2023–24 WE League season

WE League
Season	2023–24
Dates	11 November 2023 – 25 May 2024
Champions	Urawa Reds (2nd title)
Champions League	Urawa Reds
Matches played	132
Goals scored	326 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kiko Seike (20 goals)
Biggest away win	Mynavi Sendai 0–5 NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza ; (26 November 2023) ; Nojima Stella Kanagawa 0–5 Urawa Reds ; (16 March 2024)
Highest scoring	AC Nagano Parceiro 3–5 Urawa Reds ; (31 March 2024)
Longest winning run	6 matches (Urawa Reds)
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Longest winless run	13 matches (Nojima Stella Kanagawa)
Longest losing run	5 matches (Nojima Stella Kanagawa)
Highest attendance	5,306 (18 November 2023) ; Mynavi Sendai 0–3 INAC Kobe Leonessa
Lowest attendance	575 (9 December 2023) ; JEF United Chiba 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
Total attendance	124,207
Average attendance	1,568
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 WE League season (Japanese: 2023–24 WEリーグ, Hepburn: 2023–24 WE Rīgu) was the 3rd season of the WE League since its establishment in 2020. The league begin on 11 November 2023 and end on 25 May 2024.^[1]^[2]

Overview[edit]

This season, the league expanded to 12 teams with the inclusion of Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies, who will play in the WE League for the first time after playing in the Nadeshiko League Division 1 in the 2022 season.

Teams[edit]

Tokyo teams:
Urawa
Beleza
Stella

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Locations of the 2023–24 WE League teams

Locations of the WE League teams in and near Tokyo

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2022–23 season
AC Nagano Parceiro	Nagano	Nagano U Stadium	15,491	7th
Albirex Niigata	Niigata	Denka Big Swan Stadium	42,300	10th
Albirex Niigata	Niigata	Niigata Athletic Stadium	18,671	10th
Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	Kumagaya	Kumagaya Athletic Stadium	15,392	11th
Cerezo Osaka Yanmar	Osaka	Yodoko Sakura Stadium	15,392	2022 Nadeshiko League Division 1, 4th
INAC Kobe Leonessa	Kobe	Noevir Stadium Kobe	30,132	2nd
JEF United Chiba	Chiba	Fukuda Denshi Arena	19,781	8th
JEF United Chiba	Ichihara	ZA Oripri Stadium	14,051	8th
MyNavi Sendai	Sendai	Yurtec Stadium Sendai	19,694	4th
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	Sagamihara	Sagamihara Gion Stadium	15,300	9th
Omiya Ardija Ventus	Saitama	NACK5 Stadium Omiya	15,500	6th
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium	6,000	5th
Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Kita, Tokyo	Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka	7,258	3rd
Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama	Urawa Komaba Stadium	21,500	1st

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AC Nagano Parceiro	Ryu Hirose	Penalty	Hokto
Albirex Niigata	Kazuaki Hashikawa	X-girl	Kameda Seika
Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	Takashi Ikegaya	X-girl	Chifure
Cerezo Osaka Yanmar	Nobuhito Toriizuka	X-girl	Yanmar
INAC Kobe Leonessa	Jordi Ferrón	Hummel	Mondahmin (Home kit) Earth Corporation (Away kit)
JEF United Chiba	Shoko Mikami	X-girl	Furukawa Electric
MyNavi Sendai	Shigemitsu Sudo	X-girl	Mynavi
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	Masaaki Kanno	X-girl	tvk
Omiya Ardija Ventus	Rina Yanai	Under Armour	ahamo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	Shin Nakamura	Nike	EDION
Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Takeo Matsuda	Athleta	Coca-Cola
Urawa Red Diamonds	Naoki Kusunose	Nike	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Foreign players[edit]

The JFA subsidizes salaries for players from Southeast Asian member federations, while the league itself subsidizes players from top-ranked FIFA countries.^[3]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Albirex Niigata
Cerezo Osaka Yanmar	Zahra Muzdalifah
Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	Sakura Yoshida
INAC Kobe Leonessa
JEF United Chiba	Vyan Sampson
MyNavi Sendai	Aurelle Awona	Chidinma Okeke	Carla Bautista	Paula Guerrero	Janista Jinantuya	Chatchawan Rodthong
Nagano Parceiro	Taneekarn Dangda	Nutwadee Pram-nak
Nojima Stella Kanagawa
Omiya Ardija Ventus
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Urawa Red Diamonds

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urawa Red Diamonds (C)	22	18	3	1	55	17	+38	57	Qualification for the Champions League
2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	22	15	4	3	39	12	+27	49
3	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza	22	13	7	2	47	18	+29	46
4	Albirex Niigata	22	13	2	7	26	18	+8	41
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	22	9	4	9	26	25	+1	31
6	JEF United Chiba	22	6	7	9	18	23	−5	25
7	Omiya Ardija Ventus	22	7	4	11	17	32	−15	25
8	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	22	7	2	13	20	29	−9	23
9	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar	22	6	3	13	19	31	−12	21
10	MyNavi Sendai	22	5	6	11	22	40	−18	21
11	AC Nagano Parceiro	22	4	6	12	21	40	−19	18
12	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	22	3	4	15	16	41	−25	13

Source: WE League, WE League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points;2) Goal difference;3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	ALB	BEL	CER	ELF	JEF	KOB	MYN	NAG	NOJ	OMI	REG	URA
Albirex Niigata		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0
Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza	2–1		1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	7–0	2–1	2–2
Cerezo Osaka Yanmar	1–0	1–1		0–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–3	2–1	0–2	0–4
Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	1–2	1–2	0–1		0–1	0–3	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2
JEF United Chiba	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
INAC Kobe Leonessa	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–0		4–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2
MyNavi Sendai	1–3	0–5	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–3
AC Nagano Parceiro	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2		2–3	1–2	1–0	3–5
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1		0–1	0–1	0–5
Omiya Ardija Ventus	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–0		1–2	0–4
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–2		1–2
Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0

Source: WE League, WE League Data Site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[4]^[5]
1	Kiko Seike (清家貴子)	Urawa Reds	20
2	Mami Ueno (上野真実)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	11
3	Nanami Kitamura (藤野あおば)	NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza	9
3	Mei Shimada (島田芽依)	Urawa Reds	9
5	Mina Tanaka (田中美南)	INAC Kobe Leonessa	8
6	Megumi Ito (伊藤めぐみ)	AC Nagano Parceiro	7
6	Maho Hirosawa (廣澤真穂)	Mynavi Sendai	7
8	Miyu Yakata (矢形海優)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar	6
	Hikaru Kitagawa (北川ひかる)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
	Nanami Kitamura (北村菜々美)	NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
	Yuzuki Yamamoto (山本柚月)	NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
	Miki Ito (伊藤美紀)	Urawa Reds

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "「2023-24 WEリーグ」第1節～第7節日程決定のお知らせ". WE League. 18 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "【11月11日（土）開幕！】「2023-24 WEリーグ」第1節～第7節日程決定のお知らせ". Yahoo! Japan. 19 August 2023.
^ Orlowitz, Dan (10 September 2021). "Japan's ambitious WE League aims to empower in historic first season". The Japan Times.
^ "Stats". WE League.
^ "Goalscoring ranking". WE League.

External links[edit]

[Schedule_1-1] "「2023-24 WEリーグ」第1節～第7節日程決定のお知らせ". WE League. 18 August 2023.

[Schedule_2-2] "【11月11日（土）開幕！】「2023-24 WEリーグ」第1節～第7節日程決定のお知らせ". Yahoo! Japan. 19 August 2023.

[open-3] Orlowitz, Dan (10 September 2021). "Japan's ambitious WE League aims to empower in historic first season". The Japan Times.

[4] "Stats". WE League.

[5] "Goalscoring ranking". WE League.

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Seasons	2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Clubs	AC Nagano Parceiro Albirex Niigata Cerezo Osaka Yanma AS Elfen Saitama INAC Kobe Leonessa JEF United Chiba MyNavi Sendai Ladies Nojima Stella Omiya Ardija Ventus Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Tokyo Verdy Beleza Urawa Red Diamonds
Players	Foreign WE League players Designated special players (DSP)
Awards	Monthly MVP MVP Award Best XI Top Scorer
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