The Korea Football Association announced on the 5th that the women's U-17 national soccer team will play three friendly matches in Portugal starting on the 17th.

The women's U-17 national team, led by coach Kim Eun-jung, is scheduled to leave Korea on the 11th and play against Portugal on the 17th and 22nd, and against Ireland's women's U-17 national team on the 19th.

The match venues are Tox Novas and Santarem, both near Lisbon.

The women's U-17 national team is preparing for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-17 Women's Asian Cup to be held in Indonesia in April.

The national team advanced to the Asian Cup finals after winning both the first qualifying round in April and the second qualifying round in September last year.

Eight teams will participate in the U-17 Women's Asian Cup, and the top three teams will participate in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in the Dominican Republic in October.

Korea won the first FIFA tournament in Korean soccer history at the 2010 U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago thanks to the performances of Yeo Min-ji, Lee Geum-min, and Jang Seul-gi.

At the most recently held 2022 U-17 World Cup, they failed to advance to the finals.

A total of 23 players will participate in this trip to Portugal, including Da-eun Kwon and Joo-eun Won (Ulsan Hyundai High School), who were called by coach Colin Bell last year and gained experience with the A national team.

Korea Hee (Ulsan Hyundai Cheongwoon Middle School), born in 2009, who appeared on 'Golden Eleven', a TV program to discover soccer prospects co-produced by the Korea Football Association and tvN, is the youngest.

◆Women's U-17 National Team Portugal away team list (23 players)

Goalkeeper: Woo Woo-min (Pohang Women's Electronics High School) Lee Yeo-eun (Hwacheon Information High School) Kim Chae-bin (Gwangyang Yonggang Middle School)

Defenders: Noh Si-eun, Shin Seong-hee, Lee Ha-eun, Jang Ye-rin (Ulsan Hyundai High School) ) Park Ji-yu (Chungju Yesung Girls' High School) Shin Yun-ah (Gwangyang Girls' High School, Kim Han-ah (Gwangyang Girls' Middle School)) Ryu Ji-hae (Ulsan Hyundai Cheongwoon

Middle School) Midfielders: Kwon Da-eun, Kim Ye-eun, Nam Sarang (Ulsan Hyundai High School) Park Ga-yeon, Park Ju-ha (Chungju Yesung Girls' High School) Ye-joo Beom (Gwangyang Girls' High School) Min-jeong Seo (Gyeongnam Robot High School) Joo-hong Choi (Daegu Dongbu High School) Ye-yoon Jang, Hee Han (Ulsan Hyundai Cheongwoon Middle School)

Forwards: Hyowon Kim (Gwangyang Girls' High School) Joo-eun Won (Ulsan Hyundai High School) 스포츠토토맨