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 – 9 November 2021
ChampionsIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(9th title)
Matches played84
Goals scored253 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerJosée Nahi (15 goals)
Biggest home winIncheon 7–0 Seoul
Biggest away winBoeun 0–6 Gyeongju
Highest scoringIncheon 7–0 Seoul
Longest winning run9 matches
Gyeongju
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Incheon
Longest winless run18 matches
Changnyeong
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

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Stadiums and locations

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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

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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
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

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League table

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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

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Matches 1–14

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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

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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

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Top scorers

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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

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Bracket

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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

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

Final

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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

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

References

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  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.
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