The 2015 WK League was the seventh season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season began on 16 March 2015 and ended on 5 October 2015.[1]

WK League
Season2015
Dates16 March – 5 October 2015
ChampionsIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(3rd title)
Top goalscorerLaura Rus
(17 goals)
Biggest home winIncheon 5–0 Seoul
Icheon 5–0 Busan
Icheon 5–0 Seoul
Incheon 5–0 Seoul
Biggest away winBusan 0–4 Incheon
2014
2016

Goyang Daekyo Noonnoppi and Jeonbuk KSPO relocated to Icheon and Hwacheon and were renamed Icheon Daekyo and Hwacheon KSPO, respectively. This year, the WK League introduced the home and away system, and each team got its own stadium.[2]

The defending champions Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels successfully defended their title and won their third consecutive championship.

Teams

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Locations of the 2015 WK League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Position in 2014
Busan Sangmu Busan Boeun Public Stadium[a] 6,000 6th place
Daejeon Sportstoto Daejeon Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex 26,000 4th place
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park 3,000 7th place
Icheon Daekyo Icheon Icheon City Stadium 20,305 Runners-up
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Incheon Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field 5,078 Champions
Seoul WFC Seoul Hyochang Stadium 15,194 3rd place
Suwon FMC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,808 5th place
  1. ^ Busan Sangmu played their WK League matches in Boeun, but decided to be named Busan to represent the city in the Korean National Sports Festival.[3]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C) 24 19 4 1 57 16 +41 61 Qualification for playoffs final
2 Icheon Daekyo 24 12 7 5 43 23 +20 43 Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3 Suwon FMC 24 10 7 7 36 30 +6 37
4 Hwacheon KSPO 24 8 10 6 34 28 +6 34
5 Daejeon Sportstoto 24 8 6 10 30 26 +4 30
6 Seoul WFC 24 3 6 15 28 61 −33 15
7 Busan Sangmu 24 3 2 19 22 66 −44 11
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results

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Matches 1–12

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Busan Sangmu 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–4 1–4 1–5
Daejeon Sportstoto 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1
Hwacheon KSPO 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1
Icheon Daekyo 5–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–2
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 3–1
Seoul WFC 0–2 0–2 3–3 0–1 1–2 1–4
Suwon FMC 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 13–24

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Busan Sangmu 3–2 2–2 0–3 1–3 2–2 0–1
Daejeon Sportstoto 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 4–0
Hwacheon KSPO 5–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0
Icheon Daekyo 4–0 1–0 1–4 3–1 5–0 2–1
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 1–1
Seoul WFC 2–4 1–4 1–5 1–2 1–3 2–1
Suwon FMC 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

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Bracket

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Semi-final Final
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (p) 0 1 1 (4)
2 Icheon Daekyo 2 Icheon Daekyo 0 1 1 (3)
3 Suwon FMC 1

Semi-final

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Final

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

References

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  1. ^ "2015 WK League season". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ^ [WK리그] '연고정착' 2015시즌, 슈퍼매치-WC특수 '기대' (in Korean). Footballist. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  3. ^ 보은군 유치 여자축구실업리그 실효성 논란… 5년째 10억 투자 혈세 퍼붓기 지적 (in Korean). Kukmin Ilbo. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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