2011 Challengers League
| Season | 2011 |
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| Champions | Gyeongju Citizen (2nd) |
| Korean FA Cup | |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 668 (3.71 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
 Jeon Se-Jun(Chuncheon, 15 goals) |
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The 2011 Challengers League was the fifth season of the K3 League. 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.
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.
League standing is calculated by group A result (14 round) plus inter league (8 round) result.
Updated to games played on 22 October 2011.
Source: www.kfa.or.kr (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
League standing is calculated by group A result (14 round) plus inter league (8 round) result.
Updated to games played on 22 October 2011.
Source: www.kfa.or.kr (Korean)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Inter League was scheduled from May 5 to June 25.
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