The Korea Football Association has decided to hold the funeral of the late president of the Korean Women’s Football Federation Oh Kyu-sang as the president of the Korea Football Association.
The Korea Football Association said on Tuesday, “The funeral of the late chairman Oh Kyu-sang, who passed away on Tuesday, will be held as the president of the Korea Football Association. Oh has contributed to the development of Korean soccer while serving as a board member of the Korea Football Association since the 1990s,” adding, “Since his inauguration as the president of the Korea Women’s Professional Football Association in 2009, he has made the decision to honor the development of Korean women’s soccer for a long time, including the creation of the WK League.” The funeral ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. on Sunday at the Korea Football Center.
After graduating from Kyungshin University and Korea University, Oh contributed greatly to the development of women’s soccer in Korea by becoming the 5th president of the Korea Women’s Soccer Federation and establishing the WK League in 2009. Chairman Oh Kyu-sang, who has since been re-elected, also sat down as the 9th president and succeeded in serving his fifth consecutive term. 스포츠토토
However, as the disease worsened this month, he was hospitalized at a general hospital in Seoul, but he failed to recover his health.