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The 2021–22 WE League, also known as the 2021–22 Yogibo WE League (Japanese: 2021–22 Yogibo WEリーグ, Hepburn: 2021–22 Yogibo WE Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 1st season of the WE League, the top Japanese women's professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2020. The league began on 2 September 2021 and ended on 21 May 2022.

Season2021–22
Dates12 September 2021 – 21 May 2022
ChampionsINAC Kobe Leonessa
1st WE League title
4th Japanese title
Matches110
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
WE League
Season2021–22
Dates12 September 2021 – 21 May 2022
ChampionsINAC Kobe Leonessa
1st WE League title
4th Japanese title
Matches110
Goals260 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerYuika Sugasawa (Urawa Red Diamonds)
(14 goals)
Biggest home winINAC Kobe Leonessa 5–0 Omiya Ardija Ventus
(12 Sep)[1]
Biggest away winOmiya Ardija Ventus 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds
(2 Oct)[2]
Highest scoringNojima Stella Kanagawa 2–4 Albirex Niigata
(20 Nov)[3]
(6 goals)
Longest winning run8 matches
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Longest winless run10 matches
Nojima Stella Kanagawa
Longest losing run5 matches
AS Elfen Saitama
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2022.
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Organisation

The WE League is Japan's first fully professional women's soccer league, and 2021–22 is the WE League's inaugural season.

Competition

Preseason

Preseason ran from 24 April 2021 to 19 June 2021 prior to the Tokyo Olympics. In the first preseason match, INAC Kobe Leonessa defeated AC Nagano Parceiro 3–0.[4]

Regular season

The regular season started on 12 September 2021[5] and finished on 21 May 2022.[6]

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

More information Club, Stadium ...
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Personnel and kits

More information Club, Manager ...
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
MyNavi Sendai Japan Takeo Matsuda Japan Haruka Hamada X-girl Mynavi Corporation
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan Naoki Kusunose Japan Hanae Shibata Nike POLUS Co., Ltd.
Omiya Ardija Ventus Japan Takeyuki Okamoto Japan Saori Ariyoshi X-girl ahamo
AS Elfen Saitama Japan Etsuko Handa Japan Emi Yamamoto X-girl Chifure Holdings Co., Ltd.
JEF United Chiba Japan Shinji Sarusawa Japan Kanae Hayashi X-girl Yakult Honsha
Tokyo Verdy Beleza Japan Kazuhiko Takemoto Japan Risa Shimizu ATHLETA Task Force Co., Ltd.
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Japan Makoto Kitano Japan Arisa Matsubara X-girl Television Kanagawa
AC Nagano Parceiro Japan Tadashi Ogasahara Japan Kyoka Goshima X-girl Hokto
Albirex Niigata Japan Daisuke Muramatsu X-girl Kameda Seika
INAC Kobe Leonessa Japan Kei Hoshikawa Japan Emi Nakajima hummel Earth Corporation
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Japan Shin Nakamura Japan Yukari Kinga Nike EDION
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Foreign players

The JFA subsidizes salaries for players from Southeast Asian member federations, while the league itself subsidizes players from top-ranked FIFA countries.[7]

More information Club, Player 1 ...
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
MyNavi Sendai
Urawa Red Diamonds
Omiya Ardija Ventus United States Grace Cutler
AS Elfen Saitama Philippines Sarina Bolden
JEF United Chiba Philippines Quinley Quezada Chinese Taipei Cheng Ssu-yu
Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Germany Cindy König Nigeria Uchechi Sunday
AC Nagano Parceiro
Albirex Niigata South Korea Lee Hyo-kyeong
INAC Kobe Leonessa Germany Stina Johannes
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 INAC Kobe Leonessa 20 16 2 2 35 9 +26 50 League Winner
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 20 13 3 4 40 24 +16 42
3 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 20 10 4 6 32 18 +14 34
4 JEF United Chiba 20 9 7 4 26 18 +8 34
5 Mynavi Sendai 20 9 4 7 25 16 +9 31
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 20 7 4 9 24 26 −2 25
7 AC Nagano Parceiro 20 5 6 9 15 24 −9 21
8 Albirex Niigata 20 4 7 9 20 30 −10 19
9 Omiya Ardija Ventus 20 3 9 8 17 31 −14 18
10 Nojima Stella Kanagawa 20 2 7 11 13 31 −18 13
11 AS Elfen Saitama 20 2 7 11 13 33 −20 13
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Source: WE League, WE League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, INAC Kobe Leonessa ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
INAC Kobe Leonessa141111111111111111111
Urawa Red Diamonds412223443333333322222
Tokyo Verdy Beleza875444235542222245333
JEF United Chiba761010107554455554433444
MyNavi Sendai534332322224445554555
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina2577957688899910988666
AC Nagano Parceiro323579576677788899777
Albirex Niigata98665891010998877777988
Omiya Ardija Ventus1111998101087766666666899
Nojima Stella Kanagawa59886689910101010109111111111010
AS Elfen Saitama101011111111111111111111111111101010101111
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Leader
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2022. Source: WE League (in English)

Results by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Albirex Niigata ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Albirex NiigataLDWDWADLLLLWLWADDDWLWLLDDD
MyNavi SendaiDWDWDWWADWLDLWWADLWLLWWLLW
AC Nagano ParceiroWDDLLLWLWWADWLDWADLDLLDWDL
INAC Kobe LeonessaWWADWWWWWWWDLDWWWADWWWWWLW
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ReginaWLLDLWDWADLDWLLLLWADWWLWDW
Urawa Red DiamondsWWWADWWLLLWDWWDWWLWADWWWWD
Nojima Stella KanagawaDLDWADWLDLLLLDDLLWLWADDLDL
Tokyo Verdy BelezaLDWWLWWLWADDWWWWWLLLWADDWD
JEF United ChibaWADDLLDWWWWDDLLWWWDWDWADWD
Omiya Ardija VentusLDDLWWADLWDDDDLDLWDLLLWADL
AS Elfen SaitamaLDLLLLLWDDWADDWLLDWLDLLWAD
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Win
Draw
Lose
WE ACTION DAY (WAD)
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2022. Source: WE League (in English)

All match results

More information Home \ Away, MYN ...
Home \ Away MYN RED VEN ELF JEF BEL STE PAR ALB LEO REG
MyNavi Sendai 0–0[8] 1–1[9] 1–0[10] 0–0[11] 1–1[12] 4–0[13]
Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1[14] 2–0[15] 2–0[16] 2–0[17] 2–0[18] 0–2[19] 1–2[20]
Omiya Ardija Ventus 0–1[21] 1–4[2] 0–0[22] 0–0[23] 1–3[24] 1–1[25] 4–1[26]
AS Elfen 0–3[27] 1–1[28] 1–1[29] 1–0[30] 0–1[31] 0–3[2]
JEF United Chiba 2–1[32] 1–1[33] 1–1[34] 0–3[35] 2–0[36] 0–0[37]
Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1–2[38] 0–0[39] 4–1[3] 4–0[40] 2–0[41] 2–0[42]
Nojima Stella Kanagawa 0–1[43] 1–0[44] 0–0[45] 2–4[46]
AC Nagano Parceiro 0–2[47] 0–0[48] 0–2[49] 2–1[50]
Albirex Niigata 0–3[51] 2–1[52] 0–1[53] 1–3[54]
INAC Kobe Leonessa 5–0[1] 1–1[55] 2–0[56] 1–0[57] 1–0[58] 1–0[59] 3–2[60]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 0–2[61] 1–1[62] 0–0[63] 1–1[64]
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Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: WE League (in English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 22 May 2022

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[65][66]
1 Japan Yuika Sugasawa Urawa Red Diamonds 14
(1 player)
2 Japan Mina Tanaka INAC Kobe Leonessa 12
(1 player)
3 Japan Mami Ueno Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 11
(1 player)
4 Japan Akari Shiraki MyNavi Sendai 8
(2 players)
Japan Ayaka Michigami Albirex Niigata
6 Japan Miyu Yakata MyNavi Sendai 7
(1 player)
7 Japan Ayaka Inoue Omiya Ardija Ventus 6
(6 players)
Japan Natsuki Kishikawa JEF United Chiba
Japan Haruka Osawa JEF United Chiba
Japan Remina Chiba JEF United Chiba
Japan Riko Ueki Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Japan Yui Narumiya INAC Kobe Leonessa
(12 players)
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Pre-season matches

Overview

  • Source:[67][68]
  • Title: 2021 WE League pre-season matches
  • Dates: 24 April – 19 June 2021
  • Rules and regulations: match duration; 90 minutes (45 minutes each half)
  • Number of matches: 22
  • Official website: 2021 WE League pre-season matches (in Japanese)

Results

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) Match 1 INAC Kobe Leonessa 3–0 AC Nagano Parceiro Sakai, Osaka
13:00 UTC+9
  • Yui Narumiya 23', 41'
  • Fukina Mizuno 90+2'
 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)		 Stadium: Natural Grass Main Field S1
Attendance: 262
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu
24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) Match 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 MyNavi Sendai Saitama, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 1,504
Referee: Asaka Koizumi
25 April 2021 (2021-04-25) Match 3 Albirex Niigata 6–0 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Niigata, Niigata
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)		 Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 678
Referee: Azusa Sugino
29 April 2021 (2021-04-29) Match 4 JEF United Chiba 0–1 Omiya Ardija Ventus Ichihara, Chiba
13:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium
Attendance: 362
Referee: Miu Sone
29 April 2021 (2021-04-29) Match 5 AC Nagano Parceiro 1–2 Albirex Niigata Saku, Nagano
13:00 UTC+9
  • Hinako Murakami 73'
 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Saku Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 280
Referee: Kazue Kusadokoro
29 April 2021 (2021-04-29) Match 6 Nojima Stella Kanagawa 1–5 Urawa Red Diamonds Sagamihara, Kanagawa
14:00 UTC+9
  • Minami Ishida 49'
 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Attendance: 485
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama
4 May 2021 (2021-05-04) Match 7 AS Elfen Saitama 0–1 INAC Kobe Leonessa Kumagaya, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 991
Referee: Emi Chiba
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) Match 8 AC Nagano Parceiro 1–0 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Saku, Nagano
13:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)		 Stadium: Saku Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 277
Referee: Asaka Koizumi
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) Match 9 Omiya Ardija Ventus 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Saitama, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 2,834
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) Match 10 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 0–1 JEF United Chiba Chōfu, Tokyo
14:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
  • Yuka Anzai 8'
 Stadium: AGF Field
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu
9 May 2021 (2021-05-09) Match 11 MyNavi Sendai 0–0 AS Elfen Saitama Kakuda, Miyagi
13:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)		 Stadium: Kakuda athletic field
Attendance: 478
Referee: Azusa Sugino
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Match 12 INAC Kobe Leonessa 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Kobe, Hyōgo
13:00 UTC+9
  • Moriya Miyabi 48'
  • Maria Kikuchi 89'
 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)		 Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe[69]
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)[69]
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Match 13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 2–0 JEF United Chiba Hiroshima, Hiroshima
13:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)		 Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1
Attendance: 1,075
Referee: Saki Nakamoto
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Match 14 Omiya Ardija Ventus 0–4 Tokyo Verdy Beleza Saitama, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 2,856
Referee: Mariko Iwaki
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Match 15 Albirex Niigata 3–1 AS Elfen Saitama Niigata, Niigata
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
  • Riko Yoshida 35'
 Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 586
Referee: Saori Takahashi
29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) Match 16 JEF United Chiba 1–2 MyNavi Sendai Chiba, Chiba
12:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 550
Referee: Minako Asakura
29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) Match 17 Nojima Stella Kanagawa 0–1 Omiya Ardija Ventus Sagamihara, Kanagawa
13:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Attendance: 485
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu
29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) Match 18 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Saitama, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 1,431
Referee: Junko Kirihara
30 May 2021 (2021-05-30) Match 19 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 4–0 Albirex Niigata Kita, Tokyo
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
Attendance: 1,888
Referee: Mari Miyazaki
5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) Match 20 MyNavi Sendai 2–1 Tokyo Verdy Beleza Ishinomaki, Miyagi
13:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Ishinomaki football field
Attendance: 488
Referee: Azusa Sugino
5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) Match 21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 0–1 INAC Kobe Leonessa Hiroshima, Hiroshima
14:00 UTC+9[70] Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1
Attendance: 1,573
Referee: Michiko Fujita
19 June 2021 (2021-06-19) Match 22 AS Elfen Saitama 1–2 AC Nagano Parceiro Kumagaya, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese and English)
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 701
Referee: Hisae Yoshizawa

See also

National association
National league(s)
National cup(s)
National team(s)

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