The Korea Football Leaders' Association Declares Support for Chairman Chung Mong-kyu to Challenge for a Fourth Term...Elections for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association on the 8th

Jan 06, 2025

Jung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, held a press conference to run for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association at the conference hall on the first floor of the Ponyjeong Foundation Building in Seoul on the afternoon of the 19th. Chairman Chung Mong-gyu is answering the question. Chairman Chung was approved by the Sports Fair Committee of the Sports Council on the 11th to seek a fourth consecutive term. After completing the candidate registration process, which will run from the 25th to the 27th, he will try for the fourth term in earnest. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.12.18/

The Korea Football Leaders' Association has decided to support current chairman Chung Mong-kyu in the 55th presidential election of the Korea Football Association on the 8th.

The Football Leaders' Association decided not to field its own candidates in the 55th presidential election on the 6th. Therefore, as we face the choice of supporting one of the three candidates, we support candidate Chung Mong-gyu after closely comparing and reviewing the pledges made by the three candidates" he announced.

While Chairman Chung is running for the fourth term, Huh Jung-moo, former chairman of Hana Citizen in Daejeon, and a visiting professor of sports record analysis at the Graduate School of Records and Information Science in Shinmun Seonji University entered the election campaign.

The Korea Football Association said it went through various verification processes and in-depth discussions internally before deciding on support for Chairman Chung. Major verification indicators were also disclosed.

The Korea Football Association (KFA) ▶Verified management skills and accumulated experience to dedicate itself to soccer ▶ Specific feasibility of pledges ▶ Strong will to renew the association's human resources and rearmament of its employees as a service mind ▶ Support for professional leadership education programs and reflection of on-site difficulties ▶Inclusive personality including all soccer players and leadership consistent with the president of the association were verified.

The Korea Football Association decided to support Chairman Chung as a result of the verification. The Football Leaders' Association added, "Even if a new executive is launched, we will closely discuss and willingly cooperate with developmental and future-oriented visions and agendas, but we will continue to criticize and check relentlessly on policies or decisions that defy footballers' aspirations and expectations.'

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.