2018 WK League explained

Competition:WK League
Season:2018
Dates:23 April – 22 October 2018
Winners:Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(6th title)
Continentalcup1:AFC Club Championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Matches:112
Total Goals:369
League Topscorer:Bia Zaneratto
(22 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Incheon 7–1 Changnyeong
Biggest Away Win:Seoul 0–6 Incheon
Longest Unbeaten:22 matches
Incheon
Longest Winless:20 matches
Boeun
Highest Attendance:1,121
Lowest Attendance:51
Average Attendance:284
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 WK League was the tenth season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season began on 23 April 2018 and ended on 22 October 2018.[1]

In the off-season, Icheon Daekyo ceased operations, while Changnyeong WFC joined the league. Suwon FMC (Facilities Management Corporation) changed its name to Suwon UDC (Urban Development Corporation).

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their sixth consecutive title.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacitydata-sort-type="number"Position in 2017
6,000 8th place
Changnyeong Sports Park 2,500
35,000 6th place
Gyeongju Football Park 650 7th place
3,000 Runners-up
5,078 Champions
15,194 4th place
Suwon UDC11,808 5th place

Draft

The 2018 WK League Draft was held on 27 December 2017 at the Koreana Hotel in Seoul.[2]

Military-owned team Boeun Sangmu was not allowed to participate in the main draft because of the military status, and it could select players among the applicants only.[3]

-RoundPlayerTeamPrevious team
1INAC Kobe Leonessa
Korea University
Ulsan College
Uiduk University
Gangwon State University
Ulsan College
Uiduk University
2
Ulsan College
Korea University
3Gangwon State University
Hanyang Women's University
4Hanyang Women's University
5Gangwon State University
Gangwon State University
Ulsan College
Hanyang Women's University
6Ulsan College
Ulsan College
7Gangwon State University
8Hanyang Women's University
9Hanyang Women's University
10Hanyang Women's University
AdditionHanyang Women's University
Hanyang Women's University
Hanyang Women's University

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.[4]

Military-owned team Boeun Sangmu was not allowed to sign any foreign players.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2AFC player
Changnyeong WFC
Gumi Sportstoto
Gyeongju KHNP Ines Nrehy Josée Nahi Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO Glaucia Cristiano Chiaki Minamiyama
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Bia Zaneratto Thaís Guedes Fuka Nagano
Seoul WFC
Suwon UDC Jennifer Skogerboe Paige Nielsen

Regular season

Results

Matches 15–28

Championship playoffs

The semi-final was contested between Gyeongju KHNP and Suwon UDC, the second and third-placed teams in the regular season, respectively. Gyeongju KHNP advanced to the two-legged final after defeating Suwon UDC 2–0,[5] but lost 3–1 on penalties to regular season winners Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels in the final.

Final

----4–4 on aggregate. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 3–1 on penalties.

Final table

Attendance

Team[6] TotalHighestLowestAverage
11 7,658 1,121 100 696
12 3,429872 178 285
12 3,390 522 161 282
143,479817 100 248
12 2,896512 51 241
11 2,323 328 100 211
132,388327 57 183
Suwon UDC11 1,706221 121 155
Total 96 27,2691,121 51 284

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 WK League schedule. Korea Women's Football Federation. ko. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418230132/http://www.kwff.or.kr/scheduled.list.do. 18 April 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: http://kfa.or.kr/news/news_view.asp?BoardNo=14799&Query=Gubun%3D11304. Korea Football Association. 27 December 2017. ko. 17 June 2018. ko:2018 WK리그 신인 26명, 홍혜지-손화연 '1순위 창녕행'. https://web.archive.org/web/20180617220037/http://kfa.or.kr/news/news_view.asp?BoardNo=14799&Query=Gubun%3D11304. 17 June 2018. dead.
  3. News: https://www.donga.com/news/Sports/article/all/20180305/88965934/4 . ko:[청춘 청춘을 만나다] 보은상무 권하늘 "전우애로 똘똘…여군의 힘 보여줄 것" . Dong-a Ilbo . ko . 2018-03-06 . 2024-03-13.
  4. Web site: http://www.kwff.or.kr/jsp/svc/wkl/history/rule.jsp. Korea Women's Football Federation. 20 June 2018. ko:대회규정. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20180620203819/http://www.kwff.or.kr/jsp/svc/wkl/history/rule.jsp. 20 June 2018. dead.
  5. Web site: http://besteleven.com/?sec=b11&pid=detail&iBoard=43&iIDX=114275. Best Eleven. 29 October 2018. ko. 3 November 2018. ko:[WK리그] 창단 2년 차 경주, 수원 꺾고 챔프전 진출.
  6. Web site: 2018 WK League attendance. ko. Korea Women's Football Federation. 22 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141013/http://www.kwff.or.kr/league.list.do. 12 June 2018. dead.