2022 WK League

Thirteenth season of the top Korean women's association football league

Football league season

WK LeagueSeason| 2022

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Dates| 2 April – 27 October 2022
Champions| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(10th title)
AFC Club Championship| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Matches played| 84
Goals scored| 251 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer| Moon Mi-ra
Choe Yu-ri
(10 goals each)
Biggest home win| Hwacheon 4–0 Changnyeong
Biggest away win| Sejong 1–6 Gyeongju
Highest scoring| Seoul 3–5 Gyeongju
Longest unbeaten run| 11 matches
Incheon
Longest winless run| 12 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

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### Stadiums and locations

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Boeun

Seoul

Incheon

Suwon

Sejong

Hwacheon

Gyeongju

Changnyeong

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Locations of the 2022 WK League teams

Team  | City  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Position in 2021

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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

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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. Boeun Sangmu were not allowed to sign any foreign players due to their military status.

Club  | Player 1  | Player 2  | AFC player

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Changnyeong WFC |  Ines Nrehy |  Nanase Kiryu |  Sawako Yasumoto
Gyeongju KHNP |  Josée Nahi |  Chinaza Uchendu |  Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO |  |  |  Natsuki Yoshimi
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels |  Tereza Engesha |  |
Sejong Sportstoto |  Hildah Magaia |  Neném |  Naoko Sakuramoto
Seoul WFC |  |  |
Suwon FC |  |  |  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

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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

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#### Matches 1–14

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Home \ Away  | BOE | CHA | GYE | HWA | INC | SEJ | SEO | SUW

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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

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Home \ Away  | BOE | CHA | GYE | HWA | INC | SEJ | SEO | SUW

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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

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### Top scorers

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Rank  | Player[6] | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Moon Mi-ra | Suwon FC | 10
Choe Yu-ri | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
3  |  Lee Soo-bin  | Hwacheon KSPO | 8
Seo Ji-yeon  | Gyeongju KHNP
5  |  Kang Chae-rim | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 7
Ines Nrehy | Changnyeong WFC
Choi Ji-na  | Hwacheon KSPO
Lee Jeong-min  | Boeun Sangmu

## Championship play-offs

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### Bracket

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| Semi-final | | | Final |

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| | | | 1 | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Gyeongju KHNP | 4 | | |  | Gyeongju KHNP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Suwon FC | 3 | | | |

### Semi-final

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4 November 2022

18:00 UTC+9

Gyeongju KHNP| 4–3| Suwon FC

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* Lee Si-ho 4'
* Hyun Seul-gi 19'
* Seo Ji-yeon 22'
* Nahi 73'

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* Kim Yun-ji 41'
* Ji So-yun 45'
* Tanaka 53'

Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju

Referee: Cha Min-ji

### Final

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19 November 2022

14:00 UTC+9

Gyeongju KHNP| 0–0| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

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Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju

Referee: Won Myung-hee

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26 November 2022

14:00 UTC+9

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels| 2–0| Gyeongju KHNP

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* Lee Min-a 9'
* Jung Seol-bin 17'

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Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon

Referee: Oh Hyun-jung

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

### Final table

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Pos | Team  | Qualification

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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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1. ^ a b 여자축구 WK리그, 3월 19일 개막…현대제철-수원FC 개막전 격돌 (in Korean). KWFF. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
2. ^ 2022년, 수원FC와 수원도시공사 여자축구단이 새로운 수원FC가 됩니다.. Facebook.com (in Korean). Suwon FC. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
3. ^ 여자축구 지소연, WK리그 수원FC 입단 (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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.

## External links

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* Official website (in Korean)

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