en 2023 WK League

WK League
Season	2023
Dates	24 March – 3 September 2023
Champions	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels ; (11th title)
Champions League	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Matches played	84
Goals scored	214 (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 run	5 matches; Incheon and Suwon
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches; Incheon
Longest winless run	11 matches; Changnyeong
Longest losing run	5 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

Stadiums and locations

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

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	Enzi Broussard	Nanase Kiryu	Sawako Yasumoto
Gyeongju KHNP	Farida Machia	Chinaza Uchendu	Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO			Natsuki Yoshimi
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	Tereza Engesha	Ines Nrehy
Sejong Sportstoto	Hildah Magaia	Gabrielle Itacaré
Seoul WFC
Suwon FC	Josée Nahi		Mebae Tanaka

Regular season

League table

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	Qualification for play-offs semi-final
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

Matches 1–14

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

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

Top scorers

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

11 November 2023

14:00 UTC+9

Hwacheon KSPO	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Suwon FC
Lee Jeong-eun 89'	Report	Moon Mi-ra 19' Tanaka 112'

Hwacheon Sports Park, Hwacheon

Final

19 November 2023

14:00 UTC+9

Suwon FC	3–1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Ji So-yun 73', 80' Kim Yun-ji 90'	Report	Jang Chang 38'

Suwon Stadium, Suwon

25 November 2023

14:00 UTC+9

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	6–2	Suwon FC
Lim Seon-joo 7' Son Hwa-yeon 23', 39', 40' Nrehy 68', 90'	Report	Nahi 46' Moon Mi-ra 86'

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon

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

Final table

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

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

External links

Official website (in Korean)

[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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