Union Berlin's Jeong Woo-yeong helps team seal victory in Bundesliga finale

Korean forward Jeong Woo-yeong scored his fifth goal of the season in 1. FC Union Berlin's Bundesliga finale on Saturday, helping his side close out the campaign with a commanding victory.

Jeong netted a late insurance goal in his team's 4-0 win over FC Augsburg in the final round of the 2025-26 Bundesliga season at the Stadion An der Alten Forsterei in Berlin.

After coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute, Jeong sealed his team's victory in the 89th. Following a blocked shot by a teammate, the Korean attacker gathered the loose ball, calmly rounded the goalkeeper and scored with his left foot.

The versatile forward finished the Bundesliga season with four goals and one assist. Including one goal in the DFB-Pokal, he ended the campaign with five goals across all competitions.

Union Berlin, which came under interim management by coach Marie-Louise Eta during the second half of the season, finished 11th in the Bundesliga standings.

Jeong has now completed his eighth season in German football after joining FC Bayern Munich in 2018. Although he won the Golden Boot with eight goals at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and has made 22 appearances for Korea, he was left off the country's final squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Elsewhere in Europe, Korean forward Lee Hyun-ju also found the net on the final day of the season in Portugal on Saturday.

He scored a late insurance goal in F.C. Arouca's 3-1 home win over C.D. Tondela in the final round of the Primeira Liga season.

The 23-year-old struck in the 85th minute after surging into the penalty area to receive a pass, shaking off a defender with a sharp change of direction before firing an emphatic right-footed finish into the net.

Lee, who spent several seasons alternating between Bayern Munich and loan spells in Germany after joining the German club in 2022, moved permanently to Arouca this season for a club-record transfer fee of 2.5 billion won ($1.66 million).

He finished the campaign with seven goals and three assists in 30 appearances, reaching double digits in goal contributions while helping Arouca secure an eighth-place finish in Portugal's top flight.

Like Jeong, Lee was omitted from Korea's final squad for the 2026 World Cup.

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.

BY PARK RIN [[email protected]]

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