2021 WK League

The 2021 WK League was the 13th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season ran from 26 April to 9 November 2021 (originally until 5 October, but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea).^[1]

WK League

Season	2021
Dates	26 April – 9 November 2021
Champions	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (9th title)
Matches played	84
Goals scored	253 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josée Nahi (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Incheon 7–0 Seoul
Biggest away win	Boeun 0–6 Gyeongju
Highest scoring	Incheon 7–0 Seoul
← 2020 2022 → (Note: All statistics do not include play-off matches)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the total amount of rounds were reduced from 28 to 21 (same as the previous season).^[2]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

 

 

Boeun

 

Seoul

 

Incheon

 

Suwon

 

Sejong

 

Hwacheon

 

Gyeongju

 

Changnyeong

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Locations of the 2021 WK League teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Position in 2020
Boeun Sangmu	Boeun	Boeun Public Stadium	6,000	8th place
Changnyeong WFC	Changnyeong	Changnyeong Sports Park	2,500	5th 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
Sejong Sportstoto	Sejong	Sejong Central Park	1,000	6th place
Seoul WFC	Seoul	Mokdong Stadium	15,511	7th place
Suwon UDC	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. Boeun Sangmu were not allowed to sign any foreign players due to their military status.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	AFC player
Changnyeong WFC	Nanase Kiryu		Aya Shimojo
Gyeongju KHNP	Josée Nahi	Ines Nrehy	Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO	Fumina Katsurama	Thays Ferrer	Natsuki Yoshimi
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	Eli del Estal	Neném
Sejong Sportstoto
Seoul WFC
Suwon UDC	Sawako Yasumoto	Naoko Sakuramoto	Mebae Tanaka

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C)	21	17	1	3	51	14	+37	52	Qualification for play-offs final
2	Gyeongju KHNP	21	16	3	2	59	17	+42	51	Qualification for play-offs semi-final
3	Suwon UDC	21	9	3	9	35	27	+8	30
4	Seoul WFC	21	9	3	9	28	44	−16	30
5	Hwacheon KSPO	21	7	7	7	28	30	−2	28
6	Boeun Sangmu	21	5	7	9	16	30	−14	22
7	Sejong Sportstoto	21	4	2	15	17	44	−27	14
8	Changnyeong WFC	21	1	6	14	19	47	−28	9

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away	BOE	CHA	GYE	HWA	INC	SEJ	SEO	SUW
Boeun Sangmu	—	1–0	0–6	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–2
Changnyeong WFC	0–2	—	1–2	3–3	0–5	1–1	1–2	2–2
Gyeongju KHNP	3–0	3–2	—	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–2
Hwacheon KSPO	2–2	1–1	1–3	—	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	—	3–1	7–0	1–2
Sejong Sportstoto	0–1	3–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	—	1–4	0–4
Seoul WFC	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–3	4–1	—	1–2
Suwon UDC	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	4–0	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
Changnyeong WFC	1–1	—			0–1	0–2	3–1	0–4
Gyeongju KHNP	3–0	6–0	—	4–1			6–0	4–1
Hwacheon KSPO		1–1		—			2–1	1–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	3–1		1–2	1–0	—		5–0	3–1
Sejong Sportstoto	0–2		0–1	1–3	0–2	—	3–0	0–3
Seoul WFC	1–1						—	1–0
Suwon UDC								—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player^[3]	Club	Goals
1	Josée Nahi	Gyeongju KHNP	15
2	Ines Nrehy	Gyeongju KHNP	11
	Son Hwa-yeon	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
	Moon Mi-ra	Suwon UDC
5	Yeo Min-ji	Gyeongju KHNP	9
	Choi Yoo-jung	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
7	Yoo Young-a	Seoul WFC	8
8	Thays Ferrer	Hwacheon KSPO	7

Championship play-offs

Bracket

	Semi-final					Final
						1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	1	1	2
	2	Gyeongju KHNP	5				Gyeongju KHNP	1	0	1
	3	Suwon UDC	4

Semi-final

12 November 2021

18:00 UTC+9

Gyeongju KHNP	5–4	Suwon UDC
A. Tanaka   21' Park Ye-eun   47' Yeo Min-ji   48' Nahi   58', 84'	Report	Jeoun Eun-ha   3' Chu Hyo-joo   18' Moon Mi-ra   42' M. Tanaka   90+1'

Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju

Referee: Kim Yoo-jung

Final

16 November 2021

18:00 UTC+9

Gyeongju KHNP	1–1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Tanaka   90+3'	Report	Kim Hye-yeong   3' (o.g.)

Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju

Referee: Jo Hae-mi

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19 November 2021

18:00 UTC+9

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	1–0	Gyeongju KHNP
Choe Yu-ri   51'	Report

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon

Referee: Cha Min-ji

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

1. 서울시청, PO 진출 실패...희망 얻은 화천KSPO (in Korean). KWFF. 10 October 2021.
2. WK리그 4월 26일 개막...현대제철-서울시청 개막전 격돌 (in Korean). KWFF. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
3. "WK League top scorers" (in Korean). KWFF. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• 2021 WK League at Soccerway