2018 WK League

The 2018 WK League was the tenth season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season began on 23 April 2018 and ended on 22 October 2018.^[1]

WK League

Season	2018
Dates	23 April – 22 October 2018
Champions	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (6th title)
AFC Club Championship	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Matches played	112
Goals scored	369 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bia Zaneratto (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Incheon 7–1 Changnyeong
Biggest away win	Seoul 0–6 Incheon
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Incheon
Longest winless run	20 matches Boeun
Highest attendance	1,121
Lowest attendance	51
Average attendance	284
← 2017 2019 →

In the off-season, Icheon Daekyo ceased operations, while Changnyeong WFC joined the league. Suwon FMC (Facilities Management Corporation) changed its name to Suwon UDC (Urban Development Corporation).

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their sixth consecutive title.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Boeun

Seoul

Incheon

Suwon

Gumi

Hwacheon

Gyeongju

Changnyeong

Locations of the 2018 WK League teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Position in 2017
Boeun Sangmu	Boeun	Boeun Public Stadium	6,000	8th place
Changnyeong WFC	Changnyeong	Changnyeong Sports Park	2,500	—
Gumi Sportstoto	Gumi	Gumi Civic Stadium	35,000	6th place
Gyeongju KHNP	Gyeongju	Gyeongju Football Park	650	7th place
Hwacheon KSPO	Hwacheon	Hwacheon Sports Park	3,000	Runners-up
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	Incheon	Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field	5,078	Champions
Seoul WFC	Seoul	Hyochang Stadium	15,194	4th place
Suwon UDC	Suwon	Suwon Sports Complex	11,808	5th place

Draft

The 2018 WK League Draft was held on 27 December 2017 at the Koreana Hotel in Seoul.^[2]

Military-owned team Boeun Sangmu was not allowed to participate in the main draft because of the military status, and it could select players among the applicants only.^[3]

Round	Player	Team	Previous team
1	Hong Hye-ji	Changnyeong WFC	INAC Kobe Leonessa
	Son Hwa-yeon	Changnyeong WFC	Korea University
	Kim Sung-mi	Gumi Sportstoto	Ulsan College
	Han Chae-rin	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	Uiduk University
	Jang Eun-mi	Seoul WFC	Gangwon State University
	Maeng Da-hee	Hwacheon KSPO	Ulsan College
	Kim Hyo-seon	Suwon UDC	Uiduk University
2	Kim Do-hyun	Gyeongju KHNP	Ulsan College
	Lee Ji-eon	Hwacheon KSPO	Ulsan College
	Kwon Do-hee	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	Korea University
3	Baek Jang-mi	Suwon UDC	Gangwon State University
	Seo A-ri	Gyeongju KHNP	Hanyang Women's University
4	Oh Ji-eun	Suwon UDC	Hanyang Women's University
5	Choi Ye-seul	Changnyeong WFC	Gangwon State University
	Kang Yu-ri	Hwacheon KSPO	Gangwon State University
	Mo Soo-kyung	Suwon UDC	Ulsan College
	Park Hye-joo	Gyeongju KHNP	Hanyang Women's University
6	Kim Dong-won	Suwon UDC	Ulsan College
	Kwon Sung-kyung	Changnyeong WFC	Ulsan College
7	Park So-ri	Changnyeong WFC	Gangwon State University
8	Kim Ye-jin	Changnyeong WFC	Hanyang Women's University
9	Lee Do-hyun	Changnyeong WFC	Hanyang Women's University
10	Shin Ye-rim	Changnyeong WFC	Hanyang Women's University
Addition	Song Min-hee	Changnyeong WFC	Hanyang Women's University
	Kim Min-soo	Boeun Sangmu	Hanyang Women's University
	Shim Hyo-jung	Boeun Sangmu	Hanyang Women's University

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players was restricted to three per club, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries.^[4]

Military-owned team Boeun Sangmu was not allowed to sign any foreign players.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	AFC player
Changnyeong WFC
Gumi Sportstoto
Gyeongju KHNP	Ines Nrehy	Josée Nahi	Asuna Tanaka
Hwacheon KSPO	Glaucia Cristiano		Chiaki Minamiyama
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	Bia Zaneratto	Thaís Guedes	Fuka Nagano
Seoul WFC
Suwon UDC	Jennifer Skogerboe	Paige Nielsen

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	28	21	6	1	84	21	+63	69	Qualification for playoffs final
2	Gyeongju KHNP	28	16	5	7	54	35	+19	53	Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3	Suwon UDC	28	14	8	6	48	34	+14	50
4	Gumi Sportstoto	28	15	3	10	49	38	+11	48
5	Hwacheon KSPO	28	13	5	10	52	45	+7	44
6	Seoul WFC	28	4	9	15	34	57	−23	21
7	Boeun Sangmu	28	3	7	18	18	59	−41	16
8	Changnyeong WFC	28	3	3	22	30	80	−50	12

Source: Soccerway

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away	BOE	CHA	GUM	GYE	HWA	INC	SEO	SUW
Boeun Sangmu	—	0–3	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–5	0–0	1–2
Changnyeong WFC	1–3	—	4–3	0–3	1–3	2–4	1–2	0–2
Gumi Sportstoto	3–2	3–0	—	0–2	3–0	0–3	2–0	1–0
Gyeongju KHNP	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–4
Hwacheon KSPO	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–5	—	1–0	4–3	3–3
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	5–0	7–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	—	1–0	6–2
Seoul WFC	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–6	—	0–1
Suwon UDC	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–28

Home \ Away	BOE	CHA	GUM	GYE	HWA	INC	SEO	SUW
Boeun Sangmu	—	3–2	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–1
Changnyeong WFC	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	3–5	0–5	1–4	2–2
Gumi Sportstoto	2–0	2–1	—	2–0	3–1	0–3	4–0	1–1
Gyeongju KHNP	4–0	4–1	2–5	—	2–3	1–5	2–0	4–0
Hwacheon KSPO	4–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	—	1–2	1–0	0–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	0–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	—	3–3	3–2
Seoul WFC	0–0	2–2	3–4	1–2	0–4	2–2	—	1–1
Suwon UDC	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	5–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

The semi-final was contested between Gyeongju KHNP and Suwon UDC, the second and third-placed teams in the regular season, respectively. Gyeongju KHNP advanced to the two-legged final after defeating Suwon UDC 2–0,^[5] but lost 3–1 on penalties to regular season winners Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels in the final.

Bracket

	Semi-final					Final
						1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (p)	0	4	4 (3)
	2	Gyeongju KHNP	2				Gyeongju KHNP	3	1	4 (1)
	3	Suwon UDC	0

Semi-final

Gyeongju KHNP	2–0	Suwon UDC
Lee Geum-min 30' Park Ye-eun 32'	Report

29 October 2018

19:00 UTC+9

Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju

Final

Gyeongju KHNP	3–0	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Tanaka 38' (pen.) Kim Do-yeon 42' (o.g.) Kim A-reum 72'	Report

2 November 2018

19:00 UTC+9

Gyeongju Football Park, Gyeongju

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Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Gyeongju KHNP
Jang Sel-gi 45+2' Jung Seol-bin 50' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.) Thaís Guedes 98'		Tanaka 120' (pen.)
Penalties
	3–1

5 November 2018

19:00 UTC+9

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon

4–4 on aggregate. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 3–1 on penalties.

Final table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C)	Qualification for AFC Club Championship
2	Gyeongju KHNP
3	Suwon UDC

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Attendance

Team[6]	Pld	Total	Highest	Lowest	Average
Boeun Sangmu	11	7,658	1,121	100	696
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	12	3,429	872	178	285
Gumi Sportstoto	12	3,390	522	161	282
Hwacheon KSPO	14	3,479	817	100	248
Changnyeong WFC	12	2,896	512	51	241
Gyeongju KHNP	11	2,323	328	100	211
Seoul WFC	13	2,388	327	57	183
Suwon UDC	11	1,706	221	121	155
Total	96	27,269	1,121	51	284