Competition: | WK League |
Season: | 2023 |
Dates: | 24 March – 3 September 2023 |
Winners: | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (11th title) |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels |
Matches: | 84 |
Total Goals: | 214 |
League Topscorer: | 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 Wins: | 5 matches Incheon and Suwon |
Longest Unbeaten: | 10 matches Incheon |
Longest Winless: | 11 matches Changnyeong |
Longest Losses: | 5 matches Boeun |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
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]
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | data-sort-type="number" | Position in 2022 |
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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 |
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 | |
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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 |
Rank | Player[4] | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Moon Mi-ra | Suwon FC | 12 | |
2 | Jung Seol-bin | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 10 | |
3 | Hildah Magaia | Sejong Sportstoto | 9 | |
Lee Jeong-eun | Hwacheon KSPO | |||
5 | Yeo Min-ji | Gyeongju KHNP | 8 | |
6 | Choi Yoo-jung | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 7 | |
Moon Eun-ju | Hwacheon KSPO | |||
8 | Park Eun-sun | Seoul WFC | 6 |
----Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 7–5 on aggregate.