2022–23 WE League season

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, was the 2nd season of the WE League, the top Japanese women's professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2020.

Overview This season was the last in the 11 team format, as the WE League expanded to 12 teams from the 2023–24 season.

Teams

Team Location Ground Capacity 2021–22 season AC Nagano Parceiro Nagano, Nagano Nagano U Stadium Albirex NiigataNiigata, Niigata Denka Big Swan Stadium Niigata Athletic Stadium AS Elfen Saitama Kumagaya, Saitama Kumagaya Athletic Stadium INAC Kobe Leonessa Kobe, Hyōgo Noevir Stadium Kobe JEF United Chiba Chiba, Chiba Fukuda Denshi Arena Ichihara, Chiba ZA Oripri Stadium MyNavi Sendai Sendai, Miyagi Yurtec Stadium Sendai Nojima Stella Sagamihara Sagamihara, Kanagawa Sagamihara Gion Stadium Omiya Ardija Ventus Saitama, Saitama NACK5 Stadium Omiya Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Hiroshima, Hiroshima Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium Tokyo Verdy Beleza Kita, Tokyo Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama, Saitama Urawa Komaba Stadium

Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor AC Nagano Parceiro Penalty Hokto Albirex Niigata X-girl Kameda Seika AS Elfen Saitama X-girl Chifure Holdings Co., Ltd. INAC Kobe Leonessa Hummel International Mondahmin (home kit)Earth Corporation (away kit) JEF United Chiba Shinji Sarusawa X-girl Yakult Honsha MyNavi Sendai X-girl Mynavi Corporation Nojima Stella Sagamihara X-girl Television Kanagawa Omiya Ardija Ventus X-girl ahamo Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Nike EDION Tokyo Verdy Beleza Athleta Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. Urawa Red Diamonds Nike POLUS Co., Ltd.

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 MyNavi Sendai Phornphirun Philawan Slađana Bulatović Urawa Red Diamonds Omiya Ardija Ventus AS Elfen Saitama JEF United Chiba Cheng Ssu-yu Tokyo Verdy Beleza Nojima Stella Kanagawa AC Nagano Parceiro Albirex Niigata INAC Kobe Leonessa Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina

League table

Results

Season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Riko UekiNippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza142 Kiko SeikeUrawa Red Diamonds123 Yuika SugasawaUrawa Red Diamonds11 Aoba FujinoNippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza Mina TanakaINAC Kobe Leonessa6 Mei ShimadaUrawa Red Diamonds8 Ayaka InoueOmiya Ardija Ventus8 Hikaru NaomotoUrawa Red Diamonds7 Yoshino NakashimaSanfrecce Hiroshima Regina10 Rikako KobayashiNippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza6 Ayaka MichigamiAlbirex Niigata Megumi TakaseINAC Kobe Leonessa

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).

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

2022–23 WE League season

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