K League Challenge 2016

K League Challenge 2016
master	Ansan Mugunghwa FC
Climbers	Daegu FC
Relegation ↑	Gangwon FC
Teams	11
Games	221
Gates	528  (ø 2.39 per game)
spectator	332,448  (ø 1504 per game)
Top scorer	Kim Dong-chan ( Daejeon Citizen ; 20 goals)
← K League Challenge 2015 K League Challenge 2017 →
↑ K League Classic 2016 National League 2016 ↓

The K League Challenge 2016 was the fourth season of the second highest South Korean football league since it was founded in 2013. The season began on March 26, 2016 and ended on October 30, 2016.

Participants and their venues

Busan Chungju Daejeon Daegu Gangneung Changwon

Venues of the K League Challenge 2016

Seoul Ansan Beech Goyang Anyang

Venues of the K-League Challenge 2016 in Gyeonggi-do

team	city	Trainer	Home stadium	capacity	In the league since	Previous year's placement
Ansan Mugunghwa FC	Ansan	Lee Heung-sil	Ansan Wa ~ Stadium	35,000	2013	10th place
FC Anyang	Anyang	Lee Yeong-min	Anyang stadium	18,216		6th place
Bucheon FC 1995	Beech	Song Seon-ho	Bucheon Stadium	34,545		5th place
Busan IPark	Busan	Choi Yeong-jun	Busan Asia Main Stadium	53,864	2016	Relegated
Chungju Hummel FC	Chungju	Ahn Seung-in	Chungju Stadium	15,000	2013	11th place
Daegu FC	Daegu	Son Hyun-jun (interim)	Daegu Stadium	68.014	2014	2nd place
Daejeon Citizen	Daejeon	Choi Mun-sik	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	41,295	2016	Relegated
Gangwon FC	Gangneung	Choi Yun-kyeom	Gangneung Stadium	22,333	2014	7th place
Goyang Zaicro FC	Goyang	Lee Nak-yeong	Goyang Stadium	41,311	2013	8th place
Gyeongnam FC	Changwon	Kim Jong-boo	Changwon Football Center	15,500	2015	9th place
Seoul E-Land FC	Seoul	Park Keon-ha	Seoul Olympic Stadium	69,950		4th Place

Venues

Ansan Mugunghwa 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 Zaicro FC	Busan IPark	Gangwon FC	Daejeon Citizen	Daegu FC
Goyang Stadium	Busan Asia Main Stadium	Gangneung Stadium	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	Daegu Stadium
Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 53,864 2	Capacity: 22,333	Capacity: 40,535	Capacity: 65,754

1	Only 5,216 seats are available in the Seoul Olympic Stadium
2	Only 11,808 seats are available in the Busan Asia Main Stadium

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ansan Mugunghwa FC 1	40	21st	7th	12	057:550	+2	70
2.	Daegu FC	40	19th	13	8th	053:360	+17	70
3.	Bucheon FC 1995	40	19th	10	11	049:330	+16	67
4th	Gangwon FC	40	19th	9	12	050:330	+17	66
5.	Busan IPark (R)	40	19th	7th	14th	052:390	+13	64
6th	Seoul E-Land FC	40	17th	13	10	047:350	+12	64
7th	Daejeon Citizen (A)	40	15th	10	15th	056:520	+4	55
8th.	Gyeongnam FC 2	40	18th	6th	16	061:580	+3	50
9.	FC Anyang	40	11	13	16	040:530	−13	46
10.	Chungju Hummel FC	40	7th	8th	25th	042:620	−20	29
11.	Goyang Zaicro FC	40	2	10	28	021:720	−51	16

At the end of the 2016 season:
Promotion to the K League Classic 2017 : Daegu FC Participation in the final of the play-off games : Bucheon FC 1995 Participation in the semi-finals of the play-off games : Gangwon FC & Busan IPark Cessation of game operations after the end of the season
At the end of the 2015 season:
(A)	Relegated from the K League Classic 2015 : Daejeon Citizen
(R)	Relegation game loser : Busan IPark
Remarks:
1	Ansan Mugunghwa FC is not eligible for promotion.
2	Gyeongnam FC was deducted ten points for bribery of referees.

Table history

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Ansan Mugunghwa FC	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Daegu FC	2	4th	4th	3	4th	4th	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	4th	4th	4th	3	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	3	2	2	2	2	1	2
Seoul E-Land FC	3	2	2	1	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	6th	5	5	5	6th	7th	5	6th	5	5	5	5	5	6th	5	7th	7th	8th	8th	8th	7th	7th	6th	7th	7th	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th
Goyang Zaicro FC	3	7th	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
FC Anyang	3	3	5	6th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	8th	8th	8th	8th	7th	8th	7th	5	6th	6th	7th	7th	6th	7th	7th	6th	5	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	8th	8th	8th	8th	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chungju bumblebee	3	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Bucheon FC 1995	7th	5	6th	7th	5	5	4th	4th	4th	3	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	3	2	2	2	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4th	3	4th	3	3	5	3
Busan IPark	8th	6th	3	5	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	5	6th	6th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	9	9	9	9	8th	9	7th	7th	7th	8th	6th	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4th	5
Gangwon FC	9	9	7th	4th	3	3	2	2	1	4th	4th	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4th	3	3	3	3	3	2	4th	3	4th	4th	3	4th
Daejeon Citizen	10	10	10	10	10	9	8th	8th	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th	8th	7th	6th	7th	5	7th	5	6th	7th	6th	6th	7th	7th	6th	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7th	6th	6th	6th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th
Gyeongnam FC	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8th	8th	8th	8th	9	8th	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th

Play-off and relegation games

The K League Play-Off and Relegation Games 2016 were the 4th edition of the South Korean Play-off and Relegation between the K League Classic and the K League Challenge since the official introduction in 2013. It took place after the regular season of both leagues instead of. All play-off teams from the K League Challenge and the penultimate team from the K League Classic were eligible to participate.

mode

First, the play-off winner was determined. In addition, in the semi-finals of the play-off games, the 3rd placed in the K League Challenge 2016 received the 4th placed in the same league. The winner played in the play-off final against the 2nd placed. Whoever won played in the relegation against the penultimate of the K League Classic 2016. The winner of the relegation will play in the K League Classic next season . The loser has to play in the K League Challenge next season . So far, the K-League Challenge clubs have always been able to prevail in the relegation.

Eligible teams

Teams	League placement	league
Seongnam FC	11th place in the K League Classic 2016	K League Classic
Bucheon FC 1995	3rd place in the K League Challenge 2016	K League Challenge
Gangwon FC	4th place in the K League Challenge 2016	K League Challenge
Busan IPark	5th place in the K League Challenge 2016	K League Challenge

Seongnam FC	Bucheon FC 1995	Gangwon FC	Busan IPark
Tancheon Stadium	Bucheon Stadium	Gangneung Stadium	Busan Asia Main Stadium
16,250	35,456	22,333	55,982

Play-off games

Semifinals

pairing	Gangwon FC - Busan IPark
Result	1-0
date	November 2, 2016
Stadion	Gangneung Stadium, Gangneung 925 spectators
Gates	1-0 Matheus Alves (89)

Note : report

final

pairing	Bucheon FC 1995 - Gangwon FC
Result	1: 2
date	5th November 2016
Stadion	Bucheon Stadium, Bucheon 3,121 spectators
Gates	1-0 Jung Seung-yong (17); 1: 1 Han Hee-hoon (50); 1: 2 Luis Carlos dos Santos Martins (90 + 3)

Note : report

Relegation

First leg

pairing	Gangwon FC - Seongnam FC
Result	0-0
date	17th November 2016
Stadion	Gangneung Stadium, Gangneung 3,039 spectators
Gates	no

Note : report

Return leg

pairing	Seongnam FC - Gangwon FC
Result	1: 1
date	20th November 2016
Stadion	Tancheon Stadium, Seongnam 6,548 spectators
Gates	0: 1 Han Seok-jong (43); 1: 1 Hwang Jin-sung (77)

Note : report; Due to the away goal regulation, Gangwon FC wins the K League Relegation 2016 and is promoted to the K League Classic 2017 .

Spectator table

space	team	Home games	spectator	per game
01.	Daejeon Citizen	20th	59,908	2,995
02.	Daegu FC	20th	45,034	2,252
03.	Bucheon FC 1995	20th	41,619	2,081
04th	FC Anyang	20th	36,529	1,826
05.	Busan IPark	20th	30,670	1,534
06th	Seoul E-Land FC	20th	26,218	1.311
07th	Gyeongnam FC	20th	24,033	1,202
08th.	Gangwon FC	20th	21,328	1,066
09.	Ansan Mugunghwa FC	20th	20.093	1.005
10.	Chungju Hummel FC	20th	18,871	944
11.	Goyang Zaicro FC	20th	7,054	353
total		221	332,448	1,504
Status: end of the season

Change of coach

date	team	Table position	Trainer	reason	successor
23rd November 2015	Gyeongnam FC	Winter break	Sung-hwa Park	End of contract	Kim Jong-boo
December 31, 2015	Chungju Hummel FC		Kim Jong-pil	End of contract	Ahn Seung-in
February 25, 2016	Goyang Zaicro FC		Lee Yeong-mu	End of contract	Lee Nak-yeong
June 15, 2016	Seoul E-Land FC	06th	Martin Rennie	Discharge	In Chang-su (interim)
June 24, 2016	Seoul E-Land FC	06th	In Chang-su (interim)	End of the interim period	Park Kun-ha
August 12, 2016	Daegu FC	03.	Lee Yeong-jin	resignation	Son Hyun-jun (interim)
October 14, 2016	Bucheon FC 1995	03.	Song Seon-ho	Discharge	Jeong Kab-seok (interim)
October 29, 2016	Bucheon FC 1995	05.	Jeong Kab-seok (interim)	End of the interim period	Song Seon-ho

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ K League Challenge will reportedly contain 10 teams next year. IN: Ansan-based new club OUT: Goyang Zaicro FC, Chungju Hummel FC. In: Twitter.com. October 27, 2016, accessed November 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Gangwon FC vs. Busan IPark ( Korean ) kleague.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
3. ↑ Bucheon FC 1995 vs. Gangwon FC ( Korean ) kleague.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
4. ↑ Gangwon FC vs. Seongnam FC ( Korean ) kleague.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
5. ↑ Seongnam FC FC 1995 vs. Gangwon FC ( Korean ) kleague.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
6. ^ K League Challenge 2016: Spectators. (No longer available online.) In: KLeague.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016 ; accessed on November 4, 2016 (kor).