2026 WK League
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| 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]
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 |
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| 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] |
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| Gyeongju KHNP |  Mai Kyokawa[12] |
Emi Nakajima[13] |
 Rebekah Valdez[14] |
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| Hwacheon KSPO | Asuna Tanaka |
Sae Kitakata |
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| Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | Yuka Toriumi[15] |
 Fiona Worts[16] |
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| Sejong Sportstoto | ||||
| Seoul City | ||||
| Suwon FC | Ayaka Nishikawa |
Mileninha[17] |
Haruhi Suzuki[18] |
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Qualification for Championship |
| 2 | Mungyeong Sangmu | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 10 | Qualification for Play-off |
| 3 | Suwon FC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Hwacheon KSPO | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Gangjin Swans | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sejong Sportstoto | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Seoul City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 8 | Gyeongju KHNP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
