[Official] 'Kim Eun-jung' Olympic National Team to Play Two Exhibition Matches in Australia Next Month

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The U21 football national team preparing for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will travel to Australia next month for two exhibition matches.

The Korea Football Association announced on the 11th that it will play two exhibition matches against Australia at Polytech Stadium in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, at 2 p.m. on the 3rd and at noon on the 6th (both times in Korean time). The second match on the 6th will be held behind closed doors.

The Kim Eun-jung team, launched through an open recruitment process last May, began its first training camp at Cheonan Korea Football Park in South Chungcheong Province in June and conducted a domestic training camp centered on university student players in August. This overseas trip is the first since Coach Kim Eun-jung took charge. The team will gather again at Korea Football Park on the 21st before departing for Australia on the 28th. The roster will be announced later.

The Kim Eun-jung team plans to not only conduct this training camp in Australia but also continue organizing training sessions using FIFA-designated A-match periods and other opportunities in preparation for Olympic qualifiers. Only two spots are allocated to Asia for the Los Angeles Olympics final tournament.

Originally, the Olympic national team was scheduled to be led by Coach Lee Min-seong, who would have continued his tenure after the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) Asian Games. However, following the poor performance of the AFC U23 Asian Cup, the plan was changed so that he would only coach during the Asian Cup. Subsequently, the Korea Football Association launched an open recruitment for a new head coach dedicated to the Olympic national team, and Coach Kim Eun-jung was ultimately selected.

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