Jeong Mong-gyu's 4th consecutive term? A new era?Korea Football Association Presidential Election 'D-3'
Jeong Mong-gyu's 4th consecutive term? A new era?Korea Football Association Presidential Election 'D-3'
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The election for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association is just three days away.
Soccer fans are paying attention to whether Chairman Chung Mong-kyu will succeed in his fourth consecutive term following his third consecutive term, and whether Shinmun-seon, a visiting professor at Myongji University, or former national soccer team coach Huh Jung-moo will open a new era.
On the 26th, the 55th presidential election of the Korea Football Association will be held in the multi-purpose conference room on the second floor of the soccer center in Sinmun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
Candidates each get a 10-minute opportunity to present their opinions from 1 p.m. to 1:40 p.m.
The long-awaited vote will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
If there is no majority vote in the first round, a runoff election will be held.
Final elections are scheduled from 4:50 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The election for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association will be a three-way race between Chairman Chung, former coach Huh and Professor Shin.
The election was scheduled to take place on the 8th of last month, but candidate Huh's application for a provisional injunction against the Korea Football Association was cited in the Seoul Central District Court and delayed.
Subsequently, he tried to resume the election on the 23rd, but candidates Shin and Chung strongly protested, and eventually it was postponed again when all the election management committee resigned.
The election for the president of the Korea Football Association, which had been in trouble, was only held after nearly two months.
From the K-League 1 to the elementary, middle and high school competitions, Chung traveled around the country to strengthen public sentiment.
Major pledges include ▲Reform of personnel management of the executive branch ▲Reestablishment of the method of appointing the head coach of the national soccer team ▲Men's and women's national soccer teams enter the top 10 in the FIFA rankings ▲2031 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, host 2035 Women's World Cup ▲ Revitalize regional soccer tournaments of provincial and provincial associations and increase profits through joint marketing ▲ Cultivate international referees and realize referee allowance ▲ Establishment of a European center for overseas expansion of excellent players ▲ Hold an integrated professional/amateur FA Cup to revitalize women's soccer ▲ Strengthen communication on the soccer field and select talent.
Opposition candidates are fiercely criticizing Chung for refusing to hold a public debate and calling for full-scale reform.
Candidate Shin already wants to reform the public sentiment in the soccer community and has been confident of winning the election.
Promises include ▲ Improvement of the image of the Korea Football Association ▲ Immediate action to recommend 27 dispositions according to the government audit ▲ Strengthen marketing ▲ Cheonan Football Center ▲ Completed NFC Naming Sales ▲ Benchmarking of Japanese, German, and French Football Associations, including classification of sponsor grades ▲ Reform of the Korea Professional Football Association ▲ Establishment of the Korean Federation of Judgment and Independence of the Korean Federation of Elementary, Middle and High Schools ▲ Improvement of the treatment of full-time leaders ▲ Reorganization of the organization under the system of executive directors ▲ New projects to increase profits were brought up.
Candidate Heo also stressed that the Korea Football Association should open a new era following the Korea Sports Association.
He will challenge the presidency of the Korea Football Association with ▲ transparent, systematic leader development and appointment system ▲ fair operation of the association by system ▲ transparent and fair operation by system ▲ fostering young soccer dreamers and improving women's soccer competitiveness ▲ balanced, guaranteeing creativity and autonomy of local associations ▲ accompanying, and Open KFA with All. 안전놀이터
The new president, who will be elected in the upcoming election, will have to take the heavy responsibility of correcting Korean soccer, which has been reeling heavily both internally and externally.