The 2017 WK League was the ninth season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season began on 14 April 2017 and ended on 6 November 2017.[1] Gyeongju KHNP joined the league in the off-season. Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their fifth consecutive title.

WK League
Season2017
Dates14 April – 6 November 2017
ChampionsIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(5th title)
Matches played96
Goals scored342 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorerBia Zaneratto
(24 goals)
Highest scoringIncheon 11–1 Hwacheon
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Incheon
Longest winless run13 matches
Boeun
2016
2018

Teams

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Locations of the 2017 WK League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Position in 2016
Boeun Sangmu Boeun Boeun Public Stadium 6,000 7th place
Gumi Sportstoto Gumi Gumi Civic Stadium 35,000 3rd place
Gyeongju KHNP Gyeongju Gyeongju Football Park 650
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park 3,000 4th place
Icheon Daekyo Icheon Icheon Sports Complex 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 5th place
Suwon FMC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,808 6th place

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) 28 22 4 2 88 18 +70 70 Qualification for playoffs final
2 Icheon Daekyo 28 16 5 7 51 34 +17 53 Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3 Hwacheon KSPO 28 13 7 8 45 50 −5 46
4 Seoul WFC 28 12 5 11 40 43 −3 41
5 Suwon FMC 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: Soccerway
(C) Champions

Results

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Matches 1–14

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Boeun Sangmu 0–3 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–5
Icheon Daekyo 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–1
Gumi Sportstoto 4–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–1
Gyeongju KHNP 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–4 1–3 0–1
Hwacheon KSPO 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–3 1–3
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 5–1 3–1 1–1 6–0 4–0 5–0 0–0
Seoul WFC 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–5 1–0
Suwon FMC 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–28

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Boeun Sangmu 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–1
Icheon Daekyo 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 5–1 1–1
Gumi Sportstoto 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–5 1–2 1–3
Gyeongju KHNP 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–4 1–4
Hwacheon KSPO 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 5–1 2–0
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 4–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 11–1 2–0 1–1
Seoul WFC 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 4–0
Suwon FMC 2–1 2–4 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player[2] Club Goals
1   Bia 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 WFC 11
5   Thaís Guedes Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 10

Top assist providers

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Rank Player[3] Club Assists
1   Bia 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 WFC
5   Park Ji-young Icheon Daekyo 8
  Lee Se-eun Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

Championship playoffs

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The semi-final was contested between Icheon Daekyo and Hwacheon KSPO, the second and third-placed teams in the regular season, respectively. Hwacheon KSPO advanced to the two-legged final after defeating Icheon Daekyo 2–1, but lost 6–0 on aggregate to regular season winners Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels in the final.

Bracket

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Semi-final Final
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 3 3 6
2 Icheon Daekyo 1 Hwacheon KSPO 0 0 0
3 Hwacheon KSPO 2

Semi-final

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Icheon Daekyo1–2Hwacheon KSPO
Report
Attendance: 987

Final

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

References

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  1. ^ "2017 WK League schedule". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ "2017 WK League top scorers" (in Korean). KWFF. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2017 WK League top assists" (in Korean). KWFF. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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