2021 WK League

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WK League
Season 2021
Dates26 April – 9 November 2021
Champions Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(9th title)
Matches played84
Goals scored253 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer Josée Nahi (15 goals)
Biggest home win Incheon 7–0 Seoul
Biggest away win Boeun 0–6 Gyeongju
Highest scoring Incheon 7–0 Seoul
Longest winning run9 matches
Gyeongju
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Incheon
Longest winless run18 matches
Changnyeong
← 2020
2022 →
(Note: All statistics do not include play-off matches)

The 2021 WK League was the 13th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season ran from 26 April to 9 November 2021 (originally until 5 October, but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea). [1]

Contents

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the total amount of rounds were reduced from 28 to 21 (same as the previous season). [2]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacityPosition in 2020
Boeun Sangmu Boeun Boeun Public Stadium6,0008th place
Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Changnyeong Sports Park2,5005th place
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Football Park650Runners-up
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park3,0004th place
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field 5,078Champions
Sejong Sportstoto Sejong Sejong Central Park1,0006th place
Seoul WFC Seoul Mokdong Stadium 15,5117th place
Suwon UDC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,8083rd place

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players was restricted to three per club, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries. Boeun Sangmu were not allowed to sign any foreign players due to their military status.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2 AFC player
Changnyeong WFC Flag of Japan.svg Nanase Kiryu Flag of Japan.svg Aya Shimojo
Gyeongju KHNP Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Josée Nahi Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ines Nrehy Flag of Japan.svg Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO Flag of Japan.svg Fumina Katsurama Flag of Brazil.svg Thays Ferrer Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Yoshimi
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Flag of Spain.svg Eli del Estal Flag of Brazil.svg Neném
Sejong Sportstoto
Seoul WFC
Suwon UDC Flag of Japan.svg Sawako Yasumoto Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Sakuramoto Flag of Japan.svg Mebae Tanaka

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C)2117135114+3752Qualification for play-offs final
2 Gyeongju KHNP 2116325917+4251Qualification for play-offs semi-final
3 Suwon UDC 219393527+830
4 Seoul WFC 219392844−1630
5 Hwacheon KSPO 217772830−228
6 Boeun Sangmu 215791630−1422
7 Sejong Sportstoto 2142151744−2714
8 Changnyeong WFC 2116141947−289
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away BOE CHA GYE HWA INC SEJ SEO SUW
Boeun Sangmu —1–00–61–11–30–11–10–2
Changnyeong WFC 0–2—1–23–30–51–11–22–2
Gyeongju KHNP 3–03–2—1–13–11–03–01–2
Hwacheon KSPO 2–21–11–3—1–33–11–01–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 0–03–01–02–0—3–17–01–2
Sejong Sportstoto 0–13–21–31–10–2—1–40–4
Seoul WFC 2–11–02–21–02–34–1—1–2
Suwon UDC 0–02–12–22–40–14–02–3—
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–21

Home \ Away BOE CHA GYE HWA INC SEJ SEO SUW
Boeun Sangmu —1–00–1
Changnyeong WFC 1–1—0–10–23–10–4
Gyeongju KHNP 3–06–0—4–16–04–1
Hwacheon KSPO 1–1—2–11–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 3–11–21–0—5–03–1
Sejong Sportstoto 0–20–11–30–2—3–00–3
Seoul WFC 1–1—1–0
Suwon UDC —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayer [3] ClubGoals
1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Josée Nahi Gyeongju KHNP 15
2 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ines Nrehy Gyeongju KHNP 11
Flag of South Korea.svg Son Hwa-yeon Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Mi-ra Suwon UDC
5 Flag of South Korea.svg Yeo Min-ji Gyeongju KHNP 9
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Yoo-jung Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
7 Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Young-a Seoul WFC 8
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Thays Ferrer Hwacheon KSPO 7

Championship play-offs

Bracket

Semi-final Final
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 1 1 2
2 Gyeongju KHNP 5 Gyeongju KHNP 1 0 1
3 Suwon UDC 4

Semi-final

Gyeongju KHNP 5–4 Suwon UDC
Report
Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju
Referee: Kim Yoo-jung

Final

Gyeongju KHNP 1–1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Tanaka Soccerball shade.svg90+3' Report Kim Hye-yeong Soccerball shade.svg3' (o.g.)
Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju
Referee: Jo Hae-mi

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ↑ 서울시청, PO 진출 실패...희망 얻은 화천KSPO (in Korean). KWFF. 10 October 2021.
  2. ↑ WK리그 4월 26일 개막...현대제철-서울시청 개막전 격돌 (in Korean). KWFF. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "WK League top scorers" (in Korean). KWFF. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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