WK League

WK League
Country South Korea Korea Republic
Confederation AFC
Founded 2009
Number of teams 7
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to none
Current champions Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(2014)
Most championships Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi (3)
TV partners KBS N Sports
Website Official Website
2015 WK League

The WK League (Hangul:WK리그) is the top level women's football league in South Korea. It is run by Korea Women's Football League since the 2009 season.[1]

Strictly, first season of WK League was 2008, but 2008 season was run as exhibition league. League's teams are expanded eight teams from 2011 season.

Format

The seven teams in the league will play each other four times on Mondays. After each club's 20 games the regular season end. The top two placed teams then play a grand final over two legs to crown the champion.

There is currently no relegation system in place.

Members (2014)

Busan
Goyang
Incheon
Jeonbuk
Location of teams in 2014 WK League

Daejoen and Jeonbuk joined the league in 2011, the other teams were founding members in 2009.

Grand finals

The following is a list of all season's grand finals. Those were played over two legs.

Season Champion Score Runner-up
2009 Goyang Daekyo KangaroosR 1–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2010 Suwon Facilities Management Corporation 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Incheon Hyundai Steel Red AngelsR
2011 Goyang Daekyo NoonnoppiR 2–2 (H) 3–1 (A) Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2012 Goyang Daekyo NoonnoppiR 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2013 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red AngelsR 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Seoul Metropolitan Government
2014 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red AngelsR 1–0 (A) 0–0 (H) Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi

References

  1. "한국여자축구연맹, 2009년 WK-리그 출범 공식 발표" (in Korean). Korea Women's Football League. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2009-02-08.

See also

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