Park Hang-seo → Chairman Chung Mong-kyu, who was appointed as vice chairman of Shin Tae-yong, reveals the 55th executive branch...Kim Seung-hee, Executive Director of Daejeon Korail, Unexpected Selection, Appointment of Chairman of Communication Committee
Apr 09, 2025
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Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, announced on the 9th a list of 27 new executives, including vice chairman, subcommittee chairman and board members. The general meeting of delegates held on the 4th delegated the authority to appoint the executive branch to Chairman Chung in accordance with Article 24 of the association's articles of association.
The 55th executive branch has been converted back to a former executive director system. Kim Seung-hee, a field expert who has sold Korean well as players and leaders only at KORAIL in Daejeon for 35 years, has been selected as the executive director.
The Korea Football Association said, `President Chung Mong-gyu appointed Kim Seung-hee, the head coach of Daejeon Korail, as the executive director after much consideration to strengthen communication with the field and seek answers for change and innovation in the field experience" he announced.
Kim Seung-hee, the new executive director, is a "one-club man" who graduated from Myongji University and joined the Korea Baseball Organization (currently Daejeon Korail) in 1990 and served as a player, coach, and poison in only one team for 35 years. Chairman Chung showed his willingness to use him as the starting point for innovation in the soccer community by selecting him as the head of the association's working-level administration, who is the leader of the K3 League, which serves as the waist of domestic soccer.
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The vice-chairman's group consisted of five members with recommendations from professional organizations. Shin Jung-sik, president of the Jeonnam Football Association on behalf of 17 provincial and provincial associations, and Kim Byung-ji, president of Gangwon FC, joined as vice chairman on behalf of the K League. By work area, former Vietnamese national team coach Park Hang-seo was named to support national teams at all levels, former Indonesian national team coach Shin Tae-yong for external cooperation, and honorary professor Lee Yong-soo of Sejong University in planning and administration, including the association's vision and strategy.
Subcommittees have been reorganized from eight to nine. The Communication Committee and the International Committee were established, and the Social Contribution Committee was abolished. The National Power Reinforcement Committee was headed by Sky Sports commentator Hyun Young-min. Hyun Young-min, the 45-year-old chairman of the committee, is the youngest chairman since the inauguration of the committee, reflecting Chung Mong-kyu's willingness to foster young administrators from footballers.
The technology development committee will be led by former Jeonnam coach Lee, who has experienced both universities and K-League, former Daejeon Power Reinforcement Director Kim Hyun-tae, and former chairman of the association's judging committee Moon Jin-hee. Dr. Kim Kwang-joon, a member of Sinchon Severance Hospital, was appointed as the chairman of the medical committee, and Kim Yoon-joo, a lawyer from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, was appointed as the chairman of the ethics committee.
The newly established communication committee was headed by the former director of Sports Seoul. The Communication Committee will oversee various communication and public relations tasks in the future to show the direction of the 55th executive branch, which put 'fan communication, public communication' as one of the top values.
The newly created International Committee to strengthen the international competitiveness of Korean soccer will be headed by Jeon Han-jin, vice president of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), and will play a role in enhancing international-related expertise such as hosting the Asian Cup and various FIFA tasks in the future.
Major subcommittee chairmen, including the Power Reinforcement Committee, will work as full-time executives through the revision of the articles of association in the future, and the association will support them to implement responsible administration along with their authority.
According to regulations, the Fair Trade Commission (Chairman So-jin) is appointed as an outsider, not an association executive, and a chairman and member for a two-year term were appointed at the 2024 general meeting of delegates. When the current Fair Trade Commission's term expires, a successor will be appointed at the 2026 General Assembly.
Directors were appointed mainly by leaders at all levels and experts in each field so that various opinions of the field could be reflected in the policy. For the sake of 'open administration', unlike before, the board members were confirmed through personnel verification after receiving multiple recommendations from organizations in each field.
Secretary-General Cho Yeon-sang of the Korea Professional Football Federation, Gwangju FC coach Lee Jung-hyo of the K-League, and Gangneung City Football Team coach Kim Do-geun of the K3 to K4 League were appointed. Amateur representatives were Chung-Ang University coach Oh Hae-jong, U-18 coach Yoon Jong-seok and Jang Hoon-go, U-15 coach Shin Ki-ho, U-12 coach Kim Min-deok and women's soccer coach Lee Mi-yeon.
Kim Ho-nam (former Bucheon FC) and Jeon Ga-eul (former Sejong Sports Toto) were listed as male and female representatives of players. Lee Bo-yoon, president of the Changnyeong Football Association, was appointed as a representative of the soccer/companion, and Yoon Young-gil, a professor at Hankook University, and Chung Hee-don, president of the Asian Sports Journalists Federation, were appointed as representatives of academia and media.
The Korea Football Association has decided to recruit administrative experts who have contributed to the development of soccer for more than 20 years as advisors to receive advice on the establishment and implementation of various policies. As a result, Byun Seok-hwa, former president of the University Football Federation, and Kim Dae-eun, former president of the Jeonbuk Football Association, were appointed as advisers.
◇ List of the 55th Korea Football Association Executive Board (27)
-Vice-Chairman (5 members) = Shin Jung-sik (President of Jeonnam Football Association), Kim Byung-ji (President of Gangwon FC), Lee Yong-soo (Honorary Professor of Sejong University), Park Hang-seo (Former coach of the Vietnamese national team), and Shin Tae-yong (Former coach of the Indonesian national team)
-Executive Director (1) = Kim Seung-hee (Director of Daejeon Korail)
-Subcommittee Chairman (8 members) = Chairman of the Power Reinforcement Committee: Hyun Young-min (commentator), Chairman of the Technology Development Committee: Minister Lee (former Jeonnam coach), Chairman of the Competition Committee: Kim Hyun-tae (former head of the Daejeon Electric Power Reinforcement Office), Chairman of the Judgment Committee: Moon Jin-hee (former chairman of the judging committee), Chairman of the Communication Committee: Chairman of the Committee (former Director of the Editorial Bureau of Sports Seoul), Chairman of the Ethics Committee: Kim Yun-joo (lawyer), Chairman of the Medical Committee: Kim Kwang-joon (Dr. Shinchon Severance Hospital), Chairman of the International
-Directors (13 members) = Cho Yeon-sang (secretary-general of the Professional Federation), Yoon Young-gil (professor at Hankook University), Jung Hee-don (Chairman of the Asian Sports Journalists' Association), Lee Jung-hyo (Director of Gwangju FC), Kim Do-geun (Director of Gangneung Citizens' Club), Oh Hae-jong (Director of Chung-Ang University), Lee Mi-yeon (Director of Sangmu), Yoon Jong-seok (Director Jang Hoon-go), Shin Yong-ho (Director of Jeju Middle School), Kim Min-deok (Director of Jin Geon-cho), Kim Ho-nam (Former Bucheon FC), Jeon Ga-eul (Former
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
