Um Won-sang → Song Min-gyu → Lee Sang-heon Professional Federation announces the players who are expected to acquire FA qualification in 2026

Jun 30, 2025

Um Won-sang → Song Min-gyu → Lee Sang-heon Professional Federation announces the players who are expected to acquire FA qualification in 2026
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The Korea Professional Football Federation announced the list of players scheduled to acquire FA qualifications in 2026, including Um Won-sang (Ulsan), Song Min-gyu (Jeonbuk), and Lee Sang-heon (Gangwon).

A total of 371 players are subject to the disclosure. Among them, 370 people who registered for the first time in the K-League since 2005 will be eligible for FA after their contract expires on December 31 this year. The FA is free to sign a player contract with other clubs.

However, if the contract is renewed with the current club before the expiration of the contract period, the FA qualification will not be obtained. Players who registered for the first time in the K League before 2004 will be eligible for FA upon expiration of the contract period if they play more than 50% of the official games played by their teams during the contract period according to the regulations at the time. Among the players subject to the disclosure, Lee Chung-yong (Ulsan) is the only player who first registered in the K-League before 2004.




Players who are scheduled to acquire FA qualifications can negotiate with other clubs as well as their current clubs from July 1 of the year when the contract period expires. However, if another club initiates negotiations with a player who is scheduled to acquire FA qualification, it must notify the player's current club of the start of negotiations in writing in advance.

In addition, signing a contract with the player will be possible from the day after the last league game of the club to which the player currently belongs.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.