The Korea Football Association expands the "2026 Kick Kitaka Girls' Soccer Club"... recruiting participating students

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The Korea Football Association announced on the 8th that it will expand the "2026 Kicki-Taka Female Soccer Club" project, a project to expand the base of girls' middle and high school soccer under the sponsorship of its official partner Nike, and recruit participants.

"Kickitaka" is a combination of the soccer terms "Tikitaka" and "Kick," which symbolizes the appearance of female students who communicate happily through soccer. This year, in its second year of implementation, the scale of operations has been expanded from 22 teams to 26 teams (17 school teams and 9 club teams).

In particular, it has expanded the scope of participation from existing base schools to general club teams other than school sports clubs, laying the foundation for more female students to continue to enjoy soccer.

This year's project will run from April to December across the Seoul metropolitan area, including Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon. Each selected team conducts 15 regular training sessions a year, and the final teams selected through the preliminary rounds participate in the finals festival at the end of the year to compete for their skills.

52 leaders from 26 selected teams attended the leaders' workshop held at Korea Football Park on the 4th. In theoretical education, they shared the philosophy and operational guidelines of the Kick Kitaka project, and had time to learn how to teach at the level of female students, including positive practical coaching practice, play-type warm-up, and basic skill training.

Nike Korea fully funds and actively supports this project to expand the positive sports experience of female students. All participating students will be given Nike uniforms, and each team will be provided with leadership allowances, activity clothes, training equipment and vests. In addition, the association will visit each club and base school sequentially after the workshop to conduct monitoring for research.

An official from the Korea Football Association's women's soccer team said, "This year, we have lowered the threshold to make soccer easier for girls to access in their daily lives by increasing the number of teams and introducing a club team," adding, "We expect a lot of female students who want to enjoy soccer."

Inquiries about the program and participation are available through the Kikitaka Kakao Talk channel (search by Kikitaka) and Instagram (@kikitaka_official).

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