# 2019 Korea National League

The 2019 Korea National League was the 17th and the last season of the Korea National League, the third-highest division of the South Korean football league system. After this season, Korea National League clubs entered the newly developed K3 League.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | Busan | Busan Gudeok Stadium |
| Changwon City | Changwon | Changwon Football Center |
| Cheonan City | Cheonan | Cheonan Stadium |
| Daejeon Korail | Daejeon | Daejeon Hanbat Stadium |
| Gangneung City | Gangneung | Gangneung Stadium |
| Gimhae City | Gimhae | Gimhae Stadium |
| Gyeongju KHNP | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Civic Stadium |
| Mokpo City | Mokpo | Mokpo International Football Center |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Gangneung City (C) | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 61 | Qualification for playoffs final |
| 2 | Cheonan City | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 44 | Qualification for playoffs semi-final |
| 3 | Gyeongju KHNP | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 41 | Qualification for playoffs semi-final |
| 4 | Daejeon Korail | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 39 | |
| 5 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 38 | |
| 6 | Mokpo City | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 29 | |
| 7 | Gimhae FC | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 28 | |
| 8 | Changwon City | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 23 | |

### Results
#### Matches 1–14

| Home \ Away | BTC | CWC | CAC | DJK | GNC | GHC | GJK | MPC |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Changwon City | 0–4 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Cheonan City | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Daejeon Korail | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Gangneung City | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Gimhae City | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Mokpo City | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — |
* 1 2 Played at opponents' ground.

#### Matches 15–28

| Home \ Away | BTC | CWC | CAC | DJK | GNC | GHC | GJK | MPC |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Changwon City | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Cheonan City | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Daejeon Korail | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Gangneung City | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Gimhae City | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Mokpo City | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — |
* 1 2 Played at opponents' ground.

## Championship playoffs

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 1 | Gangneung City | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Cheonan City | 0 | 2 | 2 | SF | Gyeongju KHNP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gyeongju KHNP | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |

## Top scorers

Seo Dong-hyeon won the top scorer award due to a smaller number of appearances.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Shin Young-joon | Gangneung City | 15 |
| 1 | Seo Dong-hyeon | Gyeongju KHNP | 15 |
| 3 | Cho Woo-jin | Gangneung City | 13 |
| 4 | Lee Min-woo | Busan Transportation Corporation | 9 |
| 5 | Lee Gwan-pyo | Daejeon Korail | 7 |
| 5 | Lee Kang-uk | Busan Transportation Corporation | 7 |
| 7 | Kim Jeong-ju | Daejeon Korail | 6 |
| 7 | Cho Seok-jae | Daejeon Korail | 6 |
| 7 | Ahn Sang-min | Gimhae City | 6 |
| 7 | Heo Jun-ho | Cheonan City | 6 |
| 7 | Kong Da-hee | Busan Transportation Corporation | 6 |

## Attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Gimhae City | 10,016 | 1,508 | 287 | 715 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Cheonan City | 8,605 | 987 | 327 | 615 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 5,598 | 1,700 | 187 | 400 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Gangneung City | 5,153 | 575 | 181 | 368 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Gyeongju KHNP | 3,799 | 624 | 105 | 271 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Mokpo City | 2,682 | 550 | 86 | 192 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Changwon City | 2,625 | 652 | 50 | 188 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Daejeon Korail | 1,841 | 350 | 64 | 132 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 40,319 | 1,700 | 50 | 360 | n/a$^†$ |
Source: Korea National League