Appointment of CEO, Chairman Chung Mong-gyu to make independent decisions, unveils three innovations of KFA...Transparency → Degree → Responsibility administration

Mar 20, 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-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/

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 expressed his gratitude for the election. Shinmun-ro =Song Jeong-heon, reporter for @sportschosun.com/2025.02.26/

'Who is the next president of the KFA?'

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seo Dae-yeon = A view of the soccer center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 25th, a day before the election of the 55th president of the Korea Football Association.

In this election, three people, Chung Mong-kyu, the current chairman, who is trying to serve four consecutive terms, Huh Jung-moo, the former national team coach, and a visiting professor of sports record analysis at the Shinmun Myungji University Graduate School of Records and Information Science, will run.

The Korea Football Association (KFA) has come up with three innovations: transparent administration, degree administration, and responsible administration.

The first of the three innovations is to implement open governance by the Korea Football Association and consists of five proposals: expanding electors, strengthening board expertise, strengthening management disclosures, establishing an external cooperation office, and introducing a spokesperson system.

This is a plan to further expand the number of electors in the presidential election through revision of regulations such as the articles of association, introduce a personnel recommendation system through various external functional organizations in the composition of the board of directors, and institutionalize transparent management disclosure by requiring disclosure at the level of listed companies. In addition, an external cooperation office will be established to expand cooperation with affiliated organizations and related organizations, and a spokesperson system will be introduced to strengthen information transmission and communication.

Second, 'Jeongdo Administration' aims to implement administration that complies with laws and regulations, including re-examination of regulations and integration with administrative procedures, establishing and implementing implementation plans for improvement requirements of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and establishing a compliance office to strengthen internal audit capabilities.

The third innovation plan is the "responsible administration" to strengthen the association's administrative expertise as a control tower for Korean soccer, including reorganization of subcommittee functions, expansion of the base, establishment of a team dedicated to amateur sites, and establishment of a support group for the 2026 North-China World Cup. In particular, the subcommittee plans to establish a structure in which subcommittees in specialized fields such as technology, competitions, and referees can make independent decisions. The appointment of a national team coach is also known to be included in the structure.

The three major innovations will be reported at the next general meeting of delegates. The Korea Football Association said "This innovation plan designed to implement advanced administration will be reviewed and reported at the next general meeting of representatives of the Korea Football Association, and the details will begin to be applied to the administration of the association in earnest." he said.

The next general meeting of delegates will be convened and held after Chung Mong-kyu, who was elected as the 55th president of the Korea Football Association, is approved by the Korea Sports Council.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.