The WK League (
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...
: WK리그) is a
semi-professional women's football league, run by the
Korea Football Association (KFA) and the Korea Women's Football Federation (KWFF), which represents the sport's highest level in South Korea.
The regular season runs from March to October, with each team playing 21 games.
Since the inception of the WK League in 2009, three clubs have won the title:
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
The Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Women's Football Club is a South Korean women's football team based in Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, o ...
(10),
Goyang Daekyo (3), and
Suwon FC (1).
Competition format
The league is contested by eight teams. Each team play against each other three times. The games are played on Monday and Thursday evenings. The regular part of the season ends when each team has played a total of 21 matches, and is followed by the playoffs: the second and third placed teams face each other in a one-leg semi-final, with the winner facing the first placed team in a two-leg final. The winner of the final is crowned WK League champion.
The WK League is the only women's league in the country and as such there is no relegation system in place.
Clubs
Current
Former
List of winners
The following is a list of all season's championships. Those were played over two legs. There is no
away goal rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
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R denotes regular season first-place finisher
See also
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Football in South Korea
Football in South Korea is run by the Korea Football Association. The association administers the national football team as well as the K League. Football is the most popular sport in South Korea.
Beginning
In ancient times, Silla, one of ...
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AFC Women's Club Championship
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List of women's football clubs in South Korea
This is list of Women's football (soccer), women's football clubs in South Korea.
List WK League
Defunct clubs
* Soongmin Wonders (1999.12.~2002.11.)
* Bucheon FMC Best WFC (2010.03~2010.12.)
* Chungnam Ilhwa Chunma (2006.03-2012.11.)
See also
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Japan and South Korea Women's League Championship
Japan and South Korea Women's League Championship ( ja, 日韓女子リーグチャンピオンシップ, ko, 한일여자리그 챔피언십) was a women's association football competition between the clubs of Nadeshiko League ( Japan Women's Fo ...
References
External links
WK League official websiteWK Leagueat women.soccerway.com
{{Top level women's association football leagues around the world
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Women's League
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
Sports leagues established in 2009
2009 establishments in South Korea