2012 Korea National League

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

Shinhan Bank
Korea National League

Season	2012
Dates	10 March – 3 November 2012
Champions	Incheon Korail (2nd title)
Matches played	188
Goals scored	474 (2.52 per match)
Best Player	Lee Seung-hwan
Top goalscorer	Lee Jae-min Ko Kyung-min (12 goals each)
← 2011 2013 →

Teams

Ansan Hallelujah

Busan
Transportation
Corporation

Changwon City

Cheonan City

Chungju Hummel

Daejeon KHNP

Gangneung City

Gimhae City

Goyang KB
Kookmin Bank

Incheon Korail

Mokpo City

Suwon City

Hyundai
Mipo Dockyard

Yongin City

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Locations of the 2012 Korea National League clubs

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
5	Incheon Korail	26	12	6	8	39	30	+9	42
6	Yongin City	26	12	6	8	37	35	+2	42
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
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

Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(P) Promoted

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	—

Source: Korea National League (in Korean)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinal					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		1				Incheon Korail	2
						Incheon Korail		3
	4	Changwon City	0
	5	Incheon Korail	2

First round

3 November 2012

15:00 KST

Gangneung City	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Yongin City
	Report
Penalties
Ahn Sung-hoon Kim Jin-seok Lee Hyun-chang Lee Joon-hyub	2–4	Choi Hyun-bin Lee Kyung-sik Um Kang-ho Ji Ho-chul Ko Kyung-min

Gangneung Stadium, Gangneung

Attendance: 500

Referee: Jung Dong-sik

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3 November 2012

15:00 KST

Changwon City	0–2	Incheon Korail
	Report	Kim Tae-wook 43' Woo Joo-young 82'

Changwon Football Center, Changwon

Attendance: 300

Referee: Choi Dae-woo

Second round

7 November 2012

19:00 KST

Yongin City	1–3	Incheon Korail
Ko Kyung-min 90+2'	Report	Kim Tae-wook 14', 60' Ahn Jung-goo 19'

Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon

Attendance: 200

Referee: Kim Hee-gon

Semi-final

10 November 2012

15:00 KST

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	1–2	Incheon Korail
Kim Byung-oh 26'	Report	Lee Seung-hwan 80' Lee Keun-won 90'

Ulsan Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Jung Dong-sik

Final

14 November 2012

19:00 KST

Incheon Korail	1–0	Goyang KB Kookmin Bank
Kim Hyung-woon 80'	Report

Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon

Attendance: 2,100

Referee: Choi Dae-woo

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17 November 2012

15:00 KST

Goyang KB Kookmin Bank	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Incheon Korail
Kim Young-nam 33' Ha Jung-heon 120+2'	Report	Lee Seung-hwan 105+1', 111' Lee Geun-won 113'

Goyang Stadium, Goyang

Referee: Kim Hee-gon

See also

• 2012 in South Korean football
• 2012 Korea National League Championship
• 2012 Korean FA Cup