| Competition: | Reserve League |
| Season: | 2002 |
| Dates: | 4 April – 7 September 2002 |
| Winners: | Central League: Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Southern League: Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo Championship: Anyang LG Cheetahs |
| Best Player: | Park Dong-suk[1] |
| League Topscorer: | Lee Seon-woo Seo Kwan-soo Jeong Jae-seok Bae Jin-su (7 goals each)[2] |
| Prevseason: | 2001 |
| Nextseason: | 2003 |
The 2002 Korean Professional Football Reserve League was the fourth season of the R League. Anyang LG Cheetahs won the national title after defeating Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in the Championship final.
| width=20 | Pos | width=230 | Team | width=30 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=30 abbr="Won" | W | width=30 abbr="Draw" | D | width=30 abbr="Lost" | L | width=35 abbr="Goals for" | GF | width=35 abbr="Goals against" | GA | width=35 abbr="Goal difference" | GD | width=40 abbr="Points" | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (C) | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship | ||||||||||
| 2 | Anyang LG Cheetahs | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 39 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 35 | -2 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Bucheon SK | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 19 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 45 | -16 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Korean Police | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 39 | -16 | 18 |
| width=20 | Pos | width=230 | Team | width=30 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=30 abbr="Won" | W | width=30 abbr="Draw" | D | width=30 abbr="Lost" | L | width=35 abbr="Goals for" | GF | width=35 abbr="Goals against" | GA | width=35 abbr="Goal difference" | GD | width=40 abbr="Points" | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo (C) | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 28 | Qualification for the Championship | ||||||||||
| 2 | Jeonnam Dragons | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Busan I'Cons | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 38 | -13 | 11 |