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K League Challenge

Season	2013
Champions	Sangju Sangmu (1st title)
Promoted	Sangju Sangmu
Matches played	140
Goals scored	404 (2.89 per match)
Best Player	Lee Keun-ho
Top goalscorer	Lee Keun-ho (15 goals)
Average attendance	1,685
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The 2013 K League Challenge was the first season of the K League 2, the second-highest division in the South Korean football league system. Its schedule was announced on 30 January 2013, and it began on 16 March.

Teams

FC Anyang class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2013 K League Challenge clubs

Promotion and relegation

Relegated from K League

Promoted from Korea National League

Promoted from Challengers League

Bucheon FC 1995

Promoted from R League

Korean Police

Newly formed

FC Anyang

Stadiums

Team	City	State	Stadium	Capacity
FC Anyang	Anyang	Gyeonggi	Anyang Stadium	18,216
Bucheon FC 1995	Bucheon	Gyeonggi	Bucheon Stadium	34,545
Chungju Hummel	Chungju	Chungbuk	Chungju Stadium	15,000
Goyang Hi FC	Goyang	Gyeonggi	Goyang Stadium	41,311
Gwangju FC	Gwangju	—	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	44,118
Korean Police	—	—	—	—
Sangju Sangmu	Sangju	Gyeongbuk	Sangju Civic Stadium	15,042
Suwon FC	Suwon	Gyeonggi	Suwon Stadium	24,670

Korean Police didn't have a home stadium, and played all matches at opponents' stadiums.

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
FC Anyang	Lee Woo-hyung	Jako	KB Kookmin Bank
Bucheon FC 1995	Gwak Kyung-keun	Ninety Plus	Bucheon City
Chungju Hummel	Kim Jong-pil	Hummel	Chungju
Goyang Hi FC	Lee Young-moo	New Balance
Gwangju FC	Nam Ki-il (caretaker)	Joma	Kwangju Bank
Korean Police	Cho Dong-hyun	Adidas	Korean Police
Sangju Sangmu	Park Hang-seo	Jako	Sangju
Suwon FC	Cho Duck-je	Astore	Suwon

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC country.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Players
FC Anyang
Bucheon FC 1995
Chungju Hummel	Alessandro Lopes	Miguel Bianconi	Tutinha
Goyang Hi FC	Wesley Alex	Almir
Gwangju FC	Luizinho	Lúcio Curió			Cássio
Suwon FC	Bogdan Milić			Aleksandar Jovanović

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sangju Sangmu (C, P)	35	23	8	4	65	31	+34	77	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
2	Korean Police	35	20	4	11	60	47	+13	64
3	Gwangju FC	35	16	5	14	55	54	+1	53
4	Suwon FC	35	13	8	14	53	51	+2	47
5	FC Anyang	35	12	9	14	50	51	−1	45
6	Goyang Hi FC	35	10	11	14	43	50	−7	41
7	Bucheon FC 1995	35	8	9	18	45	61	−16	33
8	Chungju Hummel	35	7	8	20	33	59	−26	29

Source: K League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion playoffs

4 December 201319:00

Sangju Sangmu	4–1	Gangwon FC
Lee Sang-hyup 29', 89' Lee Seung-hyun 71' Lee Sang-ho 77'		Choi Seung-in 90+2'

Sangju Civic Stadium

7 December 201314:00

Gangwon FC	1–0	Sangju Sangmu
Choi Seung-in 71'

Gangneung Stadium

Sangju Sangmu won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the K League Classic, while Gangwon FC were relegated to the K League Challenge.

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lee Keun-ho	Sangju Sangmu	15
	Lee Sang-hyup	Sangju Sangmu	15
	Wesley Alex	Goyang Hi FC	15
4	Lúcio Curió	Gwangju FC	13
5	Yang Dong-hyun	Korean Police	11
5	Park Jong-chan	Suwon FC	11
7	Kim Young-hoo	Korean Police	10
8	Jung Jo-gook	Korean Police	9
9	Ha Tae-goon	Sangju Sangmu	8
9	Ko Kyung-min	Korean Police	8

Top assist providers

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Yeom Ki-hun	Korean Police	11
2	Lúcio Curió	Gwangju FC	10
3	Choi Jin-soo	FC Anyang	8
4	Lim Chang-kyun	Bucheon FC 1995	7
	Park Sung-jin	FC Anyang	7
	Baek Jong-hwan	Sangju Sangmu	7
7	Lee Keun-ho	Sangju Sangmu	6
	Kim Ho-nam	Gwangju FC	6
	Moon Ki-han	Korean Police	6
	Kim Han-won	Suwon FC	6
	Wesley Alex	Goyang Hi FC	6
	Yoo Soo-hyun	Suwon FC	6

Attendance

Attendants who entered with free ticket were not counted. Korean Police played all matches at opponents' stadiums.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Sangju Sangmu	50,759	9,708	483	2,538	−10.0%
2	Gwangju FC	46,813	18,560	358	2,341	−18.6%
3	FC Anyang	38,115	6,423	519	1,815	0.0%
4	Bucheon FC 1995	34,307	3,254	642	1,715	0.0%
5	Chungju Hummel	33,250	8,106	323	1,663	0.0%
6	Suwon FC	17,834	1,957	505	939	0.0%
7	Goyang Hi FC	14,768	2,098	284	738	0.0%
	League total	235,846	18,560	284	1,685	0.0%

Source: K League
Notes:
Team played previous season in K League.

Awards

The 2013 K League Awards was held on 3 December 2013.

Main awards

Best XI

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Kim Ho-jun	Sangju Sangmu
Defenders	Choi Chul-soon	Sangju Sangmu
	Kim Hyung-il	Sangju Sangmu
	Lee Jae-sung	Sangju Sangmu
	Oh Beom-seok	Korean Police
Midfielders	Yeom Ki-hun	Korean Police
	Lee Ho	Sangju Sangmu
	Choi Jin-soo	FC Anyang
	Kim Young-hoo	Korean Police
Forwards	Lee Keun-ho	Sangju Sangmu
Forwards	Wesley Alex	Goyang Hi FC

References

2013 K리그 클래식 경기 일정 확정 (in Korean). K League. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
<프로축구> 이근호 챌린지 MVP·득점상·베스트11 '싹쓸이' (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

External links

Official website (in Korean)
Review at K League (in Korean)

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