Chairman Chung Mong-gyu Smiles With Overwhelming Victory, Communicates the Topic of a Fourth Term

Feb 26, 2025

The 55th presidential election of the Korea Football Association was held at the Korea Football Association Hall in Sinmun-ro, Seoul on the 26th. Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, who won his fourth consecutive term, is posing with an election certificate. Shinmun-ro =Song Jeong-heon, reporter for @sportschosun.com/2025.02.26/

The 55th presidential election of the Korea Football Association was held at the Korea Football Association Hall in Sinmun-ro, Seoul on the 26th. Chairman Chung Mong-kyu has won his fourth consecutive term. Chairman Chung Mong-gyu is taking questions from reporters. Shinmun-ro =Song Jeong-heon, reporter for @sportschosun.com/2025.02.26/

Chung Mong-kyu, chairman of the Korea Football Association who succeeded in his fourth term, was 'communication'.

Chairman Chung, who started his term in office through a press conference immediately after his election, mentioned 'communication' several times. To the extent that he brought up 'communication' four times during the brief press conference. It was his will to shed the image of 'communication' shown in the process of sudden amnesty for match manipulation and appointment of the national team coach.

Chairman Chung held elections with 24 delegates in 2013. At that time, there were only associations and federation presidents. This is the first time I have met more than 200 people, including athletes, referees, and club members. Meeting was a good opportunity for soccer players to hear what they wanted more closely. I'll visit the soccer players and listen to their voices."

Then "When I met you guys, they talked about communication problems. I've met players before, but I've never seen them in detail and in-depth like this. In fact, the KFA is a service organization. I think just listening to them will solve half of the problem. I will fix the urgent and important issue by communicating it," he said.

It was also 'communication' that I promised football fans who were still looking at me unfortunately. Chairman Chung said, `I think it's communication after all. If I explain the decision-making process well to the fans, I think it will solve the misunderstanding one by one."

The 55th presidential election of the Korea Football Association was held at the Korea Football Association Hall in Sinmun-ro, Seoul on the 26th. Chairman Chung Mong-kyu has won his fourth consecutive term. Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, who is being congratulated by Shin Moon-sun. Shinmun-ro =Song Jeong-heon, reporter for @sportschosun.com/2025.02.26/

Chairman Chung won by a landslide. The vote came to 85.7 percent. More noticeable was turnout. As many as 183 out of 192 electors participated in the vote. It was a huge turnout of 95.3 per cent. Compared to the 53.9% turnout of the Korean Sports Council last month, it was a huge turnout.

Chairman Chung said, `Actually, my goal was to get 50 percent and one more vote. Surprisingly, more than 90% of the votes were cast, far more than the election of the Korean Sports Council. Many people came from different regions, and many young players participated. So I was nervous and looking forward to it. "It was quite thrilling because it was a come-from-behind victory in the first election, but this time it seems to be more meaningful in that it is a festival in which all footballers participate."

Although he succeeded in his fourth term, there are also tasks that need to be solved as soon as possible. Conflict with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is considered the first hand. It is even more important because it is connected to the establishment of the Korea Football Center. Chairman Chung declined to say, `We will have an opportunity to slowly explain the direction of our relationship with the government as to what to do next.'

Meanwhile, candidate Huh Jung-moo, who received far less than expected 15 votes, did not appear at the meeting where Chung received his election certificate, perhaps because of the shock. The candidate for the election, who did not gain sympathy by focusing on the narrative throughout the election, received only 11 votes, the lowest.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.