2025 K4 League

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K4 League
Season2025
Dates22 February – 15 November 2025
ChampionsDangjin Citizen
(1st title)
PromotedDangjin Citizen
Best PlayerShin Jae-wook[1]
Top goalscorerGu Hyun-woo
(20 goals)[1]
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The 2025 K4 League is the sixth season of the semi-professional K4 League, the fourth-highest league of men's football in South Korea.

This season was their last season at semi-professional leagues.

Competition format

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The pre-season winter transfer window opened between 1 January and 24 March 2025, and the summer transfer window opened between 20 June and 31 July 2025.[citation needed]

Prior to the 2025 season, the size of each matchday squad increased from 18 to 20 players, following the rule of the K League. Among them, three or more players had to be under-23 Koreans, with one included in the starting line-up. The AFC player quota was removed, and participating teams could include four foreign players of any nationality.[2]

The 2025 season consisted of 33 rounds with each team playing 30 matches.[3][4] The champions were directly promoted to the K3 League, and the runners-up qualified for the promotion play-off where they played the lowest-ranked team of the 2025 K3 League.[5]

Teams

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Team changes

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Jeonju Citizen suspended their participation due to financial issues.[6] Seoul Nowon United also suspended their participation after failing to extend the contract with Nowon Madeul Stadium. The two teams eventually decided to be disbanded.[7]

FC Sejong were forced out of the K4 League due to issues about their management. They moved to Malaysia with renamed Seoul Phoenix, and were replaced by Sejong SA.[8]

Relegated from K3 League

Newly joined

Promoted to K3 League

Withdrawn

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2025 K4 League teams

A total of eleven teams participated in the 2025 season.[2] FC Chungju relocated to Yeoncheon and changed their name to Yeoncheon FC.[11]

Team City Stadium Capacity
Daegu FC B Daegu Daegu World Cup Stadium 2,500
Dangjin Citizen Dangjin Dangjin Sports Complex 66,422
Geoje Citizen Geoje Geoje Sports Park 3,000
Gijang United Gijang Jeonggwan Sports Healing Park 2,200
Jinju Citizen Jinju Jinju Sports Complex
Modeok Sports Park[12][13]		 20,116
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Namyangju FC Namyangju Namyangju Sports Complex 2,901
Pyeongchang United Pyeongchang Jinbu Sports Park 300
Pyeongtaek Citizen Pyeongtaek Sosabug Sports Town 12,738
Sejong SA Sejong Sejong Citizen's Stadium 996
Seoul Jungnang Seoul Jungnang District Field 400
Yeoncheon FC Yeoncheon Yeoncheon Sports Complex 9,000

Season overview

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Namyangju FC and Pyeongchang United recruited South Korea internationals Suk Hyun-jun and Hwang Mun-ki as social service personnels respectively.[14][15]

Ghanaian Isaac Osei and Brazilian Roberto Henrique played for Daegu FC B and Sejong SA respectively, becoming the only two foreign players of this season.[16][17] Osei was also known as one of the first two homegrown players at the K League.[18]

Seoul Jungnang earned only one win in the first half of the season. They had the possibility of gaining their second win after defeating Pyeongtaek Citizen 5–3 in their ninth match (on the tenth matchday), but forfeited the match by using an unauthorized player.[19] They also forfeited the previous match, which ended in a goalless draw with Gijang United, due to the same resaon.[20]

Namyangju FC started the season well, earning six wins without a defeat in the first nine matches.[21] Pyeongchang United also showed good start, not losing in the first eight matches. The two clubs showed a very close race in the upper ranks until the last matchday, but conceded the title to Dangjin Citizen. Especially, Namyangju lost the title on goal difference after losing the last match despite Dangjin's defeat at the same time.[22] Afterwards, Namyangju falied to be promoted to the K3 League by losing 1–0 to FC Mokpo at the promotion play-off.[23]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Dangjin Citizen (C, P) 30 16 3 11 72 54 +18 51 Promotion to 2026 K3 League
2 Namyangju FC 30 15 6 9 47 33 +14 51 Qualification for promotion play-off
3 Pyeongchang United 30 13 10 7 49 38 +11 49
4 Jinju Citizen 30 14 7 9 55 48 +7 49
5 Gijang United 30 15 4 11 45 40 +5 49
6 Geoje Citizen 30 14 6 10 63 49 +14 48
7 Daegu FC B 30 13 9 8 44 30 +14 48
8 Yeoncheon FC 30 10 7 13 39 61 −22 37
9 Pyeongtaek Citizen 30 8 8 14 46 64 −18 32
10 Sejong SA 30 7 8 15 45 56 −11 29
11 Seoul Jungnang 30 4 4 22 44 76 −32 16
Source: JoinKFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

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Matches 1–20

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Home \ Away DJC DGB GJC GJU JJC NYJ PCU PTC SJS SJN YC
Dangjin Citizen — 2–1 4–2 2–1 5–2 0–1 0–1 8–0 1–0 4–2 3–0
Daegu FC B 1–2 — 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–2
Geoje Citizen 4–1 1–1 — 0–0 2–2 1–3 5–0 3–1 2–2 4–2 1–0
Gijang United 3–2 0–3 1–2 — 1–3 0–3 1–0 6–3 1–1 1–0 3–1
Jinju Citizen 3–3 1–1 3–2 1–0 — 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0
Namyangju FC 3–0 1–2 4–3 0–1 2–0 — 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–0
Pyeongchang United 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 — 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Pyeongtaek Citizen 3–5 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–4 — 3–2 3–0[a] 1–1
Sejong SA 4–2 1–3 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 — 2–1 2–3
Seoul Jungnang 3–2 0–1 1–4 0–3[b] 2–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 — 2–3
Yeoncheon FC 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 0–5 1–2 3–2 4–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: JoinKFA Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ KFA awarded Pyeongtaek Citizen a 3–0 win as a result of Seoul Jungnang fielding an ineligible player.
  2. ^ KFA awarded Gijang United a 3–0 win as a result of Seoul Jungnang fielding an ineligible player.

Matches 21–30

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Home \ Away DJC DGB GJC GJU JJC NYJ PCU PTC SJS SJN YC
Dangjin Citizen — — — 3–3 — 2–0 — — 4–0 — 4–1
Daegu FC B 4–0 — — 2–1 — 0–0 — — — 2–0 2–0
Geoje Citizen 2–0 3–1 — 2–3 — — — — 1–0 — 2–3
Gijang United — — 1–0 — 1–0 3–2 — — 0–3 — 3–0
Jinju Citizen 4–1 3–2 1–3 — — — — 4–1 — 5–3 —
Namyangju FC — — 2–3 — 0–0 — 0–0 5–7 4–0 — —
Pyeongchang United 1–1 2–0 — 3–2 0–2 — — — — 5–2 —
Pyeongtaek Citizen 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 — — — — — — —
Sejong SA — 1–1 4–3 — 0–0 — 1–3 0–0 — — 1–2
Seoul Jungnang 4–2 — — 1–2 — 1–2 — — 1–4 — 4–0
Yeoncheon FC — — — — 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–2 — —
Source: JoinKFA Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

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The promotion play-off was contested between the 15th-placed team of K3 League and the runners-up of K4 League.

22 November 2025
14:00 (UTC+9)
FC Mokpo1–0Namyangju FC
Ryu Yeon-joon 63' Report

Statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player[24][25] Club Goals
1 South Korea Gu Hyun-woo Dangjin Citizen 20
2 South Korea Ko Byung-beom Pyeongtaek Citizen 15
3 South Korea Lee Dong-jin Sejong SA 15
4 South Korea Kim Su-seong Pyeongchang United 13
5 South Korea Kim Gyeong-gu Geoje Citizen 12

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
South Korea Kim Hye-seong Dangjin Citizen Pyeongtaek Citizen 8–0 (H)[26] 24 May 2025
South Korea Kim Hong Dangjin Citizen Seoul Jungnang 4–2 (H)[27] 6 July 2025
South Korea Gu Hyun-woo Dangjin Citizen Sejong SA 4–0 (H)[28] 23 August 2025
South Korea Lee Dong-jin Sejong SA Seoul Jungnang 1–4 (A)[29] 6 September 2025
South Korea Ahn Jun-hyeok Seoul Jungnang Dangjin Citizen 4–2 (H)[30] 15 November 2025

Most assists

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Rank Player[24][25] Club Assists
1 South Korea Park Yo-han Pyeongchang United 16
2 South Korea Jeong Hyun-woo Pyeongtaek Citizen 10
3 South Korea Park Kyong-min Jinju Citizen 9
4 South Korea Kim Jae-cheol Sejong SA 7
South Korea Seo Gyeong-ju Dangjin Citizen 7

Clean sheets

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Rank Player[citation needed] Club Clean sheets
1 South Korea Park Han-geun Namyangju FC 9
South Korea Kim Min-geun Gijang United 9
4 South Korea Yoo Jong-min Pyeongchang United 6
South Korea Lee Tae-hee Geoje Citizen 6
South Korea Kim Won-jeong Jinju Citizen 6

Discipline

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Player

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  • Most yellow cards: 10
    • South Korea Lee Si-hun (Yeoncheon FC)
  • Most red cards: 1
    • South Korea Lee Hyeon-jo (Pyeongchang United)
    • South Korea Gang Seong-yun (Pyeongtaek Citizen)
    • South Korea Kim Woo-jin (Pyeongtaek Citizen)
    • South Korea Park Jin-bae (Gijang United)
    • South Korea Lee Je-wook (Daegu FC B)
    • South Korea Shim Min (Sejong SA)
    • South Korea Oh Chang-gwon (Sejong SA)
    • South Korea Ma Ji-gang (Sejong SA)
    • South Korea Kim Jae-bong (Seoul Jungnang)
    • South Korea Park Jae-woo (Jinju Citizen)
    • South Korea Kim Yun-hyeon (Yeoncheon FC)

Club

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  • Most yellow cards: 57
    • Yeoncheon FC
  • Fewest yellow cards: 34
    • Namyangju FC
  • Most red cards: 6
    • Pyeongcaek Citizen
  • Most straight red cards: 3
    • Sejong SA
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Geoje Citizen
    • Dangjin Citizen

See also

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