adminMarch 2023 for Korean football was a bleak time. The situation arose when the Korea Football Association (KFA) unexpectedly pardoned 100 soccer players who were disciplined for various misconduct, including K-League match-fixing. In particular, the eyes of soccer fans drew national resentment by performing a ‘trick’ by making a surprise announcement while heading to an A match with the newly appointed national team coach Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany).
In response to rapidly deteriorating public opinion, KFA quickly raised the white flag. At the time, a large number of people who attended the board of directors who voted for amnesty withdrew, and KFA Chairman Chung Mong-gyu hurriedly issued an apology and went into hiding. Chairman Chung, who has put in efforts to reform personnel, announced 25 new KFA board members at the Seoul Sinmunro Soccer Hall on the 3rd. The biggest feature is the abolition of the executive director and the introduction of a full-time vice chairman. Chairman Chung, who has one year and eight months remaining in his term, appointed Kim Jeong-bae, former second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (57), as full-time vice chairman.
Normally, a person from Gyeonggi Province who had experience with the national team was appointed as the managing director and took on the role of connecting the field and the inside of KFA, but sometimes, when the arm bends inward excessively, it was degraded to a position only for some soccer players. Even during this amnesty, it was not able to properly filter out wrong complaints from the outside.
Chairman Chung, who recruited former Vice Minister Kim after having in mind an external expert who was from a non-athletic background but was well versed in the sports world, said, “I was worried about whether I should step down as all the directors resigned, but first of all, I had to stabilize the association and make a good tenure. “I thought finishing was the way for Korean football,” he said.
KFA replaced 18 of its 25 board members. While seven members, including Vice Chairman Choi Young-il and Lee Seok-jae, National Team Strengthening Committee member Michael Müller, and Medical Chairman Seo Dong-won, remained in office, Lee Keun-ho (Daegu FC) and Ji So-yeon (Suwon FC Women), who serve as male and female presidents of the Professional Players Council, joined as new directors. change is seen This is the first time that an active player has been included on the KFA board of directors. Chairman Chung explained, “We will recruit talented people from various fields and listen to the voices from inside and outside.”토토사이트
In the same vein, KFA also promised system changes. The agenda to be dealt with by the board of directors decided to go through the preliminary review process of the subcommittee. In this way, agendas that cannot form a consensus, such as amnesty for match fixing, cannot be presented to the board of directors.
Another topic that was mentioned the most on this day was ‘communication’. The importance of strengthening public relations has been constantly raised inside and outside KFA, and a new director, a former commentator and a former journalist, have joined the new board of directors. “Communication is the most important subject. People from various backgrounds were recommended,” said Chairman Chung. KFA is also considering open recruitment of public relations experts.