| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 March – 13 November 2021 |
| Champions | Pocheon Citizen (1st title) |
| Promoted | Pocheon Citizen Siheung Citizen Dangjin Citizen |
| Matches | 241 |
| Goals | 769 (3.19 per match) |
| Best Player | Jung Seung-yong[1] |
| Top goalscorer | Lee Chang-hoon (30 goals)[1] |
←2020 2022 → | |
The2021 K4 League is the second season of theK4 League.
TheR League teams (reserve teams ofK League teams) could not have been involved in theSouth Korean football league system originally, but were allowed to join the K4 League since this season. They had to use seven or more under-23 players in the starting line-up.Gangwon FC became the first club to enter the K4 League with reserve team.[2][3]
Defending championsPaju Citizen were promoted to theK3 League alongside runners-upUlsan Citizen, andChuncheon Citizen andJeonju Citizen played in the K4 League for the first time by being relegated from the K3 League.[2]Icheon Citizen was disbanded due to financial problems, while four newly-founded teamsDangjin Citizen,Geoje Citizen,Pyeongchang United (successor toK3 League Basic team Pyeongchang FC) andGangwon FC B joined the league.[2]
The 16 participating teams played each other twice. The top two teams were directly promoted to the K3 League, and the third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the promotion play-off.[2]
Relegated fromK3 League
Newly joined
Promoted toK3 League
Withdrawn
| Club | Manager |
|---|---|
| Chuncheon Citizen | |
| Chungju Citizen | |
| Dangjin Citizen | |
| FC Namdong | |
| Gangwon FC B | |
| Geoje Citizen | |
| Goyang Citizen | |
| Jeonju Citizen | |
| Jinju Citizen | |
| Pocheon Citizen | |
| Pyeongchang United | |
| Seoul Jungnang | |
| Seoul Nowon United | |
| Siheung Citizen | |
| Yangpyeong FC | |
| Yeoju FC |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pocheon Citizen(C, P) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 80 | 28 | +52 | 69 | Promotion toK3 League |
| 2 | Siheung Citizen(P) | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 75 | 32 | +43 | 67 | |
| 3 | Dangjin Citizen(O, P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 62 | Qualification forpromotion play-off |
| 4 | Chungju Citizen | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 57 | |
| 5 | Jinju Citizen | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 56 | |
| 6 | Geoje Citizen | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 47 | |
| 7 | Pyeongchang United | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 46 | |
| 8 | Gangwon FC B | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 40 | |
| 9 | FC Namdong | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 36 | |
| 10 | Chuncheon Citizen | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 36 | |
| 11 | Seoul Nowon United | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 32 | |
| 12 | Yeoju FC | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 30 | |
| 13 | Yangpyeong FC | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 29 | |
| 14 | Seoul Jungnang | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 25 | |
| 15 | Jeonju Citizen | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 24 | |
| 16 | Goyang Citizen | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 84 | −54 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | PCH | GWO | NAM | JIN | SIH | YPY | SNU | DAN | POC | CHC | GOY | GEO | CHU | JEO | YEO | SJN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyeongchang United | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Gangwon FC B | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| FC Namdong | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Jinju Citizen | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Siheung Citizen | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Yangpyeong FC | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Seoul Nowon United | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| Dangjin Citizen | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 |
| Pocheon Citizen | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Chungju Citizen | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 7–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Goyang Citizen | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–10 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 0–4 | — | 1–7 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Geoje Citizen | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Chuncheon Citizen | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Jeonju Citizen | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Yeoju FC | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 |
| Seoul Jungnang | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — |
When the match was finished as a draw, its winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and penalty shoot-out.
| Dangjin Citizen | 1–1 | Chungju Citizen |
|---|---|---|
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