# 2022–23 WE League season

The 2022–23 WE League, also known as the 2022–23 Yogibo WE League (Japanese: 2022–23 Yogibo WEリーグ, Hepburn: 2022–23 Yogibo WE Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 2nd season of the WE League, the top Japanese women's professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2020.

## Overview

This season was the last in the 11 team format, as the WE League expanded to 12 teams from the 2023–24 season.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | 2021–22 season |
| AC Nagano Parceiro | Nagano, Nagano | Nagano U Stadium | 15,491 | 7th |
| Albirex Niigata | Niigata, Niigata | Denka Big Swan Stadium | 42,300 | 8th |
| Albirex Niigata | Niigata, Niigata | Niigata Athletic Stadium | 18,671 | 8th |
| AS Elfen Saitama | Kumagaya, Saitama | Kumagaya Athletic Stadium | 15,392 | 11th |
| INAC Kobe Leonessa | Kobe, Hyōgo | Noevir Stadium Kobe | 30,132 | 1st |
| JEF United Chiba | Chiba, Chiba | Fukuda Denshi Arena | 19,781 | 4th |
| JEF United Chiba | Ichihara, Chiba | ZA Oripri Stadium | 14,051 | 4th |
| MyNavi Sendai | Sendai, Miyagi | Yurtec Stadium Sendai | 19,694 | 5th |
| Nojima Stella Sagamihara | Sagamihara, Kanagawa | Sagamihara Gion Stadium | 15,300 | 10th |
| Omiya Ardija Ventus | Saitama, Saitama | NACK5 Stadium Omiya | 15,500 | 9th |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina | Hiroshima, Hiroshima | Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium | 6,000 | 6th |
| Tokyo Verdy Beleza | Kita, Tokyo | Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka | 7,258 | 3rd |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Saitama, Saitama | Urawa Komaba Stadium | 21,500 | 2nd |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| AC Nagano Parceiro | Kumiko Tashiro | Penalty | Hokto |
| Albirex Niigata | Daisuke Muramatsu | X-girl | Kameda Seika |
| AS Elfen Saitama | Tomoe Tanabe | X-girl | Chifure Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| INAC Kobe Leonessa | Park Kang-jo | Hummel International | Mondahmin (home kit) Earth Corporation (away kit) |
| JEF United Chiba | Shinji Sarusawa | X-girl | Yakult Honsha |
| MyNavi Sendai | Takeo Matsuda | X-girl | Mynavi Corporation |
| Nojima Stella Sagamihara | Masaaki Kanno | X-girl | Television Kanagawa |
| Omiya Ardija Ventus | Takeyuki Okamoto | X-girl | ahamo |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina | Shin Nakamura | Nike | EDION |
| Tokyo Verdy Beleza | Kazuhiko Takemoto | Athleta | Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Naoki Kusunose | Nike | POLUS Co., Ltd. |

## Foreign players

The JFA subsidizes salaries for players from Southeast Asian member federations, while the league itself subsidizes players from top-ranked FIFA countries.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| MyNavi Sendai | Phornphirun Philawan | Slađana Bulatović |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | | |
| Omiya Ardija Ventus | | |
| AS Elfen Saitama | | |
| JEF United Chiba | Cheng Ssu-yu | |
| Tokyo Verdy Beleza | | |
| Nojima Stella Kanagawa | | |
| AC Nagano Parceiro | | |
| Albirex Niigata | | |
| INAC Kobe Leonessa | | |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina | | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds (C) | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 52 |
| 2 | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 44 |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy Beleza | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 42 |
| 4 | Mynavi Sendai | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 27 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 24 |
| 6 | Omiya Ardija Ventus | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 23 |
| 7 | AC Nagano Parceiro | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 21 |
| 8 | JEF United Chiba | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 20 |
| 9 | Nojima Stella Sagamihara | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 19 |
| 10 | Albirex Niigata | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 16 |
| 11 | AS Elfen Saitama | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 41 | −26 | 16 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | PAR | ALB | ELF | LEO | JEF | MYN | STE | VEN | REG | BEL | RED |
| AC Nagano Parceiro | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Albirex Niigata | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| AS Elfen Saitama | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| INAC Kobe Leonessa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| JEF United Chiba | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| MyNavi Sendai | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Nojima Stella Sagamihara | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Omiya Ardija Ventus | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Tokyo Verdy Beleza | 3–3 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–5 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Riko Ueki | Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza | 14 |
| 2 | Kiko Seike | Urawa Red Diamonds | 12 |
| 3 | Yuika Sugasawa | Urawa Red Diamonds | 11 |
| 3 | Aoba Fujino | Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza | 11 |
| 3 | Mina Tanaka | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 11 |
| 6 | Mei Shimada | Urawa Red Diamonds | 8 |
| 6 | Ayaka Inoue | Omiya Ardija Ventus | 8 |
| 8 | Hikaru Naomoto | Urawa Red Diamonds | 7 |
| 8 | Yoshino Nakashima | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina | 7 |
| 10 | Rikako Kobayashi | Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza | 6 |
| 10 | Ayaka Michigami | Albirex Niigata | 6 |
| 10 | Megumi Takase | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 6 |

## Matches

List of matches that were played, or are yet to be played on the 2022–23 WE League season. With an even number of teams (11) competing in the league, there are five matches to play each matchweek, with the team who doesn't have any fixture on the matchweek earning a "standby round", called as the "WE League WE Action Day". All the matches and fixtures displayed here can be found at the Official WE League Website. All the kick-off times are listed in (UTC+9), Japan Standard Time (JST).

### Matchweek 22
## Broadcasting rights

* In Japan, there is live streaming on DAZN. Globally, some matches are streamed in the WE League's own YouTube channel.