# 2021 WK League

The 2021 WK League was the 13th season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season ran from 26 April to 9 November 2021 (originally until 5 October, but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the total amount of rounds were reduced from 28 to 21 (same as the previous season).

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Position in 2020 |
| Boeun Sangmu | Boeun | Boeun Public Stadium | 6,000 | 8th place |
| Changnyeong WFC | Changnyeong | Changnyeong Sports Park | 2,500 | 5th place |
| Gyeongju KHNP | Gyeongju | Gyeongju Football Park | 650 | Runners-up |
| Hwacheon KSPO | Hwacheon | Hwacheon Sports Park | 3,000 | 4th place |
| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | Incheon | Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field | 5,078 | Champions |
| Sejong Sportstoto | Sejong | Sejong Central Park | 1,000 | 6th place |
| Seoul WFC | Seoul | Mokdong Stadium | 15,511 | 7th place |
| Suwon UDC | Suwon | Suwon Sports Complex | 11,808 | 3rd place |

### Foreign players

The total number of foreign players was restricted to three per club, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries. Boeun Sangmu were not allowed to sign any foreign players due to their military status.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | AFC player |
| Changnyeong WFC | Nanase Kiryu | | Aya Shimojo |
| Gyeongju KHNP | Josée Nahi | Ines Nrehy | Asuna Tanaka |
| Hwacheon KSPO | Fumina Katsurama | Thays Ferrer | Natsuki Yoshimi |
| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | Eli del Estal | Neném | |
| Sejong Sportstoto | | | |
| Seoul WFC | | | |
| Suwon UDC | Sawako Yasumoto | Naoko Sakuramoto | Mebae Tanaka |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (C) | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 52 | Qualification for play-offs final |
| 2 | Gyeongju KHNP | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 51 | Qualification for play-offs semi-final |
| 3 | Suwon UDC | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 30 | Qualification for play-offs semi-final |
| 4 | Seoul WFC | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 30 | |
| 5 | Hwacheon KSPO | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 28 | |
| 6 | Boeun Sangmu | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 22 | |
| 7 | Sejong Sportstoto | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 14 | |
| 8 | Changnyeong WFC | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 47 | −28 | 9 | |

### Results
#### Matches 1–14

| Home \ Away | BOE | CHA | GYE | HWA | INC | SEJ | SEO | SUW |
| Boeun Sangmu | — | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Changnyeong WFC | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Hwacheon KSPO | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 |
| Sejong Sportstoto | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Seoul WFC | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | — | 1–2 |
| Suwon UDC | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | — |

#### Matches 15–21

| Home \ Away | BOE | CHA | GYE | HWA | INC | SEJ | SEO | SUW |
| Boeun Sangmu | — | | | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 |
| Changnyeong WFC | 1–1 | — | | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 |
| Gyeongju KHNP | 3–0 | 6–0 | — | 4–1 | | | 6–0 | 4–1 |
| Hwacheon KSPO | | 1–1 | | — | | | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Sejong Sportstoto | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Seoul WFC | 1–1 | | | | | | — | 1–0 |
| Suwon UDC | | | | | | | | — |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Josée Nahi | Gyeongju KHNP | 15 |
| 2 | Ines Nrehy | Gyeongju KHNP | 11 |
| 2 | Son Hwa-yeon | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 11 |
| 2 | Moon Mi-ra | Suwon UDC | 11 |
| 5 | Yeo Min-ji | Gyeongju KHNP | 9 |
| 5 | Choi Yoo-jung | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 9 |
| 7 | Yoo Young-a | Seoul WFC | 8 |
| 8 | Thays Ferrer | Hwacheon KSPO | 7 |

## Championship play-offs
### Bracket

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Gyeongju KHNP | 5 | | Gyeongju KHNP | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Suwon UDC | 4 | | | | | |

### Final

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 2–1 on aggregate.