# 2014 Korea National League

The 2014 Korea National League, also known as the Samsung Life National League 2014 due to the sponsorship of Samsung Life Insurance, was the twelfth season of the Korea National League. Each of the ten clubs played against all other clubs three times in the regular season, and the top four clubs of the regular season qualified for the 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 | Daejeon Korail | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the playoffs final |
| 2 | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 48 | Qualification for the playoffs semi-final |
| 3 | Gyeongju KHNP | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 48 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 4 | Gangneung City | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 41 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
| 5 | Busan Transportation Corporation | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 40 | |
| 6 | Changwon City | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 36 | |
| 7 | Cheonan City | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 34 | |
| 8 | Mokpo City | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 32 | |
| 9 | Gimhae City | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 26 | |
| 10 | Yongin City | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 19 | |

### 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 |
| Daejeon Korail | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Gangneung City | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Busan Transportation Corporation | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Changwon City | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Cheonan City | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Mokpo City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Gimhae City | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Yongin City | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

### Results
#### Matches 1–18

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

#### Matches 19–27

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

## Championship playoffs
### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 2 | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1R | Gyeongju KHNP | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Gyeongju KHNP | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1R | Gyeongju KHNP | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Gangneung City | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Gangneung City | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | SF | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Daejeon Korail | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### First round

Gyeongju KHNP won 6–3 on aggregate.

### Semi-final

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Final

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won 3–1 on aggregate.