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WE League
Season2021–22
Dates12 September 2021 – 21 May 2022
Matches played31
Goals scored71 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerYuika Sugasawa (Urawa Reds)
(4 goals)
Biggest home winINAC Kobe Leonessa 5–0 Omiya Ardija Ventus
(12 September 2021)[1]
Biggest away winOmiya Ardija Ventus 1–4 Urawa Reds
(2 October 2021)[2]
Highest scoringINAC Kobe Leonessa 5–0 Omiya Ardija Ventus
(12 September 2021)[1]
Omiya Ardija Ventus 1–4 Urawa Reds
(2 October 2021 )[1]
Omiya Ardija Ventus 4–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
(10 October 2021)[3]
Tokyo Verdy Beleza 4–1 AS Elfen Saitama
(16 October 2021)[4]
(5 goals each)
(4 matches)
Longest winning run6 matches
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Longest unbeaten run6 matches
INAC Kobe Leonessa
MyNavi Sendai
Longest winless run7 matches
AS Elfen Saitama
Longest losing run5 matches
AS Elfen Saitama
← 2021
(Formerly first tier Nadeshiko League)
All statistics correct as of 30 October 2021.

The 2021–22 WE League, also known as the 2021–22 Yogibo WE League (Japanese: 2021–22 Yogibo WEリーグ, Hepburn: 2021–22 Yogibo WE Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, will be the 1st season of the WE League, the top Japanese women's professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2020. The league will begin on 2 September 2021 and scheduled to the end on 21 May 2022.

Organisation

The WE League is Japan's first fully professional women's soccer league, and 2021–22 is the WE League's inaugural season.

Competition

Preseason

Preseason ran from 24 April 2021 to 19 June 2021 prior to the Tokyo Olympics. In the first preseason match, INAC Kobe Leonessa defeated AC Nagano Parceiro 3–0.[5]

Regular season

The regular season will start on 12 September 2021[6] and finish on 21 May 2022.[7]

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
MyNavi Sendai Japan Takeo Matsuda Japan Haruka Hamada X-girl Mynavi Corporation
Urawa Reds Japan Naoki Kusunose Japan Hanae Shibata Nike POLUS Co., Ltd.
Omiya Ardija Ventus Japan Takeyuki Okamoto Japan Saori Ariyoshi X-girl ahamo
AS Elfen Saitama Japan Etsuko Handa Japan Emi Yamamoto X-girl Chifure Holdings Co., Ltd.
JEF United Chiba Japan Shinji Sarusawa Japan Kanae Hayashi X-girl Yakult Honsha
Tokyo Verdy Beleza Japan Kazuhiko Takemoto Japan Risa Shimizu ATHLETA Task Force Co., Ltd.
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Japan Makoto Kitano Japan Arisa Matsubara X-girl Television Kanagawa
AC Nagano Parceiro Japan Tadashi Ogasahara Japan Kyoka Goshima X-girl Hokto
Albirex Niigata Japan Daisuke Muramatsu X-girl Kameda Seika
INAC Kobe Leonessa Japan Kei Hoshikawa Japan Emi Nakajima hummel Earth Corporation
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Japan Shin Nakamura Japan Yukari Kinga Nike EDION

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment

Foreign players

The JFA subsidizes salaries for players from Southeast Asian member federations, while the league itself subsidizes players from top-ranked FIFA countries.[8]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
MyNavi Sendai
Urawa Reds Colombia Ángela Clavijo
Omiya Ardija Ventus United States Grace Cutler
AS Elfen Saitama Philippines Sarina Bolden
JEF United Chiba Australia Alex Chidiac Philippines Quinley Quezada Chinese Taipei Cheng Ssu-yu
Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Germany Cindy König Nigeria Uchechi Sunday
AC Nagano Parceiro
Albirex Niigata South Korea Lee Hyo-kyeong
INAC Kobe Leonessa South Korea Hwang Ah-hyeon Singapore Rosnani Azman
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 INAC Kobe Leonessa 20 16 2 2 35 9 +26 50 League Winner
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 20 13 3 4 40 24 +16 42
3 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 20 10 4 6 32 18 +14 34
4 JEF United Chiba 20 9 7 4 26 18 +8 34
5 Mynavi Sendai 20 9 4 7 25 16 +9 31
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 20 7 4 9 24 26 −2 25
7 AC Nagano Parceiro 20 5 6 9 15 24 −9 21
8 Albirex Niigata 20 4 7 9 20 30 −10 19
9 Omiya Ardija Ventus 20 3 9 8 17 31 −14 18
10 Nojima Stella Kanagawa 20 2 7 11 13 31 −18 13
11 AS Elfen Saitama 20 2 7 11 13 33 −20 13
Source: WE League, WE League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
INAC Kobe Leonessa1411111
Tokyo Verdy Beleza8754442
MyNavi Sendai5343323
Urawa Reds4122234
JEF United Chiba7610101075
AC Nagano Parceiro3235795
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina2577957
Nojima Stella Kanagawa5988668
Albirex Niigata9866589
Omiya Ardija Ventus11119981010
AS Elfen Saitama10101111111111
Leader and AFC Women's Club Championship group stage
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2021. Source: Standings | Yogibo WE League

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2021. Source: Matches | Yogibo WE League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

All match results

Home \ Away MYN RED VEN ELF JEF BEL STE PAR ALB LEO REG
MyNavi Sendai 0–0[9] 1–1[10] 0–0[11]
Urawa Reds 2–0[12] 2–0[13] 1–2[14]
Omiya Ardija Ventus 1–4[2] 1–3[15] 1–1[16] 4–1[3]
AS Elfen 0–3[17] 0–1[18] 0–3[2]
JEF United Chiba 2–1[19] 1–1[20] 0–3[21]
Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1–2[22] 4–1[4] 2–0[23] 2–0[24]
Nojima Stella Kanagawa 1–0[25] 0–0[26]
AC Nagano Parceiro 0–2[27] 0–0[28] 0–2[29]
Albirex Niigata 0–3[30] 2–1[31] 1–3[32]
INAC Kobe Leonessa 5–0[1] 2–0[33] 1–0[34] 1–0[35]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 0–2[36] 0–0[37] 1–1[38]
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2021. Source: Matches | Yogibo WE League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 30 October 2021

Clean sheets

As of 30 October 2021
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Japan Ayaka Yamashita INAC Kobe Leonessa 7

Pre-season matches

Overview

  • Title: 2021 WE League pre-season match
  • Dates: 24 April – 19 June 2021
  • Organizer: WE League
  • 主管: Each home club
  • Rules and regulations: match duration 90 minutes（first haf, second harf 45 minutes each）の試合を行い、勝敗が決しない場合は引き分けとする。順位の決定は行わない
  • Number of matches: 6 rounds、22 matches (各クラブはホーム2試合、アウェイ2試合の計4試合に出場する)
  • Official website: 2021 WE League pre-season match (in Japanese)

Results

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) Match 1 INAC Kobe Leonessa 3–0 AC Nagano Parceiro Japan Sakai, Osaka
13:00 UTC+9
  • Yui Narumiya 23', 41'
  • Fukina Mizuno 90+2'
 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)		 Stadium: Natural Grass Main Field S1
Attendance: 262
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan)
24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) Match 2 Urawa Reds 1–1 MyNavi Sendai Japan Saitama, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 1,504
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
25 April 2021 (2021-04-25) Match 3 Albirex Niigata 6–0 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Japan Niigata, Niigata
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)		 Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 678
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)
29 April 2021 (2021-04-29) Match 4 JEF United Chiba 0–1 Omiya Ardija Ventus Japan Ichihara, Chiba
13:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium
Attendance: 362
Referee: Miu Sone (Japan)
29 April 2021 (2021-04-29) Match 5 AC Nagano Parceiro 1–2 Albirex Niigata Japan Saku, Nagano
13:00 UTC+9
  • Hinako Murakami 73'
 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Saku Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 280
Referee: Kazue Kusadokoro (Japan)
29 April 2021 (2021-04-29) Match 6 Nojima Stella Kanagawa 1–5 Urawa Reds Japan Sagamihara, Kanagawa
14:00 UTC+9
  • Minami Ishida 49'
 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Attendance: 485
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
4 May 2021 (2021-05-04) Match 7 AS Elfen Saitama 0–1 INAC Kobe Leonessa Japan Kumagaya, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 991
Referee: Emi Chiba (Japan)
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) Match 8 AC Nagano Parceiro 1–0 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Japan Saku, Nagano
13:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)		 Stadium: Saku Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 277
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) Match 9 Omiya Ardija Ventus 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Japan Saitama, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 2,834
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) Match 10 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 0–1 JEF United Chiba Japan Chōfu, Tokyo
14:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
  • Yuka Anzai 8'
 Stadium: AGF Field
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan)
9 May 2021 (2021-05-09) Match 11 MyNavi Sendai 0–0 AS Elfen Saitama Japan Kakuda, Miyagi
13:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)		 Stadium: Kakuda athletic field
Attendance: 478
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Match 12 INAC Kobe Leonessa 2–0 Urawa Reds Japan Kobe, Hyōgo
13:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)		 Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe[42]
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)[42]
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Match 13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 2–0 JEF United Chiba Japan Hiroshima, Hiroshima
13:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)		 Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1
Attendance: 1,075
Referee: Saki Nakamoto (Japan)
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Match 14 Omiya Ardija Ventus 0–4 Tokyo Verdy Beleza Japan Saitama, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 2,856
Referee: Mariko Iwaki (Japan)
22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Match 15 Albirex Niigata 3–1 AS Elfen Saitama Japan Niigata, Niigata
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 586
Referee: Saori Takahashi (Japan)
29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) Match 16 JEF United Chiba 1–2 MyNavi Sendai Japan Chiba, Chiba
12:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 550
Referee: Minako Asakura (Japan)
29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) Match 17 Nojima Stella Kanagawa 0–1 Omiya Ardija Ventus Japan Sagamihara, Kanagawa
13:00 UTC+9 Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Attendance: 485
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan)
29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) Match 18 Urawa Reds 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Japan Saitama, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 1,431
Referee: Junko Kirihara (Japan)
30 May 2021 (2021-05-30) Match 19 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 4–0 Albirex Niigata Japan Kita, Tokyo
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
Attendance: 1,888
Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)
5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) Match 20 MyNavi Sendai 2–1 Tokyo Verdy Beleza Japan Ishinomaki, Miyagi
13:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Ishinomaki football field
Attendance: 488
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)
5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) Match 21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 0–1 INAC Kobe Leonessa Japan Hiroshima, Hiroshima
14:00 UTC+9[43] Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1
Attendance: 1,573
Referee: Michiko Fujita (Japan)
19 June 2021 (2021-06-19) Match 22 AS Elfen Saitama 1–2 AC Nagano Parceiro Japan Kumagaya, Saitama
14:00 UTC+9
Report
(WE League)
(in Japanese)
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 701
Referee: Hisae Yoshizawa (Japan)

See also

National association
National league(s)
National team(s)

References

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