| Season | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 February – 29 October 2022 |
| Champions | Changwon City (1st title) |
| Promoted | Cheonan City Cheongju FC |
| Relegated | Dangjin Citizen |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 546 (2.28 per match) |
| Best Player | Luan Costa[1] |
| Top goalscorer | Shin Young-jun (16 goals)[1] |
←2021 2023 → | |
The2022 K3 League was the third season of theK3 League as a semi-professional league. Its regular season was held from 26 February to 29 October 2022.[2]
Defending championsGimpo FC became a professional club and joined theK League.Cheonan City andCheongju FC are also going to be join the K League in the next year.[3]
The 16 participating teams played each other twice, and the bottom team advanced to the relegation play-off. The K3 League Championship which had been held in play-off format to decide champions before was not held since this year.[2]
Promoted fromK4 League
Promoted toK League 2
Relegated toK4 League
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busan Transportation Corporation | Busan | Busan Gudeok Stadium | 24,363 |
| Changwon City | Changwon | Changwon Football Center | 15,116 |
| Cheonan City | Cheonan | Cheonan Football Center | 15,500 |
| Cheongju FC | Cheongju | Cheongju Stadium | 17,264 |
| Daejeon Korail | Daejeon | Daejeon World Cup Stadium Practice Pitch | 17,371 |
| Dangjin Citizen | Dangjin | Dangjin Sports Complex | 11,718 |
| Gangneung Citizen | Gangneung | Gangneung Stadium | 33,000 |
| Gimhae FC | Gimhae | Gimhae Public Stadium | 25,000 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Civic Stadium | 12,199 |
| Hwaseong FC | Hwaseong | Hwaseong Stadium | 35,270 |
| FC Mokpo | Mokpo | Mokpo International Football Center | 5,952 |
| Paju Citizen | Paju | Paju Public Stadium | 23,000 |
| Pocheon Citizen | Pocheon | Pocheon Stadium | 7,000 |
| Siheung Citizen | Siheung | Jeongwang Sports Park | 1,500 |
| Ulsan Citizen | Ulsan | Ulsan Stadium | 19,471 |
| Yangju Citizen | Yangju | Godeok Artificial Turf Ground | 5,000 |
| Club | Manager |
|---|---|
| Busan Transportation Corporation | |
| Changwon City | |
| Cheonan City | |
| Cheongju FC | |
| Daejeon Korail | |
| Dangjin Citizen | |
| Gangneung Citizen | |
| Gimhae FC | |
| Gyeongju KHNP | |
| Hwaseong FC | |
| FC Mokpo | |
| Paju Citizen | |
| Pocheon Citizen | |
| Siheung Citizen | |
| Ulsan Citizen | |
| Yangju Citizen |
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC player | Former players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changwon City | |||||
| Cheonan City | |||||
| Cheongju FC | |||||
| Gangneung Citizen | |||||
| Hwaseong FC | |||||
| Gimhae FC | |||||
| Paju Citizen | |||||
| Ulsan Citizen | |||||
| Yangju Citizen |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changwon City(C) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 57 | |
| 2 | Paju Citizen | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 56 | |
| 3 | Gyeongju KHNP | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 53 | |
| 4 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 46 | |
| 5 | Siheung Citizen | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 46 | |
| 6 | Hwaseong FC | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 46 | |
| 7 | Gimhae FC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 45 | |
| 8 | Yangju Citizen | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 41 | |
| 9 | Daejeon Korail | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 41 | |
| 10 | Cheonan City(P) | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 40 | Promotion toK League 2[a] |
| 11 | Pocheon Citizen | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 39 | |
| 12 | Gangneung Citizen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 36 | |
| 13 | FC Mokpo | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 31 | |
| 14 | Cheongju FC(P) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 30 | Promotion toK League 2[a] |
| 15 | Ulsan Citizen | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 28 | |
| 16 | Dangjin Citizen(R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 17 | Qualification forrelegation play-off |
| Home \ Away | BTC | CHA | CHC | CHE | DAN | DKO | GNE | GIH | GYE | HWA | MOK | PCI | POC | SIH | ULS | YJU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busan Transportation Corporation | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Changwon City | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Cheonan City | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Cheongju FC | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Dangjin Citizen | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Daejeon Korail | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Gangneung Citizen | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Gimhae FC | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hwaseong FC | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| FC Mokpo | 1–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Paju Citizen | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Pocheon Citizen | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Siheung Citizen | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–4 | 2–1 |
| Ulsan Citizen | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Yangju Citizen | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
The relegation play-off (K4 League promotion play-offs final) was contested between the bottom team of K3 League and the winners of K4 League play-off (semi-final).
| Dangjin Citizen | 0–2 | Chuncheon Citizen |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player[4] | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 16 | |
| 2 | Gyeongju KHNP | 14 | |
| 3 | Pocheon Citizen | 12 | |
| Changwon City | |||
| 5 | Gimhae FC | 10 |