2025 WK League

WK League
Season2025
Dates15 March – 2 October 2025
ChampionsHwacheon KSPO (1st title)
Runner upSeoul City
Champions LeagueHwacheon KSPO
Matches112
Goals295 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerMoon Mi-ra (15 goals)[1]
Biggest home winGyeongju 5–0 Changnyeong
Mungyeong 5–0 Changnyeong
Biggest away winMungyeong 0–4 Gyeongju
Suwon 0–4 Hwacheon
Highest scoringMungyeong 5–2 Changnyeong
Suwon 2–5 Gyeongju
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(Note: All statistics do not include play-off matches)

The 2025 WK League was the 17th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. Each of the eight teams played every other side four times, twice at home and twice away, totalling 28 matches per club in the regular season. The regular season began on 15 March 2025.[2] After the regular season, the second and third-placed teams contested a one-legged semi-playoff, with the winner facing the top-ranked side in a two-legged final.

Suwon FC were the defending champions after beating Hwacheon KSPO in the 2024 championship final.[3] Hwacheon KSPO won the 2025 title, beating Seoul City 7–5 on aggregate in the final.[4]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025 WK League teams

The following eight teams competed in the 2025 WK League.

Team Location Stadium Capacity[5] Position in 2024
Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Changnyeong Sports Park 876 8th
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Football Park Pitch 3 650 3rd
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park 604 2nd
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad 4,968 4th
Mungyeong Sangmu Mungyeong Mungyeong Civic Stadium 4,959 7th
Sejong Sportstoto Sejong Sejong Civic Stadium 996 5th
Seoul City Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium Auxiliary Field 1,012 6th
Suwon FC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,808 1st

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Kim Eun-sook Resigned 5 November 2024[6] Hur Jeong-jae 27 November 2024[7]
Hwacheon KSPO Kang Jae-soon Appointed as director 30 December 2024[8] Kang Sun-mi 1 January 2025[9]

Players

WK League draft

The 2025 WK League draft took place on December 12, 2024 at the Olympic Parktel in Seoul, with 24 of 50 participants receiving a contract from one of the seven participating teams. Midfielder Kim Myeong-jin of Korea University was the first player to be selected in the draft, signing to Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels.[10]

The following new players were signed in the 2025 WK League draft:

Round of draft Incheon Hyundai Changnyeong WFC Seoul WFC Gyeongju KHNP WFC Hwacheon KSPO Suwon FC Women Sejong Sportstoto
First round Kim Myeong-jin Do Yoon-ji Woo Seo-bin Kang Eun-yeong Cheon Se-hwa Lee Soo-in Kim Ji-hyun (1)
Second round Bae Ye-bin Seo Hyun-min Um Min-gyeong Choi Min-a Kim Ga-yeon Jang Jin-yeong
Third round Hong Yoo-jin
Fourth round
Additional signings Kim Ji-hyun (2) Park Hyun-jin Kang Ji-yeon Cho Ye-jin Hwang A-hyun
Hwang Hye-min Oh Seo-yeon
Park Ga-hyun Kim Eun-mi
Hong Seong-yeon

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is limited to only three per team. As a military team, Mungyeong Sangmu can not recruit any foreign players.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Departed mid-season
Changnyeong WFC Japan Sae Kitakata
Gyeongju KHNP Brazil Bruna Pelé[11] Japan Mai Kyokawa[11] JapanEmi Nakajima[12]
Hwacheon KSPO Japan Nonaka Hana[13] Japan Asuna Tanaka
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Japan Yuka Toriumi[14] Japan Haruhi Suzuki[14]
Sejong Sportstoto United States Eva Vlassopoulos[15]
Seoul City
Suwon FC Japan Ayaka Nishikawa Brazil Mileninha[16] JapanRena Okutsu[17] United States Megan Callahan Root[16]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hwacheon KSPO 28 16 9 3 56 23 +33 57 Qualification for Championship
2 Seoul City 28 15 9 4 48 28 +20 54 Qualification for Play-off
3 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 28 13 9 6 35 26 +9 48
4 Gyeongju KHNP 28 12 7 9 47 38 +9 43
5 Sejong Sportstoto 28 9 9 10 30 32 −2 36
6 Mungyeong Sangmu 28 8 8 12 35 37 −2 32
7 Suwon FC 28 5 9 14 27 45 −18 24
8 Changnyeong WFC 28 2 4 22 17 66 −49 10
Source: Soccerway

Results

Matches 1–14

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

Matches 15–28

Home \ Away CHA GYE HWA INC MUN SEJ SEO SUW
Changnyeong WFC — 1–1 1–5 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Gyeongju KHNP 3–0 — 0–2 0–1 0–3 3–3 0–2 0–0
Hwacheon KSPO 7–3 0–1 — 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 1–0 3–0 1–3 — 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–0
Mungyeong Sangmu 5–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 2–2 0–0
Sejong Sportstoto 1–0 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–1 — 2–1 3–1
Seoul City 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 — 1–1
Suwon FC 1–0 2–5 0–4 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–0 —
Source: Soccerway Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs

Under WK League rules, a draw at the play-off was considered a win for the team with the higher regular season ranking.[18]

Bracket

Play-off
(Semi-final) 		Championship
(Finals)
1 Hwacheon KSPO 3 4 7
2 Seoul City 0 Seoul City 2 3 5
3 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 0

Play-off

Seoul City0–0Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Report
Attendance: 800

Championship

Seoul City2–3Hwacheon KSPO
Shin Bo-mi 61'
Kim Mi-yeon 64'		 Report Wi Jae-eun 10'
Choi Yoo-jung 14'
Lee Soo-bin 37'
Hwacheon KSPO4–3Seoul City
Lee Soo-bin 6'
Choi Yoo-jung 9', 20'
Wi Jae-eun 69'		 Report Shin Bo-mi 88'
Kim Mi-yeon 90+2'
Han Chae-rin 90+4'
Hwacheon Sports Park, Hwacheon

Hwacheon KSPO won 7–5 on aggregate.

Final table

Pos Team Qualification
1 Hwacheon KSPO (C) Qualification for Champions League
2 Seoul City
3 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Source:
(C) Champions

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