2022–23 WE League season

WE League
Season	2022–23
Dates	22 October 2022 – 11 June 2023
Matches played	20
Goals scored	63 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mina Tanaka (INAC Kobe Leonessa); (4 goals)
Biggest home win	MyNavi Sendai 3–1 AS Elfen Saitama; (23 October 2022); INAC Kobe Leonessa 4–2 JEF United Chiba; (30 October 2022)
Biggest away win	MyNavi Sendai 0–4 Omiya Ardija Ventus; (26 November 2022)
Highest scoring	Tokyo Verdy Beleza 3–5 Urawa Red Diamonds; (30 October 2022)
Longest winning run	3 matches; (Urawa Reds); (MyNavi Sendai)
Longest unbeaten run	3 matches; (Urawa Reds)
Longest winless run	4 matches; (Nagano Parceiro); (Albirex Niigata)
Longest losing run	4 matches; (Nagano Parceiro); (Albirex Niigata)
Highest attendance	Urawa Reds 3–2 Nagano Parceiro; 4,604 (23 October)
Lowest attendance	Nojima Stella 1–3 Tokyo Verdy Beleza; 732 (5 November)
Total attendance	35,416
Average attendance	1,960
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 26 November 2022.

The 2022–23 WE League, also known as the 2022–23 Yogibo WE League (Japanese: 2022–23 Yogibo WEリーグ, Hepburn: 2022–23 Yogibo WE Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 2nd season of the WE League, the top Japanese women's professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2020. The league began on 22 October 2022 and will end on 11 June 2023.^[1]

Teams

Tokyo teams:
Urawa
Beleza
Stella

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Locations of the 2022–23 WE League teams

Locations of the WE League teams in and near Tokyo

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2021–22 season
AC Nagano Parceiro	Nagano, Nagano	Nagano U Stadium	15,491	7th
Albirex Niigata	Niigata, Niigata	Denka Big Swan Stadium	42,300	8th
Albirex Niigata	Niigata, Niigata	Niigata Athletic Stadium	18,671	8th
AS Elfen Saitama	Kumagaya, Saitama	Kumagaya Athletic Stadium	15,392	11th
INAC Kobe Leonessa	Kobe, Hyōgo	Noevir Stadium Kobe	30,132	1st
JEF United Chiba	Chiba, Chiba	Fukuda Denshi Arena	19,781	4th
JEF United Chiba	Ichihara, Chiba	ZA Oripri Stadium	14,051	4th
MyNavi Sendai	Sendai, Miyagi	Yurtec Stadium Sendai	19,694	5th
Nojima Stella Kanagawa	Sagamihara, Kanagawa	Sagamihara Gion Stadium	15,300	10th
Omiya Ardija Ventus	Saitama, Saitama	NACK5 Stadium Omiya	15,500	9th
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	Hiroshima, Hiroshima	Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium	6,000	6th
Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Kita, Tokyo	Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka	7,258	3rd
Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama, Saitama	Urawa Komaba Stadium	21,500	2nd

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AC Nagano Parceiro	Kumiko Tashiro	Penalty	Hokto
Albirex Niigata	Daisuke Muramatsu	X-girl	Kameda Seika
AS Elfen Saitama	Tomoe Tanabe	X-girl	Chifure Holdings Co., Ltd.
INAC Kobe Leonessa	Park Kang-jo	Hummel International	Mondahmin (home kit) Earth Corporation (away kit)
JEF United Chiba	Shinji Sarusawa	X-girl	Yakult Honsha
MyNavi Sendai	Takeo Matsuda	X-girl	Mynavi Corporation
Nojima Stella Kanagawa	Masaaki Kanno	X-girl	Television Kanagawa
Omiya Ardija Ventus	Takeyuki Okamoto	X-girl	ahamo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	Shin Nakamura	Nike	EDION
Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Kazuhiko Takemoto	Athleta	Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.
Urawa Red Diamonds	Naoki Kusunose	Nike	POLUS Co., Ltd.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Urawa Red Diamonds (C)	20	17	1	2	50	17	+33	52
2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	20	13	5	2	35	15	+20	44
3	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	20	12	6	2	47	22	+25	42
4	Mynavi Sendai	20	7	6	7	20	25	−5	27
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	20	6	6	8	21	27	−6	24
6	Omiya Ardija Ventus	20	6	5	9	22	27	−5	23
7	AC Nagano Parceiro	20	5	6	9	21	25	−4	21
8	JEF United Chiba	20	4	8	8	21	27	−6	20
9	Nojima Stella Sagamihara	20	5	4	11	17	32	−15	19
10	Albirex Niigata	20	4	4	12	18	29	−11	16
11	AS Elfen Saitama	20	5	1	14	15	41	−26	16

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

Results

Home \ Away	PAR	ALB	ELF	LEO	JEF	MYN	STE	VEN	REG	BEL	RED
AC Nagano Parceiro	—					1–2				0–2
Albirex Niigata		—				0–1	2–3
AS Elfen Saitama		1–0	—		3–1
INAC Kobe Leonessa				—	4–2			2–0
JEF United Chiba	1–0				—
MyNavi Sendai			3–1			—		0–4
Nojima Stella Kanagawa							—			1–3
Omiya Ardija Ventus			1–0					—
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina				1–1	2–1		1–2		—
Tokyo Verdy Beleza		1–0								—	3–5
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–2								2–1		—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2022. Source: WE League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 November 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]^[3]
1	Mina Tanaka (田中美南)	INAC Kobe Leonessa	4
2	Yuika Sugasawa (菅澤優衣香)	Urawa Red Diamonds	3
	Aoba Fujino (藤野青葉)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
	Ami Sugita (杉田亜未)	Nojima Stella Sagamihara
5	Miyu Yakata (矢形海優)	MyNavi Sendai	2
	Kiko Seike (清家貴子)	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Mei Shimada (島田　芽依)	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Yuzuho Shiokoshi (塩越柚歩)	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Miyuki Takahashi (高橋美夕紀)	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
	Riko Yoshida (吉田莉胡)	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
	Hikaru Yumura (祐村ひかる)	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
	Miho Kamogawa (鴨川実歩)	JEF United Chiba
	Riko Ueki (植木理子)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
	Megumi Takase (高瀬愛実)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
14 players

Matches

List of matches that were played, or are yet to be played on the 2022–23 WE League season. With an even number of teams (11) competing in the league, there are five matches to play each matchweek, with the team who doesn't have any fixture on the matchweek earning a "standby round", called as the "WE League WE Action Day". All the matches and fixtures displayed here can be found at the Official WE League Website. All the kick-off times are listed in (UTC+9), Japan Standard Time (JST).

22 October 2022 Matchday 1	MyNavi Sendai	3–1	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	Sendai
13:05	Funaki 34' Yakata 43' Nakajima 67'	Report	Kishi 27'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 3,117 Referee: Asaka Koizumi

22 October 2022 Matchday 1	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	1–0	Albirex Niigata	Tokyo
14:00	Fujino 67'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Kumiko Matsuo

23 October 2022 Matchday 1	INAC Kobe Leonessa	2–0	Omiya Ardija Ventus	Kobe
13:03	Tanaka 35', 80'	Report		Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Haruna Kanematsu

23 October 2022 Matchday 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–2	Nagano Parceiro	Saitama
14:03	Shiokoshi 5' Seike 11' Shimada 84'	Report	Kawafune 16' Inamura 87'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 4,604 Referee: Minako Asakura

23 October 2022 Matchday 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	2–1	JEF United Chiba	Hiroshima
14:03	Nakashima 46' Takizawa 50'	Report	Otaki 37'	Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1 Attendance: 1,274 Referee: Emi Chiba

29 October 2022 Matchday 2	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	1–0	Albirex Niigata	Kumagaya
14:00	Yoshida 38'	Report		Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Mariko Iwaki

29 October 2022 Matchday 2	Nagano Parceiro	1–2	MyNavi Sendai	Nagano
14:00	Kikuchi 54'	Report	Yakata 10' Bulatović 39'	Stadium: Nagano U Stadium Attendance: 1,182 Referee: Mari Yamamoto

30 October 2022 Matchday 2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	4–2	JEF United Chiba	Kobe
13:00	Takase 59', 69' Tanaka 61' Narumiya 85'	Report	Inoue 22' Kamogawa 64'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 1,508 Referee: Fusako Kajiyama

30 October 2022 Matchday 2	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	3–5	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo
14:00	Iwasaki 7' Kinoshita 42' Fujino 79'	Report	Sugasawa 24', 53', 83' Naomoto 37' Shiokoshi 69'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka Attendance: 2,210 Referee: Emi Chiba

30 October 2022 Matchday 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	1–2	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	Hiroshima
14:00	Sayama 38'	Report	Sugita 32' Oga 73'	Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1 Attendance: 1,288 Referee: Michiko Fujita

5 November 2022 Matchday 3	JEF United Chiba	1–0	Nagano Parceiro	Chiba
13:00	Kamogawa 36'	Report		Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena Attendance: 2,082 Referee: Haruna Kanematsu

5 November 2022 Matchday 3	Omiya Ardija Ventus	1–0	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	Saitama
14:00	Okuma 31'	Report		Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 1,733 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

5 November 2022 Matchday 3	Albirex Niigata	0–1	MyNavi Sendai	Niigata
14:00		Report	Ichise 89'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 1,234 Referee: Kazue Kusadokoro

5 November 2022 Matchday 3	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	1–3	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Hiratsuka
15:00	Sugita 1'	Report	Hijikata 44' Kitamura 60' Ueki 66'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 732 Referee: Satomi Arakawa

6 November 2022 Matchday 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	Saitama
15:00	Seike 70' Shimada 86'	Report	Taniguchi 84'	Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 1,999 Referee: Fusako Kajiyama

26 November 2022 Matchday 4	MyNavi Sendai	0–4	Omiya Ardija Ventus	Sendai
13:00		Report	Takahashi 13', 63' Inoue 17' Goshima 44'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 1,686 Referee: Kumiko Matsuo

26 November 2022 Matchday 4	Albirex Niigata	2–3	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	Niigata
13:00	Yamaya 34' Shirai 45'	Report	Sugita 1' Matsumoto 6' Minamino 72'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 826 Referee: Chihiro Ikki

26 November 2022 Matchday 4	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	3–1	JEF United Chiba	Kumagaya
14:00	Yumura 28', 85' Yoshida 90+2'	Report	Ichinose 22'	Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Emi Chiba

26 November 2022 Matchday 4	Nagano Parceiro	0–2	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Nagano
14:00		Report	Fujino 52' Ueki 60'	Stadium: Nagano U Stadium Attendance: 1,372 Referee: Mariko Iwaki

26 November 2022 Matchday 4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	1–1	INAC Kobe Leonessa	Hiroshima
14:00	Ueno 64'	Report	Tanaka 89'	Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1 Attendance: 1,117 Referee: Asaka Koizumi

3 December 2022 Matchday 5	JEF United Chiba	v	Albirex Niigata	Ichihara
13:00				Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium

3 December 2022 Matchday 5	Omiya Ardija Ventus	v	Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama
14:00				Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya

3 December 2022 Matchday 5	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	v	MyNavi Sendai	Sagamihara
14:00				Stadium: Sagamihara Gion Stadium

4 December 2022 Matchday 5	INAC Kobe Leonessa	v	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	Kobe
13:00				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

4 December 2022 Matchday 5	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	v	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	Tokyo
14:00				Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka

10 December 2022 Matchday 6	MyNavi Sendai	v	JEF United Chiba	Sendai
13:00				Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

10 December 2022 Matchday 6	Albirex Niigata	v	Omiya Ardija Ventus	Niigata
13:00				Stadium: Niigata Athletic Stadium

10 December 2022 Matchday 6	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	v	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	Kumagaya
14:00				Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium

10 December 2022 Matchday 6	Nagano Parceiro	v	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	Nagano
14:00				Stadium: Nagano U Stadium

11 December 2022 Matchday 6	Urawa Red Diamonds	v	INAC Kobe Leonessa	Saitama
14:00				Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium

24 December 2022 Matchday 7	Omiya Ardija Ventus	v	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Saitama
14:00				Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya

24 December 2022 Matchday 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	v	Albirex Niigata	Hiroshima
14:00				Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1

25 December 2022 Matchday 7	INAC Kobe Leonessa	v	Nagano Parceiro	Kobe
13:00				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

25 December 2022 Matchday 7	Urawa Red Diamonds	v	MyNavi Sendai	Saitama
14:00				Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium

25 December 2022 Matchday 7	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	v	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	Kumagaya
14:00				Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium

7 January 2023 Matchday 8	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	v	Omiya Ardija Ventus	Sagamihara
14:00				Stadium: Sagamihara Gion Stadium

7 January 2023 Matchday 8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	v	Nagano Parceiro	Hiroshima
14:00				Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1

8 January 2023 Matchday 8	JEF United Chiba	v	Urawa Red Diamonds	Ichihara
13:00				Stadium: Za Oripri Stadium

9 January 2023 Matchday 8	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	v	MyNavi Sendai	Tokyo
14:00				Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka

TBD (2023) Matchday 8

INAC Kobe Leonessa

v

Albirex Niigata

Rounds 9–20: Matches yet to be disclosed by the WE League.

Broadcasting rights

In Japan, there is live streaming on DAZN. Globally, some matches are streamed in the WE League's own YouTube channel.

References

^ ^a ^b "2022-23 Yogibo WE LEAGUE outline and schedule released. Officially starting from 22nd or 23rd October". weleague.jp. Women Empowerment League (WE League). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "Stats". weleague.jp. Women Empowerment League WE League. 11 October 2022.
^ "Goalscoring ranking". data.weleague.jp. Women Empowerment League WE League. 23 October 2022.

External links

Official website (in English)
WE League data site (in English)

[WE_League_Schedule-1] "2022-23 Yogibo WE LEAGUE outline and schedule released. Officially starting from 22nd or 23rd October". weleague.jp. Women Empowerment League (WE League). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[2] "Stats". weleague.jp. Women Empowerment League WE League. 11 October 2022.

[3] "Goalscoring ranking". data.weleague.jp. Women Empowerment League WE League. 23 October 2022.

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