2015 WK League

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WK League
Season 2015
Dates16 March – 5 October 2015
Champions Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(3rd title)
Top goalscorer Laura Rus
(17 goals)
Biggest home win Incheon 5–0 Seoul
Icheon 5–0 Busan
Icheon 5–0 Seoul
Incheon 5–0 Seoul
Biggest away win Busan 0–4 Incheon
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The 2015 WK League was the seventh season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season began on 16 March 2015 and ended on 5 October 2015. [1] Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels successfully defended their title to claim their third consecutive championship. [2]

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Changes from 2014

Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi and Jeonbuk KSPO relocated to Icheon and Hwacheon and were renamed Icheon Daekyo and Hwacheon KSPO, respectively. For the first time, the WK League introduced a home and away system, with the hope that teams could build stronger connections with regional governments and fans. [3] [4]

Teams

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Locations of the 2015 WK League teams
TeamCityStadiumCapacityPosition in 2014
Busan Sangmu Busan Boeun Public Stadium [a] 6,0006th place
Daejeon Sportstoto Daejeon Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex 26,0004th place
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park 3,0007th place
Icheon Daekyo Icheon Icheon City Stadium 20,305Runners-up
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field 5,078Champions
Seoul WFC Seoul Hyochang Stadium 15,1943rd place
Suwon FMC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,8085th place
  1. ↑ Busan Sangmu played their WK League matches in Boeun, but decided to be named Busan to represent the city in the Korean National Sports Festival. [5]

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C)2419415716+4161Qualification for playoffs final
2 Icheon Daekyo 2412754323+2043Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3 Suwon FMC 2410773630+637
4 Hwacheon KSPO 2481063428+634
5 Daejeon Sportstoto 2486103026+430
6 Seoul WFC 2436152861−3315
7 Busan Sangmu 2432192266−4411
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results

Matches 1–12

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Busan Sangmu —1–21–20–10–41–41–5
Daejeon Sportstoto 3–1—2–01–12–21–10–1
Hwacheon KSPO 2–00–0—1–10–12–11–1
Icheon Daekyo 5–00–11–1—0–03–21–2
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 4–02–01–12–1—5–03–1
Seoul WFC 0–20–23–30–11–2—1–4
Suwon FMC 1–02–12–10–03–42–2—
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 13–24

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Busan Sangmu —3–22–20–31–32–20–1
Daejeon Sportstoto 1–0—0–12–20–21–24–0
Hwacheon KSPO 5–22–1—1–10–20–00–0
Icheon Daekyo 4–01–01–4—3–15–02–1
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 4–11–03–01–0—5–01–1
Seoul WFC 2–41–41–51–21–3—2–1
Suwon FMC 4–00–01–02–40–11–1—
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Semi-final Final
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (p)0 1 1 (4)
2 Icheon Daekyo 2 Icheon Daekyo 0 1 1 (3)
3 Suwon FMC 1

Semi-final

Final

1–1 on aggregate. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 4–3 on penalties.

References

  1. ↑ "2015 WK League season". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Hong, Wan-shik (9 November 2015). "인천 현대제철, 이천 대교와 승부차기 끝에 극적인 3년 연속 통합우승" [Incheon Hyundai Steel claim historic third consecutive championship title after penalty shoot-out with Icheon Daekyo]. Gyeonggi Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  3. ↑ [WK리그] '연고정착' 2015시즌, 슈퍼매치-WC특수 '기대' (in Korean). Footballist. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Joo, Kyung-don; Kim, Min-gyu (15 March 2015). "Critical season for women's football to kick off". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  5. ↑ 보은군 유치 여자축구실업리그 실효성 논란… 5년째 10억 투자 혈세 퍼붓기 지적 (in Korean). Kukmin Ilbo. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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