2025 WK League

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WK League
Season 2025
Dates15 March – 2 October 2025
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(Note: All statistics do not include play-off matches)

The 2025 WK League, is the ongoing 17th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. Each of the eight teams will play every other side four times, twice at home and twice away: totaling 28 matches per club in the regular season. The regular season consists of 28 rounds and began on 15 March 2025. [1] After the regular season, the second- and third-placed teams contest a one-legged semi-playoff, with the winner facing the top-ranked side in a two-legged final. As it stands, the season is scheduled to conclude in early October, with the playoffs wrapping up by late October 2025.

Contents

Suwon FC are the defending champions after beating Hwacheon KSPO in the 2024 championship final. [2]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

The following eight teams are competing in the 2025 WK League.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity [3] Position in 2024
Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Changnyeong Sports Park8768th
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Football Park Pitch 36503rd
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park6042nd
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad 4,9684th
Mungyeong Sangmu Mungyeong Mungyeong Civic Stadium4,9597th
Sejong Sportstoto Sejong Sejong Civic Stadium9965th
Seoul City Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium Auxiliary Field1,0126th
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,8081st

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red AngelsKim Eun-sookResigned5 November 2024 [4] Hur Jeong-jae27 November 2024 [5]
Hwacheon KSPO Kang Jae-soon Club restructuring, new position as general manager30 December 2024 [6] Kang Sun-mi1 January 2025 [7]

Players

WK League draft

The 2025 WK League draft took place on December 12, 2024 at the Olympic Parktel in Seoul, with 24 of 50 participants receiving a contract from one of the seven participating teams. Midfielder Kim Myeong-jin of Korea University was the first player to be selected in the draft, signing to Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels. [8]

The following new players were signed in the 2025 WK League draft:

Round of draftIncheon HyundaiChangnyeong WFCSeoul WFCGyeongju KHNP WFCHwacheon KSPOSuwon FC WomenSejong Sportstoto
First round Kim Myeong-jin Do Yoon-jiWoo Seo-binKang Eun-yeongCheon Se-hwaLee Soo-inKim Ji-hyun (1)
Second round Bae Ye-bin Seo Hyun-minUm Min-gyeongChoi Min-aKim Ga-yeonJang Jin-yeong
Third roundHong Yoo-jin
Fourth round
Additional signingsKim Ji-hyun (2)Park Hyun-jinKang Ji-yeonCho Ye-jinHwang A-hyun
Hwang Hye-minOh Seo-yeon
Park Ga-hyunKim Eun-mi
Hong Seong-yeon

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is limited to only three per team. As a military team, Mungyeong Sangmu can not recruit any foreign players.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Departed mid-season
Changnyeong WFC Flag of Japan.svg Sae Kitakata
Gyeongju KHNP Flag of Brazil.svg Bruna Pelé [9] Flag of Japan.svg Mai Kyokawa [9] Flag of Japan.svg Emi Nakajima [10]
Hwacheon KSPO Flag of Japan.svg Nonaka Hana [11] Flag of Japan.svg Asuna Tanaka
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Flag of Japan.svg Yuka Toriumi [12] Flag of Japan.svg Haruhi Suzuki [12]
Sejong Sportstoto Flag of the United States.svg Eva Vlassopoulos [13]
Seoul City
Suwon FC Flag of Japan.svg Ayaka Nishikawa Flag of Brazil.svg Mileninha [14] Flag of Japan.svg Rena Okutsu [15] Flag of the United States.svg Megan Callahan Root [14]

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Hwacheon KSPO 2213814619+2747Qualification for Championship
2 Seoul City 2210933823+1539Qualification for Play-off
3 Incheon Hyundai Steel 2210842920+938
4 Gyeongju KHNP 2211384031+936
5 Mungyeong Sangmu 217683028+227
6 Sejong Sportstoto 217682122−127
7 Suwon FC 2247112437−1319
8 Changnyeong WFC 2211201361−484
Updated to match(es) played on 2 September 2025. Source: Soccerway flashscore

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
Changnyeong WFC —1–30–20–12–10–20–00–3
Gyeongju KHNP 5–0—2–21–02–01–01–42–2
Hwacheon KSPO 3–12–0—3–11–12–01–11–1
Incheon Hyundai Steel 3–02–11–0—1–00–01–10–0
Mungyeong Sangmu 5–20–40–10–0—1–22–12–1
Sejong Sportstoto 2–01–10–00–01–4—0–13–0
Seoul City 4–11–21–12–13–01–1—3–2
Suwon FC 2–11–20–32–20–10–01–3—
Updated to match(es) played on 2025-08-29. Source: Soccerway flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–28

Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
Changnyeong WFC —1–51–20–1
Gyeongju KHNP 3–0—0–20–30–2
Hwacheon KSPO 7–3—3–11–12–12–1
Incheon Hyundai Steel 3–0—3–1
Mungyeong Sangmu 5–01–1—2–20–0
Sejong Sportstoto 1–01–41–2—2–13–1
Seoul City 2–12–21–1—1–1
Suwon FC 1–02–52–31–0—
Updated to match(es) played on 2025-09-02. Source: Soccerway flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs

References

  1. ↑ Min, Kyung-sik (March 12, 2025). 2025 시즌 WK리그 시작 [2025 WK League season begins]. News 1. Retrieved March 27, 2025– via Nate News.
  2. ↑ Seol, Ha-eun (November 9, 2024). 2024 수원FC, WK리그 챔피언결정전 우승…1, 2차전 합계 3-2 승(종합) [Suwon FC wins WK League Championship... 1st and 2nd match combined 3-2 win (aggregate)]. Yonhap News Agency . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  3. ↑ Kim, Naeun, ed. (31 August 2024). STAND 여자축구 WK리그 A to Z[STAND Women's football WK League A to Z]. Wuman. pp. 16–19. ISBN   979-11-976513-4-2.
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  7. ↑ Shin, Mun-ro; Geum, Yun-ho (12 March 2025). "'통합우승 재도전' 화천KSPO 정지연 "강선미 감독님은 불꽃 카리스마, 머리 쓰는 축구"" [Jeong Ji-yeon of title challengers Hwacheon KSPO: "Manager Kang's flaming charisma and smart football"]. Sporki (in Korean). Retrieved 25 March 2025.
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  9. 1 2 Gyeongju KHNP FC [@khnp_fc]; (8 January 2025). "💚 CONTRACT RENEWAL 💛" (in Korean). Retrieved 25 February 2025– via Instagram.
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  11. ↑ @kspo_wfc; (10 January 2025). "KSPO여자축구단 2025년 영입선수!" [KSPO Women's Football Club 2025 inbound transfers!] (in Korean). Retrieved 25 February 2025– via Instagram.
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  14. 1 2 Lim, Ki-hwan (February 3, 2025). "수원 FC 위민, 드래프트 3인 및 국내외 영입 통한 전력 보강... 우승 정조준한다" [Suwon FC Women reinforce team with 3 draftees plus domestic and international transfers, aiming for another championship]. Best Eleven (in Korean). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
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