2023 WK League

WK League
Season2023
Dates24 March – 3 September 2023
ChampionsIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(11th title)
Champions LeagueIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Matches played84
Goals scored214 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerMoon Mi-ra (12 goals)
Biggest home winIncheon 6–0 Seoul
Biggest away winMungyeong 0–5 Incheon
Highest scoringSuwon 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
← 2022
2024 →
(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]

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

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2023 WK League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Position in 2022
Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Changnyeong Sports Park 2,500 7th place
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Football Park 650 Runners-up
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park 3,000 4th place
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field 5,078 Champions
Mungyeong Sangmu Mungyeong Mungyeong Civic Stadium 9,000 6th place
Sejong Sportstoto Sejong Sejong Central Park 1,000 8th place
Seoul WFC Seoul Seoul World Cup Auxiliary Stadium 1,012 5th place
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,808 3rd place

Foreign players

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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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 AFC player
Changnyeong WFC United States Enzi Broussard Japan Nanase Kiryu Japan Sawako Yasumoto
Gyeongju KHNP Cameroon Farida Machia Nigeria Chinaza Uchendu Japan Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO Japan Natsuki Yoshimi
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Kenya Tereza Engesha Ivory Coast Ines Nrehy
Sejong Sportstoto South Africa Hildah Magaia Brazil Gabrielle Itacaré
Seoul WFC
Suwon FC Ivory Coast Josée Nahi Japan Mebae Tanaka

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 21 13 3 5 36 14 +22 42 Qualification for play-offs final
2 Hwacheon KSPO 21 12 5 4 33 18 +15 41 Qualification for play-offs semi-final
3 Suwon FC 21 12 4 5 36 15 +21 40
4 Gyeongju KHNP 21 9 6 6 25 21 +4 33
5 Sejong Sportstoto 21 6 4 11 27 33 −6 22
6 Mungyeong Sangmu 21 5 6 10 20 38 −18 21
7 Seoul WFC 21 4 7 10 22 38 −16 19
8 Changnyeong WFC 21 3 5 13 15 37 −22 14
Source: Soccerway

Results

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Matches 1–14

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Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
Changnyeong WFC — 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–4
Gyeongju KHNP 2–0 — 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
Hwacheon KSPO 3–0 2–0 — 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 1–1 2–1 — 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–1
Mungyeong Sangmu 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–5 — 1–1 2–2 1–0
Sejong Sportstoto 2–4 3–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 — 1–3 0–1
Seoul WFC 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 — 2–0
Suwon FC 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–21

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Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
Changnyeong WFC — 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–4
Gyeongju KHNP 3–0 — 0–3 3–0 0–0 1–0
Hwacheon KSPO 3–2 — 0–0 1–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 6–0 1–2
Mungyeong Sangmu 0–0 2–2 2–0 — 0–3 2–1
Sejong Sportstoto 1–1 0–1 1–1 —
Seoul WFC 2–2 0–2 0–1 —
Suwon FC 2–2 1–0 2–1 6–2 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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Top scorers

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

Championship play-offs

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Bracket

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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

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Hwacheon KSPO1–2 (a.e.t.)Suwon FC
 Report
Hwacheon Sports Park, Hwacheon

Final

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Suwon FC3–1Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
 Report
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels6–2Suwon FC
 Report

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

Final table

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

References

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  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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