The 2016 WK League was the eighth season of the WK League, South Korea's top level women's football league. The regular season began on 14 March 2016 and ended on 17 October 2016.

WK League
Season2016
Dates14 March – 17 October 2016
ChampionsIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
(4th title)
Matches played84
Goals scored239 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerRacheal Quigley
(13 goals)
Biggest home winHwacheon 5–1 Seoul
Biggest away winBoeun 1–5 Incheon
2015
2017

Busan Sangmu and Daejeon Sportstoto relocated to Boeun and Gumi and were renamed Boeun Sangmu and Gumi Sportstoto, respectively.[1]

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their fourth consecutive title by beating Icheon Daekyo in the playoffs final.[2]

Teams

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Locations of the 2016 WK League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Position in 2015
Boeun Sangmu Boeun Boeun Public Stadium 6,000 7th place
Gumi Sportstoto Gumi Gumi Civic Stadium 35,000 5th place
Hwacheon KSPO Hwacheon Hwacheon Sports Park 3,000 4th place
Icheon Daekyo Icheon Icheon City Stadium 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 6th place
Suwon FMC Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 11,808 3rd 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) 24 16 7 1 55 21 +34 55 Qualification for playoffs final
2 Icheon Daekyo 24 16 5 3 46 20 +26 53 Qualification for playoffs semi-final
3 Gumi Sportstoto 24 10 6 8 31 27 +4 36
4 Hwacheon KSPO 24 9 6 9 35 32 +3 33
5 Seoul WFC 24 7 5 12 33 48 −15 26
6 Suwon FMC 24 4 8 12 26 38 −12 20
7 Boeun Sangmu 24 1 5 18 13 53 −40 8
Source: KWFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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Matches 1–12

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Home \ Away BOE ICD GUM HWA INC SEO SUW
Boeun Sangmu 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–5 0–3 0–0
Icheon Daekyo 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 2–3 3–1
Gumi Sportstoto 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Hwacheon KSPO 2–0 2–4 1–2 1–1 5–1 1–1
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Seoul WFC 2–2 0–2 2–4 3–1 2–4 3–1
Suwon FMC 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 13–24

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Home \ Away BOE ICD GUM HWA INC SEO SUW
Boeun Sangmu 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2
Icheon Daekyo 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–3 4–0 3–2
Gumi Sportstoto 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 0–1
Hwacheon KSPO 3–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 4–1
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 5–0 3–2
Seoul WFC 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–4 1–1
Suwon FMC 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoffs

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Bracket

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Semi-final Final
1 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 0 4 4
2 Icheon Daekyo 2 Icheon Daekyo 0 0 0
3 Gumi Sportstoto 0

Semi-final

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Final

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Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels4–0Icheon Daekyo
Report

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won 4–0 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ 2016 WK리그, 3월 14일 개막… 매주 월요일 킥오프 (in Korean). Sports Hankook. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ '3골' 비야, WK리그 챔프전 MVP 선정 (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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