Jonatas Belusso	Gangwon FC	15th
08th.	Lim Sang-hyub	Sangju Sangmu FC	12
	Kim You-sung	Goyang Hi FC	12
10.	Choi Seung-in	Gangwon FC	10
	Rodrigo Paraná	Bucheon FC 1995	10
Status: end of the season

Spectator table

space	team	Home games	spectator	per game
01.	Daegu FC	20th	60,569	3,028
02.	Gyeongnam FC	20th	37,835	1,892
03.	Seoul E-Land FC	20th	36,510	1,826
04th	FC Anyang	20th	34.003	01,700
05.	Bucheon FC 1995	20th	33,943	01,697
06th	Ansan Police	20th	33,298	01,665
07th	Gangwon FC	20th	27,137	01,357
08th.	Suwon FC	20th	027.106	01,355
09.	Sangju Sangmu	20th	024,692	01,235
10.	Chungju Hummel FC	20th	024,553	01,228
11.	Goyang Hi FC	20th	013,764	0688
total		221	353.4100	01,599
Status: end of the season

Change of coach

date	team		Table position	Trainer	reason	successor
December 25, 2014		Gangwon FC	Winter break	Park Hyo-jin (Interim)	Reinstated as co-trainer	Choi Yun-kyeom
December 26, 2014		Gyeongnam FC		Branko Babić (Interim)	Discharge	Seong-hwa Park
January 11, 2015		Ansan Police FC		Jo Dong-hyeon	Termination of contract	Lee Heung-sil
February 16, 2015		Goyang Hi FC		Lee Seong-kil (Interim)	Reinstated as co-trainer	Lee Yeong-mu
May 29, 2015		Bucheon FC 1995	4th Place	Choi Jin-han	Discharge	Song Seon-ho (interim)
June 16, 2015		FC Anyang	11th place	Lee Uh-hyeong	Discharge	Lee Yeong-min (Interim)
3rd October 2015		Bucheon FC 1995	5th place	Song Seon-ho (interim)	Appointment as successor coach	Song Seon-ho
November 9, 2015		FC Anyang	6th place	Lee Yeong-min (Interim)	Appointment as successor coach	Lee Yeong-min
2nd December 2015		Gyeongnam FC	9th place	Seong-hwa Park	Discharge	Kim Jong-boo

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ K League Challenge 2015: Goal scorers . In: Soccerway.com . Retrieved December 3, 2015.
2. ↑ K League Challenge 2015 . Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 22, 2016.