2022 WK League

WK League
Season2022
Dates2 April – 27 October 2022
ChampionsIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(10th title)
AFC Club ChampionshipIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Matches played84
Goals scored251 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerMoon Mi-ra
Choe Yu-ri
(10 goals each)
Biggest home winHwacheon 4–0 Changnyeong
Biggest away winSejong 1–6 Gyeongju
Highest scoringSeoul 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]

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

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Locations of the 2022 WK League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Position in 2021
Boeun Sangmu Boeun Boeun Public Stadium 6,000 6th place
Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Changnyeong Sports Park 2,500 8th place
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Football Park 650 Runners-up
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park 3,000 5th place
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field 5,078 Champions
Sejong Sportstoto Sejong Sejong Central Park 1,000 7th place
Seoul WFC Seoul Seoul World Cup Auxiliary Stadium 1,012 4th place
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex[a] 11,808 3rd 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.

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

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 21 16 4 1 44 13 +31 52 Qualification for play-offs final
2 Gyeongju KHNP 21 15 4 2 46 21 +25 49 Qualification for play-offs semi-final
3 Suwon FC 21 10 7 4 39 27 +12 37
4 Hwacheon KSPO 21 9 7 5 36 25 +11 34
5 Seoul WFC 21 6 4 11 32 43 −11 22
6 Boeun Sangmu 21 4 4 13 16 35 −19 16
7 Changnyeong WFC 21 5 1 15 20 42 −22 16
8 Sejong Sportstoto 21 2 3 16 18 45 −27 9
Source: Soccerway

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away BOE CHA GYE HWA INC SEJ SEO SUW
Boeun Sangmu — 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–3
Changnyeong WFC 2–1 — 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–3
Gyeongju KHNP 3–0 3–1 — 1–1 0–2 3–2 4–2 1–1
Hwacheon KSPO 3–0 5–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 — 2–1 5–2 2–0
Sejong Sportstoto 0–3 0–2 1–6 0–1 0–3 — 2–0 1–2
Seoul WFC 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 — 1–2
Suwon FC 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–3 —
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 — 1–0 0–1 2–1
Changnyeong WFC — 0–2 1–3 2–3
Gyeongju KHNP 1–1 — 2–1 1–0
Hwacheon KSPO 4–0 1–1 — 0–2 2–4
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 2–2
Sejong Sportstoto 0–2 2–1 2–5 — 1–1
Seoul WFC 3–5 2–1 0–3 3–2 —
Suwon FC 3–0 2–2 2–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player[6] Club Goals
1 South Korea Moon Mi-ra Suwon FC 10
South Korea Choe Yu-ri Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
3 South Korea Lee Soo-bin Hwacheon KSPO 8
South Korea Seo Ji-yeon Gyeongju KHNP
5 South Korea Kang Chae-rim Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 7
Ivory Coast Ines Nrehy Changnyeong WFC
South Korea Choi Ji-na Hwacheon KSPO
South Korea 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 KHNP4–3Suwon FC
Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju
Referee: Cha Min-ji

Final

Gyeongju KHNP0–0Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju
Referee: Won Myung-hee
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels2–0Gyeongju KHNP
Referee: Oh Hyun-jung

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

Final table

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

References

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  2. ^ 2022년, 수원FC와 수원도시공사 여자축구단이 새로운 수원FC가 됩니다.. Facebook.com (in Korean). Suwon FC. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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  4. ^ "Ji So-yun's arrival could help WK League get the attention it deserves". JoongAng Daily. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ 수원FC 위민, 보조구장 기준 미달로 하반기부터 '또' 홈구장 변경 (in Korean). Joongboo Ilbo. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Goals Ranking" (in Korean). KWFF. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.