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
Season2021
Dates26 April 2021 – 9 November 2021
ChampionsIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
9th WK League title
Matches played84
Goals scored253 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerJosée Nahi (15 goals)
Biggest home winRed Angels 7–0 Seoul
Biggest away winBoeun Sangmu 0–6 Gyeongju
Highest scoringRed Angels 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
Locations of the 2021 WK League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2020 position
Boeun SangmuBoeunBoeun Public Stadium6,0008th
Changnyeong WFCChangnyeongChangnyeong Sports Park2,5005th
Gyeongju KHNPGyeongjuGyeongju Football Park6502nd
Hwacheon KSPOHwacheonHwacheon Stadium3,0004th
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red AngelsIncheonIncheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field5,0781st
Sejong SportstotoSejongSejong Central Park1,0006th
Seoul City WFCSeoulMokdong Stadium15,5117th
Suwon UDCSuwonSuwon Sports Complex11,8083rd

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
Boeun Sangmu —
Changnyeong WFC Japan Nanase Kiryu Japan Aya Shimojo
Gyeongju KHNP Ivory Coast Josée Nahi Ivory Coast Ines Nrehy Japan Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO Japan Fumina Katsurama Brazil Thays Ferrer Japan Natsuki Yoshimi
Incheon Hyundai Steel Spain Eli del Estal Brazil Neném
Sejong Sportstoto
Seoul City WFC
Suwon UDC Japan Sawako Yasumoto Japan Naoko Sakuramoto Japan Mebae Tanaka

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 WK League Championship
2 Gyeongju KHNP 21 16 3 2 59 17 +42 51 WK League Playoffs
3 Suwon UDC 21 9 3 9 35 27 +8 30
4 Seoul City 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

Season statistics

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

Play-offs

The semi-final was played as a single-elimination match, and the final over two legs.

 
Semi-finalChampionship final
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 112
 
 
 
 Gyeongju KHNP 10 1
 
 Gyeongju KHNP 5
 
 
 Suwon UDC 4
 

Semi-final
Gyeongju KHNP5–4Suwon UDC
 Report
Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju
Referee: Kim Yoo-jung

Championship final
First leg
Gyeongju KHNP1–1Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Tanaka 90+3' Report Kim Hye-yeong 3' (o.g.)
Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju
Referee: Jo Hae-mi
Second leg
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels1–0Gyeongju KHNP
Choe Yu-ri 51' Report
Referee: Cha Min-ji

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

 2021 WK League winners 
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
9th title

References
  1. "서울시청, Po 진출 실패...희망 얻은 화천Kspo : KWFF". 10 October 2021.
  2. https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=6099197&t=board Korea Football Association
  3. "WK League topscorers". kwff.or.kr. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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