2023 WK League

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WK League
Season 2023
Dates24 March – 3 September 2023
Champions Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(11th title)
Champions League Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Matches played84
Goals scored214 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer Moon Mi-ra (12 goals)
Biggest home win Incheon 6–0 Seoul
Biggest away win Mungyeong 0–5 Incheon
Highest scoring Suwon 6–2 Seoul
Longest winning run5 matches
Incheon and Suwon
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Incheon
Longest winless run11 matches
Changnyeong
Longest losing run5 matches
Boeun
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(Note: All statistics do not include play-off matches)

The 2023 WK League was the 15th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season ran from 24 March to 3 September 2023, and the play-offs from 11 to 25 November 2023. [1] Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their eleventh consecutive title after beating Suwon FC in the final. As winners, they qualified for the inaugural edition of the AFC Women's Champions League. [2]

Contents

Boeun Sangmu relocated from Boeun to Mungyeong before the season and renamed as Mungyeong Sangmu. [3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacityPosition in 2022
Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Changnyeong Sports Park2,5007th 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
Mungyeong Sangmu Mungyeong Mungyeong Civic Stadium9,0006th place
Sejong Sportstoto Sejong Sejong Central Park1,0008th place
Seoul WFC Seoul Seoul World Cup Auxiliary Stadium1,0125th place
Suwon FC 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. Mungyeong Sangmu were not allowed to sign any foreign players due to their military status.

    ClubPlayer 1Player 2 AFC player
    Changnyeong WFC Flag of the United States.svg Enzi Broussard Flag of Japan.svg Nanase Kiryu Flag of Japan.svg Sawako Yasumoto
    Gyeongju KHNP Flag of Cameroon.svg Farida Machia 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 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ines Nrehy
    Sejong Sportstoto Flag of South Africa.svg Hildah Magaia Flag of Brazil.svg Gabrielle Itacaré
    Seoul WFC
    Suwon FC Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Josée Nahi Flag of Japan.svg Mebae Tanaka

    Regular season

    League table

    PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
    1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2113353614+2242Qualification for play-offs final
    2 Hwacheon KSPO 2112543318+1541Qualification for play-offs semi-final
    3 Suwon FC 2112453615+2140
    4 Gyeongju KHNP 219662521+433
    5 Sejong Sportstoto 2164112733−622
    6 Mungyeong Sangmu 2156102038−1821
    7 Seoul WFC 2147102238−1619
    8 Changnyeong WFC 2135131537−2214
    Source: Soccerway

    Results

    Matches 1–14

    Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
    Changnyeong WFC —1–22–10–10–00–21–20–4
    Gyeongju KHNP 2–0—1–12–10–12–12–00–0
    Hwacheon KSPO 3–02–0—2–03–22–10–10–0
    Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 1–12–1—3–01–20–00–1
    Mungyeong Sangmu 2–10–30–30–5—1–12–21–0
    Sejong Sportstoto 2–43–10–32–31–1—1–30–1
    Seoul WFC 1–10–01–20–02–22–3—2–0
    Suwon FC 1–12–01–21–23–02–03–0—
    Source: Soccerway
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Matches 15–21

    Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
    Changnyeong WFC —0–10–11–00–4
    Gyeongju KHNP 3–0—0–33–00–01–0
    Hwacheon KSPO 3–2—0–01–0
    Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2–0—1–01–06–01–2
    Mungyeong Sangmu 0–02–22–0—0–32–1
    Sejong Sportstoto 1–10–11–1—
    Seoul WFC 2–20–20–1—
    Suwon FC 2–21–02–16–2—
    Source: Soccerway
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Statistics

    Top scorers

    RankPlayer [4] ClubGoals
    1 Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Mi-ra Suwon FC 12
    2 Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Seol-bin Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 10
    3 Flag of South Africa.svg Hildah Magaia Sejong Sportstoto 9
    Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jeong-eun Hwacheon KSPO
    5 Flag of South Korea.svg Yeo Min-ji Gyeongju KHNP 8
    6 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Yoo-jung Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 7
    Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Eun-ju Hwacheon KSPO
    8 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Eun-sun Seoul WFC 6

    Championship play-offs

    Bracket

    Semi-final Final
    1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 1 6 7
    2 Hwacheon KSPO 1 Suwon FC 3 2 5
    3 Suwon FC (a.e.t.)2

    Semi-final

    Hwacheon KSPO 1–2 (a.e.t.) Suwon FC
    		Report
    Hwacheon Sports Park, Hwacheon

    Final

    Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 7–5 on aggregate.

    Final table

    PosTeamQualification
    1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C)Qualification for Champions League
    2 Suwon FC
    3 Hwacheon KSPO
    Source: Soccerway
    (C) Champions

    References

    1. ↑ 2023 WK리그, 3월 24일 개막.. 따뜻한 봄과 함께 여자축구가 온다! (in Korean). KWFF. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
    2. ↑ Church, Michael (14 June 2024). "Asian Women's Champions League to launch in August with $1.3m first prize". Reuters. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
    3. ↑ 문경 온 상무 여자축구단 18일 출격…연고지 이전 첫 홈 개막전 (in Korean). Maeil Newspaper. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
    4. ↑ "Goals Ranking" (in Korean). KWFF. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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