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The '''WK League''' (]: WK리그) is a ] ] league,<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ko:프로팀 하나 없는 종목에 여대생들이 모였다···척박한 환경에서도 '골 때리는 그녀들' |url=https://magazine.hankyung.com/job-joy/article/202210200573d |publisher=Korea Economic Daily |access-date=22 January 2023 |language=ko |date=20 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=001&aid=0001513194 |script-title=ko:세미프로 여자축구, '프로' 명칭 빼고 리그 운영 |language=ko |publisher=] |date=5 January 2007}}</ref> run by the ] (KFA) and the Korea Women's Football Federation (KWFF), which represents the sport's highest level in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kwff.or.kr/jsp/svc/wkl/history/summary.jsp |publisher=WK League |access-date=22 April 2018 |script-title=ko:개요 |language=ko}}</ref> |
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The '''WK League''' (]: WK리그) is a ] ] league,<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ko:프로팀 하나 없는 종목에 여대생들이 모였다···척박한 환경에서도 '골 때리는 그녀들' |url=https://magazine.hankyung.com/job-joy/article/202210200573d |publisher=Korea Economic Daily |access-date=22 January 2023 |language=ko |date=20 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=001&aid=0001513194 |script-title=ko:세미프로 여자축구, '프로' 명칭 빼고 리그 운영 |language=ko |publisher=] |date=5 January 2007}}</ref> run by the ] (KFA) and the Korea Women's Football Federation (KWFF), which represents the sport's highest level in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kwff.or.kr/jsp/svc/wkl/history/summary.jsp |publisher=WK League |access-date=22 April 2018 |script-title=ko:개요 |language=ko}}</ref> |
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] won the inaugural edition of the WK League in 2009 and won two more titles in 2011 and 2012. ] are the most successful team in the league, having won eleven consecutive titles since 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Jun-ho |date=November 25, 2023 |title=인천 현대제철, WK리그 통합 11연패... 손화연 해트트릭 |trans-title=Incheon Hyundai Steel 11 seal 11th consecutive championship... Son Hwa-yeon hat-trick |url=https://munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2023112501039939175018 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=The Munhwa Il-bo |language=ko}}</ref> |
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] won the inaugural edition of the WK League in 2009 and won two more titles in 2011 and 2012. ] are the most successful team in the league, having won eleven consecutive titles since 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Jun-ho |date=November 25, 2023 |title=인천 현대제철, WK리그 통합 11연패... 손화연 해트트릭 |trans-title=Incheon Hyundai Steel seal 11th consecutive championship... Son Hwa-yeon hat-trick |url=https://munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2023112501039939175018 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=The Munhwa Il-bo |language=ko}}</ref> |
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The regular season was reduced to 21 games in 2020 and 2021 due to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ko:2020 WK리그, 6월 15일 개막 |trans-title=2020 WK League to begin on June 15th |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToyOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjtzOjQ6InBhZ2UiO2k6Njt9&bmode=view&idx=3898300&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |lang=ko |publisher=Korea Women's Football Federation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2021 |script-title=ko:WK리그 4월 26일 개막...현대제철-서울시청 개막전 격돌 |trans-title=WK League to begin on April 26th...Incheon Hyundai and Seoul WFC to clash in opening game |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=6099197&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Korea Women's Football Federation |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 14, 2020 |title=WK리그, 6월 15일 개막 확정... 21라운드로 축소 운영 |trans-title=WK League confirmed to start on June 15th... reduced to 21 rounds |url=https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/pc/view/view.do?ncd=4446202 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=KBS News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Im |first=Jae-hoon |date=March 17, 2021 |title=女축구 WK리그, 올해도 21R축소 운영...4월 26일 현대제철-서울시청 개막전 |trans-title=Women's football WK League reduced to 21 rounds again this year... Season opener between Hyundai Steel and Seoul WFC on April 26th |url=https://m.sportsw.kr/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065575778936346 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=Sports W |language=ko}}</ref> A shortened season was maintained in 2022 due to the ] and the ], and again in 2023 due to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2022 |script-title=ko:여자축구 WK리그, 3월 19일 개막…현대제철-수원FC 개막전 격돌 |trans-title=Women's Football WK League season begins March 19th... Incheon Hyundai and Suwon FC to clash in opening game |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-pressrelease/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=10006205&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Korea Women's Football Federation |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2023 |script-title=ko:2023 WK리그, 3월 24일 개막..따뜻한 봄과 함께 여자축구가 온다! |trans-title=2023 WK League to open on March 24th.. Along with the warm spring, women's football is coming! |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToyOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjtzOjQ6InBhZ2UiO2k6MTA7fQ%3D%3D&bmode=view&idx=14382061&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Korea Women's Football Federation |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Oh |first=Chang-won |date=February 4, 2022 |title=여자축구 WK리그, 3월 19일 개막...현대제철-수원FC 개막전 격돌 |trans-title=Women's football WK League opens March 19th...Hyundai Steel and Suwon FC to clash in opening game |url=https://www.joongboo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=363524749 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=Joongboo Daily}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Yong-il |date=March 3, 2023 |title='월드컵의 해' WK리그, 2023 시즌 정규리그 28R-21R 축소 운영 |trans-title='World Cup year' 2023 WK League regular season reduced from 28-21 rounds |url=https://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1202882 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=Sports Seoul |language=ko}}</ref> The 2024 edition of the league saw a return to the 28-round regular season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2024 |script-title=ko:女실업축구 WK리그 3월 16일 개막...총 28라운드 7개월 대장정 돌입 |trans-title=Women's commercial football WK League season to open 16th March... With 28 rounds, the 7-month-long journey begins |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToyOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjtzOjQ6InBhZ2UiO2k6Mjt9&bmode=view&idx=18206987&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Korea Women's Football Federation |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Young-ho |date=February 20, 2024 |title=2024시즌 WK리그, 3월 16일 킥오프...챔프전은 11월 |trans-title=2024 WK League kicks off on March 16th... Championship final in November |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20240220129100007 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=Yonhap News |language=ko}}</ref> |
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The regular season was reduced to 21 games in 2020 and 2021 due to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ko:2020 WK리그, 6월 15일 개막 |trans-title=2020 WK League to begin on June 15th |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToyOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjtzOjQ6InBhZ2UiO2k6Njt9&bmode=view&idx=3898300&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |lang=ko |publisher=Korea Women's Football Federation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2021 |script-title=ko:WK리그 4월 26일 개막...현대제철-서울시청 개막전 격돌 |trans-title=WK League to begin on April 26th...Incheon Hyundai and Seoul WFC to clash in opening game |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=6099197&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Korea Women's Football Federation |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 14, 2020 |title=WK리그, 6월 15일 개막 확정... 21라운드로 축소 운영 |trans-title=WK League confirmed to start on June 15th... reduced to 21 rounds |url=https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/pc/view/view.do?ncd=4446202 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=KBS News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Im |first=Jae-hoon |date=March 17, 2021 |title=女축구 WK리그, 올해도 21R축소 운영...4월 26일 현대제철-서울시청 개막전 |trans-title=Women's football WK League reduced to 21 rounds again this year... season opener between Hyundai Steel and Seoul WFC on April 26th |url=https://m.sportsw.kr/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065575778936346 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=Sports W |language=ko}}</ref> A shortened season was maintained in 2022 due to the ] and the ], and again in 2023 due to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2022 |script-title=ko:여자축구 WK리그, 3월 19일 개막…현대제철-수원FC 개막전 격돌 |trans-title=Women's Football WK League season begins March 19th... Incheon Hyundai and Suwon FC to clash in opening game |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-pressrelease/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=10006205&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Korea Women's Football Federation |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2023 |script-title=ko:2023 WK리그, 3월 24일 개막..따뜻한 봄과 함께 여자축구가 온다! |trans-title=2023 WK League to open on March 24th.. along with the warm spring, women's football is coming! |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToyOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjtzOjQ6InBhZ2UiO2k6MTA7fQ%3D%3D&bmode=view&idx=14382061&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Korea Women's Football Federation |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Oh |first=Chang-won |date=February 4, 2022 |title=여자축구 WK리그, 3월 19일 개막...현대제철-수원FC 개막전 격돌 |trans-title=Women's football WK League opens March 19th...Hyundai Steel and Suwon FC to clash in opening game |url=https://www.joongboo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=363524749 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=Joongboo Daily}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Yong-il |date=March 3, 2023 |title='월드컵의 해' WK리그, 2023 시즌 정규리그 28R-21R 축소 운영 |trans-title='World Cup year' 2023 WK League regular season reduced from 28 to 21 rounds |url=https://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1202882 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=Sports Seoul |language=ko}}</ref> The 2024 edition of the league saw a return to the 28-round regular season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2024 |script-title=ko:女실업축구 WK리그 3월 16일 개막...총 28라운드 7개월 대장정 돌입 |trans-title=Women's commercial football WK League season to open 16th March... with 28 rounds, the 7-month-long journey begins |url=https://www.kwff.or.kr/wk-news/?q=YToyOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjtzOjQ6InBhZ2UiO2k6Mjt9&bmode=view&idx=18206987&t=board |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Korea Women's Football Federation |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Young-ho |date=February 20, 2024 |title=2024시즌 WK리그, 3월 16일 킥오프...챔프전은 11월 |trans-title=2024 WK League kicks off on March 16th... Championship final in November |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20240220129100007 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |work=Yonhap News |language=ko}}</ref> |