The 2024 WK League, also known as the Develon WK League for sponsorship purposes, is the ongoing 16th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season consists of 28 rounds held from 16 March to 26 September 2024, and the play-offs are scheduled from 2 to 9 November 2024.[1][2] Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels are the defending champions.[3][4]

WK League
Season2024
Dates16 March 2024 – 26 September 2024
Longest unbeaten run20 - Incheon Red Angels
(March 16 - August 8)
Longest winless run21 - Changnyeong
(March 29 - August 15)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of September 23, 2024.
(Note: All statistics do not include play-off matches)

Teams

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The following eight teams are competing in the 2024 WK League.[5][6]

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2023 position
Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Changnyeong Sports Park 2,500 8th
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Football Park 650 4th
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Stadium 3,000 2nd
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field 5,078 1st
Mungyeong Sangmu Mungyeong Mungyeong Civic Stadium 9,000 6th
Sejong Sportstoto Sejong Sejong Central Park 1,000 5th
Seoul City WFC Seoul Seoul World Cup Auxiliary Stadium 1,012 7th
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,808 3rd

Foreign players

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The total number of foreign players is restricted to three per club, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries. As a military team, Mungyeong Sangmu can not sign any foreign players.

Club Player 1 Player 2 AFC player
Changnyeong WFC   Fumina Katsurama   Misuzu Uchida
Gyeongju KHNP   Bruna Pelé   Sae Kitakata
Hwacheon KSPO   Natsuki Yoshimi
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels   Tereza Engesha   Ines Nrehy   Yoko Tanaka
Sejong Sportstoto   Mizuka Sato
Seoul WFC
Suwon FC   Josée Nahi

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hwacheon KSPO 28 16 8 4 49 27 +22 56 WK League Championship
2 Suwon FC 28 15 8 5 47 31 +16 53 WK League Playoffs
3 Gyeongju KHNP 28 14 9 5 54 36 +18 51
4 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 28 12 11 5 36 25 +11 47
5 Sejong Sportstoto 28 9 11 8 31 30 +1 38
6 Seoul City WFC 28 6 9 13 33 44 −11 27
7 Mungyeong Sangmu 28 4 7 17 24 45 −21 19
8 Changnyeong WFC 28 2 5 21 11 47 −36 11
Source: Soccerway

Results

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Matches 1 to 14

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Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
Changnyeong WFC 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–2
Gyeongju KHNP 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0
Hwacheon KSPO 2–0 2–1 2–4 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–2
Mungyeong Sangmu 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–3
Sejong Sportstoto 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–2
Seoul City WFC 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1
Suwon FC 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15 to 28

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Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
Changnyeong WFC 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
Gyeongju KHNP 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 4–3 2–0
Hwacheon KSPO 1–2 4–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Incheon Hyundai Steel 0–0 3–4 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–1
Mungyeong Sangmu 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1
Sejong Sportstoto 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–2
Seoul City WFC 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 5–6
Suwon FC 1–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs

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Bracket

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Semi-final Final
1 Hwacheon KSPO
2 Suwon FC 1(5) Suwon FC
3 Gyeongju KHNP 1(4)

Semi-final

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Suwon FC1-1 (a.e.t.)Gyeongju KHNP
Kim Yun-Ji   60' Jang Sel-gi   35'
Penalties
  •   Seo Yea-Jin
  •   Ayaka Nishikawa
  •   Lee Young-Seo
  •   Kang Chae-Rim
  •   Moon Mi-Ra
5–4

Final

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Suwon FCvHwacheon KSPO

Hwacheon KSPOvSuwon FC

References

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  1. ^ Lee, Yeong-ho (February 20, 2024). "2024시즌 WK리그, 3월16일 킥오프... 챔프전은 11월" [2024 WK League kicks off on March 16th... Championship final in November]. Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "공지 [공지] 2024 WK리그 일정표 (03.20 수정)" [Announcement [Announcement] 2024 WK League schedule (updated 03.20)]. Korean Women's Football Federation. February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "현대제철, 수원FC 꺾고 WK리그 통합 11연패" [Hyundai Steel beat Suwon FC for 11th consecutive WK League victory]. Korea Women's Football Federation. November 25, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  4. ^ Paik, Ji-hwan (August 30, 2023). "Red Angels jump from third to first to claim WK League title". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "TEAM". Korea Women's Football Federation (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Lee, Young-ho (February 20, 2024). "2024시즌 WK리그, 3월 16일 킥오프...챔프전은 11월" [2024 WK League kicks off on March 16th, championship final in November] (in Korean). Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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