The 2011 Challengers League is the fifth season of the K3 League

K3 League

The Challengers League is a top amateur football competition in South Korea. Created in 2007, it is the third tier of South Korean football league system-History:2007 was the inaugural season of the K3 League, and ten teams competed in the competition....

. The league announced its new name as Challengers League from this season. Playoff systems were used as the same as last season and league was divided two groups and play with home and away each other, with the winners of each stage and the two runners-up advancing to the post-season championship playoffs.

The season began on 5 March 2011.

Competition Format

The 2011 season run from March 5 through October 22. The 16 teams in the league are divided into the Group A and Group B — eight in the Group A, eight in the Group B. Each team competes against the other team in same group twice, home and away, the other group's team once, home or away, for a total of 22 games. The two group winners and two runners-up qualify to the Championship playoff.

Group A

League standing is calculated by group A result (14 round) plus inter league (8 round) result.
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Group B

League standing is calculated by group A result (14 round) plus inter league (8 round) result.
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Inter League

Inter League was scheduled from May 5 to June 25.

Championship playoff

Semi-finals

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Final

First leg

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Second leg

Winner

Challengers League 2011 Winners
Gyeongju Citizen 2nd Title