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Hilda Magaia leaves Sweden for South Korea

Posted on by CentreCircle
25
Mar

Banyana Banyana’s Hilda Magaia has become the latest player to move clubs – leaving Sweden’s Morön BK to join Sejong Sportstoto in South Korea.

The club competes in the WK League, the top division of women’s football in the country.

Magaia, who scored 12 goals last season in Europe, has a lot of work ahead of her as she joins a side that finished seventh in the eight-team league.

The 27-year old becomes the first South African female player to sign in South Korea.

FACT FILE: (Wikipedia)

  • Sejong Sportstoto Women’s Football Clubis a South Korean women’s football team based in Sejong
  • The club competes in theWK League, the top division of women’s football in South Korea, and plays its home games at Sejong Central Park.
  • The club was founded asChungbuk Sportsoto on 16 March 2011,[1] but moved to Daejeon ahead of the 2014 season, changing its name to Daejeon Sportstoto
  • The club relocated toGumi, North Gyeongsang on 29 January 2016, changing its name to Gumi Sportstoto.[2] On 20 December 2019, the club moved again, this time to Sejong, becoming Sejong Sportstoto.[3]
  • TheWK League is a semi-professional women’s football league,[1] run by the Korea Football Association(KFA) and the Korea Women’s Football Federation (KWFF), which represents the sport’s highest level in South Korea.
  • The regular season runs from March to October
  • Since the inception of the WK League in 2009, three clubs have won the title:Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (9), Goyang Daekyo (3), and Suwon FC Women (1)
  • The eight teams in the league play each other three times.
  • The games are played on Monday and Thursday evenings
  • The regular part of the season ends when each team has played a total of 21 matches, and is followed by the playoffs: the second and third placed teams face each other in a one-leg semi-final, with the winner facing the first placed team in a two-leg final
  • The winner of the final is crowned WK League champion
  • The WK League is the only professional women’s league in the country and as such there is no relegation system in place.

By Matlhomola Morake

CentreCircle