2017 WK League

WK League
Season	2017
Dates	14 April 2017 – 6 November 2017
Champions	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels; 5th WK League title
Matches played	96
Goals scored	342 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Beatriz Zaneratto (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Red Angels 11–1 Hwacheon
Biggest away win	Hwacheon 0–5 Red Angels
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The 2017 WK League was the ninth season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. In the off-season, Gyeongju KHNP joined the league. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels were the defending champions. The regular season began on 14 April 2017 and ended on 6 November 2017.^[1] Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their fifth consecutive league title.

Teams[]

Boeun

Seoul

Icheon

Incheon

Suwon

Gumi

Hwacheon

Gyeongju

Locations of the 2017 WK League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2016 position
Boeun Sangmu	Boeun		6,000	7th
Gumi Sportstoto	Gumi	Gumi Civic Stadium	35,000	3rd
Gyeongju KHNP	Gyeongju	Gyeongju Civic Stadium	12,199
Hwacheon KSPO	Hwacheon		3,000	4th
Icheon Daekyo	Icheon	Icheon City Stadium	20,305	2nd
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	Incheon	Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field	5,078	1st
Seoul	Seoul	Hyochang Stadium	15,194	5th
Suwon FMC	Suwon	Suwon Sports Complex	11,808	6th

Table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C)	28	22	4	2	88	18	+70	70	WK League Championship
2	Icheon Daekyo	28	16	5	7	51	34	+17	53	WK League Playoffs
3	Hwacheon KSPO	28	13	7	8	45	50	−5	46	WK League Playoffs
4	Seoul	28	12	5	11	40	43	−3	41
5	Suwon UDC	28	9	10	9	39	38	+1	37
6	Gumi Sportstoto	28	8	7	13	34	43	−9	31
7	Gyeongju KHNP	28	5	6	17	23	53	−30	21
8	Boeun Sangmu	28	3	4	21	22	63	−41	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion

Results[]

Matches 1 to 14[]

Home \ Away	BOE	ICD	GUM	GYE	HWA	INC	SEO	SUW
Boeun Sangmu	—	0–3	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–3	2–5
Icheon Daekyo	2–1	—	3–2	4–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–1
Gumi Sportstoto	4–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	2–4	0–1	1–1
Gyeongju KHNP	1–0	0–1	0–2	—	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–1
Hwacheon KSPO	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	—	1–4	1–3	1–3
Incheon Hyundai Steel	5–1	3–1	1–1	6–0	4–0	—	5–0	0–0
Seoul	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–5	—	1–0
Suwon UDC	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15 to 28[]

Home \ Away	BOE	ICD	GUM	GYE	HWA	INC	SEO	SUW
Boeun Sangmu	—	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–0	0–1
Icheon Daekyo	4–1	—	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	5–1	1–1
Gumi Sportstoto	1–0	1–2	—	1–0	0–1	0–5	1–2	1–3
Gyeongju KHNP	2–1	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	2–3	0–4	1–4
Hwacheon KSPO	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	—	0–2	5–1	2–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel	4–0	4–0	1–1	0–1	11–1	—	2–0	1–1
Seoul	0–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	—	4–0
Suwon UDC	2–1	2–4	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–4	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Beatriz Zaneratto	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	24
2	Lee Min-a	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	14
3	Park Eun-sun	Icheon Daekyo	13
4	Lee Geum-min	Seoul	11
5	Thaís Guedes	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	10

Updated to games played on 6 November 2017.^[2]

Top assists[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Beatriz Zaneratto	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	14
2	Lee Min-a	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	10
3	Thaís Guedes	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	9
3		Seoul	9
5		Icheon Daekyo	8
5		Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	8

Updated to games played on 6 November 2017.^[3]

Playoff and championship[]

The semi-final was contested between the 2nd and 3rd placed teams (Icheon Daekyo and Hwacheon KSPO) in the regular season. After defeating Icheon Daekyo 2–1, Hwacheon KSPO advanced to the two-legged final to face the 1st placed team (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels) in the regular season. Hwacheon KSPO lost 6–0 on aggregate to Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels, who won their fifth consecutive league title.

The playoff is played one leg and championship final is played over two legs.

Play-off		Grand final






		Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	3	3	6

		Hwacheon KSPO	0	0	0
Icheon Daekyo	1

Hwacheon KSPO	2

Semi-final[]

13 November 2017

19:00

Icheon Daekyo	1 – 2	Hwacheon KSPO
	Report

Icheon Stadium, Icheon

Attendance: 987

Final[]

1st leg

17 November 2017

19:00

Hwacheon KSPO	0 – 3	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
	Report

, Hwacheon

2nd leg

20 November 2017

18:00

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	3 – 0	Hwacheon KSPO
	Report

Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon

Attendance: 1,127

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 6–0 on aggregate.

2017 WK-League Winners
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Fifth title

References[]

^ "2017 WK League schedule". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "2017 WK League top scorers" (in Korean). WK League. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "2017 WK League top assists" (in Korean). WK League. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

External links[]

Season on soccerway.com
kwff.or.kr (in Korean)

[1] "2017 WK League schedule". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[2] "2017 WK League top scorers" (in Korean). WK League. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[3] "2017 WK League top assists" (in Korean). WK League. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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