# 2012 Korea National League

The 2012 Korea National League was the tenth season of the Korea National League.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Foreign players |
| Ansan H FC | Ansan | Ansan Wa~ Stadium | |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | Busan | Busan Gudeok Stadium | |
| Changwon City | Changwon | Changwon Football Center | |
| Cheonan City | Cheonan | Cheonan Stadium | |
| Chungju Hummel | Chungju | Chungju Stadium | |
| Daejeon KHNP | Daejeon | Daejeon Hanbat Stadium | |
| Gangneung City | Gangneung | Gangneung Stadium | |
| Gimhae City | Gimhae | Gimhae Stadium | |
| Goyang KB Kookmin Bank | Goyang | Goyang Stadium Uijeongbu Stadium | Bai Zijian |
| Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | Ulsan | Ulsan Stadium | Roni da Silva Thiago Santos |
| Incheon Korail | Incheon | Incheon Munhak Stadium | |
| Mokpo City | Mokpo | Mokpo International Football Center | |
| Suwon City | Suwon | Suwon Sports Complex Suwon World Cup Stadium auxiliary pitch | |
| Yongin City | Yongin | Yongin Football Center | |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Goyang KB Kookmin Bank | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 55 | Qualification for the playoffs final |
| 2 | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 49 | Qualification for the playoffs semi-final |
| 3 | Gangneung City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 47 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 4 | Changwon City | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 46 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 5 | Incheon Korail | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 42 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 6 | Yongin City | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 42 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 7 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 41 | |
| 8 | Mokpo City | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 36 | |
| 9 | Suwon City (P) | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 34 | Promotion to the K League Challenge |
| 10 | Ansan H FC (P) | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 32 | Promotion to the K League Challenge |
| 11 | Gimhae City | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 28 | |
| 12 | Chungju Hummel (P) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 21 | Promotion to the K League Challenge |
| 13 | Cheonan City | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 19 | |
| 14 | Daejeon KHNP | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 12 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASH | BTC | CWC | CAC | CJH | DHN | GNC | GHC | GKB | HMD | ICK | MPC | SWC | YIC |
| Ansan H FC | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Changwon City | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Cheonan City | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Chungju Hummel | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Daejeon KHNP | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Gangneung City | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Gimhae City | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Goyang KB Kookmin Bank | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Incheon Korail | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Mokpo City | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Suwon City | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 |
| Yongin City | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — |

## Championship playoffs
### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Gangneung City | 0 (2) | | | | | | | 1 | Goyang KB | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Yongin City (p) | 0 (4) | | | | 2 | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 1 | | Incheon Korail (a.e.t.) | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | Yongin City | Yongin City | 1 | | Incheon Korail | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | Incheon Korail | Incheon Korail | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Changwon City | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Incheon Korail | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |