# 2015 Korea National League

The 2015 Korea National League, also known as Incheon International Airport National League 2015 due to the sponsorship of Incheon International Airport, was the 13th season of the Korea National League, the third tier of South Korea's football league system. Each of the ten clubs played three times against all other clubs in the regular season, and the top four clubs of the regular season qualified for post-season playoffs.

## 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 |
| Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | Ulsan | Ulsan Stadium |
| Mokpo City | Mokpo | Mokpo International Football Center |
| Yongin City | Yongin | Yongin Football Center |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 50 | Qualification for the playoffs final |
| 2 | Changwon City | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 46 | Qualification for the playoffs semi-final |
| 3 | Gyeongju KHNP | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 45 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 4 | Mokpo City | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 44 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 5 | Daejeon Korail | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 33 | |
| 6 | Yongin City | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 33 | |
| 7 | Gimhae City | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 29 | |
| 8 | Cheonan City | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 28 | |
| 9 | Gangneung City | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 27 | |
| 10 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 23 | |

### Positions by matchday

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Changwon City | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Mokpo City | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Daejeon Korail | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Yongin City | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Gimhae City | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Cheonan City | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Gangneung City | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

### Results
#### Matches 1–18

| Home \ Away | BTC | CWC | CAC | DJK | GNC | GHC | GHN | HMD | MPC | YIC |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Changwon City | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Cheonan City | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Daejeon Korail | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Gangneung City | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Gimhae City | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 3–1 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Mokpo City | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Yongin City | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Matches 19–27

| Home \ Away | BTC | CWC | CAC | DJK | GNC | GHC | GHN | HMD | MPC | YIC |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | — | — | — | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | — | — | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Changwon City | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | — |
| Cheonan City | 2–0 | — | — | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| Daejeon Korail | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Gangneung City | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | — | — | 2–2 | — | 0–2 | — | 2–2 |
| Gimhae City | — | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | — | — | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | — |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | — | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | — |
| Mokpo City | — | — | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | — | — | 2–0 |
| Yongin City | — | 0–3 | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | — |

## Championship playoffs
### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 2 | Changwon City | 0 (5) | | | | | |
| | | | 1R | Gyeongju KHNP (p) | 0 (6) | | | | | |
| 3 | Gyeongju KHNP | 2 | 1R | Gyeongju KHNP (p) | 0 (6) | | | | | |
| 4 | Mokpo City | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Mokpo City | 0 | | | | SF | Gyeongju KHNP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### Final

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won 2–0 on aggregate.