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Level on pyramid
  
1

TV partners
  
KBS N Sports

Number of teams
  
7

Country
  
South Korea

Relegation to
  
none

Website
  
Official Website

Founded
  
2009

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Current champions
  
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (2016)

Most championships
  
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (4)

Current champion
  
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

Confederation
  
Asian Football Confederation

Teams
  
Icheon Daekyo WFC, Incheon Hyundai Steel Red, Gumi Sportstoto WFC, Hwacheon KSPO WFC, Boeun Sangmu WFC

2010


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.

Contents

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 play each other four times, twice at home and twice away. The games are played on Monday and Thursday evenings. The regular season comes to an end when each team have played 24 games in total. The second and third placed teams will then face each other in a one-game play-off with the winner facing the first placed team in a two-game season final. The winner of this final is crowned the WK-League champions.

The WK-League is the only professional women's league in the country and as such there is no relegation system in place.

Members (2016)

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

  • Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
  • Icheon Daekyo
  • Seoul
  • Boeun Sangmu
  • Suwon Facilities Management Corporation
  • Hwacheon Korea Sports Promotion Foundation
  • Gumi Sportstoto
  • Grand finals

    The following is a list of all season's grand finals. Those were played over two legs. There is no away goal rule.

  • R denotes regular season first-place finisher
  • References

    WK League Wikipedia