WK League News

2026 WK League Draft schedule released

The Korea Women’s Football Federation (KWFF) has released details of the 2026 WK League new players’ draft. The draft will take place at the Olympic Parktel in Seoul on Wednesday, 10th December at 11:00. Players wishing to participate in the draft can check their eligibility via the KWFF website and submit the required documents within the registration period, which starts today (10th November) and continues until next Friday (21st November).

Suwon FC lead Group C after first AWCL match

Suwon FC Women began their 2025/26 AFC Women’s Champions’ League campaign yesterday with a comprehensive win against hosts ISPE WFC in Yangon, Myanmar. After a shaky start against the home team and their enthusiastic fans, Mileninha opened the scoring in first half injury time to give Suwon the advantage going into the break. Coming into the second half more settled and focused, it wasn’t long before Ayaka Nishikawa scored Suwon’s second goal. Replacing an injured Yoon Soojung, impact substitute Song Jiyoon netted two of her own before Seo Yejin made it five. The win sends Suwon to the top of Group C, with Tokyo Verdy Beleza just below them on goal difference after their own emphatic win against Naegohyang WFC. The 2024 WK League champions face Naegohyang next in what will be the first-ever meeting of sides from South and North Korea in a women’s club competition. Suwon FC will then take on Tokyo Verdy on Sunday, cheered on from afar by fans at a watch party hosted by the club in Suwon.

Generational shift at Incheon as veteran players move on

With Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels’ league season coming to a close after failing to reach the Championship Final last weekend, a number of players have taken to social media to announce their departure from the club. Besides Kim So-eun, who has already made her debut for Western Sydney Wanderers in the A-League, also waving goodbye to the Red Angels are Choi Jina, Oh Yeonhee, Lim Seonjoo, and Kim Jungmi. One club woman Kim has been at the club since 2004, making over 300 league appearances since the WK League began in 2009, and many fans cannot imagine Incheon without her. Lim Seonjoo is also a long-time Red Angel, having joined the team as a rookie player in 2011, but the Korea international defender will now be holding fort elsewhere — she was careful to note in her farewell Instagram post that this is “not retirement”. As more of the core squad that were with Incheon Hyundai for some, if not all, of their eleven consecutive WK League title wins, the club seems to be on the brink of a generational shift, and manager Hur Jeongjae will be using this winter transfer window to build a new-look Incheon squad ahead of the 2026 WK League.

National team to play friendly against Netherlands

The South Korean national women’s football team will play a friendly match against the Netherlands, the KFA announced Saturday. The friendly will be the second of two to be played in Europe in December, with details of the first match yet to be released. Manager Shin Sangwoo is set to announce his squad for the fixture next Monday (17th November), with travel scheduled for the 23rd November. The match will take place at the Mandemakers Stadion on 2nd December at 20:45 local time (3rd December, 04:45 KST) and is the first time the two sides have met. The European excursion will be an important opportunity for Shin to assess his squad as he looks ahead to next year’s AFC Asian Cup, which also serves as a qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In their most recent outing, Korea’s senior team lifted the trophy at the EAFF E-1 Championship.

DPR Korea win FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup

DPR Korea (North Korea) successfully defended their title to lift the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after beating the Netherlands 3-0 in the final in Morocco on Saturday. It’s the fourth time North Korea, a powerhouse of women’s football, have won the competition. Goals from Kim Won Sim, Pak Rye Yong and Ri Ui Gyong sealed North Korea the victory. Yu Jong Hyang won the tournament’s Golden Ball and Golden Boot awards. Korea Republic (South Korea) failed to make it to the knockout stages of the competition after a draw and two losses in the group stage.