2017 WK League

The 2017 WK League season was the 9th 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.

WK League
Season2017
Dates14 April 2017 - 6 November 2017
ChampionsIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
5th WK League title
Matches played96
Goals scored342 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorerBeatriz Zaneratto (24 goals)
Biggest home winRed Angels 11-1 Hwacheon
Biggest away winHwacheon 0-5 Red Angels
2016
2018

Teams

Locations of the 2017 WK League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2016 position
Boeun SangmuBoeunBoeun Stadium6,0007th
Gumi SportstotoGumiGumi Civic Stadium35,0003rd
Gyeongju KHNPGyeongjuGyeongju Civic Stadium12,199
Hwacheon KSPOHwacheonHwacheon Stadium3,0004th
Icheon DaekyoIcheonIcheon City Stadium20,3052nd
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red AngelsIncheonIncheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field5,0781st
SeoulSeoulHyochang Stadium15,1945th
Suwon FMCSuwonSuwon Sports Complex11,8086th

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
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:
(C) Champion.

Results

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
Roh So-mi Seoul
5 Park Ji-young Icheon Daekyo 8
Lee Se-eun Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

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-offGrand final
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 336
 
 
 
Hwacheon KSPO 00 0
 
Icheon Daekyo 1
 
 
Hwacheon KSPO 2
 

Semi-final

Icheon Daekyo1 – 2Hwacheon KSPO
Report
Attendance: 987

Final

1st leg
Hwacheon KSPO0 – 3Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Report
Hwacheon Stadium, Hwacheon

2nd leg

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

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

References

  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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