The Korean Football Association will hold a retirement ceremony for two of the national women's football team at the end of May

Yoo Young-ah (37, coach of Seoul City Hall) and Lee Eun-mi (36, coach of Suwon FC), who played for the Korean women's national football team, will hold the retirement ceremony of the national team. The Korean Football Association said on the 28th that the retirement ceremony of Yoo Young-ah and Lee Eun-mi, who have played for the national team for about 10 years, will be held at halftime of the friendly match with the Colombian women's national team to be held at 7 pm on the 30th at the Rugby Stadium in Namdong, Incheon.

Yoo Young-ah at the 2015 Women's World Cup (left)

After joining Busan Sangmu in 2009, Yoo Young-ah played for Incheon Hyundai Steel and Gumi Sports Lottery, and until last year he was on the pitch as a striker at Seoul City Hall. Yoo Young-ah is the second highest scorer in the WK League with three times (2010, 2012, 2014) and is the league's top scorer, having won three WK League championships (2014, 2015, 2016) during the Incheon Modern Steel era.

As a national representative, Yoo Young-ah scored 32 goals in 87 A-level matches, contributing to the Korean women's football team's reach to the round of 16 at the 2015 World Cup in Canada and the bronze medals in the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. With 32 goals, it ranks third in the all-time scoring list of the South Korean women's football team in A-level competitions, and the first place is Ji Xiaoran's 72 goals. At the same time, 87 A-level matches ranked 12th in the history of A-level matches in the Korean women's football team.

Lee Eun-mi at the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Left-footed guard Lee Eun-mi joined the Gyeongnam Bridge Kangaroos in 2009 (the predecessor of the dismantled Icheon Bridge) and won the WK League championship three times (2009, 2011, 2012). Since 2017, Lee has only played for Suwon FC, and in her last game as a player, in the WK League title match last year, she crushed an 11-game losing streak against the traditional powerhouse Incheon Hyundai Steel, and Bing won the final championship.

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Lee Eun-mi has been the coach of Suwon FC since this year. Lee Eun-mi was also a member of South Korea's team that reached the round of 16 of the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada, and she has reached the World Cup stage twice until the 2019 World Cup in France. Including bronze medals in 2010 and 2018, she played in 91 A-level matches and scored 14 goals. Lee Eun-mi is ranked 11th in the list of appearances in the South Korean women's football team in A-level matches. In addition, Shen Ruiyan, who retired with the two of them, will hold the national team retirement ceremony next time. Since 2002, the Korean Football Association has been preparing retirement ceremonies for players who have participated in more than 70 A-level matches and dedicated their lives as national representatives.