# 2022 K3 League

The 2022 K3 League was the third season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league. Its regular season was held from 26 February to 29 October 2022.
Defending champions Gimpo FC became a professional club and joined the K League. Cheonan City and Cheongju FC are also going to be join the K League in the next year.
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.

## Teams
### Team changes

Promoted from K4 League
* Pocheon Citizen
* Siheung Citizen
* Dangjin Citizen
Promoted to K League 2
* Gimpo FC
Relegated to K4 League
* Pyeongtaek Citizen

### Stadiums and locations

| 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 |

### Personnel

| Club | Manager |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | Kim Gwi-hwa |
| Changwon City | Choi Kyeong-don |
| Cheonan City | Kim Tae-young |
| Cheongju FC | Choi Sang-hyeon |
| Daejeon Korail | Kim Seung-hee |
| Dangjin Citizen | Han Sang-min |
| Gangneung Citizen | Kim Do-keun |
| Gimhae FC | Yoon Sung-hyo |
| Gyeongju KHNP | Seo Bo-won |
| Hwaseong FC | Kang Chul |
| FC Mokpo | Jeong Hyun-ho |
| Paju Citizen | Lee Eun-no |
| Pocheon Citizen | Cho Man-geun |
| Siheung Citizen | Park Seung-soo |
| Ulsan Citizen | Yoon Kyung-sang |
| Yangju Citizen | Park Sung-bae |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| Changwon City | Luan Costa | | |
| Cheonan City | Bruno Mota | Juliano | Rodolfo |
| Cheongju FC | Denilson | Ruster Santos | Yan Victor |
| Gangneung Citizen | Cristian | Júnior Batista | |
| Hwaseong FC | Carlinhos | Julen Sandy | |
| Gimhae FC | Masato Shimokawa | Marko Rajkovic | |
| Paju Citizen | Samuel Pungi | Bruno Kairon | Matheus Medeiros |
| Ulsan Citizen | Paul Puk Kun Pal | | |
| Yangju Citizen | Danyllo | | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Accepted to K League 2 |
| 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 | Accepted to K League 2 |
| 15 | Ulsan Citizen | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 28 | |
| 16 | Dangjin Citizen (R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 17 | Qualification for relegation play-off |

## Results

| 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 | — |

## Relegation play-off

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).

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Shin Young-jun | Busan Transportation Corporation | 16 |
| 2 | Seo Dong-hyeok | Gyeongju KHNP | 14 |
| 3 | Kim Yeong-jun | Pocheon Citizen | 12 |
| 3 | Luan Costa | Changwon City | 12 |
| 5 | Marko Rajkovic | Gimhae FC | 10 |