SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The race for the South Korean football title took another interesting turn over the weekend, with clubs near the top trading places once again. Gimcheon Sangmu FC climbed to first place with a 2-0 win over Daegu FC on Saturday, which gave them 39 points through 20 matches with [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Daejeon Hana Citizen FC announced Monday they have reunited Hwang Sun-hong as their new head coach. This will be Hwang’s second tour of duty with the K League 1 club, having previously coached them in 2020. Hwang, 55, is replacing Lee Min-sung, who resigned on May 21 with Daejeon [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Dong-gyeong, the most productive player in South Korean football this season, has been voted the best player in the top competition for the second straight month. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) announced Thursday that Lee was voted the Player of the Month for April in the [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After blowing a two-goal lead in the second half of their latest match Sunday, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors find themselves back in the cellar of South Korean football. With that, what once was unknown territory for the nine-time K League 1 champions is becoming increasingly familiar this season. Jeonbuk dropped [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Two-time defending K League 1 champions Ulsan HD FC announced Wednesday their defender Seol Young-woo will undergo a shoulder operation. Seol, who has also collected 16 caps for the national team, was scheduled to have his surgery later Wednesday to address chronic dislocation of his right shoulder. Ulsan said [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Sitting only one point above last place in the top South Korean football league, Daegu FC named veteran tactician Park Chang-hyeon as their new head coach Tuesday. Park, 57, replaces Choi Won-kwon, who stepped down last week to take the fall for the club’s sluggish start. Park, who had [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Having bagged a crucial win at home, South Korean champions Ulsan HD FC will now visit Japanese foes Yokohama F. Marinos this week as they chase their first Asian club football title in four years. Ulsan and Yokohama will square off in the second leg of the semifinals of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –In an incident that has recently come to light, fans of the K-League, amidst the league’s ongoing box-office success with record-breaking attendance figures, performed emergency first aid to save a fellow passenger who collapsed on a train. This act of heroism took place on the Airport Railroad, as fans [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — With the new season of South Korean professional football kicking off this week, Ulsan HD FC will try to accomplish something that has only been done by two other clubs in league history: win three consecutive titles. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, currently Seongnam FC, pulled off two different sets of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Two South Korean football rivals will square off this week to begin the knockout stage of the top Asian club tournament, with another team from the country taking on a Japanese foe with an eye on the last eight. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will host Pohang Steelers at 7 p.m. [...]