SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As Japanese football continues to chart its path forward, a senior figure within the Japan Football Association (JFA) has urged the country’s football community to treat South Korea’s recent struggles as a cautionary example. At a JFA technical committee briefing held Monday, Technical Director Masanaga Kageyama highlighted a series of [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu will lead the sport’s East Asian governing body for the third time. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said Tuesday that Chung, recently elected to his fourth term as its president, was named the interim head of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) two [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea captain Son Heung-min has been voted the country’s top football player for 2024. The Korea Football Association (KFA) on Monday announced Son, also skipper for the Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, as its Male Player of the Year for 2024. The KFA launched its annual awards in [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The sports ministry announced Thursday it will work together with the professional football league to resolve persistent problems with pitches at stadiums across the nation. The ministry and the Korea Professional Football League (K League) will inspect pitches at 27 stadiums that host K League matches, starting in April. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Chung Mong-gyu, the incumbent head of the national football body seeking his fourth term, on Tuesday urged his rivals to stop their groundless slandering in their election campaign. Chung is one of three candidates running for president of the Korea Football Association (KFA), alongside former South Korean men’s national [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - The election for president of the national football governing body, postponed multiple times due to procedural issues, has been rescheduled for Feb. 26. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced late Monday night that its new election management committee had settled on the new date after its first meeting held earlier in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Koo Ja-cheol, captain for South Korea at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, announced his retirement from football Tuesday, with a second career with his former K League 1 club awaiting him. Koo, who turns 36 next month, will work as a youth development adviser for Jeju SK FC, the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The top two divisions of South Korean professional football set a single-season record for ticket sales in 2024, data showed Tuesday. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) said 25 clubs in the top-flight K League 1 and the second-tier K League 2 combined to sell 42.5 billion won [...]
JEONJU, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Gus Poyet, a veteran football manager with experience in England’s Premier League and Spain’s La Liga, has officially joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors as their new head coach. The 57-year-old described his arrival in South Korea as “destiny” during his inaugural press conference at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on Monday. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The nine-time South Korean football champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors announced Tuesday former Premier League tactician Gus Poyet will be their new head coach. Poyet, the 57-year-old from Uruguay, most recently coached the Greece men’s national team from 2022 to 2024. He was also interviewed for the South Korean men’s national [...]