JEONJU, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — It’s been a long time coming, but professional football is finally here in South Korea. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors hosted Suwon Samsung Bluewings before some 42,000 empty seats at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, 240 kilometers south of Seoul, to kick off the 2020 K League 1 season. The [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top-flight professional football matches will be broadcast live in 17 countries in 2020, the league office said Thursday. On the eve of the start of the new season, the Korea Professional Football League (K League) said its matches will be available to viewers in the following countries: [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean football league announced Wednesday it will stream its upcoming season-opening match live on YouTube and Twitter, complete with English-language commentary for international viewers. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) said the 2020 K League 1 opening contest on Friday between Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean professional football clubs are speeding up preparations to begin a first round of crowdless games. Daejeon Hana Citizen FC, competing in the Korea Professional Football League (K League)’s second division, set out for a second practice match with Cheongju FC on Wednesday at the Daejeon World Cup [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With the start of the new season around the corner, the South Korean football league said Monday it has sold broadcasting rights to 10 countries this year, mostly in Asia and Europe. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) added that its international rights holder, Sportsradar AG, has been [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — After more than two months of delay caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the South Korean men’s professional football season will kick off on May 8. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) announced Friday that its top-flight K League 1 and the second-tier K League 2 will both begin [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With their season on hold indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, South Korean professional football clubs stand to lose millions in revenues, data showed Tuesday. The Korea Professional Football League, or simply K League, said its 22 clubs — 12 in the top-flight K League 1 and 10 in [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — History shows that when politics meets football, something bad happens. South Korea’s Gyeongnam FC recently learned that lesson the hard way, even though they weren’t the main actors in the story. Gyeongnam, last year’s runners-up in the top-tier K League 1, were penalized by the nation’s pro football league [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football club Incheon United said Wednesday they’ve signed Vietnamese forward Nguyen Cong Phuong on loan. The K League 1 club said Cong Phuong agreed to a one-year loan deal and will join the team from Vietnamese side Hoang Anh Gia Lai. Cong Phuong has been one of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Nguyen Cong Phuong, a member of the Vietnamese men’s national football team, is soon to join South Korean football club Incheon United FC. “We are currently negotiating with Cong Phuong,” said a source from Incheon United. “We plan to make an official announcement next week.” Once the transfer is [...]