Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 15 March – 2 October 2025 |
← 2024 2026 → (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.
Suwon FC are the defending champions after beating Hwacheon KSPO in the 2024 championship final. [2]
The following eight teams are competing in the 2025 WK League.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity [3] | Position in 2024 |
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Changnyeong WFC | Changnyeong | Changnyeong Sports Park | 876 | 8th |
Gyeongju KHNP | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Football Park Pitch 3 | 650 | 3rd |
Hwacheon KSPO | Hwacheon | Hwacheon Sports Park | 604 | 2nd |
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | Incheon | Incheon Namdong Asiad | 4,968 | 4th |
Mungyeong Sangmu | Mungyeong | Mungyeong Civic Stadium | 4,959 | 7th |
Sejong Sportstoto | Sejong | Sejong Civic Stadium | 996 | 5th |
Seoul City | Seoul | Seoul World Cup Stadium Auxiliary Field | 1,012 | 6th |
Suwon FC | Suwon | Suwon Sports Complex | 11,808 | 1st |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | Kim Eun-sook | Resigned | 5 November 2024 [4] | Hur Jeong-jae | 27 November 2024 [5] |
Hwacheon KSPO | Kang Jae-soon | Club restructuring, new position as general manager | 30 December 2024 [6] | Kang Sun-mi | 1 January 2025 [7] |
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 draft | Incheon Hyundai | Changnyeong WFC | Seoul WFC | Gyeongju KHNP WFC | Hwacheon KSPO | Suwon FC Women | Sejong Sportstoto |
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First round | Kim Myeong-jin | Do Yoon-ji | Woo Seo-bin | Kang Eun-yeong | Cheon Se-hwa | Lee Soo-in | Kim Ji-hyun (1) |
Second round | Bae Ye-bin | Seo Hyun-min | Um Min-gyeong | Choi Min-a | Kim Ga-yeon | Jang Jin-yeong | |
Third round | Hong Yoo-jin | ||||||
Fourth round | |||||||
Additional signings | Kim Ji-hyun (2) | Park Hyun-jin | Kang Ji-yeon | Cho Ye-jin | Hwang A-hyun | ||
Hwang Hye-min | Oh Seo-yeon | ||||||
Park Ga-hyun | Kim Eun-mi | ||||||
Hong Seong-yeon |
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.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Departed mid-season |
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Changnyeong WFC | ![]() | |||
Gyeongju KHNP | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Hwacheon KSPO | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Sejong Sportstoto | ![]() | |||
Seoul City | ||||
Suwon FC | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hwacheon KSPO | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 44 | Qualification for Championship |
2 | Seoul City | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 36 | Qualification for Play-off |
3 | Gyeongju KHNP | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 36 | |
4 | Incheon NSRA | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 34 | |
5 | Mungyeong Sangmu | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 26 | |
6 | Sejong Sportstoto | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 24 | |
7 | Suwon FC | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 19 | |
8 | Changnyeong WFC | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 53 | −41 | 4 |