2022 WK League

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WK League
Season 2022
Dates2 April – 27 October 2022
Champions Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(10th title)
AFC Club Championship Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Matches played84
Goals scored251 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer Moon Mi-ra
Choe Yu-ri
(10 goals each)
Biggest home win Hwacheon 4–0 Changnyeong
Biggest away win Sejong 1–6 Gyeongju
Highest scoring Seoul 3–5 Gyeongju
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Incheon
Longest winless run12 matches
Sejong
← 2021
2023 →
(Note: All statistics do not include play-off matches)

The 2022 WK League was the 14th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season ran from 2 April to 27 October 2022, and the play-offs from 4 to 26 November 2022. [1] The total number of rounds has been reduced from 28 to 21 due to the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2022 Asian Games. [1]

Contents

Suwon UDC was renamed Suwon FC Women after being affiliated with Suwon FC, [2] and attracted attention with the signing of Ji So-yun, who is widely considered one of the greatest players in South Korean women's football. [3] [4]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacityPosition in 2021
Boeun Sangmu Boeun Boeun Public Stadium6,0006th place
Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Changnyeong Sports Park2,5008th place
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Football Park650Runners-up
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park3,0005th place
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field 5,078Champions
Sejong Sportstoto Sejong Sejong Central Park1,0007th place
Seoul WFC Seoul Seoul World Cup Auxiliary Stadium1,0124th place
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex [lower-alpha 1] 11,8083rd place
  1. ↑ At Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon FC used the auxiliary stadium in April and May, and the main stadium from June. [5]

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 Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ines Nrehy Flag of Japan.svg Nanase Kiryu Flag of Japan.svg Sawako Yasumoto
Gyeongju KHNP Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Josée Nahi Flag of Nigeria.svg Chinaza Uchendu Flag of Japan.svg Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Yoshimi
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Flag of Kenya.svg Tereza Engesha
Sejong Sportstoto Flag of South Africa.svg Hildah Magaia Flag of Brazil.svg Neném Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Sakuramoto
Seoul WFC
Suwon FC Flag of Japan.svg Mebae Tanaka

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2116414413+3152Qualification for play-offs final
2 Gyeongju KHNP 2115424621+2549Qualification for play-offs semi-final
3 Suwon FC 2110743927+1237
4 Hwacheon KSPO 219753625+1134
5 Seoul WFC 2164113243−1122
6 Boeun Sangmu 2144131635−1916
7 Changnyeong WFC 2151152042−2216
8 Sejong Sportstoto 2123161845−279
Source: Soccerway

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away BOE CHA GYE HWA INC SEJ SEO SUW
Boeun Sangmu —0–21–30–10–21–12–41–3
Changnyeong WFC 2–1—0–11–20–21–02–10–3
Gyeongju KHNP 3–03–1—1–10–23–24–21–1
Hwacheon KSPO 3–05–21–2—1–11–01–12–2
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2–03–01–32–1—2–15–22–0
Sejong Sportstoto 0–30–21–60–10–3—2–01–2
Seoul WFC 1–11–01–21–10–11–1—1–2
Suwon FC 2–03–10–21–12–22–12–3—
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 —1–00–12–1
Changnyeong WFC —0–21–32–3
Gyeongju KHNP 1–1—2–11–0
Hwacheon KSPO 4–01–1—0–22–4
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 0–01–0—3–02–2
Sejong Sportstoto 0–22–12–5—1–1
Seoul WFC 3–52–10–33–2—
Suwon FC 3–02–22–1—
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayer [6] ClubGoals
1 Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Mi-ra Suwon FC 10
Flag of South Korea.svg Choe Yu-ri Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-bin Hwacheon KSPO 8
Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Ji-yeon Gyeongju KHNP
5 Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Chae-rim Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 7
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ines Nrehy Changnyeong WFC
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ji-na Hwacheon KSPO
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jeong-min Boeun Sangmu

Championship play-offs

Bracket

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

Semi-final

Gyeongju KHNP 4–3 Suwon FC
Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju
Referee: Cha Min-ji

Final

Gyeongju KHNP 0–0 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju
Referee: Won Myung-hee

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final table

PosTeam0Qualification
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C)  Qualification for AFC Club Championship
2 Gyeongju KHNP   
3 Suwon FC   
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

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