2026 WK League
| Season | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 April – 31 October 2026 |
← 2025 2027 →
(Note: All statistics do not include play-off matches) | |
The 2026 WK League is the 18th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. Each of the eight teams will play every other side four times, twice at home and twice away, totalling 28 matches per club in the regular season. The regular season will begin on 4 April 2026.[1][2] After the regular season, the second and third-placed teams will contest a one-legged playoff match, with the winner facing the top-ranked side in a two-legged final. Hwacheon KSPO are the defending champions after beating Seoul City in the 2025 championship final.[3]
Teams
Stadiums and locations
The following eight teams are competing in the 2026 WK League. Changnyeong WFC was rebranded as Gangjin Swans WFC and relocated to Gangjin County, South Jeolla Province, starting with the 2026 season.[4]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity[5] | Position in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangjin Swans | Gangjin | Gangjin Stadium | 2,000 | 8th (as Changnyeong WFC) |
| Gyeongju KHNP | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Football Park Pitch 3 | 650 | 4th |
| Hwacheon KSPO | Hwacheon | Hwacheon Sports Park | 604 | 1st |
| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | Incheon | Incheon Namdong Asiad | 4,968 | 3rd |
| Mungyeong Sangmu | Mungyeong | Mungyeong Civic Stadium | 4,959 | 6th |
| Sejong Sportstoto | Sejong | Sejong Civic Stadium | 996 | 5th |
| Seoul City | Seoul | Seoul World Cup Stadium Auxiliary Field | 1,012 | 2nd |
| Suwon FC | Suwon | Suwon Sports Complex | 11,808 | 7th |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyeongju KHNP | Song Ju-hee | Mutual consent | 28 October 2025[6] | Park Nam-yeol | 2 December 2025[7] |
| Gangjin Swans | Ahn Tae-hwan | Kwon Young-in | |||
| Kwon Young-in | Resigned | February 2026[8] | Go Hyun-ho | 25 February 2026[9] |
Players
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangjin Swans WFC | Manu Polachini [10][11] | |||
| Gyeongju KHNP | Mai Kyokawa[12] | Emi Nakajima[13] | Rebekah Valdez[14] | |
| Hwacheon KSPO | Asuna Tanaka | Sae Kitakata | ||
| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | Yuka Toriumi[15] | |||
| Sejong Sportstoto | ||||
| Seoul City | ||||
| Suwon FC | Ayaka Nishikawa | Mileninha[16] | Haruhi Suzuki[17] |
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gangjin Swans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Championship |
| 2 | Gyeongju KHNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Play-off |
| 3 | Hwacheon KSPO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Mungyeong Sangmu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Seoul City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Sejong Sportstoto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Suwon FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source:
Results
Matches 1–14
Matches 15–28
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) | ||||||||||
Play-off
| v | ||
|---|---|---|
Championship
| v | ||
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| v | ||
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Final table
References
- ^ "2026 WK League fixtures released". wkleaguenews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "2026 WK리그 일정 안내". kwff.or.kr. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ An, Ee-ho (17 November 2025). 화천 KSPO 창단 첫 WK리그 챔피언 등극 [Hwacheon KSPO crowned WK League champions for first time]. Gangwon Domin Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ Seol, Ha-eun (27 October 2025). "한WK리그 창녕WFC, 강진군으로 연고지 이전…첫 전남 연고 구단" [WK League's Changnyeong WFC relocates to Gangjin County, becoming the first Jeonnam-based club.]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Kim, Na-eun, ed. (31 August 2024). STAND 여자축구 WK리그 A to Z [STAND Women's football WK League A to Z] (in Korean). Wuman. pp. 16–19. ISBN 979-11-976513-4-2.
- ^ "Gyeongju KHNP seek new manager after parting ways with Song Juhee". WK League News. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "WELCOME, 감독 박남열" [Welcome, manager Park Nam-yeol] (in Korean). Gyeongju KHNP FC. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Gangjin Swans seeking new manager". WK League News. 7 February 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Gangjin Swans appoint Go Hyunho as manager". WK League News. 26 February 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ @gangjinswans_wfc; (9 March 2026). "2026 SQUAD NUMBERS🩵2026시즌 강진스완스wfc 선수단 배번!!🩵" (in Korean). Retrieved 10 March 2026 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Gangjin WFC sign Brazilian midfielder Manu Polachini". WK League News. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ Gyeongju KHNP FC [@khnp_fc]; (8 January 2025). "💚 CONTRACT RENEWAL 💛" (in Korean). Retrieved 25 February 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Lee Youngju and Emi Nakajima join Gyeongju KHNP". WK League News. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "Rebekah Valdez joins Gyeongju KHNP". WK League News. 15 January 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ Lee, Ee-jin (22 March 2025). 여자축구 명문 현대제철 이란팀 꺾고 초대 '여자 ACL' 4강 진출 [Women's football legends Hyundai Steel beat Iranian team to progress to semi-finals of inaugural 'Women's ACL']. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ Lim, Ki-hwan (3 February 2025). 수원 FC 위민, 드래프트 3인 및 국내외 영입 통한 전력 보강... 우승 정조준한다 [Suwon FC Women reinforce team with 3 draftees plus domestic and international transfers, aiming for another championship]. Best Eleven (in Korean). Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ "수원FC 위민, 한·일 무대를 모두 경험한 일본인 공격수 하루히 영입" [Suwon FC signs Haruhi, a Japanese striker with experience of both Japanese and Korean leagues]. Suwon FC (in Korean). 25 February 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ 서울시청, 인천현대제철 제치고 12년 만에 WK리그 챔피언결정전 진출… 첫 우승 향한 역사적 도전 (in Korean). Korea Women's Football Federation. 1 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)